The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-11
AN ENTHUSIASTIC GOVERNOR.
lie Evidently Relieves IN the Naturai Adj
yantages OF Ills own State.

man. Nowhere can purer water, "A
more genial climate. or summer skies
be found To bless contented homes"
These words we're spoken Of Alabama
by her enthusiastic governor, Joscphf
Johnston, i'm his recent inaugural ad-
dress and one not living there, Is tempt
ed to believe il all when that one fol-
lowsG Gov Johnston as he enumerates the
resources and capabilities OF his state;
With an area of but little more than
$4,000 square miles" says Mr.. John
ston. there is no territory OF like size
in the known world so prolific IN the
variety of its resources; were a wall
erected around our state, cutting OF
all access. we could produce within our
borders everything necessary Tor the
comfort or convenience OF man. Great
veins of iron ore and seamso OF coal put
at our command almost boundless re-
sources i'm fuel, iron and steel. Splen-
did forests of yellow pine here stand
ready tobuild homes for millions of pco-
ple. Building tone and marble, fire
clay. kaolin and lime exist in great
abundance; walnut, maple, pax, chef-
ry, ash and other hard woods, awaitthe
hand OF man for manufacture or the
a%dornment of our homes.
I'm the production of pig iron We
take rank as the fourth state in the
union; in iron ore. third; in Goa we
stand fifth; in the production of cot
ton. fourth. and in its manufacture,
fourth.
in lumber we are near the head Of b.
list.
1T would be unjust should ] fail to
include in our minerals copper. lead,
I graphite, mari and gold; indeed the
onIy mineral that we seem to be with
out and to want most Is silver.
Leaving forest and mine and coming
e to Il fields we find that they produce
? generously cotton, corn, wheat, rye.
oats, tobacco. rice and the grasses, ana
here is the home of the pear, h peach,
: the grape and all small fruits. Nege-
: tables are grown with great success,
3 and this Industry is steadily develop
s lug. Our splendid rivers. the Aiabana'
u Cossa. T~allapoosa. Warrior. Cahati.
u Biybee and The Tennessee are the liquid
' arteries of the commonwealth, fed by
inpumerable creeks. all fruitful in pow
er to convert our raw products INTO
articles OF mefcDdHulNt.
Z over 1000 miles Of railroads ira
y verse our state from north TO south ana
east to west. furnishing quick transpor-
e tation 10 market for our products.
n ..When we come to our climate we
O find that the Giver of all good things
has not STAYED His hand, and that he
has blessed us with opportunity TO ia
lt Dor t. months in the year without net
he riment to health or comfort. indeed
ne we can scarcely appreciate the pless
ings we enjoy in this resrect wheN
~ compared with less favored regions fo'
even now we are seemingly unconsclou'
that roses are blooming in our gardens
Sc. and the fragrant air is sweet with thei
perfume.
..The Piedmont. region Of our stat
ne shows that its average thermometer ,
ummer and winter corresponds almos
ne exactly with that ofBerlinand Hamptls
whilst Mobile and the lower part OF IN
ar state correspond largely with me Gu
IT, mate Of Frankfort-on-the-Main, an
!. Carlsruhe. The average temperatnr
10 for the whole state shows about ~ ue
grces Fahrenheit for January, % TO
re July and 60 degrees for April ana DC
" toher.
M .Ourstreams n bound in fish. our WOOD
re are fragrant with flowers, ana GU
- bca utiful seaport supplies an apundahc
'e of fish and oysters for all our peopi'
Nowhere in all the republic can NOR
's prolific response be had from the so
~ 10 the intelligent cultivation OF MAJ
w Nowhere can purerw water, more geh'a
climate or SUMMER skies be fouAh Z
bless contented homes.
ne .These are our opportunities. thes
~ thc substantial groundwork upon whic
lie n great commonwealth can be erected.
OF course all of this was not said viii
out 4 direct object. and continuing y
-, pointcd the way in winch ms cream !
n great commonwealth could De r
allied. This for citizens OF the sta'
~ hoth actual and prospective. We wond'
II the same. or similar. wise thinR
- micb, not be said of many anoth'
state. highly favored by natural =
sources and dormant wealth, OF OF
great union. /,
~, ..This is the age OF industrial d
no veIopment. and to hat task the lcgisi
III tor and citizen should bend their enc
gies and weary not in well doing Nh'
NhK
~ we consider that we are now cuiti'atif
and utilizing less than one-third
80 these resources. and that the other NV
y. thirds produce taxes only. i behoov
ms IN in vite to our borders and give re
ing ero"s Nf 49, herman, :
.ho sources.
cen Our pig iron should be melted a
our cotton spun and woven at non
thus giving greater employment to
30. Dor and establishing home markets !
ON our agricultural products.
;,ne "Thc smoke OF our factories shor
be found rising In every county, n
the our furnaces. like pillars Of fire. shor
sub light the night.
ing. 1.-THE production Of grasses and 7
tch- raising OF cattle should be stimnlat
(. - until We become one OF the great b.