The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-05

the Alumni Association of Yale university,
said of recent tour through the south
ern states
The net result OF this visit to the south
to my mind is just this. that the south Is
the bonanza of the future. We have de
veloped all the great and sudden Oprcrtu-
mites for wealth-or most of them--n the
northwestern states and on the Plciho
slope. but here IS Il vast country with the
best climate in the world. With cOni'tCnS
of health which are absolutely unparalleled
with vast forests untouclcd. WITH enormous
veins Of coal and iron Which have yet rot
hnOWn anything beyond their original con-
d!tons, with soil that under proper Guilt
walton. for little capital. can support a
tremendous population; with @o1d!ti"9S III
the atmosphere for comfortable living WIN
ter and summer which exists nowhere else
In the country"
In this statement Mr.. Depew has con
densed in a few words the whole story OF
the material resources of the south no
one can visit the south with an eye to its
physical possibilities without the conviction
that it is a country whose real development
lies in the future Standing out ana above
every other fact concerning the south, a"d
constituting it's greatest natural resource
and attraction Is it's unriYaled CulnaNe.
In its wealth of sunshine, tina warns ana
lnvigorates without excessive Fc3tt us S"IV
and balmy air laden with the healing
breath of the forests of pine and OF ire
ocean it holds a perpetual charm and at
traction for those who do not enjoy NC
rigors Of our nothern climate. N"t only
in its effect upon the comfort anu hea'''
Of the people but in It's effect upon tAe
soil ana all plant ne Is II III u"l''"''7
source Of wealth.
The extremes of heat and coih are I"'
rouud here The mildness OF its " njerS
es1Ig1eest, to the northern mt'd the intense
heat Of it's summers but TINS IS d ms
taken suppoSIuon thHE aus "'1Si' ="
people from gong Sou - ,,,..,,,, ~,
southern ''"''- "",'.7 . ~, sat-
greatest hc"l '"F I ~ ,rs,Iop nf
lleo LII one N'."N az ,-,,rno,', snnr,e,
the aGreeapIeI'e77 u ''-1 ,,,,,,,,.,
" h'ie inc sunni 49, tI,1 nv ,ort5ern
1t IS 'eS9 u, ~ ,,,Cll W., the ai-
summers i"'' 49,, -.<,,,tb r,arn.
Sence OF SU'l9''"'A'' - ~ ,co-.,,.. If
Is q"''''tS 40 ~ Iii Il tnrra thus
Ifol" IG - ',[p,.,,s aper,v. nat It's
c'>' w., - ,aet tn the scientific mica
qu@'tS h'"S !a II < thar an equal
10 '''" +oronnrliure in Chicago a1d
.rri, PRODUCES different results.
al IJi. 80. ana health are closely related
,,,I tIa relatively lower death rate III inc
l,,,+har, states bears testimony to the
l,,-,, effect of the climate upon the
,n,LtL nc there are many local conditions
moi modify this tendency, such as '''o
,,,.,it.,,,, conditions Of many Iocahltt"'
,,,,- t o. wide variety of soils iA the
,,,ri,,, from the deep aIluNlal
~ thn river bottom lands through
49,, rtrb nrairie soils of Alabama aud MIS-
.;syf,,ni and Texas and the leFlie ~
,.,r~nabs Of Georgia, Florida ana the C"l
aItnas IN the light loumy, responsive I3nH7
- th ,,Dlands of all the southern states
,.n,so ,raat productiVcncss Is witnessed
l,,, tho marvellous fruit crops that are si''"-
,,,u,, haconiug. the feature of the fruit IN
- 80 o,r cointrv. The south Is the
s, rr,,tt and yegetabIe garden of the
l,(,,,tr, . fact that is being more AND
more onpreciatcd by the orchard and gar
'1a, nan ,rhis is comparatively new feat
me- Of southern agriculture, as the south
Of q generation ago had not thought oil
80 .eipoe frlit and vegetables for any other
than her own use. And, indeed, llt9@ ne"
features OF her soil productions are enemy
the work Of northern men who nave l".-
lowed the sun into it's faVor!te hauniS I"
,,r,u, the fruit and vegetables of the Coun-
Custnm ana tration weigh heav-
tI,, the southern mind in it's re-
in+,or to the cultivation of the soil.
I,,,,. do,,s cotton rice ana sugar
-, 4, - kind of agricultural mag
49, r,bich fornned the material basis
80 i.o,i,l regime Justly famous for it's
,,.1t,, it, bosnjta1itv and its friend
shiDs This is something more than a NOM
,r,+ today although the material setting
Of the uicture is greatly altered. Happily
~, do,, 10 onoroaching. If II has not al
NV - -La,, +ho Loa,,tv and grace OF
i,''"S .i,'.. .,,,.,,aotor MAY, he cherished
tNo ,,l,,..,esion The unlapDy
90 q ~ rart,, and of the south has
t1 ot+r,.io,, too long already. The real
I"o an n1 o,rtb rna,, no seen in
. fi,,a ava not i'm IFS NEGATIVE aspect.
I,9 ~, .a,,, ,,,I,, NV svrnpathetic eyes
lE,...,,a ,,,tfo,al ideal Is \ hlppy blending
80 no p,,ri+ar and the Cavalier. Our coun-
at,,ls MO-, tho threshold of n future
.I1, ,,,t,,,,e Emo reol union of north
"hich "i,I w., ,,i,,,iino Of intaIIcctual