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Western Farmers Address on Carolinas Resources and Future Prosperity
A lengthy excerpt highlights Carolinians’ pride in forests, cotton, and potential industrial growth. It envisions rivers powering mills, expanded mining, lumber, and textile manufacture, with cities and skilled artisans thriving. The talk urges mobilization of natural resources for national economic strength and notes welcoming immigrants who seek rural opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Alexander
Carolinas
Carolina
Intelli Oc Tae
Perons
Ind
Pleof & Commonwealth
N. C. Picayune
New York
South Carolina
Samuel Sloan
Hudson” River Railroad
Delaware and Western Railroad
Sloan
Atlantic