The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-08

reasonable to claim that the southern
states, by reason of their cOastline,
are coming to occupy an important
treIation to the maritime future OF the
| United States?
! When We consider also that all
/ this swing of commerce is taking
place prior to the completion OF the
| Panama canal and that the Panama
canal win help to pull southwark
must realize that the Southern ports
will be on the very 'front.' door step OF
the worlds future commercial move
ments.
RIVERS NAVIGABLE.
1--WE also declare that the rivers OF
1.-The South. naVigabIe and therefore
some day to be brought into co-ope-
ration with the energetic men of the
south, are more than two to one when
compared with any other portion 2r
/ the United States. The National
CONSERVATION commission has report
/ ed that there are in the United States
navigable streams amounting to &c.
| 40 miles. How much of this is in
the south? Over 1925 miles.
This enormous total does not in
cIude a single mile of the Ohio
though it benefits Southern States
Through 900 miles. Neither does this
total include any portion of the Mis-
souri, river. If the Mississippi be re-
Igarded as a feeder for the Gulf COM
merce the mileage should be 1854
miles. This leaves only 2,719 miles of
InavigabIe streams to affect the COM
Imercial prospects Of the ramining
ltwo-thirds O8 the United States.
The vast Appalachian range, the
greatest mountain range in the Unit
ed States lying within the region OF
plentiful rainfall, is producing, al
/ present embarrassed, every moment
of every day, five million horse pow
Ier. The day is coming when, through
conservation impulses this water viii
be used to drive the wheels of indus
TRY and of transportation throughout
the south, thus indefinitely extending
the life of power buried now in the
local fields of the south
IRON ORE LIFE.
IF you look at the estimates, re-
garding the iron ore life of the United
States, you Will see that the Southern
Appalachian region is expected to en-
dure a hundred years after the Lake
| Superior region is stripped and ex'
hausted. Yet, with all the adva1-
tages belonging to the Southern ex-
tremity os the Appalachians, advan'
tages so great that Birmingham set.
the price for pig iron, yet at presen
only about 10 per cent of the PHI
iron of the United States is made il
the South. Then look at the size and
energy Of Birmingham-the Birming
ham district, Chattanooga and othe
cities in Tennessee and in Alabami
dependent upon iron ore, then realiZ'
that their marvellous growth to pres
1 ent dimensions has come through thu
/ creation of merely 10 per cent of thu
/ pig iron Of the United States. TheI
/ let your Imagination run riot and pic
/ ture to yourself what will be the de
| velopment OF those portions OF tn
| country when instead of 10 per cen
| they are producing 80 per cent of tn
1 pig iron OF the United States an
| largely giving that iron its final form
THE Southern states as a Who'll
| possess more general accessibility L
/ coast line, and therefore to the com
1 merce of the world, than either O
the other thirds of the United States
! A string and a pin wheel will enabl
YOU to prove this. You men VIII
4 think on commercial subjects do no
1 heed that l should detail to you tn
| advantages that rests with a por
/ ton OF the country that can by sta
4 tisticaI and governmental proof de
i clare that il has more coastline, NOR
Il naVIsable streams, more water power
/ more minerals conveniently arranged
more agricultural range. more forests