The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-06
in 1884. when the levee bosrG. we're

] Of s350,000. There are now thirty
: banks. representing an Investment Of
1900, 900. and with deposits OF a little
more than 6 1000. 900.
. Twenty years ago there were two oil
= mills. There are now twenty-eight
mills, representing an investment OF
!, 80. 100 900, and eight congresses, rep
resentiDg nearly 5000 900. The popY,
lation in 1880 was 94,G72 and in 1905
"as 1886. an increase OF more than
100 per cent. In 1879 the counties c0m.
posing the two districts-not including
the fractional portions OF De Soto. Tai.
Iahatchie, Holmes and Yazoo-pro-
duced 1875. SG8 bales OF cotton. valued
at S9,293, 400. | am advised by the sec
Rotary Of agriculture that the cotton
crop for the same territory for 1902
was 42G,4l4 bales of 500 pounds each
and Of a total value of SCI ,G61 1852.
The facts | give, remember, are for
my congressional district only. which
comprises a very small portion of the
great alluyial valley of the Mississippi
river, but what is true of il will hold
good for the entire area. 1t will. there.
fore, be interesting to note the extent
OF the area which has been reclaimed
and made hahitable by the cOnstruc.
ton OF levees along the Mississippi
river. There are $4,000 square miles
OF territory protected from foods of
the Mississippi by the levees. This
allnVial land is perhaps the most fer.
tile In the world, Certainly there are
no cotton lands and no sugar lands
superior to it anywhere.
We can perhaps appreciate more
fully the real extent of this territory
by comparing l. with other territories
with which we are all familiar. 1t Is
greater in area than Delaware, Mary.
land, Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts, combined. 1t is great.
er by one-third than the TWO States
or New Hampshire and Vermont. It
Is nearly equal in area to the State
Of Maine, to South C-rolina. and to
the Indian Territory, and is larger
than the State of West Virginia, II
is equal to the combined areas of
Haiti. Jamaica, Martinique, Porto
Rico and Trinidad. 1t lacks only one
tenth OF being equal to the entire area
OF the newborn republic of Panama.
- lNe ~ III bolIlDiilCu TENN VI |
tle Kingdoms OF Belgium and Dan
mark; greater than the kingdoms of
Greece and Servia, and the equal of
the kingdom Of the Netherlands and
the republic of Switzerland combined.
1t is th~r2e-tOurths as large as the
island Of Cuba, to protect which we
fought the war with Spain, and let me
add that the rule Of the Don was not
half as ruthless as the rule of the
of Waters. and it cost very
much more to subdue him. 1t Is ono
third the size Of Korea. for which Rua
aud Japan are today waging a cruel
ana bloody war. It is One.fOurth ar
as the Philippine Islands, for
which we have paid SO much in blood
and treasure. and nearly four timeg
as large as the Hawaiian Islands. to
which we forsOok the tradi.
IONS OF a century and embar.od upon
/ policy that has led us around the
world, Applause. When we ramem.
yer the bitter tears the French have
she'd at their loss and recall the bloody
tory Of the FrancO-Prussian war, you
nay be astOnished to know that this
magnificent valley is nearly five times
IL larua 30 A1eaccJ o,roino
IF as an oricinoI nranaeitior .hi,
asst area, De0pled as it Is with Ameri.
AZ citizens blood of our Hood and
of rrr aasb o,t2ato1 ~ ~" a
ama homes inenirod NV thn no tro .
.if;ons imnallna Nv tho rao,a arrtro 9
ions and knit touot5o. Nv on,,man i
i4torv and a common r,r,9-a--J soH r.
+ rs an original nronositton +ho ouos {
ion wsro ~srhmittod to nj, or,H'.as, \
,hether tbis area should he sddoI - :
bo Ir,;,, - ~ " u