Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-12-08
THE SOUTHERN CLIMATE.

change in the trend of immigra-
ton will soon be apparent. The
fame Of the South, as the most
desirable of all sections ofthc cour-
try for those who desire to build
homes under the most advanta-
geous conditions, has become
widespread. The fact that the
South has withstood the panic
better than any other part of the
Union is appreciated abroad, and
and has had its effect in causing
a stimulus of migration in this di-
rcction. But the chief induccment
lies in the character of the climate,
together with the extraordinary
natural resources of that section
which is bounded on the north
by the Ohio river, and on the south
by the gulf. Thousands who
who came to America from Europe,
and who were put into the North
west by railroad agents, and who
have made States out of wilder
nesses, are now learning that they
would have Jared more fortunately
if they had come into the South
Immediately upon leaving Castle
Garden. They, have begun to
inquire why they should endure
the long and cruel winters of the
bleak Northwest, when they might
live in comfort in the South and
and find larger profits from their
work. In the Northwest agri-
culture is limited; in the Ssuth it
is illimitablc in its opportunities.
The railroad advantages the
Suthcrn farmer enjoys are far
crater than in any portion of the
colder climcs. The soil responds
to any caprice of the farmer. The
lands are cheap. The taxes are
l)w The cost of living is reduced
to the minimum. If each
Suthcrn State had an immigration
agent who would minglc amoung
the people of the Northwest and
explain to them how much easier
tits togrow rich thesouth, We have
not the slightest doubt that they
would flock to this section BY
thousands. Despite the libels
upon the South uttered by a
partisan Northen press, the truth
has gradually permcated the
minds of the homc-buildcrs of the
North who have only their encr-
gics whercwith to earn their living
that the South has been maligrcd
and that Dixie is the only land
of promise. Why should a farmer
spend ten mouths of the year
in the cold and frost cultiyating
wheat, when he may work in tie
sunshine of the South twelve
months in the year, raisin & tvely
thing from cotton to figs, from
turnips to apples, from celery to
tobacco? The idea that the
Southern climate is cnervating is
the purest nonsense. An hour
of work in the fields of the South
brings greater compensation
than five hours in the North,
There is no economy in combating
billiards., when one may live in
a country where the climate is
ideal for the agriculturist. Zymot-
ic diseases do not exist in the
South, as they do in the North,
The farmer is far more healthier in
every way, The statistics will
show this. The financial de.
preston under which the country
has suffered for a year or more
was much more serious in it,
effects in the North than in
the South. The time is therefore
ripe for the advertisement OF
the advantages of the South, and
immigration and colonization
societies should be established
in every Southern state anG
mis- ;ionaries sent out. Such {
movement would combine botl
business and philanthrophy.-Ex
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