The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-09

poa ifiUu IS the United States e
issH, the SnaiA IS nfadneins about
haif as ineea ln manuiaCia.ins as NE
whole oounir5 produced ia lha YEAR
has 1hpir the Same spindle ana loom
lapmfnt in is eo'lea mills art
Sleae an more capital n .eai m
jier ir rab.ns uearis as much
pis iseH and m@e 'hga iNiee as much
coke IS fc count made Ihrt wears
sgu he SuHfa $ iumhar rHi has
gene i,HHAea0 'H fect d scar beyond
ihe iNsu ea R ihc lui5ed States.
s iarH pruducfs have 3 Waite ai
SsHo 9na ege are8ier aEd iis annual
production of r1al and petroleum IS
Ia excess al he comii production
iu 1850. In tAai year 5,hhHi ,tsi
Spent isr common schpois IN ne I'm
ea Siaics averaged less ihan sl.se
ter eRen maa. Nonian and child oi ihs
population of 55.l55IS3 To-Day the
sunth IS spending clese io $50. .Ooe-
600 annually upOn iis common
schools an ave age Of 81 s. g each
II ihe 27fss ea of the reputation
Although population has net %
creased in 81 South as rapidly as ih
iAe esi of ibe country principally
hecauss the South has had campnfa-
lively inie addition from ioreisn I'M
migration. the South las shown 9
greater rote of increase in an the
Zines detailed d this review with ihe
exception 81 ghe true value ol prop
erfy the quantity Of grain and OF the
value & farm products But II is
notable that the ya'ne fAIs year 0i
farm . oducis OF the South is nearly
Sl0e0ao00 more than the value OF
lhe farm products oi the whole com
RS IN 1885, net including animals
slaughtered
This wonderful advance in asrlcul-
ture Il 25G per cent ID twenty
wears iu the south which with q
population only 309 per cent OF The
fetal population 0f the country. and
an area only 271 per cent OF the
eouniry's area is n0w raising ~
per cent Of the country's crops IS a
promise ct what Southern agriculture
Is to achieve in the future II the
same rate OF growth should continue,
though when figures get SO large
percentages Of increase generally de-
cline In the next twenty years The
agricultural production Of the South
would rise to a yearly value Of 81
500.00U.0G0. or about $IA9000 ,0e6
more than his years production IN
the whole country This situation IS
partly appreciated by The thrifty
farmers from other pats Of tho
country who are moving into tie
South al the rate Of between 20Q,l90
and $4,000 a year. and by investors
Of The South or Of ether parts Of the
country. who are putting iheir mil
lions into manufacturing industries
Of eve increasing variety into min
elal lands. into timber tracts, into
railroads and into trade and conl-
merce To meet the agricultural de-
mands cut over timber lands are be-
ing converted into farms for truck
/ ing or for general crops, and drain
I age and irrigation are bringing fertile
soil into cultivable condition
\ S. the story runs through manu-
/ featuring. mining, farming, rranspor
tatlon, trade and commerce Il is q
[ steey lhrliling even Walcn told stu
/ isHcallv. lts details could be elab
Grated into d volume equallng In IN
terest 10 lhe Intelligent mind ibf
4 most swiftly moving romance II Z
a.. dry 0i q people comine ai last inlf
It realization Of the magnillcenl poien
tialities Of their section ana Ia tAa
/ realization attracting mind. mus I
/ and moueA from ihe resi- OF the eoun
trv and from the world The VIZ.
Z hes efien been rough and dilieut
Bu tlic wav has always been lhcte
and lhNte have always boon uoi
/ pointing lt ONT on pioneering along y
Thei spirit has fof Two decades n
More inspired q greater and srealo
nunbpr Of their follows Now ih
whcle South Is busy ~ adding CHAR
ters tn Inc great story. II IS The si2r
0i SuNtheen success