The news & observer., 1905-12-01
SOUTHERN STATES
MUST COOPERATE
To Secure the Inland
Waterway.
THE SOUTH CHEATED
This Section Has Not Received One
Per Cent. of What il is Entitled to
in the River and Harbor I'm
provement Question lnteres
Tina Letter From Col. Jones.


insurance question, and your sound ed!
itcrisl On the same subject l believe
the time is not far distant that each
State in the Union vii! take in hand
the plan CT life insurance. For it Is
q sacred fund ana no man or set OF
men. should be allowed TO use il for
speculation for personal dement's, any
more than a treasurer of a church
board or the treasurer CT a State. 10
speculate on church assessments or
state taxes for his personal beneflt.
rhe net session OF Congress. as WEI.
as the North Carolina Legislature, will
have the fash light of truth before u
Of the craft and robbery tnat has been
going on. that is simply appalling 10
civilization. and the line OF roDDel9 oi
the sacred contributions OF the amen
can citizens, that have been stolen 10
p.rpetuate III power party thdt mas
rDbLed the American people SINCE
1850 as Systematically as the Iafliei
has planted his annua. crop.
North Caro- mas next Legislature
should give Governor Glenn every pos
sible power 10 protect the people oi
the State AGAINST men who take Dem
,,cral n sura l.. = assessments OF North
tB-lL d.
most sacred sentiment uf its citizen
shlJ in % ar - re -ates 70 lhe
sacred franchise r.Sht5 or an inleill
gent voter / note your report Oh Tn.
proposed nl.and Waterwa? on the E.aS,
,.ast such issues belong to Congress.
aad tho insurance issue VIII sure-y d.
a nauoaa issue n the me-. Congress-
l.uI laving asiue insurance, the oout--
has noI had one per cent. Oh What IL
is entitled to on the water and na! oo
Improvement question over ~ Ne-.is
of my ife was devoted TO n Wofh
and study OF the South's rights on mi
water way and harboi improvement
question and / found il more the fault
and ,ack of harrnonius co-opera ton OF
the members e~orn each southern
state. ard heir inability to secure th2
hearty cooperation OF the members
from al the Southern states. to secure
proper recognition for Eierltorlous
noints No matter, # on tie North
Carolina. South Carolina. FLORIDA or
Louisiana or Texas coast. worthy
point should have the active Workln~
support of every Southern member,
whether from the seacoast State o. the
interior they would win every
time For over two centuries one OF
the finest harbors on .he Gulf of Mex
leo for the gromotion of South Amer
lean trade between that country anc
this. lay unnoticed and unhonored. a
careful investigation revealed the Idc>
that the representation from congress
i'm the State were chosen for both the
unner and lower House of Congress,
from parts of the State remote IRON
This harbor. and they gave but ntt.e
attention to it. and finally to procure
recognition a board OF trade was
formed in a village on its shores OF
less than LOCO people. rms ofgdliZa- l1s'
ZION soon learned that the Eastern part
of the United States was not IN SYM
nathv with the opening of great guif
harbor for it would work change In
,nonopolieS of commerce theH con-
rolled and the West knew nothing OF
if. SO q systematic canvass ana q
Enoc kfor recognition at the doors OF
the great business organizations oi
the great West and Middle West Was
heeun. and they investigated the STU
ation, and finally gave their uhahi7
NOUS endorsement for the opening ol
this harbor. On which history says lie
soto made his first landing on Amerl-
can soil at the point jules Verne
called 'tTampa's Desert Strand IRON
which he made his trip to- the moon
Rut the great West saw its value, ana
independent OF the States own VOICE
i'm CONGRESS-, demanded ana Secui ca
the recognition that has IN less tliah
twenty-five years made tnis sea' i,e
nort of entry only third IN It's colee-
tion of custom dues i'll the hSt OF
American rorts. and at that port To-
day Is being held great Ihlu- " lll'r =
fair that viii rival some OF me edlh-
est expositions of America Inc Wli.ei ~.
had the honor u win both LeSlaia'iNe
and commercial recognition, and tne
unanimous endorsement or every 81 .,'e =
through those channels East OF iilc
Rocky Mountains and West OF feilh-
sylvania, and from Minnesota 10 floi
ida by a personal canvass OF every
State without the loss of the enuolSe-
ment of a single chamber of com.
merce; and today. if the poards VI
trade and the business organizations ol
North Carolina will put men IN the
field that will make her Congressman
and Senators a unit on this inland
canal, and on this insurance work, ano
on the wolk of government controi Oh
railroad rates. and utilize their ener-
gies to make known the great water
noWer possibilities of this State, and
her great natural resources of raw
material few States, If any, in the
South viii fail to follow them and the
East coast water way will become as
famous as the great Tampa Bay har-
bor. The development 'of work OF
which wrecked the health of the
writer and brought him to this Land
of the Sky" to save his life. and in the
restoration of his health his little mite
and effort is in hearty sympathy witt
The News and Observer. for every
nook and corner of the grand ole
state that will add one item to her in
dustrial and moral development. foi
tho writer has cast his lot amongs
her people to remain to its end.
She has some great ana glorious
men, With a few Aycocks ana Glehh'
IN active national harness she will vii
rnillipns of friends, not only for her
self but for the whole South; and witt
such men backed with the uncompro
missing sentiments of a paper IKE IN
News and Observer. to send their Ut
terances to the world and stand o
them wheE they are MADE. no state i
the South has 4; brighter future tha
North Carolina. Respectfully,
S. A. JONES.