The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-07

fit Il seemed INPslIdfiP tFlft
only a few gould he freed from irudc-
cry enough 10 think. enough II have
ideal lives. enough to contribute 10
the progress Of the race.
The Moral Problem
Man III his ingenuity fNrnesse0
steam. he invented machines to 20
with the steam. He made the ma
chimes do most of the work IN the
world That resulted in a boon for
humanity. ii resulted in the ability
Of man Ia do most of the work
through this machinery process IN a
feW hours that had formerly + ken
weeks and perhaps months. 50 that
We face a situation that where we
have brains enough and good VIII
enough we have the essential condi-
lions that enable Us to give ar open
life 70 everybody, 10 give PRACTICAL
~ ali human beings the essentials
that man needs in order 10 i've the
right-iife. This has given Us the
moral problem.
First the industrial expansion
brought a great many bad. things. 1t
got men mixing UP speed and real
progress. il got them mixing bp big
ness and greatness. Result has been
n this country that the industrial
march has been accompanied with a
great many things hat were not wise,
and which have left on our hands a
set Of problems that we have TO solve.
ANOW, WIeii Mi. Oc ana were
having our correspondence about my
coming down here. we were not quite
sure about what topic | should take.
| dldnt want a topic that would bind
me too much. / was conliag here to
lave a little tall with Intelligent
friends. SO | call it The Southern
Editors Big Job. At the same time
it expresses a fundamental feeling
that is very strong in me. and which
makes me more interested in the
South than in any other part of the
United States today.
More Interested in II South.
This is the reason that l am more
interested IN tho Sout than any other
part of The United States: This is Il
section of the country in which the
next great experiment is going 10 BE-
tried. The last great experiment was
tried in the West. We all know how
il was built up, what splendid quail
tiles showed, what mistakes were
made.
The South has not been developed
anywhere near its possibilities. | do
not need TO remind an audience OF this
kind Of its equipment. Nature here
is u~ne4uaied in water power. in fer
tility. The next big industrial ex-
pansion must be in the South. The
Northern capital realizes that. Nor
thern capital is waiting to flow in
here. 1t is flowing in here to a Ger
tain extent. it will flow In here to :
greater extent if it realizes that the
southern mind is perfectly Adequately
in keeping with the great question:
of our day. SC the great expansion i
going to work hand in hand with hu
man enlightening and political dif
} ficulties, SO that it VIII lead us aLon.
| the line of progress without any IN
| corruption.
South Should Be Progressive.
I'm q day like this we canno
/ abound in a spirit intimating tn
} community is 10 be conservative
e There is nothing, / believe more thar
: this. If you try to build up this Grea
industrial South. that is going to be
| this vast and energetic industrial an
. humane domain. you Will have an un
fortunate of problems
e humane. ethical and political. an
< you will have a much less favorabl
S situation than you Wi. if the SoutI
becomes as progressive as any PAL
+ of the United States.
n The capital is not going to wan
t to go into any community that is a
n odds with itself. The spirit of tn
; times say that the average man ha
not had a square deal. That Their
4 is a great line of division between tn
two parties that we might have Demo
Gratis, making this the ~prOgreSSlv
party. one party throwing itself Wit
the truth of martyrs which tend [
give the average man a greater show
and the other party hanging back an
in speaking for state property right
? more than the hopes of the huma
will.
Your opportunities here lie mo:
, f~avOrab1y in making this the greatly
part of the country. From N
- knowledge of the South. | have II
- doubt but what nat will be the d.
- minating spirit.
~ Grca Work"
u Think what measures that this "A;
~ ADMINISTRATION has put through on a boz
to put through. taking the three d.
, mina2t measures that loom up mo
* largely than any measures ever p1
III through by any administration in tt
II same length of time. | doubt vel
CT much if there has been any admin
lie tration since the first adminiStratiC
e. or two that has shown such a chan:
ne through its whole course as Mr.. w
TX son has brought about or will brir