Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-31

backbone ridge OF Florida is made out
OF phosphate rock and on the gulf slope
west and south there are untold mil
lions OF tons"
MIR. l. C. Irvine of the commercial
club Of Mobile said that while there
are no men who love their country as
do the southerners. mona are slower ~
organizing for the advancement of
their country, and advocated CONNER
cial organizations as a means for busi-
ness advancement.
l.. G. Irvine OF Mobile said: I'VE
have increased QUE shipping 500 per
cent. Our depth OF channel has in
creased from seventeen TO twenty-three
feet. Coal iA furnished cheaper than
elsewhere at tide water. We are build
ing grain elevators 10 handle Western
grain. Our channel, thirty miles FROM
river 10 gulf. Is being perfectly illu-
minated by electricity so that darkness
Is turned into day. and no ship need
linger an hour in entering or depart
Ing for fear OF going astray We have
established ship yards and are building
the best OF vessels and new factories,
new Enterprises and enlarged Develop
ments have come as the natural re-
suit OF constant work by numbers"
Hon. g. IL. Mansur OF Missouri, Sec
ond comptroller OF the treasury, sp Ike
sontlng some statistics 70 show her
growth and dwelling on the lead and
iron deposits. telling how the great
refining establishments had been
bought and closed TO prevent COMPETE
tiO1 with eastern combinar' rs Cun-
oernuig her agricultural interests lie
said that more kinds Of produce could
be grown In northern Missouri than in
any one equal area in the world. SOUTH
ern states had been eyed aslSi.nce after
the way by the nortnernefs. he fHd.
because the institution Of slavery had
been maintained IN them, but II the
question OF perpctuntirg that institu-
ton was to be voted ON the votes
would be nineteen out Of every twenty
against. (Applause)
He WAS followed by lion. Samuel
Blackwell of Alabama.
Hon. Samuel Blackwell OF Alabama
said that the report Of the state ggolo-
gists showed that the Warrior coal
fields contained about ;10s. 900 100000
tons Of available coal, or about three
times the available supply Of Pennsyl-
Yania and at the present rate OF con-
sumption OF coal OF all kinds would
last the world 275 years.
alabama has two other coal fields
OF considerable eNtent--the Coosa and
Cahaba.
'The iron interest " almost beyond
estimate. The Red mountains. at
whose base birmingham Is located. is
sixty miles long and practically mex
haustible Our timber resources are
almost ineNhaustible. The state Is
moving grnndly forward Todays
geology is walking with granite san
dnls and carbon aceptres throughout
all her mineral fields laying her i'm
mense wealth at the feet OF her chill
dren. We have a grand country to
welcome you to. Nature WIS I'm her
happlcst mood when she depressed
our valleys and lighted up our noun
tains, Saffron ntilrcd and vermilon
embroidered. Alabama has shaken the
dust from her garments and lfts her
rosy fingers To open the gates or the
orient, through which she viii soon
pass as the brightest star In dhe CON
stellatlon OF American freedom"
Major NJ. Il. Marks made forclble
and humorous appeal for business men
ga come to Florida, talking In glowing
terms Of tho fruits, sugar, pyrl. 70, Ihos-
plates and nsh OF the state.
Mr.. Perry said Arkansas has been
considered rather behind the process
sion IN development, but II we could
simply reach the ear and confidence Of
capital the world would stand much
surprised ~ the result. In fruits, both
small and large, We have stood for
NhaAAo III tAlN WV AAhlA Alllha w = nave
iron, lead, coal and zinc in abundance.
our timber interests are developing
rapidly with the demand for hard
woods and pine, and all we require Is
capital In railways and legitimate de-
velopment OF the abundant resources
OF both surface and interior OF the
earth"
Or. Il. i. Ferno, chef Of the forestry
dlvision and the agricultural depart
ment, was the first speaker at the even
ing session, with the topic Geographic
cal Conditions and Timber Resources
of the South" incidentally he advised
against booming methods, and asserted
that scientific investigation had clearly
shown that peeled turpentine timber
was not inferior.
Col. u II. Yancy Of Florida, spenls-
lnW in the same line. deprecated eNag-
gerauon, saying that the South could
stand on the truth. The rapid eX-
huuston OF Northern forests, he pre-
dicted, would compel lumbermen to
fan back on the South,
NJ. II, Moore OF the Dubuque. Iowa,
board Of trade, spoke In the same line,
In the course OF his speech saying that
he had Interested himself for two years
In the Nicaragua canal and was GER
tain thDt It would be built In the near
then by England,
Grlgsby Thomas of Atlanta spoke OF
the amlcnhle relations OF white and
colored races In the South and snid
that few Northern missionaries, ig-
noraut OF the conditions, had attempted
TO STIR up the blacks against the whites
am hNd bcen expelled, SO that the
races euuId dwell together In peace.
Ignorance OF zach other was the weak
ness Of the sections of the country
There were different classes OF negroes.
as there We're Of whites, some respect-