The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-07


catch the prosperity which was neces-
sarily first felt by the farmers of the
West when last year Europe began
to absorb the great wheat crop or
that region at steadily rising prices
and the prosperity which a little later
came in such abundant measure to
the Eastern iron and steel makers and
the munition producers,
Two years ago politicians, seeking
the clamor of public approval, and
rank pessimists who knew not the in
herent strength of the South's busi-
ness structure were predicting dire
disaster They filled the land with
their tales of woe and the downfall
of the South's business. They said
that this section would he hopelessly
bankrupt unless battleships carried
our cotton to Europe and dared the
navies Of the allies TO keep it out OF
Germany. They said that unless the
whole country came 10 the rescue and
everybody bought hale of cotton to
help the South" utter ruin would
= cover this fair Land They posed this
section before the world as land of
beggars without courage or backbone.
and financially sick unto death. In
nearly every leading hotel In the
North and West and in big business
houses, there were placards, for
which they were responsible. which
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were far greater injury to the
South than the actual stagnation and
loss in cotton due TO the war.
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