The Greenville times., 1899-02-25

There are many people who,
without thinking of the subject
proper ly, are in the habit of
speaking of railroads as being the
property operated by ''soulless
corporations andthercfore proper
subject not only for abuse but
when possible of ''beOtlng" them
out of anything they can, IN any
way that 1t can be done. This
paper does not purpose to set up
any defense of the tricks OF some
men who have made great for
tunes by dishonest railroad monip-
ulation, There have been such
men, but SO far as the railroads
thamselYps Pre- concerned and the
modes Of operating them us COM
monty in use, there is no doubt
they arc not only great conven-
ience, but an absolute necessity to
the country through the advance
guards and promoters of civiliza.
ton and progress, and in the last
years are becoming the most pow
erful promoters Of the develop
ment of both farming and manu-
featuring IN sections that need it,
As an exponent of the work that
is being done in this line, we cite
our readers to that very interest
ing paper, the Southern Field, |
published by the great Southern
Railway, Washington. D. G.
Every well-Wisher of the South
who knows the needs of this part
of the country wants to see an inn
proyement in the farming and
general promotion of the manu-
featuring interests, There is no
other way to make the country
generally prosperous and its peo-
pie thrifty, prosperous and intel
Iigent. The thoughtful people
endorse most heartily the efforts
made by the Southern Railway as
well as those made by some other
lines to sell the superauous farm |
ing lands to good farmers from
the North, and to organize manu- |
featuring enterprises in every To- |
}ality.
The South Is full of unused op- t
lortunities and latent capabilities. t
There is not another section on t
'arth that possesses so many con- t
litions that make it desirable to t
i've in and susceptible of prosper "
,us developments. To bring these l
acts before the public and thus q
o develop our neglected resources, lf
he larger lines of railways have @
lrned their attention and bent W
heir energies. If now the people W
hemselves will second these eff W
orts, it must result in great bene C;
t to the entire section. ir
Every Northern farmer who il
asts in his lot with the South and ol
tho applies to the farming busi- bl
less the methods in common use W
/ the North, does untold good to 81
le community, by showing the peo-
le what they, too, may do if they
ill. Every manufactory that ol
brings up and uses our raw ma te
,rial and whose operations create eN
good market for our products ce
Ids tremendously to the welfare lt'
the whole community. In the SO
romotion of these means Of gen. oN
,al prosperity, the railroads are u
wv net only the most prominent III
.ctOrs, but are almost the only Us
hes making any extensive efforts yc
I'd in this way they are almost as II
uoh of benefactor to the coun- IL
Y as in the exercise of their func- re
ons as Il common carrier. is
The Southern Railway runs oi'
rough part of the country that ra
we'll adapted to general farming WI
truck farming and fruit farm Pa
9. Moreover, the people all m'
ong the line have awakened to OF
G absolute necessity of building I'LL
, manufacturing interests, and pa
a result of this spirit, largely an
gendered and promoted by the %
'orts of the road, that entire sec we
IN is dotted with successful cot cal
n mills, whose owners get good a
vidends and whose employees on
axe a splendid cash market for pa
e produce of the farms. As q Pe
no other section Of INT
G South wears such q look Of
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