The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-23

! Ted 'Suufis, .H fh, South" takes
. tnr moai rua,lt. ,i.v OF the future
prosperity OFT uiNcs Land Ills
Iutorhpoy is mot % visionary one but
ie based ou Iu,oufrotoHible facts
/ and figures. that must appeal TO
I,NrN practical person who reads
thom iis paints Nho progress 81 the
south FOO the past twenty-five years
I in almost every line of human on
tdcaNor. with O. masters hand, show
ing how the pail that hung over op-
portunitics I'm this section OF the
union a long time after the close of
the civil war has been lifted for
ever, how there Is no reason Why a
southerucr should seek opportunities
outside the circle OF his native land
and how further millions Of thrifty
men should become southerners by
adoption But this picture of the
material progress OF the south i'm the
last quarter OF a century, although a
glowing one. pales into insignificance
compared TO his rainbow masterpiece
of what is in sight and prospect for
the south He says
"Our young men are in the midst
of the fulfillment of the visions of
their fathers and grandfathers. who
knew what the south possessed and
tried to avail themselves of the pos
sessions But our young men may
.still dream dreams and work to
bring them 10 fruition Upon what
may these dreams be based? Hold
ing the practical monopoly in the
worlds cotton-growing. the south is
TO manufacture some day as many
bales as it now produces, from 12,-
600, 900 to 1000. 900. Now it is
consuming less than 100000 bales
a year.
The south is to become the mar
ket garden for the United States,
with much to spare for the rest Of
the world. When its best lands for
that purpose have been occupied. its
500, 100000 annual business in
trucking will approach $1,000. 000,-
600. In its billions of tons of coal. its
other billions of tons of iron ores, its
phosphates, its GRANTEES and other
minerals, its forests and other sour
ces of material for industry it offers
bargains to the first corners, to their
children and to their grandchildren.
Why should not men of southern
birth enjoy their heritage?
The problems which confronted
the south in the past have, broadly
speaking, been solved. Its economic
interests can now claim its thought.
This section has passed through the
wilderness; its people are in sight of
the promised land of great progress
and prosperity. These facts are Of the
broadcast national importance. for
they bear upon the rounding out of
southern progress. so essential to
the broadest and best development
of the whole country.
Ut is now universally recognized
'haJ there couId nave oSe" 10 UNI
ty OF national sentiment nnuI 'He
time came when there could be a
unity IN national economic ueNe'op
ment 50 long as the sou'h was SUI
ieIlhS from the Ner"lleIli'l"S us
aster ana poverty loIlo" lns the val
while other sections We're PIo7'eSS,
ing ana advancing III Popu'"''oN anu
power 'he'e was h"'uIai'S d '''' " VI
a'IHonS' Ut so"'" N'U nv
Staha lNe Ho''n' the "o' I'll VI" ''0'
understand 'le Sou'"' men aims
ana "n'oi'Io''S io' 'Ne ,''''e
were at "lue val '"noe' .>'N an
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