The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-09
MEN WHOM THE SOUTH WANTS.

MEN " HON ! II. SOU II " " -.
.r,. ,,re,.cs+ ,ocd ofthe South IS for
1oracr ,,o,,,,1o,;,,n oi,.ino - that sec
,;r, I,rolr r,,,.,rn=,9 Canacitv and
,I-a,.r.,, ,,ra,,.r ,,,drcIive rocsib;1Itjes
,hoa nl,, e,.-. Fxoent ot 4 few con
s,'.r,,-,,. 800 ,.l.ro ,roat cities are
1l rl. Ia ,'-,.',I1,;o1 - ,be South
. nof orn.,r,r IN nronortjon to the
ad,.,n,,2ae ard possibilities IF ,ho,
~.ct-an ,Ir.r. +. ornor,nn,tv far the
occor,r,od,,;nr nf tbc entire ,resent
,,o,,,I,,,o, r. 81. I-o;,ed c+,,cc co,,b
a.. .,,--,,,l e.,-. e -. NJ
e:.ss,,,,,; ,v;,ho,r, Cro,vGior or wf>bon.
o,.er.a,,fr,,,, the resar~cos o3the territory
indicated The Southern States CON
.ar, the largest undeve)oned area in
the T-ri.ed States and this raoion
--ra..n.-,..,li,,,;.ad ,,rodnct;o, ~ a,,erv-
~. .l,. !. made T.. na,nr. or man
,r-aTc < rance of soil and climate
,h,t r,re-er,c 10 conditions cssanti,l
for he ,r,w,h of .e,.err,bino ,b,t ;s
reor;red f,r food or cIothin9 and in
and r,on the Ground therc * everv
raw material nn0n which mannfac,rr-
ino industries denend Their. is no
other section of onr connt~v !, which
are ororned tooefher natural rerorrces
If such evtent and divers;tv of
character The Fast and the West
have their own necnIiar odvontooes
and their characteristic resources Rnt
nowhere outside Of the Southern States
has nature nIaced 60 manv and co
diverse resources in close iuxtanoci-
lion
The East small IN oreo and with
limited natural resources c,nnortc tho
densest nopuIation rnon This con-
,in.n,-ci,nno,tc ;te ,lao,,1a h,, troda
and industrv the hoeit of which, ic the
resources of remote C+otes and co,n
tries The West with 1;n,;,lesc oreoc
Of productive agricultural country
Yields food for millions hrt this i ,ba
limit Of possibilities The South
however confines with tic indrc,r;oI
resources Agricultural noseibiIiries that
oparantee sunnort 70 an immense
foundation as great Is anv nortion If
The world now knows
The South hoe r,,da rrodio;o,,e
strides in every line of deveIonnent
durino the mast ten wears ar more bnt
the growth Of agriculture and industry
have No, had =, or,,reciofla afrsct
,pon ,he resonrcec of tha co,p+r,, A.
cdmro,ed with tho ,,oes;h;1;,;a, IS
devrIonment oll tina. has heen accom- .
nlished is bnt as ,he rrosnectors, tes+
nits IN their relation - = oreo+ r,;,e
The nrooress thns f,r r,ode renreca,,+ g
merely the utilization Of onno1tnnit;.s
immediately accessible, and ren,,ir;n,,
no effort OnIv the timher nearest 70
river and railroad has becn emf. cnI,,
tho INNER and th;clar col eo,,,,s la,.a
been onened . only the exnosnd oro
banks have been touched only the
most readily nrodncti,.e soil has hae,
titled ONLY the overflow Of na,rre's
abundance has been orasrad v.biIe
the greatest resources o3 oil ora WOO
ticaiIv still untouched The annIico-
ton Of the more efficient and nora
economical ue,bods ,bat ora reor;red
where conditions are less f,ro~aI,1e
will brine -ssr1tc IN tho dsraIc,,n,ar,.
IF Southern industry tb,t wa do,oo.
now connrebend
This leads rs hack 70 orr starting
nojnt-tbe need Of the South for n,ore
ncoDle-men who will annIv Them
selves indnstrions1v and intai,;ren,1v
to the utilization Of the not,,ro1
resources everywhere ca abundant
Money is needed less than hrains
and muscle. The industrious me-
chanjc or the thrifty farmer is Of more
value TO the South now than is the
millionaire, who sits afar off and shifts
his capital from place 10 Mace rs
opportunitjes present themselves or