The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-08-04

people from policy over which we dc
have control and which we must stop.
1t is the ceaseless, daily drain, caused
by the dependence of Southern people
upon the agricultural and manufac-
turing industries of the Northern anG.
Western States, for the necessaries anG
luxuries of life.
A Kentuckian said in 1865 that the
Yankees set the negroes free in order
to compel the Southern people to work
but that as far as he was concerned he
intended to do nothing that be could
make the negro do. Have We not
carried out his policy, for when a
child is born it is ushered into the
world under the auspices of a medical
attendant, educated in Baltimore,
Philadelphia or New York; it is wrap
ped in French or New England cloth
ing; laid on mattress and crib made
in Michigan, fed from spoon from
Connecticut, or bottle from Penn
sylvania, and given play things from
New York. When larger he is clad in
suit from Philadelphia, sits at a
table from Michigan, furnished with
cloth and napkins from Rhode Island;
knives, forks and spoons from Con-
neticut and crockery from New Jersey;
beef from Chicago, bread from Min
neapolis, butter and cheese from New
York, syrup from Kansas or Vermont;
crackers, beans, cakes, hominy, jellies,
preserves, canned food and candies
from Baltimore and New England.
At school he sits at desk made in
Indiana, using text books written and
published in New York or Boston. AS
a man and farmer we too often find
him seated on an Indiana wagon, driv-
ing Kentucky mules or New York
horses, with Baltimore harness and
Connecticut whip, carrying home Illi-
nois meat, Minnesota flour, Ohio
corn, Maine hay, Baltimore fertilizers,
Pennsylvania farming tools, together
with shoes, hats and clothing made in
New England.
At his death the patriotic Southern
citizen is buried in a coffin from Ohio,
his grave is dug with shovel bought
from Massachusetts,, Baltimore tomb
stone is erected over his remains, and
his relations are clad in Yankee mourn
ing.
The promise of the Kentucky man
has been literally fulfilled, we neither
produce nor manufacture anything that
can be bought from Northern people.
The inevitable result is poverty.
Pardon me, ladies and gentlemen,
there is an exception to this dismal
catalogue of dependence. There is
one industry in which we are indie
pendent of the North or the East or the
West. 1t is an industry that makes
brighter the fresides Of the people of
the world and their homes more dear.
Is it not time the world was made
aware Of all this, and are we not here
to devise ways and means for such an
exhibition? When, if ever, will another
such opportunity be given us? Let us
seize the present.
Oh! who art thou 50 fast proceeding,
Ne'er glancing back thine eyes Of flame?
Mark'd but by few, through earth I'm
speeding,
And Opportunity's my name.
All honor to the President and
Secretary and gentlemen of the State
Tobacco Association for their patriotic
endeavors to make known their States
advantages and resources, and all
credit and thanks to that enterprising,
public spirited and progressive Journal
that justly deserves the title of founder
of our Association, the first Of its kind
in the United States.
WHY WE SHOULD MAKE AN EXHIBIT AT
CHICAGO.
We all do know how welcome to a
stranger in a strange land and far
away from home, it is to meet friend.
These aisles in the many buildings at
Chicago will be traversed by the
millions who visit the great fair. As
they approach the space set apart for
the North Carolina Exhibit, we can
imagine new impulse will be given
to their tagging footsteps, weary with
the ceasless sight seeing, as they snuff
the odor and recognize the label of
the wellknown brand OF tobacco which
has been to them a friend indeed in
their far off homes.
The Turk will be there reminded |
of his villa along the shores of the
Bosphorus; the Frenchman Of his prom
enade in the Champs Elysee; the
of his Sunday afternoon
at his London club; the German OF
his music hall; the Spaniard Of his
siesta and chateau Despagne; the
Arab of his Nile and the shadow Of
the Pyramid. The Cossack from Siberia,
the Chinese, the Japanese, the Hin |
doc, and he vino makes his home
among the palms that border the
shores of the Tigris and Euphrates will !
be there and all linger in sweet memory
before the magnificent display that |
Durham, Greensboro, Hen
derson, Mt. Airy, Oxford, Reidsvilie !
and Winston will make at Chicago. /!
And our own people will he there !
from Maine to Texas; tine tired man of
affairs, the disappointed man Of the
world, the professional man, the
of the gospel, the literary I
man, the artist, the woman OF fashion
will flock to that exhibit to see the /
myriad forms in which the fragrant |
weed, that has contributed so much to .
their solace, is presented to the public /
both in the manufactured pi duct and
in the various stages of manufac- {
ture.
And last, but not least, our own N.
c. folks will be there by the thou-
sands. The farmer will see there the