The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
(Cs.fsanea froI. Pase skrse-,

.And what did MT Eckei point outl That thirty years from now the hope of przc1ieaIiy the whole Untted States for this absolute necessity of ci!tiiz- atlon lies in the soqins bs ss;asses as posieS os 10000, ,O00, 900 tons in one geologic al formation- Ten billion tons may last tSg years at the present rate od years after the Lake Superior region ia Gorgott0n, tho South will be pro viding It's quota of iron for, the main tenance of the American civiizza-i
 aYet, with all our riches. what are we producing7 pr. Hayes pointed out, as you will see in this great diagram, ally out of all It's riches in iron only ten per cent of the total output or me United states. When you reaIses. ss, sssSssSSss s sss ts sad s'qRsadosh other cities in the South. based pes npon the manufactured forms Of iron. Eests,. far ,ot on only nf I ten unRsa Rsfa ssates when the whole hope of the Unitea States rests within those south ssAs
 pr. Hayes amd Geology
 '-The close attention paid to the paper by pr. c. ". Hayes. Cniet Geoa- 4sN.a okist of the United States, was tndioa- ton sufficient of what might call the novelty of the idea presented 1y nlEl- Too few of us in the South or sieS where realize ths r,cbss rsmipktR.s n tfs south. We are almost like Indians Mno WEI. .la unconsciously across silver mines ane gold mines. who know notnins Mnaa st, ever of the potentiahties peneaen ssSa HsMr. Hayes has rendered to the South great service in that ne mas Sppetiyity 6peniSdit h aicnE @ general lines of q wealth that means for the Soutn an enormous commercial development as civilization brihgs Into demand these varions substances. I ask you, be- fore you leave, to fasten upon your minds certain great facts In this dias gram prepared under the direction 0s Dr s.sen e1f i've or six substances of which we have the practical monopoly ana therefore the world must turn to us for those substances and can turn no- "The paper by the Honorable D. A. Tomplktna emph asked to us. ana more particularly to those of us wno go nVe five in the South the peculiar advant- age resting with the south in the mat
 sThe map from the census Bureau ever in the United States grows out side of the Southern States. MT. WashbuYn has shown that cheap pow. tO Ss sdsssre states sns S0'sH TRs com
 vaaf c5ttorf manufacturing develop ment ih the South. whose end as n@os @ vet. The Census Bureau has indicated that ix ten years we increased zb4 per cent Ipon ourselves in the matter oL cotton transformation,A ThereIore. Ws nf i future effort to reduce the length of line between the raw product ana the M manufactured article stiH gfeater eyslopment of cotton manufacturins
 g.,,,.r, va Fravared.
 ~Hve have the temperature to pro duM the crop; modern invention has enlbled us to modify the atmosphere flh power, and our ports will provide lie outlet to the consuming world. me conclusion, therefore, Of Mr. i relation to the cotton monopoly and lotion manufacture is solid and as- bured, cannot for moment be ques-
 Then. gentlemen, you listened to another man who knew whereof ne spoke. MT. Oliver IS contractor whose name ranks high for large achievements, ana drs Dscsase he Sa Saa @ nnder- % taken, our committee thought that no man could rnoEe wisely speak for the as being the exclusive possession cI the South, for that would have, been unreasonable. He simply pointed out what gifts of Nature there are e.. rest ss 
 too often thought of, by those who knosv them not as states of marsh land, swamp, a1luvial soil and malaria. dency of the, cement production to centralize itself, not in the matter os forming a trust, but in the matter or utilizing csrtsIn ,sdyanLhaI nhIs t,,e seas whole United States has in many Of it's parts the material for making cement ne pointed out. certain peculiar adyan.tt; anr.t; have q tendency to centralize in the South the cement production that seeks It's outlet through the Gulf or the South Atlantic ports.
 Cement in Alabama.
 A glance at the map of Alabama phows a pale green streak across the map indicating Selma chalk, Selma ak needs but an adn1txture ot eignt cpenest Thaf layer is from ten to thirty miles wide. It Is 150 miles long within the State of Alabama itself, and deep. and if this were not sum cient to justify a cement industfy throughout the central portion Of Ala bama t is merely neesssiasg 10 rs1aps Ps0sn thread in and out through this lm- mensely rich layer of cement material,
 Then. you were prougnt e n. n tSHcn' pss,, utilized by man since first he felt cold and learned to start a. Ire. wood is thought of as Q fuel supply ,too oE-s fen. Ifiis becoming too precious for fuel supply, and, the statistics to be laid before us in our published vol ume in relation to timber Show that the South itself has great riches in should be wasted. If out of this gath erinK of men to discuss the interests of the South there should come a clearer comprehension that we must not waste anything. that waste Is criminal, that waste is robbery from the succeeding generations, then this Congress will have Justified itself.
 ''I hope, indeed. that it will place itself on record as favoring the Ap