The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

hence | would plead for the public
schools first, and as Il following neces-
sity, plead for the good roads also. to
promote industry. diversified farmiuzs
Including sheep. etc.
one may say, NO other State has
done this. | reply that New York is
DONG It now. Her legislature passed
the law appropriating fifty million To
pupiic roads, leaving it to Il vote Of
the people VINO have this fail ratified
the act BY an unprecedented majority
n the state. She has long enjoyed her
s0oI free schools ard now she is is
SUNG millions of bonds to raise money
ut once for good roads, rather han
resort to direct and immediate tax
ttt1on. Kansas went in debt for n.r
Tree schools and her people were in
deDt To the verge of bankruptcy botn
Tor private and public improvements
III debt 10 the people. the banks aai
insurance companies. etc, in he East
They educated and lived and worked
and looked forward instead of back
ward. lived on her border in Mis-
souri, for fifteen years Of that period
OF The States young life after the war
until 1884 and hauled sheep across
her plains several times; noted every
movement of the State and policy pur-
sued for her people
West of Topeka the fPrarie Dog"
was still building towns" on her low
lands the Antelope ran in droves on
her uDianGs, the buffalo still sKyept
over her plains in droves and 'nard
times Knocked at the doors of al
her people, but they bought land Oh
ten years time, borrowed money to
build churches. schools, roads and
wire fencing. What is her condition
today? For answer. see any of her
great daily papers. (Must it be said
Statistics show that she leads our
state in public schools and education
Of her people. in her industrial Gevel-
opment, diversified agriculture, sock
hncIudlng great sheep industryD
and public improvements and her
schools, churches and morals have al
ready educated two generations Of
people UP to first ranks in tl,s
tWentiety century business ana t0
boldly keep their feet on saloons ana
lntemreraECe.
We boast that our fathers. one ncn- !
dred and thirty years ago had tho
moral courage to lead the western /
world IN casting off Imperial govern |
nent and in establishing that freedom. +
That Kansas is now so nicely and ful- I
~ enjoying. While North Carolina Is
not. It IS not the fault Of the freedom +
We established but because we do not +
giapple with our opportunities anu I
urge them forward 70 fruitful results
While Kansas has done so. Our people Z
feel this and i is discOura eing ana +
many of them have left the State to f
enjoy elsewhere what they cannot ge}
here. From my home here in IredeiI
county [ can count dozens Of families
from which some have gone and +
know it is so elsewhere. Yet we have
the intrinsic wealth in real estate to
justify our PEOPLE in 3t once commeac-
ing to enjoy education. good roads
and industrial development Some ara
seeing the situation that confrOuts "
and are diScOur2 ged and fearful /
see it and it hinderS the promotion OF
Sneep husbandry in the state. | know
this IS talk on political economy
but sheep husbandry is and should 5e
an important 0art OF that economy
ana the sheep business is affected ~
it IA like manner as by the feed ~
eat. the water they drink or The
markets in which their wool and NUT !
ton are sold. The sheep business Is
not intended TO suDplant cotton OF
INV other business but viii and does
promote cotton growing and other n
iustrial pursuits.
Money is seeking investment in
Just such bonds as North Carolina can
offer. not at eight and fifteen 9ar
cent as Kansas had to pay. but q
eSS than six per cent. 50 with tn.
money provided the school law can be
so altered as to set a nine months
school in operation within a year.
The necessary Immediate and annual
school funds distributed among or
people will add considerably TO indus
rial activity besides its other greater
benefits
1t is the adoption of a great new
'o8d building business that would al
most revolutionize the farming in-
1ustry-the change would be so great
to which l propose giving most at
ention. How can it be done comes