New-York tribune., 1912-12-01
MOBILE, TOlLGATE OF WORLDS FUTURE GREAT HIGHWAY

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thi. section will furnish both the domestic
and the tropical fruits This conviction
leads him to suggest that A big fruit
factory will pay in Mobile. when this re-
lished. and all the products that will nat
urally follow will begin to flow in-espe-
cialy the citrus fruits. cOcoanuts etc.
While at present all the fruits are being
then be the worlds market" Is his con-
clusiOn.
Cane Syrup Mills.
Mr.. Schley also advances the opinion
that "A sugar and molasses factory would
do finely In Mobile, If her merchants wouio
set about showing the farmer that the
cane product would find = ready market
here" 3. M. Clark. too. suggests cane
syrup mills and canneries-the latter for
the root crops and fruits which when n no osSs: says;
regions. The Citronelle Ridge has
throughout the same soil. the Orange
burg. and that portion OF the ridge
practically lost sight Of until within the
right of W Of the New Orleans, Mobile
e. Chicago offers the best opportunity
He believes that. In four years II WIN
have duplicated the record OF lrvington'
then 70 $50 and to {35. until now any wen
located property within four miles OF the
Louisville d Nashville, and between
Theodore and the Mississippi nns. VIII VIII
readily fetch 80 an acre While there
are poor soils In the section. they are
even better watered than are the trucking
lands. and, as they are very cheap, the
stock raiser will get In on them. hs tne
lands between that section and Mobile
rise in value from $40 to 500 an acre as
they near the city. his judgment as to
the probable development In the north
westerly direction would appear correct.
Mr. Clark thinks ''The NOrtherner has
not yet awakened to the possibilities down
here"
Contiguous Territory Farms.
According to Edwin Wsrley. himself an
experienced agriculturist, as we'll as the
head Of one Of Mobiles important prod
uce houses. the long established truck
farmers OF contiguous territory are eA-
pert I'm their calling. use up-to-date meth
ods and implements. and are generally
prosperous Their farms OF twenty 10
forty acres the soil OF which is best
adapted TO quickly maturing crops. sup
ply this city with cabbages. potatoes,
beans, turnips. rutabagas. tomatoes, snap
beans, lettuce, radishes and other mar
ket garden stuffs. And from various
railroad stations In the agricultural CEN
tres Of Mobile and Baldwin counties are
shipped out In the season. those members
Of the vine family. the squash the musk
and the water melon, and the cucumber
lover ono hundred cars OF the latter. ex-
cellent In quality. going out from the
Foley branch Of the Louisville Nash
Vile alone). Citr0nelle also sends them
out In quantity as well rs radishes Of q
very good quality.
At MIR. Warley's suggestion the writer
obtained from William h. England. gem
.l..t.s nj IL.
& Ohio Railroad. the following data,
which although from one railroad only)
Will serve as pointers In 1903 there were
shipped out OF Mobile County alone s64
carloads OF vegetables; In 1905. Ss5: In 1911,
/. .2S2- % o0O pounds to the carload-to all
parts Of the United States and Canada.
The spring season. beginning the first
week in April ends the latter part or
June: the fall movement begins about
November and only ends March |. the
loads OF stun. exclusive OF sweet pota =
toes. OF which there are probably $50
more carloads.
". T. Kelly thinks Farm lands IN ad-
"a cent territory are the best possible In
vestment. for the reason that Mobile IS
bound 10 become "a great port. and Will
Increasingly need the Immediately obtain
able food products. and for the further
reason that these lands are now quite
cheap
Even Smokeless Powder.
II the sugar and molssses factory sug-
gested by Mr.. Schley (and indorsed by
W. p. Burgetp should induce the farmer
10 plant IT, the cane. after being crushed
can b- used I'm making nitrate cellulose
for smoksless powder. AZ well as beau
tiful strong ibr- for mixing with me
chauical pulp 10 make news print
paper. with over 10000 acres In this
1.lIs Loo. and MI
Orangeburg and Norfolk sand. that will
produce eu early cane Of fine quality 60
saw nothing OF the other lands that Will
raise good. though later. crops with proper
fertilization and expert Dethodsl II should
be possible TO keep several mills on full
time" contributes Mr.. Mechem.
And for Cannsries.
Major Giennon says that owing 10 the
great volume and excellent quality OIL
seal food In Alabama waters. csnneries
would be great money makers Ana
there's certainly nothing To prevent froin
spriugins up here d great canning INDUS
ny. labor being cheap, and the best sea
foods and fruits and vegetables peins
plentiful and also cheap. Yet mobile
gets its canned goods abroad. the toma-
foes. tho peas and the beans (Which can
be grown here in enormous quantities,
come from Baltimore and Cleveland. ana
the peaches mississippi and Alabama
can furnish them in Quantities) from
Georgia and California. TO these might
be added as raw material for the Gamer
these palstables: Okra, sweet corn. CAP
bage. pumpkin, squash. spinach, aspara- :
gus, turnipB. carrots, parsnips and sweet
potatoes, which are grown here In ahun-
dance. And do not the beet the cucum-
ber the caulinower. the onion ana the
p.ppers. the standby OF the pickle rae
tory, flourish like the green bay tree
i'm this neighborhood? And for sauer-
kraut, where else can one hnd sucn
bounteous supply OF fine cabbsEes?
AS to preserving, In the land OF tho
melon, the fig, the sand pear. tho orange
tho kumQuat, tho japanese plum ana
persimmon. the black and strawberry. IL
is simply criminal 10 have no Factory lor
that purpose. ,. -,
Mobile as q great port ana an equaily
great manufacturing centre and In con-
sequence Il great market for the neces-
sartes of life. as we'll as distributing
point for farm and orchard products.
Major Glennon calls attention to the NUM-
bers of Western and Northern farmers
moving into this contiguous territory
taking up plots OF forty to eighty acres.
and making them through tho employ
mept OF modern methods to blossom like
q rose" These. too. he thinks, VIII
promote q great canning Industry.
Crackers and Soap.
And what Is there to prevent the manu-
facture Of crackers, which Mobile now
gets from Birmingham and New Orleans?
And molasses. with which she Is Iur,