New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

from land that cost him only IS acre than
he was making on the Ohio farm which sold for
nearly 800 when he left It.
The natives became more friendly and inter-
ested as time went on. and they soon began to
copy after him. He talked freely with them.
and while ostensibly learning from them was
actually teaching them some OF the best les
sons they had ever learned.
Other settlers came in, and land began to rise
in value. In five years no land could be had in
that county which was suitable for general
farming at less than so acre. and cultivated
farms, like that Of the first Northern settler
held at two or three times that figure.
And with good reason. The man had steadily
increased his livestock as his feed production
warranted. and he had used much fertilizer to
build up his land. He had ploughed under large
crops of cowpeas and crimson clover. with the
result that land which produced only one bale
Of cotton to four or five acres now brought forth
a bale to the acre, each bale OF which was worth
over $50 in 1905. and but little less in the two
preceding years.
1t was noticed in about the third or fourth
year that the natives were also bringing up
their land by crops of COwpeas; that they were
varying and rotating their crops improving their
homes buying some creature comforts for their
families. and talking about improving the dis
lrlCt SCnOOl. To-Day IhelI CoILuIIlOl Is AOO per
cent better in every respect than when the
Northern settler went there. One result OF these
manifold betterments is a generous tolerance and
hospitality for all respectable settlers who come
into the country; another, that the Northern
settler is rapidly becoming an important factor
in every state Of the South.
1t goes without saying that these men are not
combining themselves 10 the farming industry.
They own and operate some or the largest lum-
berins plants in the country. They have moved
cotton mills from New England to the cotton
fields, or established branches. which amounts 70
the same thing. They are operating coal and
iron mines. iron furnaces and manufactures or
various kinds. They have gone into banking.
merchandising contracting and other lines OF
business. and many OF them nave MADE fortunes
there in the last few years
All who go there do not make the move from
business motives alone. The climate is one of
the great attractions In the entire hill region
Of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia Alabama,
Tennessee and Kentucky health conditions are
Of the best and one Ohio man makes the boast
years.
In most Of the cities OF the first and second
class the school facilities have been advanced
fully 30 per cent in the last five years, and a
wave Of free school enthusiasm is sweeping over
the south
The average man who moves 20 the Southern
states to take uD his residence there Ia gen
orally looking for the comfort and Independence
which are to be found only In rural life-and I'm
that only by those who possess the natural apti-
and yet 10 conquer nature. II mans family
longs and pines for the city he will fail in the
country. But II tired OF city life there Is a
golden opportunity for the family which has a
I9ii realization OF the country lIfe's advantages
Aad 1t not been for the virtual desertion OF the