The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-04-28

she will need it all and that the great
depositsof Alabama, Kentucky, West
Virginia and Arkansas will begin
their mission of supplying the world
and increasing the wealth of the South.
In Alabama the soil is very pro-
ductive, yielding fine crops of corn,
cotton and fruits. In the centre of
the state is great cotton belt, lime
stone and chalk lands and in the
northern section a vast mineral re-
gion yielding coal and iron that has
hardly been touched. Kentucky has
recently sold he greatest tobacco
crop ever known in the world and at
the very best prices. The soil of the
entire blue grass region is of surpass-
ing fertility and exhausting crops
can be produced on these lands for
great many years. The soils form
ed from the crumbling blue limestone
which falls to pieces on exposure to
the air and renders the soil very rich.
The coal fields of West Virginia
cover over sixteen thousand square
miles. Every quality of camel, splint
and bituminous coal yet discovered
is found in these fields and the great
forests of the state cover nine million
acres, practically untouched.
Arkansas has great mineral re-
sources. There the best of coal is
found in abundance and her diamond
mines are attracting the attention of
the world Prosperity has left its
mark here, with yield of nearly a
million bales of cotton during the
closing year, s. ling as high as
twenty-five cents pound.
The possibilities of North Carolina,
the Old North State, are remarkable.
Today her industrial position is un-
surpassed by any of her sister South
Ell states. She has more cotton mills
than any other state in the Union;
many of her factories are run by elec-
tricity, which is being transmitted
with power harnessed from her splen-
did rivers.
Il South Carolina is devoted to agri-
culture and it's cotton yield of a mil
: lion and a quarter bales in the last
J year tells it's own story. This enor-
nous crop indicates thati it comes from
: peaceful fields where contentment
: reigns amid the hum of industry.
, Georgia, the Empire State of the
, South, faces 1910 with the brightest
: of promises for one of the most pros
porous years in her history. Its yield
/ oftwomillion bales of cotton, market
ed at high price, have assured hel
: citizens of prOsperity's return and
, brought the comforts Of life to g
: thousand homes throughout the state
e South of Georgia with twelve hun.
+ dred miles of coast line lies the state
. of Florida, styled the home of the
: poor man and the playground of the
a rich. 1t produces onehalf the Sc;
l island cotton raised in the United
: States, onehalf of the phosphate ant
n more lumber than any other STATE
and it's oranges and grape fruit tint
e a market all over the world.
e The outlook from Mississippi i
+ good and indicates progress and al
: though her cotton crop for the yea
il just closed was the shortest in man,
i years, her yield was one million, fou
e h Ii II d + d and ninetyfve thousant
IS bales, which marketed at high pric
h placed the farmer in excellent finan
Y cial condition, and as Bryan said il
d his famous Cross of Gold sp b
Y Burn down your cities and leav
is our farms and your cities will sprin
d up again as if by magic, but destro
e our farms and grass will grow in tn
Is streets of every city in the country.
d Louisiana heraldsa prosperousyea
and New Orleans it's great port, tn
d Commercial Metropolis of the Soutl
rs is estimated with population of owe
n three hundred thousand. To tn
n west of Louisiana lies the Lone Sta
e State with an area of two hundre
t. and sixtyfive thousand square miles
y Practically every crop of benefit t
al man may be grown in Texas and te
le day this great state is more prosper
d. Gus than at any time in her history
v To the north of Texas, the young
he est state of the Union, with it's twely
n hundred thousand people, lies Okl;
a homa. 1t is really as large as Ind
at ana and Ohio combined and has gre;