The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-15
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thing with 1t they want 10 90, Tor the
whole task lies in making the re-
sources and advantages of North
Carolina known to the world.
The State Press Association has a
lot Of energetic hustlers in its MEM
bership. From President w. G. Ham
mcr down to the last recruit on the list
these fellows are "A lot Of enthusiasts,
and they want Ia see the State come
out into the open.
The newspaper men expect to have
p plan shaped up in time to begin i
campaign during the winter which
will undertake to get together all the
forces of the State TO call attention to
North Carolina. There are five big
agencies working now to help North
Carolina to the front. These are the
railroad systems. The southern, the
Seaboard, the Coast Line, the Norfolk
Southern and the Norfolk and Wes-
tern are all helping To make the
world acquainted with North Carolina.
Besides the railroads are the various
town. county, community and local or
ganizations like the chant of COM
merce and the board of trade. The
State Agricultural Department deyoteS
o certain energy to encouraging the
development State resources by peo-
pie who can be induced through the
natural advantages to settle in the
State or to take a hand in some of
the possibilities.
Plan Of The Newspaper Men.
The plan of the newspaper men is
10 get All these agencies to unite on
some scheme hat means an allied War
on those people who ought to be in
North Carolina but who are not.
The task is "A simple one, although
" may take work and planning to
carry ii out. The census figures show
~ that fifteen million. two hundred
and siXty-four thousand people of
this country live in States othe- than
those they were born in. You see
there is a gigantic army OF movable
people in this big country IL draw
from when We go to look for new set
tiers in North Carolina. Now it stands
to reason hat if this big army Of
fifteen million people had known of
North Carolina when they moved, if
they 4 known North Carolina Is it
really il, with it's opportunities and
advantages several millions of them
would lave come this way instead Of
going TO the mountains of the interior
West. or to the dry plains out there,
or To the terribly cold Northwest. OF
20 any place except in the mild climate
81 The South Atlantic slope.
Leaving out Of the question all the
that confuse and compli-
cate the situation you can see that a
State that has to offer what North
Carolina has to offer is justified in ex-
pecting a mighty big share where so
many as fifteen million people are to
be distributed. Yet of hat vast sum
we have secured a hundred and ten
thousand and lost a bigger number
by people going from our State to
ether States. Does not that start you
- wondering what is the matter with
North Carolina?
And when you realize that there is
not a thing the matter with the ole
state does il not set you to wonder
ing hat is the matter with our meth.
DDS that allow fifteen million people
20 settle in new homes and we get no
so many Of that number as We lose t,
ether States States from our own PEG
pie Of our State?
Does not that start YOU to thinkin.
that the schemes the Press ASsocia
ton proposes to set on foot Shoult
he worked out?
The Press Association has had thi
thing in mind for a considerable time
AT Wrightsville Beach last summer j
tool up the matter formally by ap
pointing a committee to confer wit
she State Board of Agriculture.
has chung to the purpose of attractin
more people To develop the unlinlite
of the State, and it is nov
enthusiastic in its intent to push tn
matter to some substantial fruition.
\ Strong State Press.
North Carolina is %rtuna in hay
fng d strong newSpape represents
ton. Both the city and the countr
papers are in the hands of men {
energy and ability. This aggregate
IF force means n big power in brins
ing about any wholesome moyemer
that the Press Association tackle
and it is reasonable to expect tn;
with the newspaper men behind a pre-
iect SO laudable as that Of the deve
opment Of the State the project W
not be allowed to ~languish until
has attained the desired ends.
Yet it is wise TO recollect that ii
newspaper men can not do it all. The
can keep the subject prominent, b,
If anything is TO come from the plal
il must be through The backing IF IL
whole people.
North Carolina can be the equal
any state of the Union in its indu
trial standing. if it wants to. PosSib
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