The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-18

the seeming poor sandy lands of Ala
bama, Georgia and Florida, the rela-
tive sugar content stands in Louisiana
at IL per cent. and in Georgia and
Florida especially, 231z per cent, max
ing the finished product in the two last
states more than double that of Louis
lana. In Louisiana the sugar lands
are said to be worth 500 to 5000 per
acre, in Georgia and Florida, the best
improved lands sells for not exceeding
$40 per acre. There are millions of
acres OF unimproved lands which can
be bought for 81 or SO an acre in the
two last mentioned states.
Another very important desideratum
TO be taken into account in Georgia and
Florida is that every farmer. can be a
sugar cane grower in proportion to his
means, and this will not prevent him
from growing all other necessary crops
at the same time. To bring the read
er to more familiar understanding let
US suppose that he will only plant five
acres, being a one-horse farmer and
his output being the usual general
average, namely, 800 gallons of syrup
to the acre; and he gets 80 cents per
gallon that would give $3.50 per acre,
or for five acres $4,000, and this, in ad-
dition to a full crop of all other farm
products. Then the question may be
asked, where is the country to be
found under the wide canopy of high
heaven that offers such marvellous in
ducements to settlers? The universal
continued all-the-year-round good
health of the country is not surpassed
by any in the wide, wide world. This
the settlers will find to be true, let
them come from wherever they may.
Here, in this part OF the South, they
Will find the most agreeable climate
hence its healthfulness-of any country
under the sun. This fact properly con-
sidered in connection with its vast re-
sources, its delightful and healthful
climate, the great productivity of its
soil and the numberless variety of its
products only lack to be known of to
be appreciated.
Notwithstanding, in a general sense
the South is becoming recognized as
the richest and most favored portion
of the continent. Then, why should
not the tide of immigration be turned
this way There is nothing in the his
! tory of the world to match the Won
! derful developments of the South, in
its progressive industries, since-Phoe-
nix-like-its rise from the desolation
and devastation of the late and I'M
fortunate war between the states.
From all these unfortunate condi-
tions, her rise has been unprecedent-
ed, and she stands to-day the most
promising section for honest and in
| telligent enterprises in the United
States. Now what have you got to
say to that?
Her average annual products per
| acre are greater than the rest of the
| country. The reader should bear in
mind that the returns from the South
include the meager yield of farms Gull
| tivated by shiftless and improvident
negro tenants-which greatly reduces
| the general average.
If such economical methods--in the
| way of farming implements-were used
| as is the case in the North and West,
| the showing for the South would be
much greater per acre. 1t stands now
| for the United States, $6.S7 as a gem
eral average per acre. In the Northern
states, $60S; in the Western states,
! $6.7S; in the Southern states, Sis. In
| the South-especially Georgia and Flor
| ida--can be grown a greater variety
| of profitable crops than any other
country of which we have any knowl-
edge. All that has, been said only
| paves the way to what may truthfully
| be said of the many advantages of the
| South.
There being so many. that II is i'm
| possible to enumerate them in one ar
ticle. 1t would require a book of sew
eral pages to hold them.
Joseph Tillman.