The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-25
NORTH CAROLINA IS RIGHT IN
THE FOREFRONT OF PROGRESS
Analysis OF conditions Shows That in Matters Of Perma
ence State Has Future That Gives it Advantage Over
Other States That Will Be Surp1 Manv

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North Carolina enJ. o3, the
States of the East Nc setts.
with the excellent port of Bo., on. is |
the only New England State that out
ranks North Carolina in population.
New York and Pennsylvania and New
Jersey are the Middle States that
outrank North Carolina, and Georgia
is the only Southern State on the At
lantlc that Outranks North Carolina.
North Carolina is sixth among the
states East to the mountains, which
shows that the State in over a hun
dred and twenty years has he'd her
own remarkably we'll. Massachusetts,
New York, New jersey and Georgia
IN The century and a quarter have
passed North Carolina. Virginia has
fallen rack.
Better thar you though, isn't it?
n Bit of FYgnriny.
E1SEre h.u on the States that
n" Z q, crtal G.; North Carolina IT is
interesting and it is instructive. Bos-
ton and it's port had a big influence
in making Massachusetts, Pennsyl-
vania and New York are wonderfully
endowed by nature with advantages
for manufacturing, commerce and
transportation, and that gave them
start. Georgia is bigger than North
Carolina, and has less population now
| in proportion to the area. New Jer-
sey is practically on New York har-
Dor,
The states that have overta:Scn n
ern States. New York took third
place and put North Can olina fourth.
In 1880 Ohio came into fourth place
and nnt North Carolina in fifth. With
| the lake traffic, the routes of trade
westward, and the fine farming land
available for settlement. Ohio climb
ed from nothing at the first census to
a million and a half in fifty years.
This gave Ohio third place. Virginia
| by, this time had gone to fourth
place. Tennessee to fifth and Kentucky
to sixth, landing North CaroliQa in
seventh.
In another ten years Massachusetts,
Indiana and Georgia came in ahead
Of North Carolina, then Illinois and
Missouri were added to the number
BY 1870 Michigan and Iowa had
passed North Carolina and ten years
later Texas crept up and passed. Al
the next census Wisconsin slipped
past Then Virginia went back OF
North Carolina, but in 1910 California
and New Jersey overhauled this State
which now ranks sixteenth. But il
will be noticed that the most OF the
States that Outrank North Caroline
are the farming States Of the West.
How did it happen?
Galusha A. Crow and his home
stead land law.
The Current Westward.
. When the government made lant
free, giving to all comers a home
stead on the open prairies Of th'
, West nothing could stop the settle
! ment, and development Of that coun
I try where the land was cleared ane
ready for the plow. Climate, distance
from market, all considerations count
! ed for nothing as against the fre
= land that was ready to plOw am
: plant.
\ So the people, encouraged by ire
r land and easy ways Of travelling II
: that direction 4ocked westward Unit
the West filled up.
e That has happened now.
0 The vast migration from Europe
J. coming to the United States chiefl
: by New York, followed the lines Q
i travel and settled principally within
: territory reached by the railroad
running out Of New York to tn
West.
e North Carolina is inhabited by ma
: tive horn people. or every hundre
! in the State ninety-nve were born /
k the State No other State in the IN
d ion has depended so exclusively on II
r natural increase. At the same tim
e North Carolina has contributed slx
h teen per cent Of all the people bor
in the State, to help increase the pop
o ulation of other States. When W
q count the native born population {
n the States living in the State of Mort
a Carolina ranks as the eighth. Iha
d is to say North Carolina. counting ne
n own people, and passing up those
her own who have gone eAseWher'
X has fairly held hsT own as against