The bee., 1911-01-20
kENTUckVs POSSIBILITIES WAIT.
ING TO BE UNEARTHED.
Prof. c. J. Norwood, Curator Of Ken.
lucky Geological Survey, Shows in
Interesting Address Before Ken.
lucky Press Association the Great
Possibilities of This State.

eAo ANthAuNNy OtotOSiCdl survey
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Kentucky Press AS.
ISOLATION:
| shall not undertake to discuss in
any detail all the buried treasure of
Kentucky. which understand to
mean mineral resources, for three rea-
sons. First, to do so in anything like
an adequate way would be utterly i'm.
possible in paper like this. Second,
since ! occupy position, the duties
OF which call for efforts to bring men
and money to the State. to assist In,
developing our mineral deposits and
In establishing industries within the
State for their utilization. as well as
TO give information to our own cit
items concerning what they have, J
want to appeal to You for help. Third,
I want to offer some suggestions as
to how you may assist in promoting
the growth OF agriculture In the
State. will add a fourth reason: l
Wish to say something about the cen
sus. since that not only is live topic
Just now, but as regards population
is OF much interest to those concerned
with the mineral resources OF the
State.
One hundred years ago, according
to seybert,s Statistical Annals (pub-
lished in Philadelphia in 1879. Ken
lucky had a population OF 406.511 per-
sons, OF whom s24.237 we're free
whites" In ninety years the number
grew to 2.147,174, and in the succeed
ing ten years we have reached 2.2S9.-
905--a gain OF only 142,731 in the ten
years. or only little more than sc
per cent.
The smallness OF the gain has
shocked us. without stopping to make
any real investigation OF the cause.
many OF us-contrary to all traditions
lat once entered upon a course OF
self.condemnation that has been as
founding, and our conduct has been no
less hysterical than that of the sud
denly converted. Blindly cropping for
an explanation OF the census returns,
some OF MS seem to have adopted the
idea-0riglnally the spawn OF politics
that Kentucky Is criminal, OF at
least crIminally careless. All sorts OF
reasons have been given for the small
ness OF the increase OF population. IL
night riders. poor schools,
feuds. bad roads. bad taxation laws,
rotten elections. murders and a lot OF
other ugly things have been set up as
the causes; in fact, almost everything
from toadstools to hook-worms has
been blamed-almost everything ex-
nept Halley's comet.
do not know whether you gentle
men OF the press have ever charged
yourselves with any part OF the poor
showing we have made or not. do
not know whether you yourselves
shoulder any part OF the blame or not
Bnt isn't II possible that at least some
,f you have 80 emphasized the fact
that "a little leaven leaveneth the
whole loaf" that one bad man from
Bitter Greek has been made to give
one to the whole State? II so. would
4 not have been just as we'll to have
used the man from Peaceful Valley
Instead? AS for me. believe the
Valley man represents the
state. and that the man from Bitter
Creek is merely an excrescence, and
hat he can be eliminated without
ringing the riot alarm.
II may be. however, that have
the recent clamor.
Some years ago, as ! remember 1t.
Mr.. Watterson. after a vigorous cam.
,aien in behalf Of the Star-eyed God
less. was charged with the awful
rhine of preaching free trade, pure
md simple. He replied that the
hargers were wrong. What he want
d was not absolute free trade, but
ariff reform; that, mayhap, he had
alked free trade somewhat more than
ess, but in doing so he was simply
Idopting the method of the man on
me side of street who wished to
top man on the other side in order
hat he might have an important talk
With him-be first yelled to attract
he other mans attention. and then.
laving gained it, crossed over and
in quiet tones.
And so 1t may be that much of this
ecent shouting-I will not say how
really been to attract our
ttention If so, please remember that
Ar. Watterson's man didn't keep on
Teling; he crossed over and spoke
uietly. And now that our attention
las been attracted, let us exchange \,
he compliments of the day and get to