Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-01-19

~ connection with the Agricultural
| College at Starkville. Judging from
the liberal subscription Of funds aud
a great number of charters recently
| obtained for the Incorporation of new
cotton mills and other manufacturing
enterprises In the state, it is to be
4, concluded that Mississippi has today
the most hopeful industrial outlook 10
her history.
Mr.. N. +. Thompson, secretary Of
the Huntsville Chamber OF Commerce
In q recent article written for The
Tradesman on 1.-THE South: Its Op-
rortunities and Necessities" hes go
aptly expressed my views that quote
from said article the following:
Prior to the civil war the domestic
training and education Of the South
ern people was such that they were
led more into the domain Of statecraft,
than into other pursuits and this &C.
counts for the tendency so strongly
marked among her CONS to engage In
political rather than mechanical call.
ings for livelihood. But surely no
people on earth have had stronger lea
sons, wrought through direst necessi.
ties, of the value aud Importance OF
industrial pursuits over and above ali
othets than havo tho people of the
South. Practically starting life anew
at the close 1t the war, and with all
their wealth OF raw material now
astonishing the world. lying untouched
at their feet, it should then be ap-
parent to all her sons, that the only
channels which promised restoration
OF riches, power and influences, were
through The industrial line. And had
they been accepted then as the fixed
policy of the South and her legisla.
tion made In accord Herewith, there
would be none today to gainsay the
proud position If industrial supremacy
which would be hers. "
Mississippi has been 10 the past
the greatest Southern pioneer of po.
litical and social reforLs, and now let
her be among the first OF the states in
the South to test aud prove the lis
DIN OF this industrial educational
scheme.
LlBERALITY TO CAPITAL SEEK
ING AN INVESTMENT.
1t is perhaps meet to say here, that
now when the tidal wave OF industrial
development seems to have struck the
state and capital is hunting invest
ment here, liberal and just legisla.
tive policy should be pursued towa,d
all kinds OF corporations and corpo-
rate interests. 1t should be rpmem-
bered that no country ever became
truly prosperous or great where e.
coming regard was not shown for the
equal rights of both labor and capital
by the laws. the courts, and the peo
pie. Experience has shown it to be
wise state policy to extend liberal
franchises and privileges to such cor
porate enterprises as offer mutual
benefits to labor and the public gen.
orally, as well as to the money they
employ. | confidently hope, there
fore, that no mere sentimental or pre-
judicial opposition TO railroads or
favor with the legislature, so that
capita hunting investment will have
no just cause to pass Mississippi and
% TO the other states Offering wiser
legitimate Inducements.
SUPPRESSION OF MODS.
Bat it may be we'll to cnnsid in
this correction that though Missis-
sippi possesses Just such advantages Of
climate, soil aud uudsyeloped raw
material as should prove the greatest
tempter to the immigrant hunting
homs and the capitalist locking for
profitable investm Ont. for his money,
that bothswill be slow to go where life
and property are not sscredly rect
ed by the peopls and protected by the
courts and thu law. Though 1t ia true
that The state is attracting attention
because OF tho nnequalsd advantages
it offers capital by way OF profit in
manuarturing,yet. mark my prophecy,
the state can never attain that mag
nj ficent degree of prosperity and
grandeur Of statehood, that I, right
should be hers, so long as public
opinion permits the high handed mobs.
to t. cat tho law with contempt, defy
tho courts and officers. and murder the
people without prosecution or punish
ment. 1t must be admitted that the
work OF the bloody mob is not OF In
frequent occurrence in the state
Though this is painful fact to ad-
NIT, and one which for reasons Of po-
litical policy might be best left un-
said, yet, it is fact about which, for
the public good, every Law abiding
citizen should be bold to speak IN
condemnation. The constitution of
the state says, "the governor shall
see that the laws are faithfully ex-
ecuted.n But experience in all re-
puhlics shows that the officers alone,
however faithful in their efforts to
uphold the majesty of the law, must
fall Of the full measure OF SUCCESS un
less aided and Sustained by a coW-
ageous public opinion. hnil then
this opportunity as auspicious for an
appeal to tho Legislature and people to
stand by the incoming adminIstration
! In the enforcement OF this law and the
suppression Of mobs Lynching first
| found toleratinn, and then justitica-
ton, in the state in sublime fespect
Tor the virtue and honor OF our white
women, and true to the rule 10 this as
| in all other cases where public opin
| ion either condones or approves the
disregard nf tho law, Incentive to
other acts OF Law lessnefs aud 30 on ad
| ipfinitum. As a common sequence,
therefore, lynching today in the state
| is visited upon the suspect not only OF
rape, but Of homicide, house burning
and even lesser accusations aud Of
fenses and yet the mobist, though IN
many instances acting without mask
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