The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12
AN ENTHUSIASTIC GOVERNOR.
tie Evidently Believes In the Natural Adj
vantages of His Own State.

man. NoWhere can purer water,
more genial climate, or summer skies
be found to bless contented homes"
These words were spoken of Alabama
by her enthusiastic governor, Joseph +.
Johnston, in his recent inaugural ad-
dress, and one not living there, is tempt.
I'd to believe it all when that one fol.
lows Gov. Johnstona he enumerates the
resources and capabilities of his state:
with an area of but little more than
$4,000 square miles," says Mr.. Johr-
ston, there is no territory of like size
in the known world so prolific in the
variety of its resources; were wall
erected around our state, cutting oil
all access, we could produce within oui
borders everything necessary for tha
comfort or convenience of man. Great
veins of iron ore and seams of coal put
at our command almost boundless re.
sources in fuel, iron and steel. Splen
did forests of yellow pine here stand
ready to build homes for millions of peo-
pie. Building stone and marble. fire
clay, kaolin and lime exist in great
abundance; walnut, maple, oak, cher
ry, ash and other hard woods, await the
hand of man for manufacture or the
adornment 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 coal we
stand fifth; in the production of cot
ton, fourth, and in it's manufacture,
fourth.
I'm lumber we are near the head IF the
list.
ut would be unjust should I fail to
include in our minerals copper, lead,
graphite, mari and gold; indeed the
only mineral that we seem 20 be with
cut and to want most is silver.
Leaving forest and mine and coming
to our fields we find that they produce
generously cotton. corn, wheat, rye,
oats, tobacco, rice and the grasses, and
here is the home of the pear, the peach,
the grape and all small fruits. Vege'
tables are grown with great success,
and this industry is steadily develop
ing. Our splendid rivers. the Alabama,
Cossa. Tallapoosa, Warrior, Cahaba.
Bigbee and the Tennessee are the liquid
arteries of the commonwealth, fed by
innumerable creeks. all fruitful in pow
er to convert our raw products into
articles of merchandise.
"Over 1900 miles of railroads ira
verse our state from north to south, and
east to west. furnishing quick transpor-
tation TO market for our products.
when we come to our climate we
find that the Giver of all good things
has not stayed His hand, and that He
has blessed us with opportunity to la.
Dor IL months in the year without det-
rimcnt to health or comfort. Indeed,
we can scarcely appreciate the bless
ings we enjoy in this respect when
compared with less favored regions, for
even now we are seemingly unconscious
that roses are blooming in our gardens.
and the fragrant air is sweet with their
perfume.
"The Piedmont region of our state
shows that it's average thermometer in
summer and winter corresponds almost
exactly with that of Berlin and Hamburg,
whilst Mobile and the lower part of the
state correspond largely with the eli
mate of Frankfort-on-the-Ma and
Carlsruhe. The average temperature
for the whole state shows about 40 de-
grces Fahrenheit for January, IS for
July and 60 degrees for April and Oc-
tober.
"Ourstreams abound in fish, our woods
are fragrant with flowers, and our
beautiful seaport supplies an abundance
of fish and oysters for all our people.
Nowhere in. all the republic can more
prolific response be had from the soil
to the intelligent cultivation of man.
Nowhere can purcr water, more genias
climate or SUMMER skies be found 10
bless contented homes.
"These are our opportunities, these
the substantial groundwork upon which
a great commonwealth can be erected
OF course all of this was not said with
out direct object, and continuing he
pointed the way in which his dream OF
a great commonwealth could be re-
allied This for citizens of the state
both actual and prospective. We wonder
IL the same, or similar, wise things
might not be said of many another
state. highly favored by natural re-
sources and dormant wealth, OF our
great union.
'This is the age of industrial de-
velopment, and to that task the legisla-
tor and citizen should bend their ener-
gies and weary not in we'll doing. When
we consider that we are now cultivatlng
and utilizing less than one-third OF
these resources. and that the other two
thirds produce taxes only. it behooves
us to invite to our borders and give gen.
erous welcome to men and money to aid
in awakening these dormant re-
sources.
"Our pig iron should be melted and
our cotton spun and woven at home,
thus giving greater employment to Ia
Dor and establishing home markets for
our agricultural products.
"The smoke Of our factories should
be found rising in every county. and
our furnaces, like pillars of fire, should
light the night.
"Thc production of grasses and the
ra;e;pg ~ cnttle should be stimulated