French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-02

More than q quarter of q century
OF my life before I came to North
Carolina was devoted to work and
study of political economy along the
lines of transportation and exchange
of commerce, domestic and foreign, as
they apply to the development of u
industries, and u natural resources
for the employment of capital and
labor.
For nearly another quarter of a
century, after getting well in North
Carolina, I have given close study 20
the transportation conditions as they
affect capital, the natural resources,
and it's relation TO labor and COM
meree, and the other resources of
North Carolina, and especially West
ern North Carolina.
am responsible for owe 100000
having been expended and invested
west of Asheville, for the development
of minerals, timber and working for
better transportation facilities for
this mountain section to tide water on
the North Carolina coast
Safely a quarter of q million dol
lars of that money Is now idle repre-
sented in plants erected, and roads
built to operate the mineral resources,
and employ labor TO develop the
abrasive minerals and other minerals
and timber. located IN the Tenth dis
tFiet.
Soon after this money was invested
here, and these plants got under
Roadway, they were turned idle with
more than 1000 working men, by q
republican congress, putting foreign
abrasive ores, and other minerals ON
the free list, that has been coming
since then as ship ballast 10 this
country.
We have been waiting, and hoping
for nearly q quarter Of o century to
see a man sent to congress from the
Tenth, that would secure the repeal of
that republican free trade act; and
secure other legislation requisite in
cooperation with the people of this
state for an outlet to the markets OF
the world for the products Of West
ern North Carolina and the state. But
we seem to have been waiting in vain
For some a it has been sug.
gested by some Of my friends that ]
write a review to the Press Of the dis.
trict and the State, giving a history
Of what benefits have come in the past
quarter of a century to the people OF
the Tenth district who earn then
bread by the sweat of their brow be-
cause of any service rendered them
by their representative in congress
and what part vote-buying and sell
ing has had in it's effect on the ability
and opportunity for recognition ir
congress for he industrial upbuild OF
the Tenth district.
This suggestion has been made to
-
me 1 suppose, because 1t Is known
that / have for nearly a quarter of q
century been laboring for, and max
ing a close study Of the resources, and
the possibilities Of the Tenth district
of Western Carolina to save the cap
ital that / induced to invest here
And because 1 have been dealing with
this States development as commits
sioner along the lines Of polltlca
economy through the press, and per
sonally as commissioner for thii
State, through and before the Legfs'
latures of other states, working FOL
their support to secure recognition 81
National legislation that will until
our capital, and western N. C's re
sources, and give industry and fabo.
an opportunity.
So under the following letter
have submitted q synopsis OF what
am going to say TO the people Of tn
Tenth district, to good men in differ
ent parts Of the district, and follow
ing my letter is what each n haI
said in regard to the data snbmittet