Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-05
THE soUTu N \ NUTSHELL

THE SOUTH ~ \ NUTSHELL.
What the south h.s 4lrv
. hat g. .s % 90 D. ..Jli aay..,.s
Yet 10 It's cred are cpitorlzci iu
this pam. he. 90, mos. ,oHgr-hau-
SO ana thorough stldi.u expos
ton Of the p.agre ana .. t.
Ties 81 ;he -,5th th.t .rs o,. D. U..U.
given to tho public. l's progress 3D.
all material mes IS frs. unmarried
n figures fer 1880. 1900 ana 1905.
in comparison with the progress %
The wnoic c-un ~. ami thea .rc
given tn fsurcs for t.o .arC, pee
RODS by sta.es for pops elton. pln.
IS Of agriculture. mu5orin,, min-
ns. manu- occurring. tran portal ON.
con:morce and BANKING. tho totls
under each head beng compared
with the totals in the Whole conn
ry. FJEoy ing zen raj cures, ~
Cial attention has Lcer given. in
manufacturing. TO the textile. pig
iron. cottonsccd AMI coke industries
ana TO numbering as typical induces;
in agriculture, 20 cotton-grJw lgl
and to the stap'e grains; MINING.
TO coal, iron ore, petroleum and
phosphate, together with an iuypu-
Z ry. by states and by products e
the more han 20 different mineral
products :hat have already gained
commeIc al proportions; in finance.
TO the aggregated resources. tho
capital and the indiv dual deposits
Of national banks in the uhree per
eds. AMI ;he gposits in other bank
ing institutions not r~tional The
advance railroad mileage and in
exports from southern ports is also
shown
Particular care has been taken 20
indicate as clearly and as fully as
possible the vast opportunities in
the south for farming. for lumber
ing. for the mining or coal and iron
for the profitable rcclarlat on Of the
wet lands, for the utilization Of wa
ter powers, in hy lro-ciectric devel-
opment, and Tor the expansion Of
traffic upon the great network OF
waterways, inland and along the
COSTS.
Increase OF the true value ol
property, the steady be;terment i'm
common school finances, and the
question of attitudes, directly re-
lated to puJ'ic health, are also
treated and, as an aid to more ~
tens We study, the figures OF 1860
are, wherever possible, given in the
various fields OF southern enIeavor.
Finally the summary of progress
between 1880 and 1900 and be-
tween 1900 and 1908 is given for
each state, conservative estimates
appearing when positive figures
could not BE- used.
The whole constitutes n com9a, {
and conven ent source of informa-
ton about the south which cannot
fail to appeal strongly 20 all men
ca affairs who may want to know
promptly and fully the condensed
facts about the south.
For more than 20 years the Man
ufacturers' Record has publ slcd
as quickly as they have become ac-
cessible she magnificent facts OF
southern achievement upon which
these latest and most up-to-date
statistics are based, and has in adj
d ton, issued from time to Zinc
more or less elaborate summaries
which have carried to the four
quarters of civilization the know
edge about the south which has
been so effective in haoten,ng ass
material development. Incidentlv
the Manufacturers Record has fur
nished in printed matter or in per
sonal correspondence to thousands
Of statesmen, educators business
men, newspapers and. magazines
similar material for oratons ESSAYS
editorials and other artcl in the
desire to neglect no opportunity or
means for furthering The work OF
keeping the south and the rest of
the world informed of the vast pos
sibilities within the area stretching
rom Maryland to Texas. This PAM
pIlet contains the cream of all
those efforts.