The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-21

ing town. and especially is this true if the industries of that town include those which use as their raw mate farms. Spartanburg. with its market for farm products of all ktnds. ana with It's industries drawing raw mate rfals from the surrounding region, IS an excellent illustration of what con stitutes an ideal home market for a farming community. But the very fdepends upon transportation. The raw materials for its factories. the fuel for its power plants. and the supplies of all kinds used by It's inhabitants. must be carried from far and near, and the products of it's industries must be shipped to markets where they are in facilities of such an industriai center and it will die; restrict them and 1t will cease to grow. In either event, not only the town itself but also the
 "Contemporaneous with your pro- gross Is agriculture. the last quarter able industrial development. gen eration ago manufacturers in other To- calities thought of the South only as a region from which raw materials were to be drawn by the manufactur- CTS of other sections and other coun- tries. They dld not then. give serious H the trP% Sis y,.eon S
 You had climate favorable at once to the efficiency of labor and to a low cost of living proximity to sources or supply of raw materials. the possi-
 biiity of cheap power development, and last, but not least. a population capable of being trained to high de; conditions for an industrial develop
 ment were all here. It needed only
 the faith and courage of such men as
 H. Montgomery to set in motion 8 movement which has convinced Fall River Manchester and other manufac-
 turing centsrs, that southern 1ta1 rao eomPe . growth of Spartanburg. from the will lage of 1900 to the splendid city of
 today. is typical of the dsvelpoment abound in all our Southern States, from the tidewater counties to the
 mountain towns, and which stretch in an unbroken chain along the entire length of Piedmont section.
 "It is not a mere accident that this industrial development has been con- temporaneous with an improvement in the transportation system Of the South. | and with the amalgamation into through systems of the disjointed rail
 way lines which had survived the Civil | War. Without this railway develop | ment your industrial progress would
 have been impossible. Those advant- ages of climate, of natural resources
 and of the industrial adaptability of your people, which are destined to | many lines of manufacturing would still be lying dormant had there not | been provided the means of placing the products of your factories in markets | where there exists an effective demand | for them. As your industrial progress | in the past has been made possible | largely by your railways, so. in the 1 future, the carrying capacity of youI
 railways must keep pace with your in' | dustrial progress.
 | MT. Finley spoke of the importanct | of the people of every community co' 1 operating with their railways. within | their proper sphere and along practic- | able and reasonable lines. in economic
 educational movements. In conclusion | he said:
 We have seen that, in a very req | sense, the railways by which Spartan | burg Is served. are, in the language oi
 your toast, your railways They ars
 your highways to market. They have
 made your past progress possible. ano l they must be important factors h
 your future prosperity. You are de-
 pendent on them and they are depend | ent on you. The people of any com
 munity can not afford to stand apar' | from their railways. Out Of this mu' | tual dependence grow reciprocal obli- | cations. The obligation rests upon youi
 railways to give to you the most efn
 cient transportation service in thei' | power, without unjust discriminatioT
 between individuals, Localities or com