Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-09-01
souTh,s RESOURCES.
coaid Produce Crop. Equal Ia whole OF
United states.

United States.
Baltimore. Aug. gi.-Hardly a wee
passes without the record of a substal
tial addition 20 the wealth
the country made or promised In the d.
velopment Of the natural resources {
the south. Hardly "a student approaohc
tho subject without being strongly i'm
pressed with the wonderful possibilitie
Of that section IN manufacturing an
agriculture. the independent basis d
the southern progress. This fact witt
particular reference 10 agriculture Il
furcibly brought out in an article pub
lished by tho Manufacturers Rocor'
and written by Colonel J. b. Killebrey
of Nashville, Tenn. recognized au
thority upon IA vast range OF topics re-
lated TO the material interests Of th
south. who has done especially valuable
work in advancing agriculture there
Colonel KiIlebrew says;
"The earth has nowhere upon IL
bosom another region 50 fruitful as the
south in multiplied agricultural capabil
titles, or in those elements that increase
human industry and human happiness
Every year discovers some new re
sources IN the south Il grows every
food plant needed by men. II pro
duces more and better textile plant.
than any other portion Of the globe. II
Is rich In almost every mineral used in
the arts-iron, copper, zinc, load. mar.
bic, etc IL has phosphatos TO enrich
is soils, coal and water powers 70 drive
its machinery. IL is the coming focus
OF the worlds commerce and the cen.
ter Of It's industry To- possible cotton
crop can employ moro people than any
other one Product grown on the earth,
and, what is better, the south can feed
them all from It's fertile fields
"The south is a vast region and has
more varied soil. climatic conditions and
the capacity for the growth OF more
crops than any other like arms in the
world. It, fora Is remarkable In varie.
ty, value and quantity. Estimating
the fruits. vegetables. grasses. peaches.
berries, cereal crops. textile plants and
other vegetable productions of economic
value, there are not Tower than 10
products OF the soil that are grown and
that may be grown with profitable 70
sulis Indeed 30 may De said OF the
southern states that II all the varieties
II vegetable products grown on che
sarth were destroyed except those that
may DO brought 20 maturity IN the
southern states. mankind would scarce.
~ miss them.
Then Colonel Killehrcw takes up the
wheat and corn statistics and stat es that /.
Z the progress made che last DO years IN /
he production OF these two necessaries /
If life are kept up. iu 20ycars the south /
viii DO producing as much a. the whole F.
Il the United States now produces. He /
,ays further;
"But, allowing that tho quantity Of /
standard crops Of grain in the country /
'ould not be duplicated in the south.
here are crops peculiar 20 that section
which, added TO the other crops. could
asily bo nude 90 equal in money value
VI the grain crops now made IN the
United States. as we'll ~ other crops.
The cotton crop Of 1907. including seed,
vas valued at Sj3j. 900 900 This could
"a increased many fold, 80 could the
ugnr and rice crops Indeed, the
resent cotton crop could bo easily
rown In the state OF Texas, which now
reduces one-fourth the entire crop.
"The tobacco crop of the United States
ill average yearly jOO.OO0, 900 pounds.
his crop could be duplicated many
mos upon ono.tonth ofthe unimproved
.nls of the south.
Tho rice crop at present grown Ia
ie south is l3d. 800. go pounds, o,timat-
I 70 be worth SlO.OOO.OOO. This is one
the growing agricultural industries
the south.
THE estimated value OF all farm
'Oducts OF the United States for 1900
as S3. 900, 900. 900. Should the demand
'er come, the south could sell at pres.
u prices cotton enough to reach this
m Take the value Of the products
the south TO DO 81. 22O. 5OO, OOO. AS es.
mated. and IL will approximate the
Ilue Of nearly one.half 81 all the agri.
ltural products Of the United States.
iere is only 20 per cent Of the lands
the south improved. Concede that
ly 80 per cent is susceptible Of being =,
iprovcd. then the south could easily l.
oduce more than $3,OO0. 900. 900 OF az. Il
ultural products on so per cent OF it, 4
rritory without employing any i'm.
owed methods Of cultivation or fertili. d
tion and employing ignorant labor 4" a
Tragedy Ends drudge.
Jennings. Ia, Aug 3l.-Fivo miles
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