The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

those mean occupations. He has invent | ed nothing; he is not found in the shops and factories ana his contribu. tions to the wealth ana we1l-being of that State are an unappreciable quan- tity.
 Needs Whlte Immigrants.
 Tn order to progress. the Soutlr~needs white immigration. the same kind of labor which has been such potent factor in the development of the West and Northwest. And the efforts which these sections of our country made to attract immigration, should be repeat ed here. Alabama is in area one Of the largest States of the Union. Our natural re- sources are greater than those of any other Southern State. The soil of Ala bama from the tennessee river to the Gulf of Mexico is generally fertile and plentifully rewards the labors Of the husbandman. Temperathrey and climate are unsurpassed for successful agricul- ture. All the cereals. fruits and vege- tables of the temperate zone can be cultivated to advantage. Our immense domain of virgin forests are an incal- culable source of wealth. The mineral deposits of Alabama are perhaps great CT and more valuable than those of all the other States south of the Ohio river. Natures bountles are so profuse
  bama iron has invaded all the markets of the United States. The production of pig iron in Alabama is now over 100000 tons a year; that of coal about l3,000,O00 tons and the cotton crop has averaged 1,199,600 bales per year since 1900
 By the census of 179O the popufa tion of the United States was not quite 4,00O,OOO; by 1920 it had grown to a lit- tie over 9,000,000 The foreign immi- grafton during these thirty years is estimated at 25O.O00 Since 1920 over 22,O00,0 900 immigrants have come to the United States. In the census year of 1900, of the white population of the United States, 34.3 per cent. were either immigrants or the children of immigrants. As the South contains but six per cent of immigI ants or children of immigrants, it follows that just about majority of the people in the Northern States were born in Europe or of parents who came from Europe. In 1850, when the great Immigration movement commenced, our national wealth was 7135.7S0,O00 or. $3U7.6s per capita. In 1870 it was $3O,06S,oIS,- 900, or, $779.S3 per capita.
 And in 1900 S94, 300, ,OJO,000 or $1,235.- S6 per capita.
 Citizens from Germany.
 Germany has sent more immigrants IO tAAC tHlttu OLdlcS L0dn any OLn6f European country. It Is estimated that 1S,O00,000 of Americans can trace their ancestry to the Fatherrand. The Ger man brought with him habits of in- dustry and frugality, a desire for gen. eral education, solid and conservative business hablts respect for law and order and that love of liberty and capacity for self government which he inherited from his AnglO-Saxon cousin from their common Tuutonlc progeni- tors.
 Celtic Ireland has also sent us during the last sixty years about 6,00o, ,0OO of immigrants, They are a tenacious race of rUlonizers, who helped to conS quer the American wilderness, built commOnwealths and cities and their at tachment to our American institutions has never been questioned. The Eng fish and Scotch, of a common language and religion. quickly made homogeu- eous with our native population, have been most desirable acquisition.
 The Scandinavian countries have sent us some 40O0.0Oo of their popu- latiou, who as class are perhaps the best farmers on the American conti- uCnt. In the great Northwest. where they have principally settled. we find thrift, prosperity, model farms. d deep life, good schools and a high average of intellisencc.
 In less than two generations the