The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-09
CO]':NG TO THE FRONT
Varlor~ ,stries of the South Re-
e. Much Attention.
RICI>. :{ON AND OIL.
Rice Has decreased the Price OF Land
WOndcrllliy-Oil Has Revolution.
lied Portions Of Texas and
Iron Affected Alabama.

Baltimore, Dec. discriminating the
results of obs .rvations, in rapid trip
from Maryland to Texas, Richard II.
Edmonds writes in the Manufacturers
Record as follows:
THE story Of rice and of the devel-
Dpment which has followed rice grow
ing in Louisiana and Texas Illustrates
very strongly the growth and advance
mcnt seen throughout the south. Rice
is rcvolutionizing southwest Louis
lana particularly. and making a gar
den spot Of the hitherto barren region.
Oil and rice are creating new condi-
tions in Texas, iron and coal are final
ly being handled on such a basis as to
give to Alabama in the near future
its rightful position in the iron and
steel development of the world. Cop
per mining in North Carolina and Ten
nessee is opening up a vast source OF
wealth. and SO, in every part of the
south progress IS the order OF the
day. In one place 1t is cotton manu-
featuring. in another coal mining, in
turc making. somewhere else truck or
fruit growing. but everywhere there is
advancement"
He recalls the persistent efforts
made Is years ago by an Iowa farm
err. S. l.. Cary, to develop rice growing
in Louisiana, and says:
Crowley is now a town of 1000 or
5000, with eight rice mills. handling
last year business OF about $780,
00O and $4,000 western people are set
tied in that district Rice growing,
although but in it's infancy, has Ell
HANGED the value of the land from 25
cents an acre IS years ago to SIS or
$50 an acre at present. What has
been done in southwest Louisiana is
now being done in Texas, where new
districts equally as promising for rice
growing are being opened up. Around
beaumont aud in other parts of that
territory there IS a great influx of
western settlers who find in rice grow
ing yield of $40, $50. $50 and some
| times $50 an acre against anywhere
from $40 to sl2 an acre on the wheat
| Of the west"
Jennings, the Southern home of
Mr.. S. l.. Carry, was but a few years
ago, waste, a wilderness, the sur
rounding country desert OF unbrolen
lands, beneath the surface of which
lay undiscovered wealth, only await
inc the master mind of man to devise
the means to uncover its hidden treas
ure and pour them at the feet of the
persistent tiller Of soil, and it was
mainly through the rare foresight OF
Mr.. Cary that this part OF Southwest
Louisiana was pushed to its present
high position among its sister local.
ties. The town now has Il population
of ,, 800 mot inflated but @Cnuine) and
as fast outstriping all cities and towns
of it's class, and crowding at a lively
rate cities of more preteuSiOuS claims,
by reason of the driving, pushing
dispositions of its citizens. With Il
rich agricultural country surrounding
the town has ample backing to adj
vance, aud something to enable it to
reach far beyond its present proper
tons, in population, and Wealth ac-
curing through the channels OF trade,
and especially the growing demand
for manufactures. not only to those
industries now operated requiring adj
ditional extension in their line, but
new wants are daily springing up
creating an absolute nece SSity for un-
ldertakingS in other lines that must
and will be met. Among the indus
tries of latest date are those arising
from the situation created 10y the dis
; dovery of oil close at hand, and al
though shine difficulties have been
encountered on the start, the fact is
! established beyond doubt that the
] oil is here, and it is only question
of Il very short time before the oil will
be gushing from one or more wells.
This of itself will necessarily call for
! various industrial processes for its
: disposal, and requirements for all
] manner of mechatism almost without
end and the demand for capital and
labor will be constantly on the in
: crease. This condition is approach
, ing rapidly, even now at the door, and
will make its mark.