The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31
YOTNG MEN IN IHE

minoto and there met ana
| discussed North Carolina and NOrth
Carolina WAYS with Mr.. Jerome 8.
Bell. editor of the Wilmington oeai'
one Of the leading papers in Dela-
ware. Mr.. Bell is a native OF Eifza-
beth Cisy, and is one OF the pest OF
native Tar Heels embraced in the term
the 1ispersed abroad He has made
good in the Stale Of his adoption, put
he retains his love for the state OF
his brit, and, like other true sons,
reioices in its from Wax nc
Reconstruction and is making known
to his readers the new n better con
ditions in his native State. In a re
cent issue OF the Star, Mr.. Eel a the
following as his leading eultorial'
Young Men of the South.
I'm a recent conversation with DR..
T.. j. PicGt OF the State Hospital OF
North Carolina, at Raleigh, VINO has
been on i visit to Wilmington, some
facts with respect TO present conui-
tions in the South and their causes,
which are Of more than d mere sec
tjonaI significance, were discussed.
The States and groups Of States OF this
Union are becoming so interdependent,
through the marvellous development OF
our mutual trade relations and Of the
methods of INSTRUMENTATION that
whatever tends to the b~etteFInenf or
one part Of the country is of vital in
terest to every other part. So, the
growth of the South is Of interest here
in Wilmington, fog h South is now,
and viii continue to be, a good Gus
toner for Wilmington products, grow
ing more important to us in this reta-
ton as it grow more prosperous.
.'EIThara ara 4 aYntlc ay,C.YtPaS OF
the rapid industrial strides that are
being mad in the SoHth, and many
writer's have attributed this
to the fact that northern capital has
sought investment there. This or
course is true IN q large and
while there is no disposition anywhere
to minimize this i'm p%ortant factor OF
industrial growth IN the Southern
States, especially as an Initial impe-
tus, yet the significant and enduring
4~ndication Of Southern development
lies chiefly in the fact that there is a
aaFked decrease in the tendency OF
the young men OF hat section to s1ni-
crate to other parts Of h Union. I'M
medlateiy Subsequent to the civil NaT,
and for years thereafter it was the
aim OF nearly every ambitious young
man there TO seek the North or West.
where he could better his condition so
far as his material welfare was con
cerned. In his own State Opportlni-
ties were limited and wages We're low,
the latter being due to the rate-wage
established by the ernp loyment Of ne
r labor. There was small induce
Hent for the young man TO remain in
or aroun the place OF his nativity,
as there was little or no field for the
Sedn ~plOyn1ent Of his talent or skill.
therefore. he took them to a more
promising and profitable market
he went he invariably made
Jnnf 49,. 80 -.
gate has success was above the aver
age. In mining, engineering, arcfi1- .
lecture. construction, literature and
the polite arts, Southern horn men
attained al eminence which
or surpaSseS thai of the most
ca pable in other sections of the coun-
try. Drawn, Intelligence aud genius.
backed by aggressiveness and coura ge.
are characteristics of these men of the
Southland. At the time to which we
refer these men were com PEELED by
circumstances to seek other fields for
their activities.
But conditions have changed in this |
respect and are still changing for the |
better throughout the South. The in
q ustFial awakening has revealed pos
never dreamed Of in the days
subsequent to the war,
and it IS nGW seen that the attributes
W h1ch have contributed to the success !
Of the ~Southerner in divers other
can find opportunity for profit
able application at home, and are
there in the work waiting to
lone. The energy and the ability
have brought the young men OF
the South emolument and esteem
among strangers are Of course no less
valuable and renunerative IN develop-t
the resources and exploiting the
enterprises Of their native soil. There
at home. right At their doors. are be-
offered inducements equal TO their
most ambitious aspirations, even
greater DernaA than they could find
here, and these inducements are
confined to d few lines of EN- ploy.
m ent. but embrace almost everything
calls into reQuisitiOn the quail
ties that make for success in profess
sional, Industrial. commercial and ag-
ricultural pursuits.
Indeed, opportunities in the South
ern States are now so many and SO
varied that were q sage like Horace
oronJy IN arico TODAY and offer advice |