The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-15
MATTERS TO CONSIDER

Legislation Needed to Effect an Equal
Distribution OF the Burdens of Taxa
tion-Sing!c Fare and Lower Rate
for Travel on Railroads the De-
manta of The Hour-PowcrS of the
Corporation Commission Require
Enlargement to Make Its Orders ;If-
fcctivc-Forcign Insurance Compa-
mics should BE Required TO Invest
Part of Their Premium Receipts in
the Statc-Itcfo-m in Crimina! Pro
cc,.urc Observation-Disclosures APP
preparation Necessary to Secure
CrcditabIe State Exhibit al the
jamestown Exposition-Pub!ic In
stitutions and state schools Need
Increased Accommodating and Ea-
ciItics--CtIcr Matters Wore ini-
portant Than Reform atory-En-
lar@cTacnt of the Capitol an Urgent
NCccSsity-BOHd Issue Recommends
cd to Make Necessary Public Inn
proycmcnts.
TO the Honorable General A@9ehipiE VI
North CarO!ina:
You meet today under most taFofa-
Bile circumstances. Never before was
the State in such Il prosperous con
ditou. and it's increase aSrlculturallY'
induStr'allv cducationaily ana mora
has been phenomenal.
Since the General Assembly last met,
crops haV" been generally Sooc dhu
have brought prices above the average
SO that our farmers are in {ood con
dition and out Of debt, ana tflelr ldllu9
much enhanced in value. NV eutei
prises have everywhere sprung INTO eH
istence, and the rattle of the loom the
hum of machinery and the scream Oh
the steam whistle make sweet MUSIC
To the industrial ear. To-Day our oto'o
has taken the second place III ne
United States in the manufacture OF
cotton goods and furniture. ana IlfS.
in the production of plug tobacco
Labor has received good wages.
but there is Il great scarcity IN every
line of work. and a growing deHldho
is therefore being made TO deNlse some
remedy for an increase IN IN ,,;n% iapp' q .
provided they be of the right klhu.
The cause of education has Sfeally
advanced. GOOD school houses ana
equipment. a higher grade of IeacheIS'
longer terms, and a more general inter
est in school work, are evidences OF
an educational awakening thai proInl-
SeS great things in the future. Inc
moral trend has gradually been onward
and upward until today our people
were never more industrious or sober
or took greater interest in things
religious.
Providence has been truly bountlful
in the gifts it has bestowed on our
State. Our soil produces every variety
of crops and either is already or can
by fertilizin~ bel easily made most pro
ductiVe We sttII have on our noun
tainS, hills and SwampS. large Quanu-
ties of all kinds of timber while our
water power isl unlimited. and avail
able to Operatpi every class of machl-
merry. Our drini<ing-water is pure ana
wholesome Nof cyclone, blizZards, or
evlr trouble us. and our
people are gena1lly healthy, active, anu
wide awake to tlheir opportunities
The credit of Sthe state is first-ctaSs;
We practically olive nothing. as our as
Gets are in excesfs of our liza bilitieS. and
there now seemk no further danger of
our being harralssed by bonds. as the
Governors of Sister states refuse TO
lend themselves Ito such fraudulent and
iiietGehary sche nes.
All of these blessings and material
riches tend to advertise our State, ana
attract towards lit every kind ana class
Of people. both those seeking healthN'
cheap, and happy homes as ven as
those desiring GOOD inVcSt tmontS, anu
the outlook therefore for a high class
of immigration is very fatterina
AS to whether this prosperity VIII
continue. and the State during tFe next
two wears go forward in material. edu
and moral growth. depends
very largely on your action.
Important matters will come lbe1ofe