Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-11-14
PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH.
Many Signs of HsaIthful Advance-Indus-
tries Are Growing.

Many Signs OF HeaIthful Indus
tries Are Growing.
The signs Of a healthy advance in the
south generally are so marked that they
would excite wide comment were ii not
for the overwhelming interest felt in the
political campaign and It's results 1t has
been noted for several years past that the
spirit of narrow sectionalism Is dying out
In the south. In nothing has Major Nc
Kinley moro truly reflected the sentiments
Of the north today than In his messages of
sympathy and good will TO the south. But
1t is not alone In its feelings that the south
is giving evidences Of new life Its COM
Inerce and Industries are showing healthy
growth, and in some states its farmers are
relatively more prosperous than those Of
northern states. Last year the progressive
city of Atlanta surprised the world with
its credtable exposition, which in all like
lihood would have been even more repre-
sentative had 1t not been for the local jeal-
ousies Of other southern cities. The state
of Tennessee is to have great centennial
exposition at Nashville next spring which
promises to be close rival of the Atlanta
exposition. The fact that such industrial
fairs can be held in the south at all, with
its sparse population and urgent need of
more capital to develop its resources, ar
CUES we'll for the energy of the people The
spirit of the new Industrial age has dc.
scended upon Them and they are no longer
content to sit 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 note
worthy during the last few years. The st.
Louis papers say that that city has felt the
present industrial depression less than
many northern cities. New Orleans is
building up great commerce and has
now n line of steamers running direct to
England. Its business men are farseeing
and progressive, and they are fully de-
terlnined to make the city not only the So
cial but the commercial metropolis of tho
south. But they are not going to do this
without struggle. Galveston, small in
population as yet compared with New Or
leans, is dreaming dreams of future great
ness that it intends to make realities one
of these days. 1t has just established .
fine line Of steamers, running direct from
Galveston to Hamburg Germany, and in
many other ways is showing that 1t is
ready to make u good showing in the race
of industrial Development in the south.
The same thing, in measure, is true 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:
Mississippians are today financially in
better condition than at any period since
the war 1t is strange, then, to us that our
people are not satisfied to let well enough
alone and try no experiments, for, as the
darkies say, "a trick untried in unjusti.
fed There is a steady, healthy and per-
manent upward tendency in the independ-
enee, self reliance and self sustentation OF
our farmers. We never have a failure in
crops, and, with all the disadvantages this
year, we have made three quarters OF crop
generally, at least in the dry region. Why
clamor for a changer"
Yet it ia these men who have boon told
by Mr.. Bryan that they are the wretched
slaves Of the money power.