The Washington herald., 1909-05-02

The territory covered BY the word
South includes fifteen States. u IS bound
ed, roughly. By Mason and Dixon's line.
the Ohio and Missouri rivers on the north.
the Atlantic Ocean on the east. the Gulf
OF Mexico on the south, and the boun-
daries OF Texas, Arkansas. and Okla
bona on the west.
This region mas nearly tVo-thirds OF
the coast line OF the Eastern United
States. Il has I7.2ss miles OF navigabie
rivers. twelve deep water ports. and
along its northern side and through SIS
center flow the great rivers OF the Mis-
sissippi Valley. giving greater facilities
for water transportation than any ether
part Of the continent having an equal
area
Has Rich Resources.
This territory. with its plains. noun
tains. prsiries. forests. and lagoons, has
a greater diversity OF climatic. sell. and
mineral conditions than any similar re-
gion in the Western World It's resources.
a. yet unceveloped. are the richest OF the
world. and their exploitation IS the next
chapter in the industrial development OF
the United States
Until now the highways Of traffic have
been across the continent eastward and
westward The commerce OF this eoUn-
try during the first century OF IT'S exist
enoe has moved through New York and
the northern ports Of the Atlantic. Be
ginning with the twentieth century. the
tides OF traffic began % move slowi@-
southwark. Henceforth much OF the
trade OF the interior OF the country will
90 that way for shipment 10 the South
err pcTts-
The movement already begun viii gath
er momentum. and with the completion
q the Panama Canal the highways q
commerce will be changed. so far as the
South IS concerned. and move 70 the Gulf
Of Mexico and the Southern Atlantic
ports. These facts are written large upon
/ the map OF our country and The finger OF
/ fate has pointed ouJ The way 20 wllicn
: railroads and traGc lines must accom-
+ MEDIATE themselves
Following are some views regarding
this commercial and Industrial move
ment by sexperts In special lines of in
quiry;
Facts About Southern Ports.
/ The seaport bears a peculiar relation 20
/ the development Of the country.
There are S. seaDorts OF sufficient In
/ PoTtance to be specified in government re
ports. q with population of more than
4 $50 people. = deep water ports with =
+ feet and more 10 sea. OF these . deep
water seaports Z are on the Atlantic and
! Gulf seacoasts OF the Southern States.
There we're in 1870 1o157 cities. town,
villages. and bo7oughs in the interior OF
the United States The number increases
I rapidly each year
( There are no more sesports to-day than
I there we're 1d9 years ago. when our fer
E eirn commerce was Sis3.0o0 coo. In fe17 L
/ exceeded S5-31o-0oo-eoo. an increase OF more
thsn eSo0 per cent This foreign com
rnerce has more than doubled every tTen-
: L. years since IS3a
{ Twenty years from now when our CON-
merce is 81. .s0a G's0.0 .0o0. Il viii all have 20 50
through the same ports
/ OF the foreign exports OF the country.
81 Ssi go 010 In 1865. S5tS l39e co was shipped
/ through Southern ports. or more than
one-third
/ The percentages of increase IN exports
. from Southern ports has been far greater
( than from Northern ports The increase
E f-sm Southern ports has been from KS
C'ae00 in 1870 20 ss4S90o.e09 IN 1905. an In
crease OF about IL Per cent, while In
crease OF Northern ports has been fsr
less
+ Five leading Southern ports may be
compared with New York The increase
f CT exports OF New York from 1912 10 1877
was 81 per cent For the same period
Galveston was I05 per cent. Mobile II
/ Per cent. Norfolk and Portsmouth. 50 Per
( cent: Savannah. - per cent. and Bruins
wick. . Per cent
J The hsrbor increases in valcs as the
cube OF increased Gepth differs from the
! original depth Thus. eo-foot channel Is
worth 10 commerce times as much az &
Ie-foot channel. q 3o-foot channel . times
as much as the Ie-foot channel. a S5-foot
channel not quite = times as much as q
iN-foot channel The deeper the channel
the greater the tonnage Of vessels, and
tne greater the tonnage the cheaper the
freight. G. ?. GOODYEAR B-unsvick. Ga