Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-09-17
INDUSTRIAL MISSISSIPPI.
New York and Boston Capitalists
Issue Handsome Pamphlet on
Resources OF this Section.

The Progress has stated and reiter-
ated the statement time and again
that this immediate section of Mis-
| sissippi, including the territory loca-
ted between Gulfport and Jackson, is
destined to become the garden spot of
the commonwe nth in which it is sit
uate !, and it was not because we are
ultra patriotic that we have claimed
Hattiesbnrg for the commercial and
industrial inland center. The reasons
for this belief are such as 10 be clear
ly Obvious to those who undertake
critical investigation. Gulfport will
undoubtedly become the veritable
New port of the south, through it
will be brouaht comm ercial influx
only exceeded by ports of the greater
southern and northern cities, and this
means nothing more nor less than
Hattiesburg, as a railroad center. be-
coming IA city of the first and highest
rank, and that in the near future.
Capitalists from every section are
recognizing these facts, and they are
not slow to take advantage OF the op-
portunities offered Northern capt.
talists and syndicates especially are
evinoing an interes which could only
be brought about by the fact Of their
knowledge of this couDtry's destined
&c +hf- bo
New Orleans Times Democrat of re-
cent date published edi oria ly. the
following, under the caption of In
dustrial Missi sippi''
We have recleved from Massr'.
Fisk & Robertson, bankers and
dealers in investment secureties, of
New York and Boston, a handsome
pamphlet on Industrial Mississip-
pi," excelently executed and printed
and full of half tones.
''The book, which is by Elisha
Walker, is devoted more especially to
southern Mississippi, to the country
along the line of the Gulf and Ship
Island railroad, especially to Gulf
port, Hattiesburg, Laurel, Columbia,
Jackson and the country tributary to
them, but it includes in addition a
great deal of interesting matter about
Mississippi in general.
after brief historical chapter,
there is general sketch of the state
of Mississippi. The statistics are
given of Mississippi's growth since
1880, in beth farming and manufac-
turing, showing that from 1880 to 1900 |
according to United States census re-
ports, the capital invested in manu-
factures increased over seven fold, and |
that in the production of cotton Mis-
sissippi is today second only to Louis |
lana in its average yield per acre. 1t
is further shown that the soil of
southern Mississippi. adjacent to the
Gulf and Ship Island railroad, gives
practically as high yield Of cotton
as does the whole state.
1.-The following chapters discuss
at greater length the location and
strategic position of the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad, its haTboIs and
the Industries and towns
along the road and the financial po-
sition and management of the COM
pany. While numbering is at present
the most important item in the
freight carried by the road, it is
shown that manufacturing and farm
ing have increased so much that last
year the company earned from bust
ness other than lumber over 40 per
cent more than its total fixed charges.
As indicating the advantages of this
district. il is noted that some of the
largest firms in the north and west
are establishing plants in southern
But the most striking feature of
he publication is the fact that
northern banking house should go to
the expense and trouble of getting ont
q pamphlet like this on Mississippi.
It is an indication OF the great inter-
est felt in the south and Southwest BY
capitalists and investors. Judging by
the publications of this kind, no Sec
tion of the union is more before the
public or offers such opportunities.
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