The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-18
.1<Now1NG. THE SOUTH.

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ATTEND and make an address. We do
mot know exactly what the Southern
Commercial Congress is; but Gharles
Hail Davis cf Petersburg, is its chair
man, and it is in reply to his invita-
Etion that Mr.. Roosevelt has written IN
the warmest terms of approval "ot TINS
iudnirable movement. declaring that
t..you and your association. have set: set IN
motion force that Will have much, TO
lido with the complete dissipation OF
! this Observation-Disclosures former
about he South.
tAgain. there Is TO be mo North and
!! no South and no East and no West,
Except in q geographical sense, ana
/ .the South's influence will again pc
yfelt, not only in constructive states I
simanship, but in the enc rmous held o.
sconstructivc business endeavo ms
Enation is thrilling with ideals at this
VERY moment (the Colonei's letter was
written shortly after the visltito saga
sl,nore Hill Of Cecil Lyon. the great lie
i pnblican leader of Texas) and these
ideals relate to constructive work IN
1.-The future" and from now on--plesseu
tvords of checr8and promise and nope
tine South must participate in full IN
1.-THE solution Of all the National prop
hems. "All predetermined men through
Lout the Nation must heartily sympa-
Ahize with you in what you are doing
tbotn to develop and Increase the power
Iof: the South and at the same time to
nrouso therein kecner National
sense. o, go way, now! AS Agrippa5
said unto Paul, Almost thou per-.
suadest me to be q Christian.
Mr.. Roosevelts cordial sympathy
i..with every purpose of the Southern
,Commercial Congress in its efforts 10
make the South know itself" is doubt
less said in the best spirit, and his
4 pheasant words will be applauded, nat
Il iurally. by all our people--we all like
3 ITO hive nice things said about us and
Jour little affairs; but the South has
y known itself for ever. SO many years.
/ = and has been pildng along in It's own
1 !way for the Iast.forty-tive years cul-
jtivating its fields, clearing its forests
opening It's mines, manufacturing It's
4 raw materials. educating its children,
bounding its homes praispg its God,
the God Of the fathers. and piling up
Tits balances in the banks. Last April
II the Baltimore Manufacturers Record
Hprinted a statistical photograph Of the
% South. which would seem to show that
the South has been doing some very
ivaluable constructive work, as witness
the following:
The South yields annually
s2.675, 900 from its factories.
s. s2,55o,oOo,Oo9 from its farms.
s4oo, 100000 fgom ats forests.
III = 5000, 100000 from It's mines.
is $1,000, OOO, 900 Of cotton and cotton
ETseed.
100000, 900 Of grain.
S1YU,OO0.O0O of live stock.
SITS, 100000 of daiEy products.
s1700O0,0oO of poultry products
s150OOO,OO0 OF fruits and vegetables
$4,000 900 OF tobacco
s5o,0oo,0oo of sugar pr oducts.
s650,o0o.o0O Of exports.
20,00O,0 100000 feet Of lump er.
1850, o0o. 900 pounds Of cotton goods
81, $50, 900, 600 bushels Of cereals
eo.o0O,000 tons OF coal.
Ri ~ &c. 900 900 barrels OF petroleum. II
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i. $500, O0Oytons Of c oke
! 6,O00000f tons of iron ore;
$500, 900 itons of ptg-tron.
2.375o00 tons Of phosphate rock.
$4,000 tons of sulphur.
The South's resources 1nclude-
.5Ss, 2s, 900, 900 population.
Is SOC. o47s square miles of land area.
j 232, 100000 acres of wooded area
z u 16. 900 miles nayigable inland water
Is ways. I, 5s5i
at sss. 5000 miles of railroad.
s21l0,0U0,0O0 invested In manu-
4 Featuring. a
265s separate kinds of industries
/. i j, Oo0,OOO spindles al II al
. 100000 looms.
S45 cotton mills.
- ~ $40 cottonseed-otl mills. s7s
12b blast furnaces
Is, $50 lumber mills. s5 8
n 20 leading minerals. II
FTss 49O, 900. 100000 tons Of coal.
s. 100000 900 tons of iron ore
4; 600. 900 horsepower in streams.
NJ j 100000 hydro electric power.
| 3b0.o00,00O acres of farm land
E al. 600, 900 head of live stock
h s1.400. 100000 Of hank deposits.
\ $4,000. 100000 OF property.
III Al There is no reason, OF course. Wh
Il W should not build larger barns an
;ii555 welcome more workers into the South
whose fields are white for the har
4 vest: but we have thought that
might not be out Of place to say tina
whatever may be said about the re
I, discovery of the Ten Commandment
which the irreverent John Sharp WI
1iams once attributed to Mr.. Roosevelt
the South has known itself now e
hgoing on nigh three hundred years. !
fact, long before the Southern Con
umercial Congress- educed the yer
va kindly and Watering letter from N
II 4Roosevelt, which has warmed u
cnckles of our heart.
Naturally, "a greater Nation wi
be developed from the DEVELOPMENT {
nv \ % greater south.' That was ADraila
" tIAnco.ns idea when he wanted
know. about the time the "errir
IG A&istersNt tried 10 depart In peace, n