Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-05
Best Investment
In All The World
Is In The South
BY THURMAN SENSING,
Director of Research. Southern
States Industrial Council,
Nashville. tennessee

states ~lnuUStTlal council.
Nashville, Tennessee.
Never in the history OF the world
until the United States of America
was founded had the people OF a
great nation been allowed free rein
in exertlng individual initiative in
creating and producing the material
benefits Of lite. Peoples of other ma
tons had existed for the benefit OF
their governments. Our f%orefathers
for the first time created a govern
ment which existed tor the benefit
of its people. In our land an indivld-
Ual's progress and success was only
limited by his emergency and am
bition. &.
The results of this freedom of en-
tcrprIse among 4 free people are
nOW'Well known to the WOr!u. II mas
produced the highest standard OF lIV-
ing throughout the whole population
OF Il great nation which the world
has ever known. 1t has produced
The greatest development OF lnVcll
tive genius and the greatest use oi
chronological processes which n
world has We known. 1t has pro-
duced the worlds greatest produC-
tive capaclty-tO such AZ extent. IN
fact. that III the present world crisis
Our country has been the arsenal OF
democracy and the sole hope for h
preservation OF freedom in the world
us We have known it.
The government OF the UnltCd
States Of America embodies those
ideals for which mankind has been
struggling since the dawn OF civil
cation. Ii is no. builded IN ndlVid-
uals or groups OF individuals, on
politicians or political parties; it is
builded on faith and hope and ideals
ana is therefore immortal to the X
tent that mankind retains its belief
IN these ideals. Our forelathers
knew that liberty had its price but
they believed it was worth the cost,
We know now it is worth the cost
but we also know now, more than
we have eve known it, the truth OF
the statement that "eternal vigilance
is the price Of freedom" We also
Know that we must be ready at all
times to sacrifice whatever it costs
to preserve this freedom, WITHOUT
when all is lost. To destroy free
dom in the world would be to de-
stroy the faith of mankind IN It's
ideals. Without faith there is no
vision. and "Without vision, the peo-
pie perish.
What has been said with reference
to individual initiative and Tree en-
terprise is q logical Introduction to
the statement that within the Unit
ed States the worlds safest invest
ment now presents itself within thai
great region of our land known as
the South. We have seen how the
United States as a nation has Great
ed and multiplied wealth through
AGRICULTURAL and industrial progress
bevond anything Of which the WoIld
had ever dreamed before. We know
that since its very foundation NJ
vestments in the industrial progress
OF America have been the best the
world has ever knoWn-anu We
know why. Through retention OF the
ideals and beliefs upon when TINS
country was founded, we have every
reason to believe that our country
will continue to remain IN me van
guard of world progress.
Now, within our nation, we ass
have every reason to belleVe lhal ln-
vestment in the future OF the SCUM
is the best that we can make. me
South has been advancing raplcly
during the past decade and will con-
tinue to do so. Comprising a thlfo
of the land and a third OF the peo-
Die of the United States, with a
homogeneous population of whom
les sthan one percent are foreign
horn with a most favorable climate,
with boundless natural IN
minerals and forests and now WITH
in the last few years provided WIN
oreatly increased facilities Tor m
dustrial progress in the way ol
plants and equipment, skilled laool'
and financial resources, the oouVll
contains all the elements Necessary
| for = sound and enduring prosperity
And most important, too, the ooutA
has its w market ready ana walt
inc. Whereas the great lndustrlal
centers of the North and East ale
oLrcady producing more thar they
consume and must go OUTSIDE lhell
territories for a market, the oou'1'
IN the other hand, has here'olole
heen an importer Of manufacturer
articles and can therefore proV1oe
is own market. The "
oil these factors make the
nropress of the South lneVltaole ana
an investment in the South lhe pe9'
+Lo u,or1G Affords.