The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-07
.DR. SETH LOW IS !. GUEST AT CAPITAL TakS on Educational Needs 0f
 the Whole Nation JELKS TALKS ON ''ALABAMA0 Tells Distinguished Guest Some of the Things the State Has and Some
 She Hopes to Have In
 the Future.
JELKS TALKS ON 'ALABAMA''

the Future.
 Montgomery. December 6.-tSpeciall-
 Much of today has been given over to the entertainment of Dr. Seth Low, for mer mayor of New York, former pres ident of Columbia university and one of the leading thinkers and educators of the nation. He came here on the invitation of the Commercial club and talked to- night on the trade of the south and other facts of interest and made practical ref l erences to technical education and other interesting matter
 NIr. Low was met at the depot last evening by delegation of leading citl- zcns. headed by Dr. B. J. Baldwin his personal friend. and later at the New Ex- change hotel received number of gfada- ates of Columbia university, who were at the school under his observation. Early In the day he was shown over the city and called on the governor at the capltoA 1 At noon he addressed the classes as friends at the Girls High school, anu after that rested until the evening. when he spoke at the Commercial club.
 The banquet was presided over by pr. B. ]. Baldwin. Three sentiments were presented: "The Commercial Club" by l President A. G. Forbes; "rhe City" by Frank P. Glass of the Montgomery Ad' Yertiser. and "The state" by Governor William Dorsey Jelks There was a large gathering and the speech of Dr. Low was given heartiest attention.
 In his address the governor talked of the state and what it is and may be made. He said
 Governors Address.
 We are glad to have with us the dis- tingushed guest We are familiar with some of hs history He has been much in the public eye. We recognize from our
 reading that he has been of great serv-
 ice to the whole country standing as he
 has for civic righteousness, boldly and clearly in that great interest. The hunt
 for dollars has been so inslstent that the
 men who rule too frequently find them selves surrounded by a crew who would destroy that they might gain. In the great city over whose destines he pre- sided we read that he fought back those | who would despoil it's people of their con 1 trbutions to government. while robblng l them of proper service. He has made t distinct impression for good on the whole | country. A brave man and an honest one, while in high public station, conserving the public funds and the pubuic morals, l standing strongly and wisely always for l high ideals, is entitled to any social or | other distinction any part of grateful people can bestow He will allow us to- | night to add our mite to the general praise of his excelencies.
 | But to my subject. We are fortuna @ | in Alabama for some of the things we have. A delicious climate for one. A wealth of coal in vaster production every | year: we make the price of pig iron for | the world This is a comparatively old story Steel good for all purposes, we make probably cheaper than it can po made elsewhere. An industry now in It's | infancy. with every prospect Of growing | to prodigious proportions. We are fof- | tunate in having a mineral belt of width, l length and thickness, the richest lks | quantity of earth anywhere. We boast 1 Of 1t to ourselves, felicitate ourselves | upon It. and we do not mind saying some | thing about il To those who may come | among ns. Our modesty allows us to to this much. We even dream that in twenty years we will have Alabama city of a million people.
 | We are fortunate in being one of the 1 states enriched by that exact heat and l moisture made possible by the gulf stream l and the physical formation of the stateA on the Atlantic south of Virginia and the l gulf These causes.i said Senator Mor- gan. "once being as permanent as tho | structure of the earth. must be perpetual.' | We can understand what this means 10 us when we learn that these conditions | belong to these states alone of all the | world It Is not a man made monopoly | or privilege which we enjoy The good God of us all arranged it.
 Cotton as Wealth.
 Tn scanning defiance of law of politi- er! economy the described states for forty years have been less prosperous than their | sisters At twelve or even fifteen cents a | pound for the staple, we find, if we fg- | ure on 1t, that who works in | cotton works two hours, where the man l who works in wheat or oats or corn. | gives his time to the great metals works one hour for his dollar. In the face ot | this a commission ar of agriculture, whom admit has been the most useful man | of his kind the whole history of this country has known. before a spinners com vention, said that anything more than 71a cents for cotton was a speculative price. He really had not gone over the | matter carefullS
 | Last year these several states con- | tributed in the export of cotton products alone four hundred million to the na- | tons wealth. It annually prevents an excess of imports; and the nation from  Alabama alone can make million and a half bales. and when the country knows it's va1ue-the work 1t takes to make it-and the grower fully compre- | hends It.. we ought to have one hundred and fifty millions aL year for this states l share of the golden crop.
 "If we could divide the state into fifty | acre farms with d thrifty family on every one of them d like prosperity would not be possible in any other section of this | government.
 Moreover, We have water power sufn- l cient 10 spin and weave every pound Of | cotton we can make. In speaking fur | ther of water, if 1 may be so trifing on at evening like this, we have more pos | sibe miles of naVigable streams than any | state from Maine west to California, and | from Canada to the sOuthmost line of our national territory. The two state nents are worth, remembering.
 ''rhe state Is growing. In six years we | have added 37 per cent to the of l the states deposit and 30 per cent to in- | dividual deposits in state and national | CONTINUED ON PAGE 12l