Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-06-21
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opportunities Was lledlu III 'iiO NAM
of CONGRESS- this week, Representa-
tive Joseph E. RanSdell, of Louisiana,
being the evangel on this OCCASION
The speech, which has had very
large circulation since its delivery,
was crammed full of statistics, IN
addition to we'll rounded periods,
and flights of oratory, and outlined
the marvellous chances there are in
"Dixie-land" for the farmer the
stock-raiser, the lumberman and the
manufacturer who are looking for
homes, for investment, or places OF
business. Primarily the address
was a plea for the settling of the
South. and made for the purpose of
attracting the attention of people,
who have Canada in their minds
eye, as their permanent home.
Wholly devoid of politics, with
Optimism written all over it the
speech is a fit companion-piece to
Grady's The New South
Mr.. Ransdell showed by number
less testimonials that the health of
the white people in Southern cities
was better than the health of like
people in Northern cities. That the
summers in the South were more
SalubriOus than in some places in
Canada, to which particular atten-
ton was paid, for the speech breath
ed the Aerican spirit of settlement
and occupancy in every word and
every line. Among other things he
said that behOoves the. Nation to
check and prevent the exodus, if
possible, of good and substantial
citizens from the West and North
west into Canada, such exodus
tending rapidly to our impOverish-
ment and to the enrichment of our
Canadian rivals" In concluding his
speech Mr.. Ransdell said The
S)I.1 W.Sle3 Al; will r13oiY3 with
open arms the sturdy citizens of the
North and west who are. planning to
make Our Sister of the North their
home. My own Louisiana will
gladly receive a million such people,
as these states are sending away,
from the best country on earth and
the dearest flag that ever floated
over free men" If you want to
know something authentic about the
South send for copy of this speech.
President Taft has enthusiastically
accepted the invitation of delega-
ton of Representatives in Congress,
who are a part Of directorate of the
National Rivers and Harbors Cong
ress, to deliver an address before the
seventh Annual Convention of the
Congress which will be held in the
city OF Washington December 7, s
and 9next. President RanSdell sale
to the newspaper men on emerging
from the White House that the con
vention already gave promise of be
ing the largest waterway convention
ever held in this or any other coun
try and that the program would EN-
brace addresses from the most emf
nent men, not only of this countr,
but of South America and Europe
the plan being to have a symposium
of waterway experts in Washington
on this occasion to give additiOna
enthusiasm to the movement for
comprehensive development of tn
rivers. harbors and canals of cont
mental United States. The delega
ton waiting upon the President OF
Thursday was composed OF the fol
lowing Representatives; Ransdel o
Louisiana, President of the Nationa
Rivers and Harbors; Congress, Grarf
and Madden of Illinois; Davidson o
of Wisconsin and Goulden of New
York.
According to a recent bulletin
issued by the Census Bureau there
were more than II billion messages
talks over the telephone wires in
the United States in 1907, an in
crease of 1874. 8 per cent over the