Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-11
Mississippi states produce more than half

Mississippi states produce more than hal
the swine.
Iowa alone produces more Of the sub
stantial foods-more Of the things that peo'
pie eat-than any other state Wisconsin
produces about one-fourth Of all the cheese
manufactured In the United States. The
last census shows that Iowa has more miicf
other state her output being more than 1C
per cent of the product of the entire coun-
try. The creameries of Iowa produce an
nually 5000 600 pounds OF butter OF the
value of $16 600. 900. and that Is only about
half of the whole product which amounts
to more than $40 coo annually. Think
of 1t. $50. 1900 worth Of butter every year
In short r the h local value Of grains. and live
stock In the Mississippi region yearly tops
81, 900, 600 OOO This Is saying nothing Of the
poultry and smaller products. and not men
tiouing the cotton and thoScoal, which
amount to enough annually to support the
population
During the last century the United States
has more than trebled In territory and
ducing center-that of the Mississippi-came
by expansion, and. according to the utter
ances Of many statesmen OF 1SOS, In viola
ton of the Constitution. The value OF the
mich cows and their butter product In the
state of Iowa is greater than the whole
amount paid for all the territorial acquisi-
lions of the United States during its entire
history. The state of Iowa alone has more
miles of railroad than the Empire state,
more than all the New England states
combined, and most Of 1t was built during
the last thirty years.
A Picture Of the Future.
And what shall be the results of such
rapid development and such tremendous
production in these Mississippi states?
What shall be the future Of this unri-
vailed region?
Greater than the dreams Of a Verne, than
diamond fields or gold mines. must event.
ually be the accumulations Of such con-
slant, inexhaustible and stupendous produc-
ton. Mills and factories already springing
up within this region will increase. Mime
sofa has already the greatest Touring mill
and Iowa the greatest oatmeal mill
in the world Canning factories. picking
works and packing houses are already ham
ding the raw products where they are pro-
duced. Boot and shoe factories. pearl but
ton industries already thrive even In the
towns of ordinary size. By and by the peo-
farm will find employment where the prod
ucts grow, and why not? Why should la
Dor be confined and cramped and suffocated
In the gloomy dens of overgrown and
crime-infested cities? why should the ar
tisan not abide and have employment In
the smaller places, where he can smell the
odors Of the field at night time and stroll
with happy children by the hedgerows on
but low variety do for tradesmen and ar
tisans? AS this development goes on there
will be amusements and attractions even In
the small and medium places. People will
not always go to Chicago to get beef
steak, or to see packing house and q
dime museum, nor to New York to see the
Bowery, the opera and natural park. They
will learn that they can live happier, freer,
healthier lives where the population Is not
congested and metropolized.
When manufactures and mills and work.
shops abound in the great region Of the
Mississippi there will be increased home
consumption Of the products Of the farm,
which will enhance their value; there will
be more diversified employment and more
liberal views and aspirations.
Wealth and Enlightenment.
With this constant and unfailing annual
production and enlarged, diversified employ
ment. will come wealth. more evenly dis
tributed than anywhere upon our earth.
Education will be universal, and its facili-
ties will be unsurpassed. Enlightenment
will set it's beacon light on the middle of
the continent. and those who thirst for
knowledge will not feel that they must go
to the ends Of the earth, or even to Boston,
for an apostolic anointment of culture.
This matchless region of toll. Of product
and economy, shall retain its strength, vir-
ility and virtue while cultivating all the
arts, and with the slow but certain get
ting Of competence shall come the uni
versal understanding mind" The vigor
Of rigorous cline shall be preserved in
and the grace of nature shall al
ways characterize it's womanhood. And
some time, with all the richness and the
happiness Of this productive realm. shall
come the minstrel Of mankind, the soul Of
song, and sing to all the world the match
less story of development, the strange ira
ditions of the aborigines, the patience Of
the pioneers, the tireless, toilsome subjuga-
ton of the wilderness. the growth Of
homes the sad and patriotic sacrifices
made for liberty and national endurance,
the rise of commerce and construction, the
glory of the arts, the love that sits serenely
by the f1reside in all this realm Of acqui-
sition and Of loyalty by the Father Of All
Waters.