The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
North Cardinals Example.

One Of the greatest wants of the
South to-day is some place or provision
| made by which a frugal citizen can in
vest his money with profit. North Car
DINA has set an example that should be
followed by other Southern States.
Her more than 200 successful cotton
mills not only give employment to a
large number of her people. but they
give III opportunity for the investment
of their earnings. Provide a place
where an operative OF u farmer or a
mechanic may invest his savings and
derive 8 profit from them, and the great
est incentive will be provided for him
to become II temperate, industrious,
useful and frugal citizen. With his
first hundred dollars saved and invest
| ed comes an irrepressible desire to add
| another hundred. And SO with his
| small accretions lie gradually advances
to a position of competence and then of
influence.
There is another thought that sug-
gests itself in this connection. All OK
perience shows that communities are
taught just as individuals. A prevail
ing impulse for improvement often
times runs through a whole district or
county. In fact, the spirit of improve
ment is infectious. One farmer in a
neighborhood may build a good barn.
In a short time there will be a dozen
good barns in the immediate vicinity.
Likewise We find that any special III
dustry is likely to be grouped in certain
centers. 1t may be very difficult at
first to establish a cotton factory in a
certain locality. The success OF this,
however, makes it the prolific mother
of a numerous progeny.
I IT, ..ol. ILL., - <t. ,1vSfrsni no
we'll as the social world. The great
than original. 1t requires a bold spirit
to invest money in any new business in
a new locality, but when this business
ia once established aud prove emu
nerative, hundreds are ready to follow
with their capital. The South has
passed through the experimental stage
in manufacturing industry. The dawn
of prosperity has come. Nothing is
now required but uniform, equal and
just laws towards industrial enterprises.
If n State is just in it's assessments
and taxes towards them, and another,
thOngh it may enjoy superior advan-
tages, enacts iDjudicious, severe and I'M
just laws against corporations, capital
will flow to the first and avoid the sec
ond. 1t is hard sometimes for the poll
tician to learn that he cannot Cypress
capital without injury to the State. 1t
is hard for him to believe that his IN
just discrimination in the matter of as
sessments costs the State ten times as
much as the whole amount of taxes col
lected through such unjust dis
elimination Justice is what CAPT.
tai demands ut the hands of legis-
lators. and justice it will have. This
truth is now being learned by the South
ern politician in a very practical man
Der, and this gives hope for an early,
rapid and successful development OF
that section of our great country where
the generosity Of nature has supplied
the most abundant, valuable and diver
SIZED material for the employment of
human labor.
This condition of things is greatly to
be coveted, 1t is the basis of intellect
ual aud financial growth. When our
lawmakers recognize the truth that en-
enlargement to industrial movements
can be most surely given by treating in
corporations as individuals in
of taxation and by making it
to the interest Of all citizens to save and
invest a part of their earnings in man-
.ufacturing, the South will enter upon a
brilliant career and all classes and con
ditions of her people will enjoy the sun
light of permanent prOsperity.-SOuth-
ern Farm Magazine.