Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-18
What the Gulf Of Mexico Promises TO Be
come Some Day.

what the Gull OF Mexico PROMISES 20 BE"
come Some Day.
The Gulf OF Mexico will some day be
the Mediterranean sea of the New
World. Along Its shores the new en-
pires OF the world will grow to power.
There Is not on the globe sheet Of
water 30 favorable to commerce and
whose shores are 30 richly endowed.
The Mediterranean in its glory, though
more picturesque and enhancing in the
light OF its great history, was not 30
blessed by the splendid prodigality OF
nature. Beyond its shores was CHM
merriam darkness and nothing more. No
majestic Mississippi, the natural chan
mel for the commerce Of the richest
country of the world, poured its treas
ures upon the waters. And yet 1t nour-
ished the mightiest nations Of the world
and foated for two thousand years the
gold-laden ships Of Phenicia and Solo
mon, the olive and grape and wheat
galleys Of Greece and Rome, the magni-
fcent argosies Of Naples, Genoa and
Venice, and the galleons Of Spain.
Consider for o moment the great ad-
vantages Of the Gulf, as indicating by
silent prophecy the future, Of out Medi-
terranean A climate, as balmy as
Italy's, warns its waters and its shores
1t is almost inclosed by rich shores of
continent and islands To the south
is Yucatan, yellow with bananas
and oranges and lemons To
the west is Mexico, richer to-day than
in the splendid reigns Of the Monte
zumas, and with brighter hopes Of still
greater prosperity. To the north is the
most favored country Of earth-the
United States From the Rio Grande to
Cape Sable the rich, warm coast incloses
tho Gulf in O half embrace. To the
east are the West Indies, Cuba, gem of
the ocean, and to the southeast Is the
Caribbean, leading to the republics Of
Central America and the Spanish repub-
lies of our sister continent
These shores will yet be the scenes Of
prosperity such as the world has not yet
witnessed That is their clear destiny.
The most fertile lands in the world are in
the wide valley of the Mississippi. The
whole Gulf coast is fertile, rich in semi
tropical and even tropical fruits and for
ests. The world has no other islands
that will match the Antilles, and no
shore that can rival the Gulf coast Of
the United States.
The Gulf is not like the Mediterrane-
an, dependent upon its shores. Tho
long, broad sweep OF the Mississippi
drains not only its own matchless val
ley, but bears on its bosom the
tribute from the Ohio, Cumberland
and Tennessee, draining tho best
sections towards the east and the Mis-
souri,, draining the exhaustless North
west This traffic will yet send down
the Father OF Waters to float on the
Gulf waves argo lies Of commerce richer
than was ever horne in the galleons OF
Spain or fioated under the guns OF Dam
dolo.
Again, the Gulf will yet DO the ocean
highway OF nations 1t is the great
natural basin OF two continents 1t is
said two blocks OF wood II dropped one
each in the fountain sources OF the
Amazon and the Mississippi would meet
on the waters OF the Gulf. In few
years q canal or ship railway Will con-
meet tho Atlantic and Pacific. not ut
Panama, hut at n carrgua Over the
waters. then. OF the Caribbean aaa Gulf
will pass the merchant fleets as they
girdle the globe. When these ih .nCs
come. as they surely and shortly Will
New Orleans will be the Tyre, or Mar
settles. or Consiantinople OF the new
Med teranean. AMI tina South WI be
the Mediterranean shores Of the New
World ATLANTA Journal.