The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-30

Carollna zine Association closed its
annua meeting here. Thursday night
with q banquet AT the Monticello Ho-
tel. \ very large membership was
present and the guest list ran up with
the hundreds. Among the speakers
was Hon. Francis D. Winston, United
states attorney for the eastern district
OF North Carolina. The major por-
ton OF the speech was devoted TO
a discussion Of timber culture and
TeIoresIation. He urged the associa- |
ton 70 establish a chair of forestry |
ar the University Of North Carolina.
lie also advocated q course IN
forestry III every public school and
practical teaching Of tree culture by
having a few acres Of forest annexed
to each rural school. He gave in de-
tail the work the North Carolina
Forestry Association is doing n call
ed attention to the legislation it had
secured at the hands Of the recent
North Carolina Legislature, notably
protection against forest fires and the
purchase Of Mount Mitchell. The ad-
dress vas Of unusual interest, bright
ened by 4 sparkling Of humor and
good stories.
Gloom is Behind.
= C4CI1Cu ~ IN pSIlOd VI SlOOiI
through which the South has passed,
and from which it is not freely emery
ed" He said in part:
s far as the South is concerned,
there was much said and much done
that to my mind made for our hurt
I believe that the South suffered much
IN the loss Of self respect, ultimately,
and in the good opinion OF real
thoughtful men, the nation over. dur
ing hat period, from the thousand
and one visionary schemes hat were
proposed for relief from q low mar
ket for our cotton. [ went to New
York last fall and was in the act of
registering my name at n OF the
hotels. l turned and saw a sorry,
poorly packed bale Of cotton in the
lobby, with f1aring sign 1Buy-a-Bale,'
on a large placard, and underneath
it a short statement of the buy-a-bale-
Observation-Disclosures
Il walked oVer and took my stand
by the bale Of cotton and listened tc
the comments Of hundreds VINO read
the card. Many Of them were fal
from complimentary to our section o.
the country. I am strongly tempted
20 discuss that situation tonight.
81" we'll may say that ! never ex
expected to hear the sons Of the 1ne1
who followed Lee and Pettigrew fol
/ four years; who fought the civil battle
CT reconstruction; who have built III
the waste places Of the South; WIN
are filling with honor and efficienc!
) places Of responsibility and power II
t our national government; who ~hav'
enjoyed "a dozen years AID more Q
2 unparalleled prospcristy and OF afflu
\ ence, cry out in the first hour Of ad
E versity, Help Me Cassins, or I Sink.
g This Southland is nc hnggar. 1
n knows what poverty is and how t
bear il Ike a man. It is Tot a n
!: ing around the hat.
i Great Sorth Goes On.
:, "Happ-ly for US, the hundred an
{ n schemes fell fiat. and the grea
South goes on. W. were mt half a
bad off as we thought we we.e. w
were better OFF than ve were in 1856!
!. in 1873, m 1898, in 1907. Condition
were bad enough, but they were mad
better by visionary schemes, O
by efforts to induce our irteiliser
q and cautions BUSINESS world to inves
ter. cents IL pound in more thar q SIX
tecI. million bala crop Of Gotten tha
: was worth less than seven cents
pound or the opa market.
j.. "The creates. tribute to tic Tis1os
q and conservation of the South. is see
il one fist, that WREN one hUndre
and thi:,y NE millions dollars Wer
raised 20 protect the cotton crop an
r cottan III only an infjnitesne
amount was Coilca far aaG eve
thar scheme fell through with -
2 cash III hard. I rejoice that III
Il manufacturers cg :uEtcT sat steadil
y tie b"ai Contrast L situatto
then with thac Of France new. ] rea
,tynu an Associated !le45 dispatch
Il f+@: Gays az: presidents Of all IN
: chambers OF commerce II. France vi
4 ,nee: hn2e Nirnday TO consider IL
z general situation. David Mv1rc
u :c;,:i - tie Paris chamber sail il:
> .,.ish:: Business IS not si&gna1t e.
Il Cs.lt for the trade l. luxuTias.
In.y Lc said traIe j., :1oE chewing
= r~Otice45ie trend towards normal. y
=. I'll feel hat VS. have a :,.oat col:
:ntrCiGi victUry x w,n n the cOnIu
inf those markets delivered from oe.
~ nltE:, 70 lie assault. of which we a.