The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

. fine start in = commercial career
when his health began to fail. thirty
years ago. He decided the best way
to save his life was not to become an
idle traveller or professional health
seeker, but to find a good climate and
plenty of interesting work. That, by
the way, Is the scientific way for =
weak man to become strong, provided
he begins in time The West is full
of men who have done it, and they
have made remarkable history for the
| country as well as for themselves.
Mr., Hunt has studied the climate ef
many parts of the world and thinks
| there is none better than Middle
| Georgia. But as | read his story, as
he has set it down at the request Of
his Southern friends, | conclude that
any country would be good for him
which furnishes an opportunity for
empire-building, and that he would
languish in the best climate If there
We're no big things to which he could
set his hand. Here In his own words
you may see the true spirit of the
empire-builder:
Natives of old settled parts of the
world fail to understand the irresist-
ible attraction of new countries, to-
men of energy, self-reliance and force.
Such persons are really and truly
creators. They make meadows CT
swampS, create farms from wilderness.
establish cities where commerce de-
mands markets, build court houses
and churches, found schools and col
leges. Everywhere they go, they car
ry the seeds of civilization. This work
of creation goes on indefinitely No
matter how rapid the growing there
is constant additional work to be
pushed on in a new country"
That is the idea in the abstract;
Mr. Hunt has shown what it is in
the concrete by building railroad
a cotton mill and bank.
and inaugurating other commercial
But this is not his great
est contribution to Southern progress.
Any man can do those things IL he
has capital or can command 1t, but
there are other things which can only
be done by the man who possesses
faith, indomitable perseverance, and
genuine interest in humanity.
Became Live Stock Builder.
When Mr.. Hunt went to Georgia
he live stock interest was in = low
state. Farmers thought it a positive
injury to have cattle trampling the
'oil because it seemed to pack the clod
nto a hard brick substance. More
,ver, the Southern cattle fever was a
constant menace. This Northerner
bought that Georgia ought to be the
lome of fine horses and cattle and
proceeded with a series of expert
nents to demonstrate the possibilities
( the business. He went to the Isl.
nd of Jersey to select the best stock,
nd now the blood of his herd is in
violence all over the South, as well
s in Cuba But before this result
yaS achieved he had to do some good
cientific work in learning how to
1ake his cattle immune against dis
ase.
He discovered the germ which car
led the contagion, and the cattle tick
vhich carried the germ, and found q
ray to exterminate both. Then he
bowed his neighbors how to improve
he pastures by planting grass so that
the touch of the cows foot, instead
being curse to the land, has made
ne farms glow with shimmering
reen and plenty" to quote his words.
Iere was a bigger achievement than
ne building OF cotton mills and rail-
pads because it showed thousands OF
eople one way to become prosperous
n small farms 1t literally added
billions to the wealth of the South.
ut the enthusiastic man from the
orth did not stop there He thought
Jorr 80.