The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-25

gress
These things show that North Car
oiina has substantial Inducements to |
oHer people. or the growth that has |
peen made would not be in evidence |
The big West built up rapidly be-
cause the foreign immigration could |
fnd cheap land and an easy way To
get TO It. Draw line from Baltimore
westward to Southern California and
nan OF all the people north of that
line are either foreign born or born
Of foreign born parents. That fifty
per cent of the population in that
section settled where it did because
land was cheap and easy to reach. 4
man did not like to come into North
Carolina and spend sixteen hundred
dollars to clear $50 acres of land
when he could get that amount of
iand already clear for cultivation in
the open prairie.
There are the things that enabled
the West to settle faster than North
Carolina. Available land. ease of
transportation, and land that did not
nave to be hewed out Of the wilder
| ness
Condition Change
Now notice the changed conditions
| Cheap land in the West is finished
/ Transportation routes have made the
| South more accessible than the West
| The lumberman has cleared the
| North Carolina forests and the land
| is in shape to make farms North
Carolina today has equal ADVANTAGES
with any of the other States in these
| respects. The lines of immigration
| will continue to run from the old
world to New York. But better line
Of migration will be from the North
and West to this State. Railroads now
come down from New England and
the Middle States. Railroads are
coming this way from Ohio and the
West Settlers are turning this wa,
from those sections.
Cheap lands made the farms Of tn.
West. - Cheap fuel made, the factories
Of Pennsylvania Cheap water pow
er made the factories of New England
The cheap farms of the West made
cheap farm produce. They made
farm stuff SO cheap that farming wa.
! barely profitable except on the cheaI
lands. Increased population ha
changed this.
Il Farming will be profitable on Nortl
Carolina lands hence forth becaus'
, farm stuff can no longer be made il
, sufficient quantities on cheap land t
satisfy the demands Of the country
In the face Of the inducements tn
west offered settlers North Carolin;
has come along steadily holding al
enviable place among the members o
I the Union. AS the other States ar
J finding their surplus resources appro
priated attention is turning tOWar
l North Carolina and the rest of tn
f country is surprised to see what
! offered on the. balance sheet.
, Good Land, Good Rainfall.
e. L.,
e which has the advantage Of a bette
a climate than the North and Wes
and the advantage of better rain
fall. There are two things made es
sential than any other two factor
in farming. The West can neve
overcome the short rainfall, no mat
a ter how much cheap land might b
: had, nor can it ever overcome tn
e handicap of a long, cold winter.
: The West secured railroads faste
: than the South That is simply
i matter of temporary advantage, an
e does not count in a long run. Tn
: West is farther from the coast. Whic
e is a big difference. for harbor in
d provement is giving North Carolin
ocean transportation for the futur'
e Freight rates and freight difference
n are only temporary.
IL Inc advantage OF pow eI tildt Hd
given to New England such a lea
in manufacturing is not eAualed /
the undeveloped advantage Of powe
:. found in North Carolina, and in Mort
= Carolina the milder season is COT
:, ducive to cheaper operation Of wate
Ic power and of factory.
- 1t is apparent that while some
the other States have outclasse
North Carolina in some respects
has been done by the help OF infll
- ence that are chiefly temporary
" their force. and that North Carolr
>, has been establishing herself on
- most substantial basis for a long ru
= and q rapidly increasing stride towaI
- q place farther toward the front
), Has All Advantages
% North Carolina has now all the az
II yantaSes that any other OF the 1ea'
n ing States possesses. and in addlti6
1T has many advantages that nearly e