The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-23
THE HATTIESBURG NEWS

one that is bound to bring her great
prestige in the next quarter of CEN
fury. The foundations are being well
laid; the work of the last ten years in
the south has been we'll done, and be-
cause of the excellent character of
this preparatory work believe there
,, is no section of the country that will
show as great material progress in
the next rs years as will our South
ern states"
Andrew Carnegie of New York:
81 am deeply interested in the south
and rejoice in her pronounced success
regarding her future as certain to be
astonishing"
John F. Wallace of New York, for
merly chief engineer of the Panama
canal:
eff the same amount of capital,
brains and energy were expended and
if the same policy was used by the va
rious railroad and industrial interests
in the south to assist immigration and
to settle and develop its waste por-
tons, in cooperation with the various
steamship lines, that was used in the
settlement of the great West and
Northwest, the south could be made
the richest and most fiourishing por-
| ton of the country"
President F. A. Vanderlip of the
National City Bank of New York:
There is no inviting field in the
country nor in the world for the prof
table employment of capital The
south is contributing in the production
of cotton alone by far the most i'm
portant item in our international
trade, and is capable of producing
much more in sugar, rice, cattle, fruits,
oils and mineral products, also manu-
featured goods"
4 Henry M. Flagler, chairman of the
Florida East Coast railway:
1T is now 26 years since commenc-
GU NY investments III ipliui, anu
have never faltered for a moment in
my belief regarding it's great future,
belief which has been demonstrated
by experience to have been well
founded: and what is true of Florida
| believe to be equally true of all the
states south of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers"
John Hays Hammond of Washing
ton, d. c.:
"The south is exceptionally rich in
natural resources, and therefore has
the elements prerequisite to success
full development. It's climate is unsur-
passed and this is feature of econo-
mic Importance. 1t has an exception
ally advantageous geographical posi-
ton with respect to accessibility of
seaports, and this is an important fac
tor, not only in the development of it
domestic, but also of an important
foreign trade"
Paul r. Brady of the Westinghouse
, Electric G. Manufacturing Co., New
York:
''As to my opinion regarding the
south would say that | believe that
section of the United States has a
great asset in its uniform and mild
climate. 1t has more natural undevel
? oped natural resources than any other
section in its coal, iron, lead, marble
gypsum and other minerals, timber
and great agricultural possibilities, as
we'll as undeveloped water-powers,a nt
, that it is in an era of great awaken
ing. What the south needs today is
money and the momentum which
, comes from the infusion of new blood
, and with money its other great neet
will be satisfied, namely additional
population
Joseph G. Butler, Jr, president Bes
semer Ore Association Youngstown
, Ohio:
81 believe the south has a great flu
, ture, and the increased use of the
basic process Is going to be very
great help. Since 1908 there have
been great strides made in the basic
process, and | think all the Soutl
r needs to round out its competition anC
make it effective is to increase thu
, plants for consuming pig-iron a
, home; that is to say, put more of i
into finished material"
2 William N. Shaw, vice-president In
ternational Agricultural Corporation
New York:
ut was with full faith in the prog
ress of the south, both as produce
and consumer, that this corporation
has invested more than twenty-flv,
l