Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-01-30
TELLS WHAT ROADS are DOING
Two Sides to It, and soth sides are
Given.

Mr.. a. e Harmon, the editor OF
Cotton IN sn Interesting article,
tells what the railroads have done.
Many people, hes ays, forget that there
are two sides TO the railwa q1es ion.
The S nth today il reaping harves
Of prosperity, a great part Of his Is the
trait of seed sown by tae always ten
and twenty gears ago.
All the roads have g, urased The
building of cotton mills by giving verv
low rates on machinery, on raw cotton
and on the manufactured goods, Every
/ large road keeps q force of mn To
/ bring in n NV settlers, new industries
and new capital. See now the Southern
railway brought western North Caro-
lima the Land of the SKY, to The atten
ton of the world and made 1t one If
the best known health resorts any
where
Over ten years ago Mr.. 7 N. Emer
son now President of the Atlantic Coast
Line but then traffic manager, got me
to as ist in Interesting the farmer
along the road in the CaroIuas, IN
tobacco culture Cotton was then 8
cents pound, The read encourage d
tobacco growing in every way aud in
side OF ten years, the tobacco crop
along the Coast Line was 6O,COO 600
pounds the finest leaf in the world.
The Central of Georgia has made Geor-
gia the greatest of all peach growing
states. This company built bran 3hes in
TO the orchards end with come ctions
runs fast special trains in the season to
hurry the fruit to market. Ihave known
| the Southern TO run q special with just
one car Of fruit. 200 niles SO that it
would not be held over few hours for
q regular train
aad Il not bsel for Nc, Flagler's in
vestmeIt of Millions in building the
Florida East Coast road, all that part
of the state would still be undeveloued,
inaccessible and thinly settled with a
poor population instead Of being, IA it
He had to wait for years to get any
return on his money, while the fruit
and vegetable growers got Immediate
returns on their Investment
could mention dozen other roads
which have done like work in helping
to Upbuiid the S,u b, but sll of the IN
stances would be along the same line
as the above. The S aboard for years
has kept large force working ell the
time to build up industries and locate
factories. The Illinois Central has dor @
the came, so has tine Atlanta & West
Point, the Gsoraie, the Queen &
Cresc mt, the Louisville & Nashville,
the Mobile & Ohio and hers
The louisville & Nashville perhaps
did more than any other factor in de-
veIOping the great iron and coal indus
try IN A&bama, and yet for this work
we have never heard that road or lis
ofic ala given any credit whatever.
Tne Illinois Central has for years been
foremost in developing the vegetable
growing business in the Mississippi
Valley,
When one ioc Ike qlarely in the face
-uch results as [ have pointed out
- go ard viii allow his sense of jus
10 have aoy play whatevsr,i it seems
.nyo@s4 oie 80 arraign the railroads as
cheats aud common robbers.
Every mill that has been built, every
orchard that has been planted has en-
nanoed tha value of every acre for
miles arourd It and miiliona of Poop
have shar. an this euha1o-d valus of
property alone. ao1 yes many If hese
people are the first 20 rise up and
olamor r legi.jasloa shut would Grip
pie The roa in tha great work they
are doing.