The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-08-24


distinction az scientific and practical
expert and who is one OF the leaders in
the agricultural and industrial devel-
opment OF the South, contributes 70
this weeks issue OF the Manufacturers
Record striking paper bearing upon
tho wonderful potentialities Of agricul-
ture in the South and their relation to
its general Advancement. He contends
that the South is capable Of illustrat-
ing fully the principles thatthe country
that can supply the greatest variety Of
products, raw and manufactured, and
can find markets for them near home.
Is bound to become the wealthiest
country; that manufacturers make the
home market; that farmers make the
markets to large extent for the man
ufacturers, and hence, that the best
farming country, is alter all, the best
manufacturing country and vice versa
He continued:
These we'll known principles have
been restated here for the purpose Of
calling attention to the great economic
advantages possessed by the Southern
states, especially those lying on either
side of the Appalachian system, 4
know no other country in the world SO
rich In both agricultural and manufac-
turing resources. Conside-. how wonder
fully these two great classes Of resourc-
es are varied and mingled in the South.
Coal and iron, marble and hardwoods,
copper and zinc abound throughout the
upland regions Of the South ~ the hiils
adjacent to the rich valleys. Here Is a
country that can support and employ
an almost incalculable population. II IL
larger than all the manufacturing
counties and departments OF Great
Britain, Belgium, France and Germany
combined, and contains more Goa, Iron
and woods than all Of them.
Sin the Piedmont country We find the
wheat. tobacco, and the cotton iields ~
the immediate neighborhood OF great
water powers. The coast regions con-
tains the great truck gardens Of the
continent alongside Of almost mex
haustible deposits of phosphates.
Where else can such combination o.
resources be found in such climate
and under such skies?
i A 1.1
Consider also the location OF the
Southern states as to this continent and
| to the world. Within one day from New
| York by express freight and within
eight days of Liverpool, the Central
| South has great advantage In its loca'
| tion. Sixty million people live within
radius of 100 miles, the average days
run of an express freight Of Knoxville
Tenn, which we may take as the cen
u tre of this portion Of the country, mor'
people that can be reached within
Hike radius from any other point y
!, America, for this circle includes al
our great centres Of population, from
}, Philadelphia ard New York to Chicag
and ST. Louis, and from St. Paul an
! Detroit to Mobile and New Orleans
The ports of this country are Balti
more, Newport News, Wilmington
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, Ne'
I Orleans and Galveston. Their proxin
D ity to the markets Of the world are al
9 parent at glance. They are nearer
the West Indies, South America, on
: future great markets, and with tn
! isthmian canal will be nearer to th
: East than those of the Middle an
! Eastern states. THESE are only few
the conditions, familiar to everyon'
( which make the Southern Appalachia
q country the most promising in II
: world.
'.The South could, with sufficient /
s Dor and capital, produce ten times
. much cotton, for one item, as it no
I produces. This alone would equal tt
. value OF the present agricultural ou
e out Of the entire country. When a
IS mankind become as civilized as Eur
e pean people are now and wear as man
: clothes, it will require $4,000, 600 ball
q OF cotton to supply them. If the Soui
II keeps up its present proportion Of u
. worlds cotton supply it will sell g
% 900 600 bales, which at present price
. would be worth more than all our e
ports Of wheat and meat. Somethir
like this is true also OF the cereals,
tobacco, of the animal products and
the vegetables and fruits which th
wonderful land would yield.
"From the standpoint Of the Eur
= pean farmer, the soils Of the Sou
have as yet been scarcely scratche
). With intensive methods, utilizing Il
vast stores of phosphates; with the
:, ough cultivation of all arabic soils. ,
ing each in the best way and especial
- with manufacturers in every valley
make markets for the heavier and me
perishable products, the southe
states can and will produce ten Tin
a the agricultural products they now
q In fact, It is absurd 70 put measure l
= on the products Of 50 vast ia count
q with such varied and almost wholly (
5. i ve'oped resources. These thi7cs "