FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71   72   73   74   75   76   77   78  
79   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   100   101   102   103   >>   >|  
at the value of products in 1899 was $705,000,000 and in 1909 about $1,430,000,000. Agriculture is not the only interest of the New South. Northern capital has worked wonders along industrial lines. Some communities have changed entirely from agriculture to manufacturing. South Carolina is now second among the States in the manufacture of cotton; North Carolina is third, and Georgia is not far behind. In Alabama Southern tobacco is manufactured. The steel and iron industries, the furniture industry, the cottonseed-oil industry, and others are constantly becoming more important. The effects of this industrial revolution are far reaching. Social lines are shifting; a new society based upon business success and wealth seems to be supplanting or at least breaking in upon the aristocracy of the ante-bellum South, based upon family and public service. The ideal of success is changing and the ambitious young man now goes into business, manufacturing, or engineering as often as into the profession of law and politics. The laboring class has changed also. Years ago this class lived on farms and raised raw materials: now it lives in the cities and fashions raw materials. The same social results are found here as elsewhere, but on account of the conservatism and personal independence of the Southern laborer, who is only a generation removed from the soil, these results are not in evidence so soon. In the manufacturing districts there is the political unrest characteristic of the North. Labor unions develop here and Socialism has some adherents. This tends to break the political solidarity of the section and it is possible that in the not distant future the "Solid South" may pass away. The South is enthusiastic; it is alert to its opportunities and it is planning with hope for the future. Through practical education wonders may be worked, and upon this practical education for the rising generation the South bases its hopes. The new generation will make greater strides in the utilization of the great natural gifts than the old one has. The race problem will be solved in time, and the solution must come through the efforts of the Southern people, for the best classes now believe that the South can prosper best when all the people, colored as well as white, are brought to the highest standard of their efficiency. CHAPTER IX PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S SECOND TERM [1905-1907] On June 1, 1905, an exposition was opened at Port
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71   72   73   74   75   76   77   78  
79   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   100   101   102   103   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

manufacturing

 

generation

 

Southern

 
success
 

business

 

industry

 

education

 

practical

 
people
 

future


materials

 
results
 

political

 
changed
 

wonders

 

Carolina

 

worked

 
industrial
 

utilization

 

planning


strides

 
opportunities
 

greater

 

rising

 

Through

 

enthusiastic

 
Socialism
 

adherents

 
develop
 

unions


interest

 

unrest

 

characteristic

 

Agriculture

 
solidarity
 
section
 
distant
 

CHAPTER

 

PRESIDENT

 

ROOSEVELT


efficiency

 

brought

 
highest
 

standard

 

SECOND

 

exposition

 
opened
 

colored

 

solved

 

solution