The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-06-22
MR.. HOOKER AT PHILADELPHIA.

| The speech of Hon. Charles E. Hooker Jr., of Jack
son. before the Southern Industrial Convention at Pha
dephia, is worthy OF reproduction by the entire state
press 1t shows the growth and prosperity of the coming
state the Union and its advantages for future develop
ment. The speech was admitted by the Philadelphia
Press to have been Of the best delivered at the
venton, and will prove to this state magnet to draw
capitalists seeking investment here Mr.. Hooker said:
mississippi ranks first among the Southern states, and
eighth in the United States in the expended for
education in proportion to the valuation of property, and
second in the Union in the per cent of population enroll
ed in the public schools In addition to the public schools
and schools of higher grade supported by the sae there
about 0 high schools. academies and colleges under
private denomnational control, with 80, 600 pupils
sThe of communication in the state fast
panding. In 1880 there ,127 miles of railroad IN
the state On June 3d. $685. there IA lines of rail-
road aggregating 400 miles, the cost of construction
and equipment $112 900 and the net annual in
come So, 4174 35. The mileage for 1900 1851
miles, and in 1901 nearly 5000 miles, gain from 1898
534 miles. The logging mileage for 1901 is about 230
miles, gain of so per cent last year. Extensions
recently made the different lines and the Mobile, Jack
SOD and Kansas City Railroad. under contract are
not included in this statement BY February 1, 1902,
railroads required to file their assessments when
marked increase in the railroad mileage of the state will
be shown
line OOutnorn people are Dy nereQlty pastoral and
agricultural state people, and Mississippi for long per-
od of its history having been agricultural state
not conspicuous for urban e but she abounds with
live, progressive cities and towns such Jackson Lau
REL Vicksburg, Meridian, Natchez Yazoo City, Canton
McComb, Brookhaven, Hazehurst, Wesson, Crystal
Springs Columbus Water Valley, Grenada Holly Springs
Greenville and Biloxi.
1.-The state has lost its taste for theatrical politics. and
the dcmagogue being reegated to the limbo of forgot
gotten curlosltes. Her people thoroughly mbued
with strong, virile spirit of progress They heve gotten
rid of the singular notion which obtained many years ago.
Mississippi exclusively agricultural state by the
dsclosur res of industrial development, and cond
tions and have discovered that it was the contrary
eminenty designed for manufacturing we'll as an ag
ricultural country. We take hold of this policy
with enthusiasm because must possess those physical
elements of power which modern science and skilled labor
have fashioned for nearly all the states We have there
FORE entered earnestly upon system involving educated
labor, multiplied industries, schools of agriculture
merce manufactures and schools of technology and all
polytechnlcs.
"We are teaching to build and operate all
machinery furnaces and foundries, studios and work
shops, and FARMS and they being made honorable
and abundant the offices of the learned professions and
and power becoming fact, not theory.
Her of this generation reach out their hands to
gather treasures piled up all around them than
dreamed of by that of brave explorers
and heroes who first pressed their feet upon the sod of
Mississippi and dipped their in the waters of our
imperial river