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

come South and farm as they do in the
North can make money faster here than
there but farmers must diversity their
crops. If they would combine so they
could load a whole train at once with
small fruits and vegetables, the truck
farming industry alone would furnish
large revenue for the planters. and am
rle work for railroads
THE South is today producing as good
grade of coarse cotton goods as is made
anywhere After the closest study one
is convinced that results for the future
will show advantages for manufacturing
here that will more than neutralize the
disadvantages, and make it difficult for
the North 10 compete successfully in mny
lines. For many years to come the
South is bound to furnish the world with
tie prime staple requisite for clothing,
and with her virgin forests of hard
woods, even within q few miles from the
limits Of the large cities it is surely
good field for the manufacture of furni-
ture cars. wagons, etc. Wonderful as
the march of material progress in this
country has been within the past coun-
| tryit is certain that the future will show
| a greater record.
1.-THE sun shines on no fairer land nor
more productive soil than is embraced
within the boundaries of the Southern
States, and yet little is being done by
| the citizens here to inform the world
| of these facts. The Southern people, as
| a rule, refrain from boasting OF the ad-
vantages of their country, in fact, they
| 40 not begin to realize what advantages
| it possesses, but the conviction is forcing
| itself even upon the most conservative
citizen that it is time to let the world
know something of the abundant and
obvious advantages of the South.
Its cheap timber, grazing, coal, min
| era1 and agricultural land, it's grand wa
| ter power and ma gnificent harbors. when
properly advertised will surely cause men
! and money to come to us. The present
population unaided cannot for centuries
| develop them, and of what value are
productive soil, magnificent forests I'M
told minerals, grand rivers and harbors,
genial climate with bright skies and,
in fact every advantage on earth if they
are not utilized and developed?
ct seems that the best has been re-
served for the last, and that during the
next twenty-five years the North will
help to furnish the men and money to
work this diversified gold mine The
population of the South per square mile
averages only about one-ffth that of the
average Northern State The large plan
tations of the South should be sub-divi-
ded into eighty and one hundred and
sixty acre tracts. A division of large
plantations. and the sale of the same
would enable many to secure small tracts
of land
THE South under the rapid diversified
tion of crops. and Investigation of indus
tries is thrilling with new life. AS this
new prosperity comes to us. it will bring
no sweeter thought to me, and to you
my countrymen am sure. not alone that
it adds to the comfort and happiness OF
our neighbors, but that it makes broader
the glory and deeper the majesty and
more enduring the strength of the Union
which reigns supreme in our hearts. Here
God has rested the ark of his covenant
with the sons of men. in this free re-
public of ours