The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29


 and shonld elicit his sympathy and sup- port in the attempt which will be made to have the United States government a. sume complets and permanent control of the lsvee systsm Of the United States. While it is true that the original roy- ernment has. of late years, taken a de- .cided interest in the hydraulics of the Mississippi river and has expended con. siderable sums of money in preserving its channel. frequently building and main- taining ievses, the work so accomplished is but very small proportion of the re- sponsibility and expense incident to a complete control of the situation. sst. ''The ievee convention - will take place in New Orleans should receive the support of every newspaper in the Uni ted States. and every citizen should be behind t..e men who have th. project in hand in the fight they will make to place the matter before the proper authorities, and to secure for their people the protsc- ton which only the national government can give under existing circumstances. ''New Orleans Is not one whit more in- terested in the levee situation than Is the individual in the river towns or the farm CT who earns his bread by cultivating the lands subject to overflow. In the main- tenance of the levee system the prosper ity of the most fertile section of the Uni- ted States is involved and it seems but fair that the struggle they have been waging and winning for one hundred years entities them to every consideration at the hands of the United States govsrn- ment and in the gift of the people of the United States. at least two-thirds of whom have involuntarlly or unconscious ly contributed to the existing situation. "The national control of the levees would result possibly in a much more comprehensive system by the elimination of factors and elements now injected into the work by reason of the boundary lines created by the separation of contiguous territory.
 'At the same time 1t would give the Mississippi river the benefit of the inex- haustible resources of the United States government and the benefit of the work and thought of the best minds in the ser- vice.
 ''The proposition is not Utopian and fs but the natural result of conditions over which the people of the levied states have no control whatever"
 The progress in Southern industrial de- velopment for the week just closed, as reported by The Tradesman, includes the following new organizations as among the most important: Alabama.
 Birmingham-s2Ooo 600 laundry; land cona- many: ss5oo0 coal mining company. Dadevilie-S10000 electric light plant. Pratt Cfty-s25, 900 brick works. An.,ston-s20,0oo furniture factory tpro- iected); sIoo.oOo lumber company. Arkansas.
 Minturn-$75 900 ginning company. rhornton-si, 900, 600 lumber company. Fort Smith-S1BO0o spring bed and mat tress factory; $50ooo brick works. Jonesboro- 900 ice and transfer com pany. -, -.,,,,r .oyn. pany. nv Georgia. Atianta-sioo.o0o company to manufac- ture ofiice fixtures. Clem-Cotton gin. Tnsies,de-Rope and twine factory. Donelas-s2O,O GOO water works and elec- tric light plant. .xs.. Montroee-Cotton gin. ,h Mandeviiie-Cotton gin. Sylvania--Ice factory. g'lAsrs ocilia-cotson compress. Ns,l Indian Territory. Colrate-Railroad shops.
 Ardmore-s6ooo stone and develop ment company.
 Kentucky. Middiesborough-Three $26.ooo coal ana coke companies; $so.ooo coal ana coKe company.
 Salt Lick-Fiouring mill.
 Louisiana.
 St. Joseph-water works.
 whitecastle-Ice factory.
 New Orieans--Brick works.
 vidalia--s12.oOo water works and eiec- ty4O tuhf nlant- Macon-Sl5,0o 900 lumber company.
 Mississippi.
 Columbia-$so, 900 cotton compress. prooksyille-S6O0O 900 timber company.
 North Carolina.
 Mt Olive-Lumber mill.
 Greensboro-Mining company; $2b.ooO investment company.
 Lumberton-$125,O0 900 development com pany.
 Reedsville-sS75,Ooo tobacco factory. Taylorville-$2500 900 lumber company. Coinjock-s10O 900 telephone company. Stackhouse-$30.O0 600 barytes company. Durham-Furniture factory (projected.) Wilmington-$126,0 900 fertilizer company.
 Oklahoma.
 Ell Reno-$25. 900 grain company. Iawton-$5OO.0 900 mining company; N,- 900, 900 mining company.
 Oklahoma City-$l0.000 paint factory. Hastings-$30,0 900 lumber company. Prague-Telephone company.
 South Carolina.
 Yorkville-Telephone system. GreenvilIe-$5O.0O 900 manufacturing com pany.
 Lancaster-Machine shops; $25,ooo quar- rying company
 Anderson-Rope mill.
 Pickens-$40,00 900 hosiery mills. Wilkinsville-$1o.0O 900 cotton oil company. Rock Hill-$25, 900 telephone system (pro- jected)
 Pauline-s13.0oO oil mill.
 Cheraw-$25, 900 crate factory.
 Tennessee.
 Chattanooga-$2e.0O0 600 paint company. Erin-Stave factory.
 Clarksville-$10,oO 900 warehouse company; s10. 900 mining and manufacturing com pany.
 Humboldt-Stave factory.
 Dickson-Tobacco factory.
 Bristol-s3.6 300, 900 coal mining company Jellico-s10O,oOO coal mining company.
 Texas.
 Ike-Cotton gin.
 Austin-$750.o0o oil company: cold stor- age plant.