Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-11

United States Steel Cooperation,
backing that section with its almost
linn uess millions. was not the out
come OF any sudden discovery OF tho
iron and coal OF that State nor or any
sudden outburst OF activity in max
ing known the resources OF the south
20 the people OF other sections. II
was merely the culm nation OF the
work which had been going on quiet
ly, but none the less effectively. 70.
many years.
The wonderful developmnts on
Galveston Bay. where capitalists who
have made science OF transportation
on the Lakes one OF the wonders OF
modern I mes are developing the mos
comprehensive warehousing system
In America, is not the result Of recent
agitation TO attract capital to the
souh, but s only the fulhilment OF
the plans laid more than two-score
ye- rs ago by the man who is now
carry .ng out this vast undertaking.
twenty years or more agohe pur-
chased property on Galveston BAY
for the express purpose OF creating
fraat shipping fac liNes commeu--r-
"te with the terminal faclit!p on thr
Lakes whenever, his judgemen-.
the time seemed ripe for the work
Tie fact that Galveston itself Is now
doing foreign trade exceeding by
more than s25.0OO.OOO year the
combined foreign trade of all Pac tlc
ports is merely the culminat'on OF
that inev table trend OF foreign trade
which those who had the fores ght
TO see and the patience TO wal, for
have always known must inevitably
come TO Galveston and to other
southern ports.
Let us not for a moment maeine
that anything that the south Of IT,
self is now doing, or that other PEG
PIE are doing or have done in the
asst few years even, should be re-
garded as responsible for the many
changes which are taking Place
southern DEVELOPMENT The latter is
merely reaN ng the har~es, planted
IN the former The momentum now
sen everywhere in the movement o..
population and None southwark.
and the attention which ,he 18th
commanding throughout al part. ~
the United $ a'gs an .n ua.y y1-..
Z Eu.orc, art merely the cunua-
tive effects OF 80 years q WORK.
The pioneers in Tho r.n Ger,c--
mont CT Alabama. IN. men w,o
s'r gg'ed IN years past TO raise capt.
"a for the building OF ooJo III p,
in the south, the men WHO cease esq
iy preschcd the doctr ne of diyers-
location OF agriculture in order that
tie whole thought OF tho south mi~
not be centerod upon cotton. he men
who led in the building OF m lroads
and in the opening Of coal mines. the
men who for more than a quarter Of
a century have sS-uggGd-whetEcr
se,fshly or unselishly, whether for
their own personal gains or for tho
advancement OF this favored land. {
matters not-are the men who have
done the pioneering work. They
lowed the hard ground, they sowed
the seed. at times amid discourage
ment and doubt, but the harvest 8
N sight, and the rising generation.
beginning TO reap the riches OF this
harvest, should recogn re that to the
work OF the pioneers, TO tho Gubby
Jordan5, to The Hickmans 20 the
Gradys, 90 the Howells, 10 the De
Bardelebens, TO the Slosses and the
thousands OF others who IN mine
and In furnace, in factory and through
he press did q work which has new
or been surpassed for courage, To-
devotion, for treless energy in this
or any other land to these men is
due tho harvest which We are nov
beginning 20 gather Great. indeed
IS that harvest 20 Dee. IS j I'D g..
storetouscs OF The south 20 hurs,la
wealth greater than has ever ts..
seen iu tho south greater than hos
ever been seen in any part OF tal
and f. c1mi0E and coming with
Crat rap dIty so stronger evidence
that ttc south las arrived" could be-
had than The Fac. tha where silence
about this section .gncd during ali
the period OF i,s own struggle and |
even where misr, prelentat on prs
vailed. hero az nov the most siren
uous efforts 20 appear as hera'ds Of
'outhern advancement. and what
over advantages may acruc to the
south from such heraldry elU nos
ao added 20 what The south has ae
complished But the fight had bee.
won long before the now te-1lds Of
.draurf mont ror,. tr+r tt r..-