Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-12-12
THE soUrH.s BRILLIANT FUTURE.

THE SOUTH'S BRILLIANT |
And in the Fairest Spot of all the South,
With Fertile Outlying Lands, Balmy
Climate and Superior Railroad Facil.
1ties, Sits GoIdsbero.
Never before was the prospect
for the permanent prosperity of
the South SO promising as it is
to-day. The whole South is
moving forward, and no one can
carefully study the record of its
progress without being astonish-
ed at the magnitude aud diversity
of this growth. 1t has demon
strated beyond all question that
this development is solid; that it
must increase, and that its posi-
bllities are almost beyond CONS
prehension. These facts are now
forcing themselves upon the
whole business world, and as a
result there is already seen the
beginning Of a great Southwark
movement of capitalists and set
tiers that gathering momentum
as it goes will soon swell to im~
mense proportions.
Who can picture the vast, the
illimitable future Of this glorious
Sunny South? Blessed with a
climate that in itself is a source
Of untold wealth and wealths
creating possibilities, with every
variety of soil, yielding all agri-
cultural products in abundance,
sc that even now Southern
farms are annually producing
nearly one thousand millions Of
dollars, which by better cultiva
ton can be doubled without scar
cely adding an acre to the area
under cultivation; with mineral
wealth that surpasses that of any
equal area in the world; with
oyer one-half of the standing
timber in the United States; with
a magnificent stretch Of sea
coast; with rivers to furnish
transportation and regulate the
freight rates; free from severe
droughts; knowing not the hor-
rors of the blizzard; here is a
land possessing in its own re-
sources the combined advantages
Of almost every othes country of
the world without their most
serious disadvantages. What a
combination this is! It is beyond
tho nouynco Of hn human mind To
fully grasp the future that is in
store for this country. In manu-
featuring interests it is destined
to surpass the present greatest
Industrial centres in the world;
because in no other country on
the globe is there such comb
nations of advantages as a basis
cotton, iron coal, timber,
water power, climate, etc,-for
building up every line of manu-.
featuring. This is inevitable.
AS yet it has barely laid the
foundation for tLis growth. AS
well might we expect the laws
of nature reversed as to even
question this.
If this sound extravagant,
study the economic laws now
operating throughout the world
to drive manufacturing to the
raw material; study the combis
nation of coal, iron, timber, cot
ton, agriculture, found nowhere
else, and the conclusion is in
evitable. To it's vast iron deve-
lopment the South will add a
vast textile industry; for where
the cotton is grown there it will
be manufactured, and to cotton
it will add every variety of wood
working business, and then on
all these it will build up a divers
sity of small enterprises that
will help to enrich its people.
No pen has yet fully pictured
this wonderful combination of
advantages-advantages given
by nature in such unstinted
measure. The more we contem-
plate these advantages and con-
trast them with those of all other
countries, the more deeply will
we be impressed with the uns
questionable truth that here in
this glorious land-Creation's
garden spots to be the richest
and the greatest country upon
which the sun eyer shone
Can anyone ''gainsay" this?
If not, then who can say the fu-
ture of Goldsboro is not a bright
nnoS