The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-12
mopn FOR THE NEW SOUTH.

L---a-ary Price at the convention
me international League OF
q clubs. san Francisco, Cal
,sner Of Gen. Agnus, who was pre-
LIZ - the last moment from coming on
VEN was read by Secretary Price. In
~ it was as follows:
Pr. has been my good fortune 70 know
-,1tb in war and In peace. AS union
i1e, was in it and through it during
SON. Test Of civil conflicts, and saw the
ls ssays and self sacrifice OF its people.
rss over it during the gloony Gays OF re
VS. A,..-,ctiou. and for quarter OF a cent
elTbsve followed its growth and its des-
~ md witnessed the marvellous con-
VIE, [Tbich it had achieved under the
s..o.s;ngs of union and peace
pss '3.Ts land worthy of the eulogy Of
honest man. In the abundance aud
e'sIL!stf ce1t variety of its resources, 1t is a
llos J;ss and Canaan, u country blessed
lsis 10 hOuuties and riches Of Gods good
VIZ II clothes one-half Of the nation; it
PES pes. rnillions Of people, its fruits, its wines
NeIi-z melons acknowledge no equal, ex
sl I. ,hoss of the golden slope; it supplies
Wv alf Of the oysters OF this continent,
eni from the seeds transplanted from It's
rcns a. bav have come the delicious
SS.I'iIlss of the Pacific coast. 1t contains
n ..ea o1al and more iron than all the rest
Of the United States
1ouRNALIsM's GREAT PROGRESS,
a1r tbe year Just closed it raised the
,,-5ast crops in its history, and turned out
VIZ oss iron than fer the entire ten years
t.oro 1870 to 1880 1t is a land new in ener-
n riss new in growth, new in ideas-a new
ss,rtb that shakes hands cordially with the
1Tentor. and cody, but politely. tells the
alitjcien TO mind his own business.
Pu(yi thin twenty-five years this south has
.i5ei millions TO its population, has treb-
la its wealth until it now reaches nearly
,o1 thousand million dollars; has multi
Srad lis schools, its colleges, its churches !;
Fss ineugurated all kinds of new
irdrstries and enterprises, and
.1o-abv establish edhome markets fer its
r-odncts. and has, in brief, experienced a
ssyelopment which has attracted the at
,ontion Of the whole world to the unlimited
Tossibilities Of it's exhaustleSs future And
9st gentlemen, great as this growth has
hon the expansion Of its journalism has
scInsed all other features of its progress
M wealth of the south has increased four
td-the wealth of its newspapers has in
ERASED tenfold. Where there was ons sub
s,rbsr twenty years ags, there are DOZEN
subscribers to-day.
"Tbe press has been the missionary and
Ire eyangel aud the south has followed its
gosDel and leadership in ways of peace and
Tatbs of prosperity. The journalism of the
E1utn to-day is as OlIef6nL from Ul6 JOurD-
alsm Of thirty years ago as the new south
i from the old. In those days it was full OF
cbiyalry poetry and valor Its writer's had the
pslantry and courage of Bayard of France.
Their sentiment fired the soul of man in
time of war, and made strong men bend the
knee in times Of peace Ranging from Ran
daps fiery lines. Maryland My Maryland"
70 Mai Randoph's "Grasshopper and Sweet
Potato Vine" the journalists have contrib
rtad MARINA Oant traaguras n the litara III ira
Of the nation.
FROM CHIvALRY TO BUSINESS.
"But this journalism was mainly edi-
toria-a journalism of comment. 1t re-
CURED few men, and it enjoyed a limited
audience When the war was over, the
new conditions brought forth another set of
men, more in touch with the demands OF
the times 1t was these men, often labor
ing in al ungrateful field, who established
the journalism Of fact, who, with heroic
effort, and Notwithstanding ignorance and
prejudice with which they had to contend,
brought the newspapers into line with the
journalism Of theday, introduced the power
press employed the telegraph, engaged the
brightest minds and added to their equip
mentS the best that their resources oonld
afford They made the vocation of the
journalist one Of the best paid and best res
specJed callings in the south that man or
woman Of brains could choose, 1t was these
papers which for the Arst time described tc
tle world the riches and resources of the
south-papers which made possible and
real What Is best and most permanent
IN southern Rrowth-papers like the SAvAN
NAH MORNING NEWS, the Atlanta COnstitu
uoa, the Louisville Courier Journal, New
orleans Times Democrat, New Orleans
fcdyHne Galveston NelUs, Mobile Regis
Sr, montgomery Advertiser, Chattanoog.
4Mes knoxville Journal. Charleston NeW
ant Courier, Rich mond Times, Richmond
D''pach Richmond StGte Norfolk Land
mars, Norfolk Virginidn. Florida Times
onion, birmingham Age, Nashville A1leri
CIn' Wheeling Intettigencer, Roanoke
others
THEY HAVE MADE THE NEW SOUTH.
These papers have had to deal with lin.
Isu constituencies because of the larg,
Ia'S Vi dense ignorance in the southern
equation. They have worked with spleu
G GI suu heroic patriotism, carrying en-
.S3Iealnent from house to hamlet and es
~O!hllng an era of new ideas and new
a nn9OLIlons' They deserve the admiration
a support OF the world; for not only hav
I?! messed their own section and brought
~ N prosperity and happiness, immigra
%JI una Investment. but they have ais
~ My uoAe their part in the broader dutie
"yIIIttIIeuship and humanity.
has ' III LACY, CnlS new journalism o
Se soutn that made the new south Their
S Suot proud page In its history that tine
E.Sopapers did not help to write Withou
meT work the paciication of the countrv
T T0r.I nave been delayed twice as long
s lucy nave always been in advance of thei
moa1e .!tnents, and they have enlisted ever,
" 1 etA mat would aid the real development
nao Yro moral and mental interests of thei
sV1~e' They were the advocates
al. .r tne promoters of substantial in
n Diis!ieh's on legitimate basis, and tn
IN ''C o, Innate outbreak of speculative boom
NJ o.ine sections was the wickednes
Vow Il0u committed against their gooc
eroA, which stands out all tn
res T" yer as one by one, the booms disar
Tsro iuIo the thin air out of which the
btt.rgely made. These papers are vastl
yeq SDs or and greater than they were te
,rss9o sgoi each day they are brighter an
HAN o IMAM The day before. They pa
vsgos employees, on the average hlghe
bc iT , .l those Of any profession or call
rroT No. .le south, and as their prosperit
ho D eue larger will be their forces an