The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-30

lure.
First among them is the fact that this
chamber has taken hold of this interest
OF our city and for the past six months
has shown a laudable determination to
give 1t substantial aid and sympathy,
ana through our mutual efforts we have
planted In our territory three times the
acreage of any former year.
Another of the reasons is that our
market is in the centre of that tier OF
counties composing the new bright to.
bacco belt Now let US look at the DOS
slbilltles of this new belt. We will com
mehce with our own county, containing
an area OF nearly 500, 900 acres Of land;
deduct from that as unsuitable for the
| growth OF fine tobacco, 100000 acres,
ana we have left in round numbers 300.
000 acres, well-woored, well-watered.
j. sandy land, as we'll adapted to the
! growth of fine bright and bright ma
hogony tobacco as any in the world. We
are planting now thirty hundred acres.
Suppose that in five years that amount
Is increased ten-fold, to thirty thousand,
and We will then have only one-tenth
of our tobacco lands, or about one acre
IN seventeen Of the entire area of the
country. Place the yearly yield per
acre at the moderate sum of seven hun
dred pounds, and you have the grand
total OF twenty one millions pounds to-
bacco; market value at fifteen cents pei
pound, and you have the neat little
sum of $3, $50, 900 distributed among
the farmers of Wake. This much for a
nucleus around which the tier of coun.
ties surrounding Wake can form. These
counties are: Chatham, Durham, Gran
vile, Franklin, Nash, Wilson, Wayne
Johnston, Harnett and Moore, and Ral-
eigh is the centre and natural market
for them all. With your continued
aid and assistance, with our promised
trunk line Of railroad completed, Will
the Albemarle and Raleigh railroad
finished from Springhope to Raleigh, {
road piercing the most productive anC
finest section of the new belt; with YOU
aid in inducing immigration from tn,
old and worn lands Of the old tobacc,
counties, [ see no reason why we ma,
not become in the near future the lar
gest market in the State. Start you
| land and improvement companies boon
your advantage.
I tell You gentlemen here tonight
that you have within your reach, 10
only the easy possibility Of becomin,
the large st loose leaf market III the State
but that you owe it to yourselves and t.
posterity to redeem your State-a Stat
that grows six -tenths Of OF oil the brigh
tobacco Of the world-from the sham
Of having no wholesale market from
which to distribute this her creates
product to the commerce of the world
say that you owe 1t to your State t
see that no hogshead Of tobacco leave
her borders without being branded i
big black letters: IN. G. B.
Col. Il. M. Douglass.
Following the response by ". {
Moore Col. r. NJ. Douglass representa-
the Chamber Of Commerce ofGreensbor(
was vociferously called on by the bar
quetters. He responded in short speec
of great interest and elegant dictioI
The great business movement Of Green;
boro and Of its social and religious statu
} His address was listened 10 with intere;
and was cordially appreciated.
, F.N. Kerchner. OF Wilmington.
Mr.. F. ". Kerchner, Of the Car
Fear section, very prominent me
3 chant of Wilmington, was called ou
5 He protested against being requested
! make speech-said he never made or
in his life; but he forgot his preceden
: on this occasion, and delivered sho
speech which captured his audient
complete.
Mr.. Hal. w. Aver.
! 6. THE LADIES OF RALEIGH:
Famous for their grace, beau
T and elegant culture; for mob
Q inspirations and benefcent deeds
they promote happiness, they all
F viate pain and woe; they inspi
our noblest efforts, are our greatest 6
g traction and strongest bond of unit,
t Major Eugene G. Harren.
J 7. OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:
~ Ample in accommodations hourishil
\, in patronage, excellent in all their a
:. pointments, and unequaled in etficienc
. The crownlng glory Of the Capital Cit
It is with no small degree Of hesit
J. tion that | undertake to speak to SUI
j distinguished assemblage Of gent
q men; and specially DO | recognize q
n weakness when attempting to respond
g so grand and noble a sentiment as 80
u Educational Interests"
n The first article in my education
g creed is this: l believe in North Carroll
as the greatest and the best Of all t
20 States in this glorious American Unio
20 In continuing this idea, will say,
i all the lovely and prosperous cit
as which dot the surface of the Old Nor
ut State, from the changing sands of
I'd Atlantic seaboard to even the SUBMITS
Of the everlasting Blue Ridge mountai
er in the west, the lo7eliest and best is G
r own city of Raleigh And l belle
s; with all my heart. in the past, prese
c. and future glory and prosperity of c
,h capital city.
i'll In our city are many important e
IS terprises and industries, both new q
le old, of which we are exceedingly pro
IS and in which we believe most firm
and sincerely.
or l believe in our Chamber of Co
st merce and industry, which in its adm
ur able unity of efforts has so greatly
of proved the material interests of the ci
rs and which in its continued and incre
,p- ing concentration of efforts can
1t, make Raleigh the centre of populate
ed prosperity and influence IN all
Of SOut hern land from the Potomac to