The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-21
Col. John S. Cunningham.

real and substantial advantages from
being developed by diverting attention
from the controlling and significant
point which must at all times be kept
at the front Booms lead people away
from practical realities into. a fairy
land, and when they rub their eyes they
discover there was not enough back of
them, and they are left to realize that
when practical development is dis
credited, genuine progress is retarded.
"The best section of the country is I'M
doubtedly the one that can bring the most
comfort and happiness with least exer-
ton to all classes of citizens, and it
seems that nature has endowed the
South with view to promote prosperity
and make the struggle in life as easy as
possible. Our people should contribute
literally and redouble their efforts to
properly advertise our advantages and
attract attention. immigration and colo
nization companies should be organized,
controlling from 100, 900 to 1000 900 acres
Of land and thrifty people brought here
to settle.
Bringing people from the Old World
and from different oVer-crowded parts
of this country to the fresh and inviting
fields of the South is a noble occupa-
ton Few achievements wrought through
the efforts or energies of those who de-
vote their lives to the lettering Of the
condition of their tellowmen by inducing
and assisting them to remove into and
develop new fields that are SO sure to
prove remuneratiVe.
"The immigrants who assisted in the
development of the great West were types
of manhood fit for citizens of any coun-
try The pioneer emigrant is a brave,
strong self-reliant seeker after a fortune
or home, who is able to surmount all
obstacles in his path and to wrest sue
cess from the grudging hand of fate.
These belong to the army that is lured
from home in quest of something better;
these are always hopeful and expect the
benefit to be derived to be commensurate
with the sacrifices they make. These
suffer prfvatiOns, but by arduous toll and
deprivation they devote their best en-
ergies to building up the country.
THE South is nearly as barren of de-
velopment today as the West was twenty
FIVE years ago, but taken as whole the
advantages Of the South are greatly SUI
perior to those of other parts of the
the United States, and the lack of manu-
factories in the South, have permitted
capitalists to operate factories profitably
in the East that could not compete with
factories here, if such factories were
properly equipped and managed. This
fact becoming recognized will force a
change in the situation very soon and
ought to bring about great many re-
movals of plants to the South. Every
body would be helped by such a change,
as the works could be operated at re-
duced cost. and the goods sold in home
market.
when the tramp of the marching
army of immigrants is heard in the South
the development will go in storm and
sunshine. in heat and cold. and the waste
lands will give way to numberless happy
and joyous homes. Private enterprises
will take hold and occupy every nook and
corner of this county which is overflow
ing with an abundance of good things
Cities innumerable will be built where
now stand virgin forests. Those who