Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-19
Agricultural Upbuild.

That the surest growth of the Pied
mont is to come through a systematic
and intelligent development Of our
limitless agricultural possibilities,
but few who have given close, con-
scientious study to the situation will
deny.
And this is not all there Is to the
proposition. There have been all
kinds of ideas suggested as to how the
desired end is to be brought about,
and it is kind of a common verdict
that one of the things we need above
all others is an influx of new settlers
from the northwest.
We would not be understood as OBJ
jecting to desirable immigration. We
want all the good citizens we can get
from any part of Europe, and espe-
cially from all quarters Of this country.
There Is plenty of room for them here
and there will always be room; but
immigration is not our most pressing
need.
above all things else is a continuance
of the splendid and enthusiastic devel-
opment that has been going on during
the past half dozen years. For this
development our own people have been
responsible. They have had encour-
agement, instruction and assistance,
it is true, from the national depart
ment of agriculture, from Clemson,
and from the agricultural papers; but
with it all, they have done the work,
and are reaping the profits.
When our people first came here
they found the country in possession
of the Indians. The country suited the
Indians very we'll as it was; but the
whites were able to make better use
of it, and the Indians were displaced.
The pioneers, who drove the Indians
back from the west, went but a little
beyond the Indians in intelligent use
of the country, and they in turn were
displaced by others of better, broader
and finer abilities.
We want this country built up; but
we don't want it built up at the ex-
pense of driving out our own people.
OF course, we would be glad to see
farmers of knowledge, experience and
capital, come down from the north
west, and give us some object lessons;
but we do not want these to come in
such numbers as would result in their
getting possession Of practically all OF
the land, taking charge Of the stua-
ton and making our own people take
a secondary place. And we do not
think that anything of the kind is go
ing to happen.
The people Of this section are the
equal, mentally and physically, of
any people on the face Of the earth.
They have not made as much progress
as has been made in other sections
Of the Union; but they are capable of
making as much progress as can be
made by any other people in the
world. They need only to have their
determination turned in the right di-
rection. Thousands of them have al
ready gotten the cue and are going
right forward. Others are following
hard on the heels of the leaders.
We really do not believe there Is
any danger of any other people taking
this country away from us. Our peo-
pie know enough to hold their own
and they are holding it; but we hope
the sooner to see the country aroused
to it's best along the lines of agricul-
tural progress, applying with their
own energy and intelligence the best
methods of the more advanced Sec
tions. Ten or fifteen years of this and
people will be coming from all parts
of the world to investigate the marvel
of our prosperity