The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-02
IA NEW CRY, GO SOUTH YOUNG MAN
Its Advantages Now Appeal to the North With IRE
sistible Logic. Killing the Goose That Lays
the Golden Eggs.

off duty for a week or more if ncces-
sary. having full bloodcd negro as
foreman, who is perfectly capable OF
keeping the records fully and accurately
And with respect to the commoner class.
their very shiftlessness and childish lack
of torethought enurcs in way "a the
advantage of the employer, making thcm
dependent on what might be called ths
capitalistic class. and quite unlikely ever
to become restless and dissatisfied with
a life of humble toll, so long as they
are reasonably comfortable as they go
along We we're driven one day for
some hours in and around st. Augustine
by a colored livery-stable man evidently
possessed of considerable intelligence.
and we judged a good handler of horses
and probably valuable hand for tha
proprietor His job suited him exactly.
and he regarded himself as fortunate %
hold it, But he admitted that he nevci
saved any money: when he finishes hts
daily tasks he prefers to dress ul5
deliberately, with silk hat and pateat-
leather shoes, and spend his money III
having good time, with lady friorl
if possible, or otherwise with SOME of
to keep the money of the country in
lively circulation. for the general good;
'if we shut it up in dem saving banks
de town couldn't pay de policemen bet
ter keep it goin' round and round yau
know, sab. Not much danger that tnaa
man viii want TO go off into any otno:
calling. or set up, at ST Augustine or
elsewhere, an opposition establishment to
that of his present employer,
The great need of the South in agri-
culture is, as everybody knows Giversi~
fication. More specifically, and as an
aid and adjunct to the raising Of other
crops than cotton and corn an immenss
multiplication of It's livestock EeaTls to
be the first improvement in ord9r ac-
companied by a wider cultivation of for
age and similar plants and perhaps The
introduction of new varieties, not merely
for the sake of feeding animals ni,t e3
creators of humus and gathcrars Of nitro
gen Not much attention appears 10 he
paid to dairying in the StatesNwe visited,
and possibly that industry will always
find its most suitable home in higher
ATTITUDES. Beef production. however. can
unqueationabIy be carried OF o 4 Nast
extent. and in fact considerable begin
ming has been made already in The cs-
adjustment of large cattle ranges on
the west coast of Florida and clsewnero.
Timothy is Unavailable, and rcd Top, and
red clover; but white clover soes farther
South than we supposed Bermuda grass
is of immense value for sunny fields,
carpet grass" (Paspalum platycsulon)
and ''wire grass" (Aristida strcta) IN
the shade OF wooded pastures. Cow peas
have won a national reputation, and in
Florida at least the velvet bean appears
to be still better. These matters are
receiving increased attention. both BY
the people of the fields aud BY expert
ment station officials, in al the Southern
States: and the next decade will witness
enormous and much needed progress
Another crying need Of the Soutb--ly
no means peculiar TO the South, but sEc-
cially. even appallingly, apparent on the
lines followed by the Farmers Congress
vistors-is attention TO forestry. Tie
present vandalism is perfectly horrible.
You see from car windows. hour after
hour, hundreds and hundreds of pine
trees boxed for turpentine in 4 fl ihiol
very unnecessarily destructive 10 the
trees. but a little quicker AMI eaqicr than
the moro rational method. You stand in
any one of scores of large saw r1iHa and
watch the great tree trunks 2onins in on
a belt carrier in rapid and endless Sue
ccasior, tumblinG right and LETT altorn-
ately to whrlinG saws which cdacc
Thorn 10 boards in twinkiing; a:1 the
rapid disappearance OF tho Forests grows
in the mind into a prophecy Of coming
evil that should friShten tho people Of
Georgia and Florida into taking aon2e cf-
fcctlye action before it is too lste--cspc-
cially as forest growth is, for uapy rea
sons. of inestimable value, agreult#rally
as we'll as commercially, in these States.
Talk about killing the goose tnat laid the
golden eggs. These lumbcrmen and tu"-
pentiners are straining every ncrye TO
annihilate the very breed.