Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-13
MONEY IN THE SOUTH
Opportunities for Making 1t Almost
Unlimited.
Improved Industrial Conditions Of
the Last Twenty Ycarx-Thc
Cry Is Now "Go South,
Young Man."

More money has been made in the
southern states in the last 2C years than
will be made i'll the next 81 years j.:
Cuba, Porto Eico or the Philippines, and
The chances for .Aoncy-El.-...n- IL tl2
south have only commenced. i lc ;rric2
OF iron for the word is LOW i.::de ct
birmingham, Ala, and that CITY wi,
shortly make the worlds r-.c2 Z. s,>>!.
he SOULS InGu3,-I.l CvCIu;IaE, We.
neSan with tls devCloi; ;Cicnt q lis ir3:.
:Atcrcsts, rapidly g real - a.. uf tx
r-llatcrIl iron industries, including rn;.-
chine shops and loUndri,.;, .to,> l:c-
.2iics, steel plants and L.! >.v...c luc-
tories. The :,CC0 new Industries wh.c..
ave sprung VI during tAc est sea.
include fertilizer and phosrhar: wcrl:,
Woodworking factories, turnitU:I, yL-..-
&c, agricultural. End I-liacS lancet.
Jerks; textile, Ilour and cotton see;
Ill mills; gas and .watcrworkS. tuIc
hone systems, clsctric Lgh; ami Eoyyy.
nd ice and cold storaG1 Paints; c2I-
..lrtGs and hundreds CT I:..&cC ,aaCOu.
giants. Ncar.y every southern stat
rs increased its railroad E.iieug3 dur
IS the East year and every southern
de.
Alabama has shipped 1,COO tons CT
on day, month after month, ard the
orts OF New Orleans, Norfolk, EaIti-
Jre, Pensacola, Brunswick and Mo-
80 are shipping American products
:Cct and Ly tic shortest route t.
.-,;y foreign countries. The deyclor-
ut of the iron industry in the a@ut..
III its infancy end in the nTrur2c-
::e OF textiles that sectioa Of thl
.uatry has not begun to take the Ilac>
viii fl, although last Year over ::.:~,- 49,.
&IinuicS were added to the Cquii,-
mt CT southern mills, in which S5,-
go sought new investment. Nearly
+..o,.o,ISJ went into the cottcnsecd
.i.ts-for American cotton oil finds n
'->.'ket in every civilized country-and
100000 is being rut in the iron and
,.t"cl industries OF Alabama and mil
"ons into those CT Tennessee and Nir-
'Tinia Ilch IL - r<&oU-cCs, wiz y
'!'',' '... ultiL -
u ..nu a.-HoaC I.LkCCWu, welcoming
tIpital and Hospitality welcoming the
investor from the north, the south is
having wonderful awakening, and it
| requires no cunning eye to perceive
that it is on the road to unmeasurcd
| and immeasurable wealth. Gen. Will
son, the secretary of agriculture, has
| just called attention to the fact that the
agricultural wealth of the south would
be vastly increased ii it's products were
diversified; that, fav as It, is by
conditions of climate ID soil, it can
find an enormous market in the north
for its. early vegetables, spring lamb,
young chickens. and other commodi-
ties which, in this luxurious day, find
a ready sale in every city. The canning
industry can find no better location
than in many of the southern states,
! where fruits are raised in the greatest
abundance and ut the lowest cost.
Truit culture and the culture of nuts
lind their best opportunities in the
southern states. there is everything
II fact, In the south to sustain a large
population in comfort and with le So
hardship than must be encountered in
almost any other section OF the world
IL II you seek new fields Of opportunity
TO south, young man!--Leslie's Weekly.