The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
WHAT FUTURE MAY HAVE
 IN STORE FOR ALABAMA
RefOrmatory Features Of the New Constitution which Bear Directly Upon the Limits of Taxation.
 No Barren Lands in Borders.

visions from Chicago to deep watRse e4 Mobile. and swe have Chicago in d1Heo4 connection with the commerce of CaptEG1 and South Amsrtca. While the 1iou1e- connection of Chicago with the 0ulf, n proposed water routes through A1n6nzn from Chicago to Mobile would trAvGQo the greatest and most Woa1th-heot6W4uK world has ever seen available to any giyen Waterway.5 Agricultural produot8 most profitable to commerce, coal, iront marble. timber. building stone, the pro- ries. of art and nature. exist or are sx-. pectant along every mile of this routa.
 have just remarked on the spotem~ tielity' of Alabama in her amendo1 and reformed and elevated political govugs rive. categorical mention of the insf1tu. tons which we expect to inspire win in4 tensified vtgor under new and up-to-date organic law. We arc not ashamed of them, even burdened as their growth has, been with unpropitious political conni- tons. forced upon us through a pera0d even longer than the life of one genera ton. We amended and. improved our governmental system by brave and paius. taking work, for we believe we are here not to die, but to live.
 Alabama justly boasts of Its character In permanently established agriculturs. in other states for harvest @ they ars profitable here in the twofoid relation of pasturage in the fall and winter ana har- ysss ts srop In spring and summer from
 Vineyards are now prosperous in dsfy ferent parts of the State, and tens Of thousands of gallons of wine are mar keted annually from them. Beyond any ducts canned for market ripen in this temperate climate, with sunshine, raln and dews to promote perfect health in the plant, with better success than almost anywhere else.
 will not omit the interesting oo-iuci- dent that in every county In Alabama water may be stored for purposes of farm irrigation in limitless quantities from rivers. creeks. springs and wells@ culture.
 There are numerous cotton mills in Alabama, confined to no section of the State. and the number increases. Tho operators are the white men, women and children of the State native to its farmsL There are three recognized coal feiA1 in Alabama, adjacent to each other n the central counties-the Warrior Held, 7.slo square miles: the Cahaba, l0o suuars miles, and the Coosa. something in ex- cess of 400 square miles. These arc alf bituminous coals of every variety and suitable for every use to which bitunfn- comprise the thickest coal measures in the United States. Tn between the coal measures are iron ores and furnace flux in deposits so enormous that an estimate of their supply need not be stated here
 The marble fields of Alabama in Bibb. Talladega, and Calhoun counties are magnificent. but as yet only touched by commerce. White, red black pink mar- bles susceptible of the highest polish exist In boundless supply in these fields
 Our accomplished State geologfst says the marls of Alabama are sufficient to of productiveness.
 We have fine clay, building stone and gold awaiting enterprise.
 We believe we pay about @, 300 600 an- nually on account of pensions drawn and expended in other States. and yet we live. manufacture of cotton. We mine coal and iron ore. and manufacture iron and staei.
 We have sixty-six counties. with we'll appointed governments.
 We have 4.50o miles of trunk railroad the mileage increasing. We have hundreds of hourishing towns, thousands of post- pers. We have cities where wealth sac- cumulates. but where men remain alert. progressive and hopeful.
 We have an industrial school for. (white) girls. We have normal schools for both races. . school for the. deaf. dumb and 900 annually from the State Treasury, and great polytechnic institution. We have one of the most famous asyIums for the insane in all the world.
 The port of Mobile does large and ever-increasing export business in lum- per, shingles and naval stores. and an import trade in tropical fruits.
 Onr saw mills are busy with the de. mands Of our cities for their products
 Wm. D. Jelks