The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-19

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GN,icr tic protvction OF just laws and
al enlightened public opinion, to
cooperate with all our people for the
development of our common country.
In much of the territory in our
southern section men put their money
into railway construction and into
the welding together Of weak and
disjoined lines in efficient through
systems, not on the assurance Of
things that were, but in the faith in
things to come. They looked into
the future and saw the south, with
its great natural resources Develop
ed, teemin@ with a prosperous peo-
pie and with a commerce no longer
restricted to raw materials, but made
up in large part Of manufactured
products. With the eye of faith they
saw a greater Charlotte and other
greater cities developing in all our
states. They saw the southern far
mer not only reaping greater returns
from cotton, but enjoying that larg
er prosperity from diversified agri-
culture, made possible by enlarged
home markets and by adequate trans
portation to the markets of the
world. They have been content with
very moderate returns, in the faith
that they would be allowed to bene-
fit, in some measure, from the in
creased prosperity made possible by
their courage and their faith in the
southern people and in southern op-
portuaities. Their work is not yet
done. With every southern commun-
ity calling for more and better facili-
ties, they have right to expect that
their high sense of justice and an in
telligent realization Of their own in
terests will impel the southern peo-
pie to uphold their hands and aid
rather than obstruct the improve
ment Of the highways, over which
southern products must be carried to
market.
''Blessed with a wide range Of
climatic conditions, from the low
lands of the coastal region on the
east, to the mountain region on the
west, with varieties Of soil suitable
for the profitable pursuit Of a high
ly diversified agriculture, with al
most every useful mineral found in
commercial quantities in some part
Of your territory, and with your
timber lands, which can be made, by
the adoption Of scientific forestry,
great store of present and future
wealth, North Carolina can look
forward to a great and prosperous
future. The. people of the Old Norta
State have shown a high apprecia-
ton of their opportunities. Recov-
ering from the industrial and COM
mercial prostration in which the en-
tire south, was left at the close Of
the Civil war, Norta Carolina has
advanced with giant strides. In no
state in the south and in no state in
the Union, except some Of those in
the far west, has the proA Aontionate
increase in the production Of wealth
been greater than in North Carolina.
"Your future prosperity is assur-
ed, but I believe that the rate Of your
progress will depend, in large mea-
f'sure, on the support by public opln-
ion Of two fundamental principles
Of our civilization, and their appliA
cation, not only to your transporta-
ton agencies, but to all other kinds
Of business. The first Of these is,
that economic laws are inflexible
and as unchanging as the laws of ma
ture, and that arbitrary interference
with their operation can only result
disastrously. The second is, that the
prosperity Of a community depends
on the prosperity of its individuals,
which can attain the highest develop
ment only when each individual. en-
joys the fullest opportunity for the
exercise of his industry and his lni-
tiative, either Independently, or in
combination with others, free from
limitations imposed by governmental
restriction, except in so far as they
may be necessary to protect other IN
dividuals from wrong.
II advance these propositions with
confidence in Charlotte real
cradle of American iberty-and
among people whose ancestors, in
the Mecklenburg declaration Of IL
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