The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-09-25
WHAT OTHERS ARE
SAYING.
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prejudice between the North and the
South have been effaced. but there
is now an occasional outcry in the
West against the East, and recently
Governor Johnson, OF Minnesota. IN
a public utterance, called on the
West to organize against Eastern
domination.
President Taft. IN recent speech
in Boston, deprecated such an evil
dence OF sectionalism, aud said:
at is difficult for one to treat
such an appeal seriously Through
out this country there is free trade
OF the freest character. and due TO
this the prosperity OF the West, es-
pecialiy the agricultural West. Is
even more pronounced than that of
the East; moreover. the East is too
close to the Pacific coast, too close
TO the Middle West, too close to
the Rocky Mountains. because all
the people of those Western stretch
es have Eastern ancestry and East
ern associations and Eastern connec-
tons, and becaue they have Eastern
capital with which their sections
have been largely built up, and be
cause they are too much assisted by
Eastern markets in enhancing the
prices which their products bring, to
make such an attempt at sectionalism
successful.
1T IS true that at all times public
questions will be given local color
by what IS thought-to be local beae-
TT, as distinguished from the gen
eral and national benefit.
But such attitude IS generally
temporary, and it takes but a lew
years OF business experience, it takes
| but a panic or two, to present the
most convincing evidence that VIC
are all in the same business boat and
that the prosperity OF one section
adds to the prosperity of the other
and that business disaster in one sec
| ton is only the forerunner of bust
ness depression and disaster IL an
| other So that I know something
of the feeling OF the West coast.
| Jurisdiction OF a judge gave me q
| somewhat intimate knowledge Of
Southern feelings and Southern as
pirations I feel therefore, as if /
could speak with confidence in re
spect to the whole nation and as
President of the United States may
| lift I'D my voice to protest against
any effort by whomcver made. g
arouse SETON against section, and
Americans against Americans
Mot in the history Of the country
since the war has the feeling between
the North and South been more cor
dial and friendly than it IS today.
and a political attempt TO make q
cleavage between New England and
the East on one side and the Wcst
on the other will be found to be So
utterly hopeless as to confound those
who propose 1t.
There is no danger OF any serious
controversy between the Eastern
and Western divisions OF the Union
because IuG1G diS no SQ1h 1d0Atei
differences OF condition. that can
create any such conflict. What Is
going to happen, however. and that
is inevitable, is that the Mississippi
valley is going, by reaons OF its pre-
ponderating population and its i'm
lnense agricultural and industrial inn
portance. to rule the country The
time is not far away when Chicago
in population will equal the Easter
metropolis. while New Orleans vii
have a population as great as that O.
Chicago today. St Louis will soor
have millions, while Memphis. ST
Paul Minneapolis, Louisville, Gin
lcinnati. Indianapolis and Wheeling
will each have a million. and Pitts
burgh will be one OF the world
most wonderful hives of industry
The mighty heart OF the country
will control it. and the sections o
the North and South will be oblit
Grated. while those OF the extrem,
! Sast and far West will have no reason
to quarrel The richest and mos
productive and populous part Of th'
| country will hold control, and tina
is all of it-Picayune.