The Greenville times., 1910-05-13

and growth for the entire nation Of
TO-DAY and for all coming generations
in our nations history. The construc-
TO this line OF argument, is that the
greatness OF the South s contributions
10 national development does not rest
alone in cotton, nor alone in iron, nor
aione in lumber, power, rivers, coast
fine but in all Of these together. In
one state may be leadership in one
line, IN another state leadership in an
Fntirely different line, but when once
the full significance of ali these great
possessions is actually realized and in
ierpreted into sh4 daily actions ane
hopes of men, the South, as great inre
grai part of the ration, must come rap
i1ly into It's own and rise to a new
sense of national dignity and conrad
skip.
The Real ConQuerors.
Right here we must pause for a re-
adjustment of view. When some of US
were boys our studies of history led
as to think that history was made by
few great characters, by fights, bat
ties. victories and defeats Probably
IT is, But not all history Is made that
way History Is made by the change
I'm mems minds. by the change of hab-
IT'S, by the unseen and unnoted activi-
ties of men whose names viii never ap-
pear on the rop of fame but who actual
10 more 10 build the state and the
nation than do some who are credited
with being great and important. The
vast constructive transition going on
ru the South cannot be altogether cred
tied TO partisan leaders, important
though some Of those men are. There
rs more being done for the DEVELOPMENT
Of the South by the researches Of geo1-
ogists. of chemists. of photographers,
of surveyors than is possible at pres
ent by the entire representation of the
South in Congress; for the blindness
of partiSanship relegates most of our
men to ineffectiveness, except as mes
sengers for their constituent, a con
satisfactory to us. On the other hand
the work of our geologists show us
where we may find the bases Of manu-
featuring wealth. Our chemists show
the farmer the road to greater success.
These and other scientists enable us
TO correlate the opportunities Of the
South and out of them TO demonstrate
a coming commercial leadership.
National Stocktaking.
In no other part of the Union has
there been on the part of thinking
men more hearty mental approval Of
the national stocktaking brought 70
pass through the first conference of
governors under the leadership Of for
ner president Roosevelt, stirred TO il
by the arguments and genuine patriot
ism of Clifford Pinchot; for national
business, like individual business, can
not be carried on to success without
full understanding Of the resources
available, the demand for products and
the possibilities of distribution. Con
sequentiy the constructive thought Of
the South Is distinctly on the side Of
waterway improvement. In fact. has
II not the great leader IN waterway az
itation been a son Of Louisiana, Con
gressman Joseph r. RausdeT7 The
constructive thought Of the South Is
also strongly on the side Of Legislative
enactment, state or national, or both
taat shall conserve for all time. IN
wasted through prompt use, the powers
Of streams thai permit economic extrae.
tion of minerals, the preservation OF
forests. the extension of the life o.
coal You viii find, if you search the
records of the War department, tina.
from the South came first an expires
sion of willingness, on the part of those
Who proposed to develop water power
to have those water powers carry with
them ultimate reversion to the people
This is an outcome OF the great eonser
walton thought. and it was shown b.
such men as Washburn in connection
with the Mussels shoals enterprise, and
Cobb in connection with the develop.
nfent of sae Coeta. II is the first ster
towards safe method of Fastening
the development of water power. There
IS decided impulse among earnest
thinkers of the South to deny that ans
man, simply through commercial fore
sight of today, ought to be able to lay
al future generations of human beings
IN our country under contribution t.
his descendants in the way of divi
dends, taxes, rentals, etc !. We SCI
that the social danger Of gambling il
power sites is utterly different from
the social danger of gambling IN fool
stuffs. Each year sees new crop OF
fooa, and no man or group of men car
control every acre of the United States
and decres It's value; but any man whc
sifs dewn and binds to himself o water
pswsr site has possession Of that which
- long - the clouds let down rair
and snsa the mountains are uprootcs
and cart mo the SEA, viii be enc IN.
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