The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-06

'clopment of it's natural advantages is
OF national Importance. t has likewise
come 10 an equal realization OF the fact
that tho South is indeed the EIdorado
OF American adventure, OF American
enterprise, Of American progress. for
nowhere else in all the word arc the
resources for development SO limitIess
as in this section
What has been achieved in the last
quarter of century is merely the be-
ginning Of the work OF DEVELOPMENT
EFer% sign Of progress that is now
aotcd from day to day is BIZ. the c,IIrni-
nation OF the work OF tho last twenty
I've years Of the men. who, in indus
rial pursuits, in railroad building. in
snc dirersitication Of farm interests,
ing THO marvellous results winch th.
onlten states Steel Corporation is
rorhlns out In he birmingham dis
over $4,000. 900 which possihl,. vii
DC doubled before the present plans If
.ne company for that district have
M bacn ne, their fun fruition, is merely
nc nhtuTal progress in the evolution
81 mat section Of imperial iron and
etec. mating advantages. Twenty-iive
matin 80 3, one re, OF the pioneers In iron
I,iahlne IN Birmingham. one of the
areamcrs who helped bring his dreams
% pass, predicted that the time would
- -, ~ itfH birmingham, then the butt
o 9. ridicnie Of the iron circles of the
North. would become dominant factor.
IN the iron and steel export trade OF
az, SI coun,ry; The dream is being full
Niicn, Tor tho Steel Corporate is all
ready handling a large part OF It's for
elSn rail trade from Birmingham nav
ins last year exported through south
earn ports about 100000 tons 10 Argcn-
.lic, fra2ti and other foreign coun-
trics Moreover, the Steel Corpora ton
IS nov constructing at Birmingham
u n he n,tItr l<,,s =
VIII cover eighteen acres. TO cost s4,.
opoo 200 for making goods largely for
.h ne, foreign trade, and this will prob
an additional outlay Of 100000
Cotton MIL Indnstry.
This is typical OF every line OF de-
Velopment in the South II is seen
III the cotton mill industry, where the
years ago against many odds lad
the foundation for the revival of the
coston lnanufacturing AS in the iron
industry. the hurrah of the early boom
period condition which nearly al
ways attends the development OF any
lndustrv or any country, has passed
made Is based on solid lines. In the
last quarter OF a century this section
mas been accumulat ting capital and eX-
What! It has done thus far is mere
~ the pioneering .wor... II has been
busy clearing the forests and uproot-
ing the siumps, which have hampered
Ing, and sowing in the industrial fields
and now is getting ready to reap
rich harvest
While working since. the war 10
disastrous struggle. it has been doing
more to upbuiid the nation at It's own
loss than any other section, for 1t has
TO the enrichment Of other sections.
Throughout the North and the West,
and on the Pacific coast, hundreds Of
thousands of Southern-born people are
living, and they are among the lead
ers in industry and lnance, in rail-
road management, and in all that
makes Tor the progress Of the nation.
'rhis continual drain OH the vitality Of
the South has thrown upon those who
stayed al home. Il far greater burden
In material upbuilding. In political and
religious and educational affairs thar
has had to be borne by the individual
man In other sections, or by men who
left the South and went out into Other
parts of the rountry. Under the circum-
stances, the progress of the South is n
reality far greater than can be readiiy
measured by the mere statistics OIL
It's growth. for this growth had TO DO
made while Southern men wore carry
Ing burdens which the men Of no otter
section of this country ever had TO
bear.
Expenditure for E;ducniion.
'Frobably no more striking ilinsra
i'on lsLSOlllnef1i tauNancGMpnit cCulU
be presented than the mere fact that
during 1910 the cost OF school building
reported to he constructed in the south
footed UP over $4,000, 900. Taking this
In connection with The fact equally ns
striking, that at the present time. with
a population of 2f.500.O0O, as compared
with $1,000. 900, the Of tho IJnited
states in $50, the South is now send
Ing saa,0o0,00O Il year on public school
education. which Is approXirnatcl, two
and half times as much is the United
States spent for he same cau,c in
1860. There has been here and there
much talk Of the South's being too
poor to provide for cducationa facili
spending for public school main nance
s53.oo0.oo0 . Wear against something
over $50, 100000 year whici I. the
United states spent for public school
maintenance In 1860. r the Material
progress Of tho South. ns sh,wn in
| Industry In railroad advancement, In
agricultural advancement. did lot find
expression IN equal advancement in
educational work.this increasing pros
! rity-night prove a curse .ratI han
a blessing. but the South in It's edu-
cational campaign Is keeping tlll pace
Will, its wonderful industrial progress.
| indeed mean the enrichment of tho
nation.HIt means that this section.
which is more 'abundantly ltessed by
| nature than amy other equJ area or
| Garth. Is for tho next pnater Of
| century, to be the centres OF yast bust
| ness activities. enriching Its Town PEG
! pleyand enriching the nationjrhe South
lis tho nations greatest lndeycpped
asset, the fullest ilizatiot8of which