The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-09-24
EASTERN NORrHCAROLINA
Rich in Resources and Natural Ad-
vantageS.
[Rocky Mount Argonaut.] ]

We make the following extract from
letter of Josephus Daniels to his
paper. We publish it because We want
our people to thoroughly appreciate
the exact situation in which this sec
ton stands to-day, and we desire to
see them thoroughly educated up to
the fact, that energy and push, and a
thorough advertising to the world of
our grand natural advantages, are all
that are necessary to bring about such
an era of prosperity as has never before
been known in the South. We have
enough advantages, if they were but
known to the world, to bring US all
the capital we need to develop our
manifold resources, as we'll as an in
dustrious and thrifty addition to our
population, enough to cultivate our
surplus lands and convert them into
prosperous and pleasant homes. Let
us all pull together, there is no use for
one pulling one way and another the
opposite. Nothing can be accomplished
without unity of purpose and harmony
of action. The following is the extract
referred to-:
81 have devoted at least one fourth
of the Chronicle for the past month
to the discussion of the possibilities of
money making in Eastern North Car
ollna. There is no section of the State
which offers greater inducements to
the prospective settler. The fish and
truck industries, upon which there is
probably more clear money made than
on anything else, are confined to East
ern North Carolina. The profits, as
printed in the Chronicle, show the
possibilities of money-making in East
ern Carolina. In addition to these
two sources of large profit, mention
has also been made to the wonderful
success attained in raising tobacco in
the Eastern part of the State. The
brightest and highest priced tobacco is
raised in this section. These are the
new sources Of wealth. The produc-
ton of cotton: corn, wheat, oats, rice
and peanuts, not to speak of other
things that are innigenious to the soil,
makes this an ideal section of our
State.
"And yet, with all these manifest
advantages and healthy climate,
there has been little or no immigra
ton to this section for a quarter of a
century. Why? The chief reason is
that no effort has been made to get it.
There has been a depreciation Of the
advantages by the very people who
enjoy them. They have not published
to the world what they are doing and
whatcan be done. They have per
mitted other sections, not having so
many real advantages, to outstrip them
in the race of progress.
*
81 do not like to bring this i'm
parchment against the people of East
ern North Carolina. There are no
better people in the world and no
better section OF country. But every
| tnOughtful man Will agree with me
that we have been aggressive enough in
pusing our section and that the great
need to-day in Eastern North Carolina
is faith and works in order that there
may be rapid development and prog
ress. Faith without works in town
building is dead, community may
believe in its superior excellence, but
it cannot induce other people to be-
lieve the same thing without working
to that end There is abundant op-
portunity for every county in this sec
ton to add to its population if it will
advertise its resources properly, and
work to secure immi grafton. If 1t
neglects this work, Eastern North Car
olna must content itself to sit still and
see other sections Of the State grow
rich and prosperous at its expense.