The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-01-24

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<aa.sai< r.sics. =. sscshs Banquet ~
/ cktsasc sid:
- risA 10 thank the business men Of
ihi. wonderful city foe giving na an o.
eeiianits 80 speak 70 shsrs epqn a sab
jess aras to rs heart, but we're 70 Dc
sccst ~hat | see the early yeats q Tie
szsseaf ccSsar have IN store for the
Seuih. commercially. l: would soahd IKE
tairy tale. Never before have material
ieteresis SO attracted abs attention Of our
people. Never before has suco coincidence
teen ielt a. 20 The fuisre. Never before
has there i,ecu sach cause for confidence p
Following are some Of the facts Sisen
t.g Mr.. Smith.
-Finy scars ago The mRrufaciosies af
$50 world osed J. 90. ooo bale % cotton
+ i..si t.sr fhev ssed nearly l8ono.eno IF
piies dies making The saor1,oas Increase
s ~ censampiicn IN hf;s years Of 700 peg
sen, The cotton heids Of abe Soath
Scientist 80 per cens. cf IN. lini cotton ssed
ts ite manufactosics Of TIE world b.
$50 there were $50 COTTON f,-isfic- be-
ste Soaih ia ls9o. 2Gs. and ir is0o. c5J
fts percentage Of increase o. -.ioil rd
ldoms Target, exceeded that 81 NJ lua.H.t
ng factories
athe strength ofihe soute ,- 0fotfeer
f % ..ls irei. has been conceded l.ra uau-
tti .f gears pest Carroi y. WRIGHT tas
T sAoe1 ia F. statement Of fr- rompainNte
cost hei0een districts in the rauei
sisfcs thst III re is an advantage 81 So.
rsr tom in favor of the South The nr'ce
+ or pie iron iu Easore and Ameuca Today
IS h.cl is southern furnaces. The proc
& lucuon or pig iron lea she South has in-
Creased since 1870 from 49, 1914 90 a.seo.
sls ,sn-
~rho coal fclis OF The South coycr ei.-
900 square miles. Seven times rs large
as slose 81 Great Britain. Nore than
those of Russia. Great Britain. France.
Germany and Belgium combined.
DIGGING inio The sommsreiai history OF
ihe south Mr.. Smith said
aAttbs beginning Of ,hs last ceniurs
iu every iinC OF enterprise, agriculture.
-.iniur and manufacturing iht South vas
itc snsiis equal 81 the Northern staie-|
. D aaee myself been surrrised. ou .nsesii-
raiion, Co fnd the aitcni on which 90 th7t
F Umr aas given 90 manufacturing and
ainial Feeu In the Southern colonies
iron making uas "a important ndutirr.
~ii b. Surprising 60 sec uhat accom-
rh.hoi iu spite Of iho drawback ol -iafcrs
DURING ihc 20 rears from isio io 1850. Dos
l-sl ias forms Of she South ecrc valued
ID salel. e'o ooo They hed nereat,i
ir-n issa 81 .auoooOoo
rao mssi msrksd nroef.ss ef ODE
-aaih iu 900 it. history has heon ftat oi
lrH laai feo gsars. The farmefs lo nof
aue f.Ir upeA ceiiou as 4H rAcia-Ifc
rtar- lu iS9s the soath produ,ei 80 1863 .-
-io Ia.hess OF wheat, 400 .ili.9lt tasAeis
ai,ern .ni -gi .oa2ce poouds of sa-.f.
f la l-Ni tan South mrnist,d - r,f ceDf.
'eitae bog. raised 10 the rniiea States.
araa ihs vegetables rropu from -l.llu
srles amounted Co Sss5oun in single
scars 'u IS -insie Ia, from oue iaoaiii, n
IlHar..r- JOS catloajs nl tifanierflt-
reir shipped. vhich psid .n cssa rsef
siUNfH large county of G.ifriA i-
gIsen over almost entirety to thc rsaol
eainsp. ant tbe pfoffs Of coo orchard
ourer darus the past ycsr we've fiOoNol.
anatu. then, up5n ihe agricultural
4 uaa4,acinrins and mining opportunuits
ia thc @eatA, realize thet eferr facility
eyist- 20 -iegeiop them, eiih nothing Soc
raiplna o. check them, ard tls eommef-
cisl iatars Of abe south b. i.eiors ,aa. 10
30 sniltlci hy natural rcsourrrs io ri'c,
2 ti.si 90 thss occupied hs che eafictu snt
N'i-.e States aud in o few seai- merc g
eit o.copy an equai place lbca '.'
4 thfts sections a. one ~iii ssoe ei ie'