The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-25
SOUTH TAKING UP ADVERTISING PLANS. Asheville Man Tells How They
 Do It SOME NEW INDUSTRIES Sohn H. FindIey Boats New Orleans as the Only illogical Point" for Pan-
 ania Exposition-Anecd cdote of Woodrow Wilson
SOME NEW INDUSTRIES
BY ROBERT LEE CARTER

 advantages to the world so that she may attract in population and capital.
 There is no section of the country which offers so many and varied ad- , yantages to the farmer, the manufac- turer and the capitalist as does that section lying south of the Potomac, the Ohio and the Missouri rivers, and yet In the census returns the increase in , the population of the southern states has not been anywhere near that of those in the west,
 There can be little doubt that this is due to the fact that the west shouts its advantages from the housetops, while the south with really more to offer keeps cofnpara lively quiet. There is disposition in all parts of the south to change all this
 came across an instance of this the other day while talking to Mir. N A. Buckner, secretary of the board of trade of Asheville, N c. He says: "At least one-fortieth of the total gross tax receipts of the city of Asheville must be used for advertising purposes. And very often, he continued, "the city council allows the city to spend one-tenth of the total receipts to let the other cities of the country know
 
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 This money is turned over to the board of trade, whose members decide . by vtoe just how the advertising lit- erature should be distributed. We have advertised the beauties and healthgtving conditions of Asheville in practically every section of the . United States. Much of our literature ' has been distributed in Canada, and in some of the European countries.
 Asheville was the first city in the south to establish such a system of municipal advertising. The benefits of this Idea accrued to us In a. great de- gree last summer, which was our ban ner season, so far as visitors were con- cerned
 That the season was so prosnerous was due mainly to the fact that we distributed more than 30,0O0 pieces of literature in New Orleans, while the Mardi Gras and the Shriners conven- ton were being held in that city. Con sequently, hundreds of persons on their way to their homes in the mid de and New England states stopped off at Asheville and spent days and, in many cases, weeks there
 The originality of our sanitary measures has been great help Tn our development as a health resort For Instance, we were the first community to prohibit expectoration on the side- walks. This action alone has advertised us in almost every city in Europe and America. Our board of trade Is en- thusiastic over the proposition of ad- vertisng Asheville, and 1t is this at titude alone that has made the city what 1t is today." sfs Hassa.H 9e.fastl z Just as soon as the people of the world know what the south really is you can't keep them away. 
 A friend paid a visit to Woodrow Wilson the other day and led up to the topic of the presidency
 I'm going to ruin w.atever chances have of getting the nomination." said the governor elect.
 Flows that?"
 I'm going to make it my business to clean house in the state of New Jersey, and put an end to machine rule here if I can"
 That won't ruin you. ThatIl make you President" was the friends com ment.
 Less than 20 years ago the travel Ing man who was employed to sell goods in the territory around New Or leans would have been no use at all 70 business house if unable to speak and write French fluently." said Benja- min Contner of New Orleans.
 
 time would have meant failure. The 1. keepers of all kinds of stores were French and Spanish but the latter, be- Ing In the minority, had absorbed enough French to make themselves un- derstood by the majority, and. conse- Guently, the language prevailing was French.
 . Now one can travel through the en- t're section of the lower Mississippi and unless he goes too far into country re- cesses, he will be understood when he speaks English. Of course, you can see traces of the early French and Spanish settlers. Many of the people still are mas ters Of the tongue of their ancestors, but the public school systems of the terri tcry have taught every one English, thus making 1t the language spoken bv all when business matters are in question" Speaking of the new industries of the south. George R. Ellis of San Antonio. Tex, said an experiment of the greatest Importance to the south at large is the growing of cotton that will be free from the boil weevil. M -. 'The seeds of 56 varieties of cotton from various parts of the world, chiefly from Central America. the Philippines and |. South Africa have been obtained,,' said MT. Ellis who Is financially interested in the enterprise. "The seeds of these
 
 haustiv experiments will be conducted with the view of developing some cross variety that Is adapted to Texas, both in the producing and insect resisting quali- ties. As an illustration of the possibili- ties in this direction one variety of cot ton which was obtained from Nicaragua produced bloom which hang downward is "1t is a proved fact that the boil wee vii Is clumsy insect and that 1t clngs with difficulty. Therefore, it would have !, difficulty in hanging to the, Nicaraguan cotton, which is being successfully grown in It's native country, despite the fact that it Is the country the boil weevil came from. It Is Professor Greens idea to blend this Nicaragua product with the long staple cotton of the south in the hope that the trait of the blooms hang ing downward may be retained and at the same time the yield of staple in- creased. Professor Green? He Is In 'charge ofsthe Fort Brown experimental station Fort Brown is on the Rio Grande and is an abandoned military reserva- tion.
 Cotton trees from far southern Mexi- co are growing upon the government res- ervation. The growing of bamboo Is an other interesting and valuable feature of these experiments. Owing to the strong gulf winds, which prevail almost con- stantly in the lower Rio Grande valley, the need of wind-breaks to protect the growing crops is felt upon the farms. particularly where a certain delicate kind of garden truck Is raised. It is the opin- ion of experts that bamboo is the com ing wind break of the valley. When planted from the seed the bamboo stalks attain a growth of 12 feet in one year. The second years growth Is 30 feet and