The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-05-06

/ idOOI SOIultioI WHICH prevails III tHC
| South TO wha, exists in the North, say
lng The war between labor and capital
! doss not exist in the South. Labor is
| plenty, and the climatic conditions are
such that the workingman can support
himself and family upon mucn less
than similar family in the North
must have to be equally as comforta
BILE. He sad he referred TO both farm
and factory help.
A notable feature was Mr.. McLau-
rims reference to Congressman Lover
ing's recent speech on the tariff. He
quoted him as follows:
II want TO tell Mr.. McLaurin that
everything is not rose cOlored in Massa-
chusetts to-day. | want to tell him
and the other gentlemen from the South
something which perhaps they do not
know about manufacturing in their own
States. Within the last two years the
increase Of spndles in the Southern
States has been So, ,746, while in the
whole of the New England States the
increase has been only GIL ,223, In
the South the increase has been 1915
per cent, while in New England it has
been only 5.32, and when you recollect
that it would take in that time at least
1900, 900 spindlcs to make up for the
wear and depreciation of our machinery,
you will see that you are going ahead
much faster than we are.
Il want to tell the gentleman from
South Carolina something which he
probably does not know. There are
situated in his own State some of the
very best mills in the world. If were
asked to-day where in all our country
was to be found the best planned, best
ordered and best equipped mill running
IN low numbers-aye, and at the best
profit-of any mill in America, would
point to South Carolina"
The eloquent South Carolinian re-
ferred to the one hundred and eighty
three millions of untouched forest lands
in the South as being the nations only
reserve timber, to her embarrassed
water powers, and, in fact, he seemed
to touch upon nearly every feature OF
the Southern country that charms and
invites the investor, the workman and
tourist.
Closing, he said, in part: "Does
the South want this immigration?'
answer, most emphatically, yes; we
want all the honest, industrious men
and women of The North we can get to
come and settle among US.
"We will welcome all such most
kindly, and will prove to them what
Southern friendship and Southern hes
pitality really mean. We will show
them our opportunities and advantages;
will treat them fairly, honorably and
impartially, and endeavor to make
their new surrounding, pleasant and
their new ventures profitable. | re-
peat, we Of the South want 10 increase
our material interests; we want to in
crease in wealth and III the influences
which that brings to a people. We
want Northern thrift and capital to aid
US in this undertaking, and will grasp
the hand of every individual in friend
ship who comes among US for that pur
pose. In making this statement |
voice the sentiment of all true men
and women IN the South.
awe of the South should increase
our wealth, stimulate our ef)rt>, and
strive tor higher and sir niger CONNER
cia relation- W: should neglect a
plain duty in not king the assistance
of other sections Are we not of the
same great na,ion,l flmily, an integral
factor of the same great nation? Do
we not stand in the protecting shadow
of the same Constitution and under he
same fag?"