The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-30
The south and Cincinnati.

W. V. ftlnedTSOn m C1nclnndtl
 Having lately returned from the land of cotton, that monarch that holds sway all over the world, without whose dic- tum the wheels of the earth's progress with each visit make to the White Country" I am more deeply impressed
 section, its power and glorious future.
 Keep your eye on the South" Jay Gould said a quarter of century ago:
 It Is a new country. an Fl Dorado of riches He was not more prophetic
 that more than $500, ,0OO, 900 of money
 has been added to the wealth of the
 South in the last two years. If any
 part of the United States has cause for
 pride in the census returns of the past
 twelve months 1t Is that section. Prov
 idence has been kind throughout its
 entire domain.
 between the years 1890 and 1900, the
 capital invested in the cotton belt was
 increased from S1S1 ,417,000 to S379. 407,-
 Cotton m Growers @ Association at, m is an or.
 ganization with more power than Wall
 Street. It literally holds the money
 power in the hollow of its hand.
 The result of its conference on Jan
 uary II had a significance of national
 import. And yet few words might
 tell the tale of the result. Hold for
 less acreage and larger crops" Cotton
 need fear no rival. knowing that 1t
 produces, in value, more than iron and steel combined. Let the cotton crop
 beats more slowly: fully fail and the
 word panic" has found new meaning.
 It would require brain omniscient
 to comprehend the vastness of the prod
 uct of the past year. The idea that In-
 dia, Egypt or any other foreign coun-
 try win become formidable competitor
 be seriously considered of ever) for
 the next half century. The largest
 drawback to such probability Is the
 indifference of the people of Oriental lands to agricultural pursuits.
 To one thing the South points with
 pardonable pride Is it's success in dis couraging industrial unions. The race
 question Is one that the South alone
 can settle. It goes without saying that
 the Southerner better knows the negro
 than does the Northerner and for the
 sake of the entire country should be
 allowed to solve the problem as best
 he may. The negro Is satisfied in the
 South and that many of them have de-
 veloped a tendency toward economy,
 to hoard their earnings, is looked upon
 by the South as an evidence of improve
 ment, and Is largely encouraged by em- ployers
 So today, 40 years after the surrender of the gallant remnant of the Confed- crate army at Appomattox, we see old Dixie rise from the ashes of desolation, a conqueror of conquerors, showing
 such mighty recuperation as history
 does not record of any other section of earth under like conditions It would be impossible to conceive of anything of which the South could be deprived
 and suffer to any large extent. All the products of all generous lands are hers, whether cereals. fruits, vegetables
 or minerals. not to mention her world power. cotton.
 Tn Georgia cotton is the major com modity, but her timber and milling in- terests are enormous In Alabama iron Is still the important factor, but coal, lime, limestone and dolomite are to be reckoned with. The same may be said of the entire cotton belt. There is a
 the Northern mind. It Is, that the larg- est impetus to Southern development obtains through Northern capital. In reality, the South is largely owned by | Southerners. This was not true twenty l years ago, but Is a fact today. The | South regards as the most signal point | In its development the establishment | of the land and industrial agency, or ganized by Mir Samuel Spencer of the | Southern Railway (Queen and Cres- cent) System some years ago. This, together with the reorganization of the Richmond Valley system by J. F.
 Morgan, was taken as the birth of the | era that has wrought such immense power for the cotton country. Follow | ing this came the entrance of the Pennsylvania interest into the board of | the c. and O. and N w, this completing the circle of friendly interests. The Illinois Central. originally built to
 run between Chicago and New Orleans. realized the fact that Cincinnati was the logical distributing station for the South, and so was made its Northern terminus. The Manufacturers Record
 of Baltimore, will accept no advertis- | ing. 1t will be remembered. from any other city north of the Mason and l Dixon Line, because no other Is likely to advance so much the development | of the South.
 have been greatly pleased in my recent tours through the Cotton States fn l. 1v AnN tu
 growing there for this city. It is an | cient history why an arrangement | grew up between us. That the South | felt justifable in their withdrawal of
 trade from us Is a sentiment shared by
 many of our own people. But old | things have passed away, and the
 our own endeavor as by the generous l spirit of the South that is not slow to | forgive. The South Is fully alive to | the fact that this city is its natural | thing needful here with as little eN- pense as elsewhere with railroad fa- | cilities giving us the balance of power.
 The South is our natural commercial | tributary, just as Chicago is that of the | Northwest. My attention has been di- rected recently to the interest develop Ing in the South in our Fall Festival, | This endeavor upon our part to enlarge | the opportunities of advertising our | commercial strength, and to obtain ideas from other sections, Is sure to | evolve great things In the future. I am | glad to see the purpose upon the part | of the Festival directorate to extend it's | aims to the enlargement of our rela- l tions with the South. The interest of serious nature taken in the Festival by the Industrial Bureau, Advertisers and Commercial Clubs and all other or ganizations that have for their purpose the honor and glory of Cincinnati, is, in itself, an object lesson to the South. and proves the evidences of our own faith in the project. The future of this city as a grT metropolis depends upon our owr and that spirit of fairness h no greatness W fever panic of