The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-11-14
PROSPERITY OF TIE SOUTH.
Many Signs of I3ealthful .idvance-Indus-
tries Are Growing.

Many signs of i5@aithiui li1Vance-Indu5-
tries Are Growing.
The signs of healthy advance in the
eouth generally are SO marked that they
would excite wide comment were it not
for tho overwhelming interest felt in tho
political campaign and it's results. 1t has
been noted fer several years past that tho
spirit OF narrow sectionalism is dying out
in tho south. In nothing has Major Nc
Kinley more truly reflected the sentiments
of the north today than in his messages of
sympathy and good will to tho south. But
1t Is not alone in its feelings that the south
is giving evidences of new life Its COM
merce and industries are showing "a healthy
growth, and in some states its farmers arc
relatively moro prosperous than those Of
northern states. Last year the progressive
city Of Atlanta surprised the world with
its crcditahle exposition, which in all like
lihood would have been oven moro rcpre-
sentative had it not been for the local jeal-
ousieG of other southern cities. The state
of Tennessee is to have great Centennial
exposition at Nashville next spring which
promises to be II close rival of tho Atlanta
exposition. The fact that such industrial
fairs can he held in tho south at all, with
its sparse population and urgent need of
moro ca ital to develop its resources ar
guos We for tho orurCy of the people. The
spirit of the now industrial age has de-
seconded upon them, and they are no longer
content to sit down amid the ruins Of tho
past and CGoain over the things that might
have been.
Tho expansion OF trade and commerce
in many southern cities has been note
worthy during tho last few years. Tho st.
Louis rar'g~s cay that that city has felt tie
prcocnG iaGos.r.l t.prreeion lo75 tuan
many northern cities. Now Orleans IS
builCing up q great commerce and has
nc" I. line Of steamers running direct tu
Eagland. Its busuo5s mon are farsceing
and progressive, and they nrc fully de-
tcr;nincd to make the city not only the So
cial but the commercial metropolis of the
south. But they are not going to do this
without a struggle. Galveston, small in
population rs yet compared with New Or
leans, is dreaming dreams of future great
ness that it intends to make realities one
of these days. Il has just established
fine line Of steamers, running direct from
Galveston to Hamburg, Germany, and in
many other ways is showing that il is
ready to make II good showing in tho race
of industrial development in tho south
L l!S Same t0lEE, III measure, Is Urue OF
other southern cities and towns, while, as
we have said, many southern farmers are
prosperous. The Canton Miss. } Times says
of the Mississippi farmers:
Mississirnians arc today financially in
beSter condition than at any period since
tho war 1t is strange, then, to US that our
people arc NOT satisfied TO lot well cnOngh
alone and try no experiments, for, as the
darkics shy, a trick untried in unjusti.
fed. There is STEADY, healthy and per-
manent upward tendency in the indopond-
Cncc, self reliance and self eustcntatcn Of
our farmers. We never have failure in
crops, and, with AL tho disadvantages this
year, we hav9 made thrco quarters OF II crop
generally ut least in the dry region. Why
clamor Tor change"
Yet il IS these men who havc boon told
by Mr.. Bryan that they are the wrctchod
slaves Of tho Honey power.