The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-11-05

States of the North. When we can
not produce articles as cheaply as you
can, we must stop.
North Carolina has climate alto
gether suitable for cotton manufacture
ing, grows cotton upon water powers
that never freeze your labor is cheap.
But there seould not a bale of cotton
leave North Carolina to be taken to
the North and manufactured and then
brought back to you for consumption.
/ No New England Yankee would COM
nit such folly. They have lived a
half century upon the blindness of the
South. | want to see your cotton go
to your own mills and there be spun
and woven. want to see the South
as great as God designed her to be-.
Prosperity can be easily accomplished
here. And when you have it the
North will join with you and help
you.
North Carolina is essentially an
agricultural State. Ten years ago
when expressed my confidence in
the South l was jeered at. But now
there are few men who do not realize
that was right. Of all sections into
which l would turn immigration for
development the South is the one, and
especially North Carolina. Especially
would l have the tenants and small
farmers of Pennsylvania and of the
Northern States to come here instead
of going into the distant West.
| What North Carolina most needs
today is good farming and there is
not great deal Of it in your State.
The only way to farm successfully is
to faru after the best possible method.
Nothing is worth doing unless it is
done we'll. That is what the farmers
of North Carolina need to learn. God
has blessed you with too much land.
That is the trouble. You have learned
not to husband what God has given
you. Farming is the backbone of
your State and the foundation of all
prosperity. The fountain head of
! your prosperity is in your farms and
your homes.
| remember dozen years ago,
when my attentin was first directed
to your developed wealth. was
amazed at the lack of knowledge
among you Of North Cardinals wealth
and possibilities. Pennsylvania never
had half the chances that North Caro-
lima has. Save oil, we have nothing
that you have not. We have had to
produce at double the cost that you
could produce. Only necessity, the
great teacher and mother ofinvention );
hardness, has brought the Southern
States to going forward in way that
will put North Carolina in front ranks.
When Pennsylvania cannot put out
iron as cheap as North Carolina or
Alabama, we must do something else
That is an Interchangeable law. Section
1t has perished. And poor bleak
New England, struggling to keep the
South at war with itself, SO that they
may still spin your cotton, knows
this.
Think of your climate, New Eng
landers would think il an elysium
Here you have, running along next
your cotton fields, water power abun-
dant that never freezes. And yet you
grow, bale and send your cotton to
the North impaired in value ten per
cent Where, in this enlightned age,
is there such insanity? Not bale of
cotton should be sent abroad. | want
to see your cotton spun and woven by
North Carolina. l want you to hear
the hum of spindles wherever there is
a white cotton field. Then and then
only will North Carolina husband it's
wealth.
New England yankees have lived
for half a century by the blindness of
the South. Whenever you weave all
your own cotton, New England will
not be at war with you, but will come
here and labor with you. want to
see the South prosperous as God
designed it should be.
This exposition is credit to you.
| Let such exhibitions continue till North
Carolina shall rank among the very
first Of the prosperous and great States
of our Union. | rejoice at this oppor-
tunity to meet you. | am glad to
see that you take an interest in this
Exposition as evidenced by this most
creditable display you have made. l
am glad to see your people free from
all bondage in the South. am proud
to see you free people, enjoying IN
dustrial progress and a sovereign COM
monwealth, prospering and promoting
the happiness of the people. For that
is all that inspires the heart of any
man. | hope that this will 60 on
from year to year with increased
momentum. 80 home rejoicing to
witness the progress made at the South,
and especially here in North Carolina,
for this exposition is the best | have
ever seen within her borders. And
the time is not distant when North
Carolina, if true to her self, if true to
her resources, to her great natural
wealth and 10 her people will take her
place as one of the noblest and greatest
OF our American COmmOnwealthS.
Capt. B. 2. Williamson. whose name
is known far and wide for fine horses
announces that he will have a second
auction sale of trotting bred Hamble-
tonian and Morgan stations. brood
mares. colts and tillies. Wednesday
November IL. at II o'clock in Raleigh
He will offer some superb stock for sale
on that occasion, and those who know
what kind of horses Capt. Williamson
has will rot miss this opportunity.