The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-24
THE GREAT SOUTH
THROUGH RAILROADS. EFFORTS
IA ASplendid Des Siption of the Achievements of M.
v, Richards Who Was Brought TO the South
by tlS1Late Samuel Spencer.

known as the department OF farm I'M
provoment work. whose hnsi9eaB II is
to advise farmers tributary 10 the
various lines OF the company in re-
gard to the best methods of farming.
While this department is not un-
der the direction of the land and in
dustrial department, the agents of both
departments cooperate to the fullest
extent possible in furthering the pro-
gress of the south.
The LfTe Stock Agents.
And then In tn freight traffic depart
ment there are number of!liyestock
agents. whose duties are to aid in the
development of the livestock industry.
There are also several men OF ability
known as market ageHtsi who co-oDer-
ate with Southern farmers m finding
markets for their products.
The amount 6s money expended by
the Southern Railway In carrying on
Ethis work must fecessarily T. be- very
large. as indicated. by the employment
Iof .i75' men. most OF whom are experts
+, OF ability who command high salaries.
tor at le1st-0ught- TO do .s0;.fur they
are worthy of good pay. And yet It Is
eerthiR that the ;alue OF this work to
| the south is many tiniea gtaater than
the outlay. In this case the south Ia
getting the benefit OF this magnificent
campaign of having having ii44-Eesources
made known throughout this and 9TH
er lands entirely without coat, for the
tSoutherR Railway Is doing this as a.
part of It's work and for the bettefment
Eoi IFS own territory, realizing that
/ whatever adds to the PROSPERITY OF the
south will ultimately add to it's own
L h.. IA ~, N.
| rail- company Is doing this from a
selfish point of view. Even grant
that Is true, It is y-tiie selfishnass
witch, Is OF necessity found In all OF
the. business activities of mankind. II
tie dltticult TO ind any business indus
try 1t matters not how high etliically
may be the plane upon which II is con-
Quoted, that does not have in II that
lsettiRhpess, IL such q term can prop
berry be, used, as that which A shown
by railways which allvertlaa thais le.gs. e.g 7.
IterritofS 'ss'i 49,
No one would for a moment ina ,i.,si
that q railway aenld advertise ana de-.
| Yalop Its own territory Witfbut Itself
reeeiying some beneilts from the work.
tUnfortunate there are SEefne roads
Ewhqsel biauaae efs are not,broad enough
to appreciate the Importance OF work
lot this kind. Believing that the
country tibuterN to them Will or IT.
lself' develop they ioDln uTon woffs
such as that which the Southern Rail-
way iis doing through iitg land and in
dustrial department and Through Its
wide advertising campaign II con4
ducts In all parts OF the land as TO the
! srasAnnrcas Cf the south, as az eFnec-
Eessary expenditure. 1fg q.
The Southern Railway iobks unon II
ns (. VIE; " IL; Investment, though the cost
/ pTy tnis work must run Iar into hum
dreds of thousands OF doiiafs year.
In the twenty years that Mr.. Rich
lards has headed this department he!
has seen Its influence rapidly expand.
He has seen the cumulative power OF
the steady plowing and the seeding of
the years az year aftetj year he has
wldened the circle or those whom he
touches in his efforts to- bring peo-
pie and money into the south. He has
seen the influence OF his department
!, with the people, ef the, soHtfE steadily
ideveiops Slfa has seen th AZ fhey soiiiifl
- fully realizing the magnitude OF tia
IRork OF slts road and the tli5foaghnass
! with which he has handled Ii. and,
] lyfAeFeReF. he appears IN the SOUTH.
1shethef shad d meeting or farmers or
lR gathering OF business men, he is
\ haaie6 al one f6f tile men whose in
i naence for tile upbuiiuing or tilis Sec
/ ton has been mighty In its power.
z MAeH lars Spencer passed away and
/ AIR, Finley took up his work, there
sHas no leasening of the ihtereat OF
1.-THE road In this land and iintustrial
1 idepaftmeft indaei, Mr.. Finley
pressed the work forward with i'm
i iorcasing activity and through hIb own
tpe7sonality and the emk3fdous en-
dergy which he threw into everything
itilat looked 20 the upbnildihg OF the
south. 81 81
President Fairfax Harrison.
/ And now that RIr. Finley has passed
/, away he has been succeeded by Fair
fax Harrison, who In many ways In
Il the past has fully deEsrastfaTeu mis-
.lenthnsiastic devotion 20 the broa,i ry,.
Il haildiEg OF the Agricultural ana in-
Il dRytripi interests OF the south II
/ iyS he depended upon with abaolute
lneEtataty that under his adTlinissra-
tisn there VIII be hoitiAg In SHE work
i OF 10 YeEttssng the south ard az doing
the things which the land and Indus
4 trinh nartasefIt hAs been 10 yigDfops.
lya doing for many years IN snaiIintt
hnown the south's resources and at4
ttactions Through its own frayeitne
lmens through the exceptionally inteIs
iltEenk literature which Il publishes
hnd through its monthly pnbilcation,
The Ssnthern Fieid. which is one &c
i The very best railway publicaiions ise
lsued In this country ii behalt al & +,
3ssrritory tributary 20 any road 10
tldeeE, u was q auioheer IN this work.
-
n sisIs ttlit2 Dii r.
~ tiIis day when an sorts lf Efforts
are 6eiiss made 10 create the impress
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