The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-21
THE SOUTH AND sol fHWA~t

Apropos OF the recent Confederate
celebration tn Richmond. L"siie
Weekly takes occasion 10 quote soil's
figures OF the south's prosperity II
~ gratifying 10 note che tone u cas-
tern publications Of national and
world wide circulation With regard
10 the development Of this section
1t is a very practical help Tor 1t ad-
yeriises with effect. This IL the aEe
of advertisement Il has come 20 b"
recognized that not only must so
individual business man. flrn ana
a corporation advertise. but also
city. a state and the whole section
OF a country Publicity Is the parent
Of prosperity
The article referred to Says Al
though jefferson Davis died AS re
Gently as 1888. ho would hardy
know the south II he should return
to IL today The great southern pro-
duct Of his time. cotton. vs. stlll SUI
preme among its commodities Al
present prices and from the out
look. cotton. including the seed, Vii
bring sTO0, 100000 10 the planters
in 1907. As yearly income from
this source this sum was undreamed
OF in the south when Davis died. Ana
the south's other agricultural pro
duets in the aggregate, Will range
anywhere from $1,000, goo 70
for 1907. Coal ana
iron production, too. have made ad-
yanees since 1889 which nobody IN
that day ever expected 10 see, me
south's railway mileage in 1907, Co.
eco miles, equals that of the entire
United States in 1872, at the time
of Grants second election. The
wealth of the whole country in the
aggregate was 100000, goo at
the time OF Lincoin's first election,
in 1860 and its increase was slight,
between that date ana
Appomattoy. The value of the south 5
real and personal property is over
$50. 900. 000. goo in these Roosevelt
tian DAYS. Socially and politically,
as well as industrially and financial
". the south is scoring notable con-
1uests in our time 1t has ceased to
be the newer of wood and the drawer
Of water for the rest of the country. |
In matters of politics it is beginning |
o be consulted once more by party |
leaders, There is a good chance That |
/ may furnish the democratic presi- |
lential candidate for 1908. In the
Eighteen years which have elapsed
iuce jefferson Davis death new,
fcher and greater south has arisen.
Now. it is a fact that the whole
outh is growing at a phenomenally
-apid rate. The figures give but a
aint idea of the facts. Every travel
n through this section whose mem
DIV stretches back a quarter of a |
century notes a transformation so
great as to be nothing short of mir
aculous. Not only has the desert left
bv the war been made TO blossom
like the rose but the prosperity
of ante beIlum times has been great
lv surpassed with signs Of greater
progress coming in the immediate
future
The reason Of all this is that this
is new country and the gifts of
nature have just begun to be devel-
oped. As Texas is the newest of
the southern states and the richest
in resources not only in the south
but I'm the whole union and the larg-
est In territory. the advance is
greatest In this state Texas is in the
lead and Texans mean TO keep there.
No section i'm the whole world at the
present day is going forward at
greater rate as to both wealth and
population than the great southwest.
TIoustru Chronicle