New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-05
1.-THE PROSPERITY or THE SOUTH.

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The signs of a healthy advance in the South
generally are so marked that they would excite
wide common. were 1t not for the Overwhelming
interest felt in the political campaign and its re-
suits 1t has been noted for several years past
that the spirit Of narrow sectionalsm Is dying out
in the South. We do not say that the people OF
the South were altogether TO blame for their
sectionalism. Perhaps. under the circum-
stances. 1t was an Inevitable heritage OF the
war and the passions engendered by 1t. IL
was not strange that those who had c0nsclen-
tiously fought for the lost cause should for
years hold alOof from those who had defeated
them. Doubtless. too there were individuals
in the North who did not always meet the
South in a concilatory spirit and out of the
very excess OF their loyalty forgot the virtue OF
gentleness BE that as it may, the North to-
day il both more able and more willing TO bury
the unhappy hatrcds Of the past than 1t was
nj the close OF the war. and to recognize the
nobler spirit OF National unity and brotherhood
which is finding utterance In the South as In
the North. In nothing has Major Mckinley
more truly reflected the sentiments Of the
North to-day than in his messages OF sympathy
and good will to the South.
But II is not alone in it's feelings that the
commerce and Industries are showing a healthy
growth and in some States It's farmers are rela-
lively more prosperous than those Of Northern
States Last year the progressive city of At
lanta surprised the world with its creditable
exposition. which. in all likelihood, would have
been even more representative had 1t not been
for the local jealouses Of other Southern cities.
The state of Tennessee Is to have a great cen
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which promises to he n close rival Of the Al
lanta exposition. The fact that such indus
trial fairs can be held in the South at all. with
it's sparse population and urgent need OF mora
capital to develop Its resources. argues well
for the energy of the people. The spirit of the
new industrial age haasdescended upon them.
! and they arc no longer content to 81: down
amid the ruins OF the past and dream over the
things that might have been
The expansion of trade and commerce in
many Southern cities has been noteworthy dur.
ing the last few years. The 81 Louis papers sny
| that that city has felt the present Industrial
depression less than many Northern cities
New Orleans is building up a great commerce.
and has now line of steamers running
direct to England. Its business men are far
seeing and progressive. and they are fully de.
| tertulNeU 10 IIikc tue CItt Hot ON! IHe SOclll
hut the commercial metropolis OF the South
But they are not going to do this without q
struggle. Galveston. Tex. small in population
as yet. compared with New-Orleans is dream.
ing dreams of future greatness that II intends to
make realities one Of these days. 1t has just
established fine line OF steamers running di,
rect from Galveston to Hamburg. Germany,
and in many other ways is showing that it IL
ready to make good showing In the race of In
dustrlal development in the South. The same
thing in n measure is true OF other Southern
cities and towns. while. as We have said. many
Southern farmers are prosperous. "The Can
ton (Afiss.) Times" says Of the Mississippi farm
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Mississippians are to-day financially in better
| condition than at any period since the war
It Is strange, then. to us that our people are moi
| satisfied to let we'll enough alone and try no ex
| periments, for. as the darkics say. - trick I'M