The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-20
TALKS OF THE SOUTH
Mrs. French Sheldon Gives Her Views
Of This Section.
FINE INDUSTRIAL PROSPECTS
It Has Many Great Advantages for the
Manufacture of Cotton-A Word
on Southern Labor.


Atlanta on a tour through the south in the
interest of capitalists, has made some
highly valuable observations IN inns sS,"i
She has studied the social ana lhduse 20
conditions of the south with the eye Oh an
experienced traveller and what she nus
say possesses no little value i.
She talked interestingly of what she hao
seen. 90,
MY impressions of the south are at va
rance with all my preconceived lueas'
said she. I'm the first place, nav 20.
covered much more genuine AMI
south of Mason and DiXons me 'nah
else where The southerners, with the eA
ception of the inhabitants of one or TWO %
the states where the French strain preVahS,
are decidedly the most Anglo-SaXoh oA
Americans in America, and they nave au
nered with a singular teuacity TO the olu
conservatism and old convictions OF tieAI
forefathers. Admitting that TINS seclusi'e
condition is fast yielding to the more en-
ergetic and enterprisng spirit of the hortl-
erners who are drifting into the southland
eager to avail themselves of the rare OPP
portunites offered for investments anu oe-
velopments. still the pure southernerS WIN
ever retain je sails quoi sentiment anu
spirit that declares them the descendants
of feudal aristocracy of the olgen uhhe.
"The true pride and enduring silence OF
families of the old regime under the most
distressing and despirting conditions, when
there must 10 great bitterness ranking
in their hearts. commands attention and
profound respect from any discriminate OBJ
server who studies them free from sectional
prejudice. Possibly during the hiatus since
/ antc-bellum times. living in the shadow of
! disasters, the southerners have been wrapt
! in profound contemplation, studying cause
| and effect, deeds and consequences, great
/ motives ana sequences, until today they
! are by this wholesome graduation the better
/ prepared to strike out aAd make strong.
I telling strokes Ia the sea OF possibilities
| they realize surrounds thcn on all sides.
''The south is alive with the quickening
: of a today aud . tomorrow. Looking for
/ ward and not backward. She is willing TO
enter the lists IS a competitor i'll all things
and stand on her own merit she is a pure
i patriot. as witnesseth on all foreign af-
/ fairs, when American dignity or national
night is threatened, her anticipatoTy prof
ferS to enroll her veterans and her best
young manhood In = common national
7 cause against aliens
"WronGfuIly maligncd as to her attitude
| towards her former slaves. No southern
I born negro can ever be converted into a
/ New Highlander and come out improved
I The white southerner understands the Afro
! American thoroughly and on all sides may
/ be seen the manifestation of giving the
I negro a chance lending a helping hand,
and making the law protect him as a citi-
zen and against the outlawry of mobiles.
The industrial, manual training and agri-
cultural Schools for the negro have brought
about &n amazing result during the last
five wears. and such men as Booker Wash
( lngton, whose sound Judgment and marvel
Gus leadership command respect as men
among racn, great men among great men.
have combined TO modify former ideas and
as fast solving ne uea u problem as never
before. The nour has struck
IF forensic fatuatcS can be restrained
from agitatinE the southern regions. in
less than another decade the negro prob
lem VIII have reached common sense,
wholesome solution, and the prosperity of
southern enterprise will be wei secured
in strong contrast to tho eruptve c9ndl-
tions prevailing above Mason and Dixon's
line.
'The equipment OF The entire south with
splendid railroad systems stretching out
in every direction aand extensions Of e.
tablished or new roads being projected
whenever the demand arises besides her
steamship and steamboats, are great ad-
Nantages to commerce and encourage the
newcomer. In truth, an these things are
attracting outside capital in every chan
mel
"interprising scientific experts are con-
stantly experimenting to determine VIVA.
treatment is requisite to rend the soil
adaptable to all kinds of crops so that
the northern and western farmers can
come 10 the southland ard raise crops
they are accustomed TO, IL they shrink
from raising Gotten and sugar cane ana
tobacco. protesting their innocence how
to handle such. Peach orchards and vino
yards and truck farms. the latter lroGuc-
ing two crops annually. have supplanted
in some sections the cotton or sugar cuue.
and vice versa; fruit orchards have given
way to cotton, and a secondary grass
Crcp.
"Southlands possibilities have past the
I experimental stage; that facts may bc
! considered from n practical and commercial
standpoint with absolutely certain results
and a margin to boot. as in the case OF
cotton mills an uninterrupted dividend Of
/ 10 per cent, no matter what the price of
cotton. A fact revealing n fact which
( irdicates that the surplus must he great.
especially In cases whore the plant is ia
creased out of the surplus without dis
| turbng the 10 per cent dividend.
Cotton mills erected IN the region OF
cral end water, adjacent to railroads or
! water way have effected this prosperity
for the manufacturers in the south with
| the following advantages, making most
/ attractive bait to the thrifty, far-seeng
| New Erglander.
| ~. The l cent pound less for cotton