The evening world., 1894-06-21
GREAT FUTURE FOR THE SOUTH
Secretary Hoke Smith Says Its
Facilities Are Unequalled
An Intelligent Man Can Mako Money
There without Capital.

Secretary Of the Interior Hok Smith.
who arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
yesterday, will return to the Capital
this evening. His visit to New York, he
says. is to attend to private business,
but he probably will attend the Con
ference of the Southern business men,
who are to meet a number of New York
capitalists at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
to-day to discuss the best manner In
which to promote business interests in
the South.
Secretary Smith Is very enthusiastic
over the future Of the South.
AS n preface. let me say that the
South does not var a boom, wouldn't
have a boom, and would probably pay
literally for any intending boom to stay
away" said he to an Evening World"
reporter this morning. Blooms always
react In the end, and destroy more than
they ever even promised to achieve In
the beginning.
BIT for a solid future success, based
upon substantial and guaranteed foundn-
lions, there Is no section in the country
to compare with the South. Its posi-
bilities n opportunities are matters or
fact and not OF guess work. 1t pre-
sents now the most lucrative field In the
Union for agricult ural, manufacturing,
mining and lumber developments.
IL know of no wen equal opportunity
for a man of average intelligence and
Willingness to work. He can assurcdly
make n good living. II he adds n
larger degree of ability and a couple OF
thousand dollars as capital, he can
c,,ralv Darn "a coincidence III he mas a
still larger capital and still more OF
other qualities, he can make a fortune.
Good land for, agricultural purposes
middle belt. for from s. to SO an acre.
Even II a man h9s no capital az an pc,
yond his muscle Ind intelligence he can
make a good living working a farm on
THE South has not felt to n great
appreciable extent the hard times or the
past eighteen months, For instance,
featuring firm in Augusta or atlanta
that had to close up. lay on Its hands.
reduce wages or decrease WORKING hours
during the past depression. Our cotton
industry has been an object lesson to
Here are some figures, that I be
pared from the census returns. In 1880
the gross returns from the agricultural
lands amounted to PAL per cent. OF their
value In the South, while In the balance
I'll LIE Sillltp 80
but 1871. The net profit was in the same
proportion. -,
I'm 1880 the South's agricultural and
manufacturing product yielded l,VcO.VOo,-
900. In 1880 the amount was S,SN, Vo,Oo,
an Increase of $500, 0O0,0 900 in ten years,
II won't say exactly that the south Is
quite the place for a many without
money, not OF extra intelligence and
who is willing to work for Others all his
life. But even so situated he can MAKE
a livelihood. though he would have to
compete with negro labor. .
The South appreciates the i fact It. th 6st
pendent on the colored race for most
Of the labor supply. The South s ais9
this class of labor Is, the better 1T Is
for the employers. Therefore the South
has widely extended Its free schools for
the colored people. and its school faciii-
ties now will ompare most favorably
with any other section
Secretary Smith declined to say any
thing on the political situation at Wash
ington, beyond that he believed that, a
vote on the tariff would be reached by
SATURDAY..