The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-10
Southern Immigration.

Col. Mcclure. the able editor-...of
the Philadelphia Times, whose broad
range of mind has stained him as one
of Amsrica's most conservative and
patriotic men, never slow
in recognizing the possibilities and
of the South, has been again
on a recent tour in this section.
Col. Mcclure nnder the caption,
slndustrial Growth of the South" in
a recent editorial. in bis paper, has
much to say of the rapid and snbstan-
tial development of the Sonth, full of
to the people of the
North, who are in profound ignorance
concerning this section.
We make the following. selections
from the article:
"a recent hasty visit to some OF the
leading scentres of Industry in the
Southern States east of the Mississippi
demonstrated the wonderful progress
the South is making in every line of
industry. II the people of the North
understood the material interests OF
the South as they really are, and aP-
preciated the steady and rapid adj
vancement not only III the develop
ment of the mineral wealth of those
States, but also in the growth of agri-
cultural interests, it would he price
less benefit in both sections"
"The common idea Of the North is
that the industrial progress OF the
South is wholly or chiefly in the coal,
iron, etc., of that section, but is a
grave error. Our people know OF
Birmingham and the many other in
iustrial centres which have spring mp
as if BY magic because of fhe devel'
opmeut of iron, coal, etc., but the
very important fact is very generally
overlooked that the advancement OF
agriculture in the South is fully
ahreastswithsthe growth in other in,
dustries. In all the Southern States
States East of the Mississippi, from
the Virgiuias down to the Gulf, there
has been rapid growth in the farm
ing indu:try The old system Of
large plantations is rapidly yielding
to small farms purchased or leased by
both races who work their own fields
and the result is that the products Of
the land are doubled or trebled. by
the better tilling that prevails.
"Ten years ago the Times pointed
ont the advantages of the South over
the West for farming emigration, and
each year has proved more clearly the
wisdom of that suggestion. There
are to-day cheaper and more prodnc.
tive lands, with better climate and az
cess to markets, in all the Southern
States East of the Mississippi, inclu.
ding Alabama, Florida and Mississ
ippi, than can be found in any Of the
Western States"
"lndeed, if the industrial people who
start from the Eastern States to fine
new homes for their families in new
sections of the country, were intelli
gently advised of the countless ad
vantages the South offers them el
the far Western States, the whole tide
OF industrial .emlgratlon would speea
lily turn from tue Toasted sway of EN-
pire toward the setting sun'and settle
down in the Sunny,,South."
The last paragraph quoted above
holds the key to the situation give,
by an observant Northern man, for j
is tho very broadest suggestion tina
we Of the South are not energeticall,
putting forth the information neede'
in the. North or using onr best effort
to secure the immigration of "the in
dustrial people who start from tn
Eastern statesIto find....new homes.
i Natchez Democrat.
An old horse which managed Il