The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-18
OPPORTUNITY OF the SOUTHERN
BOY.


writer sloug industrial lines, and who
Is trying to inspire our southern bows
with noble ambition says that nc
: people ever had so many fiatterinp
prospects placed before them a. the
young men Of the south today.
He briefly enumerates the follow
l ing:
l. They occupy land more fruitful
aud with soils more versatile than
are found 10 any other civilized coun-
try. It's agriculture, therefore, should
De the most furnishing, and il has
The capacity to feed five times the
present population in the south.
:. Ii has most healthful climate.
without which the most fertile soils
lose much Of their value.
8. Two OF its agricultural products.
cotton and tobacco, give employment
TO larger number OF persons than
any other agricultural products grown
In any other country.
4. The south has q coal field that
covers A., 900 square miles of wOrka-
bic coal, thus assuring the most mex.
haustible supply Of mineral fuel for
all industrial and domestic purposes.
D. The south has large deposits of
iron ore In nine of the fourteen states
OF every known useful variety and in
very large quantities.
8. With coal and iron ores in close
proximity, the south is able to COM
pete with any portion Of the world in
the production of cheap iron and
steel, the products that measure most
accurately the degree OF civilization
which country enjoys.
Z. The south, with it's mountain
ranges and great rainfall, is supplied
not only with usvigsble streams, but
the amount of water power can
scarcely be estimated. Streams with
rapid flow and falls innumerable are
met with in nearly every state. This
unused power will at some future
time be made, through the mediation
OF electricity, to light our houses,
cook our food, drive our machinery,
pillow our fields, thresh our crops, as
well ss act AS messenger to convey
tidiDgs Of ali thar interests humanity.
S. The south has a practical mono
poly Of the phosphstes Of the world.
These exist in stratified deposits over
hundreds OF square miles in Tennes-
see to cover very large territory in
Florida in unstratified beds. The
recuperatiOn of the soils OF every
country is dependent, in part, upon
this rich bounty Of nature bestowed
upon the south.
9. The south has now the largest
supply Of hardwood timber IN the
United States, and this should lay the
basis for the manufacture Of numer-
Gus articles in which wood enters in
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10. The great rivers which traverse
the south give natural outlet to the
sea OF large proportion of it's pro-
ducts. The railway lines have been
multiplied until there is scarcely
county in the south that may not
have rail or river transportation. If
TO these natural and acquired means
OF transportation be added the 18TH
milan canal which will be built IN the
near future the south will be placed
in touch with all the countries Of the
earth, upon all OF which it Will levy
its demands for its own enrichment
and greatness.
IL. The educational advancement
OF the south is as rapid as one could
hope for under the circumstances
With q great load of black ignorance
to carry, il has been impossible for the
southern people to do what they felt
to be necessary in order To develop
the great intellectual vigor of its peo-
pc. But everywhere there is move
ment upwards along educational lines.
This movement should be manned
and controlled by the southern peo-
pie. No others have the knowledge
of local environments or know 20
well how to meet and overcome the
of such surroundings.
l.. The southern white boys should
feel proud that they carry in their
veins the purest blood of the Anglo
Saxon race-a race that now domi-
mates the world; a race that accepts
victory with moderation aud meets
temporary defeat with equanimity,
but in an overthrow of lis purposes
it has that mysterious enduring and
sustaining power that makes even
this a precursor Of ultimate victory.
The southern negro is the highest
and most useful type of his race, and
under the guidance of the southern
planter he has become a most irnpor-