The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-20
4 Nations Greatest Asset!
r.s Manufacturers Record.)

~. Manufacturers Record.)
~ i the nations greatest as
'a.n ..n,eIoped, or developed to a
0deVe.Vtp; onlv. it is nevertheless |
eI.ens tt asset Of the ration. 1t is
ncsss o. South has made marvel
y ns i agriculture, in manufac-
g n a mining, but, comparing
I. z. y. 4, done with what its resour,
;s y ut Il is still an undeveloped
pi almost infinite potentiali-
,vcss nauurs for agriculture, for
rouss, sss and mining, for diversi-
ttuIs; ;;rterests, ter are almost with
lpeSS Z eTbsir cir full development would
.,ssausurably |. not only to the
aower Of the South, but to
.'th ~ pI and power of the United
slm Limo no. this country dominant
i nsan affairs. not by the might of
. "a battleships, but by the
'sdjug influence OF its business
L.ucial forces. -,
1 min minerals and timber, in wa
Drs y, in geographical location,
sa'i r begun their development,
~ r. come when the South and
e.onIe SSI interested in its advance
\ 'v veil as all who are interested
,.t;on's advancement, should
.si of the situation with P broader
y y chat ~ can be achieved. The
w. y 1--WE times as much coal area
~ ss.v,vania, and yet Pennsylvania
~ twice as much coal as the
nE The he South has ten times as
nal al area as Great Britain, but
Nitain Ri, is mining twice as much
The South has three-fourths of
.tina.coal lin land of the United
f huf one little district of Penn
a is i producing l8, 500, 900 tons of
svery year as compared with g.
inns made in the South.
south has vast stores of iron ore
Y sit It's coking-coal fields. Penn
K. which hauls nearly all of its
= 1000 to 1900 miles. is making
Times as much pig-iron as the
md nine times as much steel.
South produces three-fourths of
nrN's cotton, but it has less than
cent Of the worlds cotton spin
South has $2S6, 900, 900 of capital
sstional banks. The United States
ur times as much, or a total of
{N,OOO, 900, 900. .
South is producing 1,250, 600, 600
n Of grain. This could be doubled,
profit of the South and the coun-
tlGge.
Section ships 500, 900, 900 of
fruits and vegetables to the North
iat. The time is rapidly coming
outside sections will need four OF
6mes as much of these products
the South. There is no limit to
Intent to which the South can in
its fruits and vegetables. Fol-
nee there is one little area in Flor
1900 acres under cultivation
s. yields annually about 5000 car
= Of fruits and vegetables. In the
date vicinity, entirely uncultiva
there are 500,0)0 acres of lane
could be made to do equally al
resources of this section IN Goa
hpn ore, cotton, sulphur, oil, natu
ps, cement rock, phosphate rock
te, marbles, soil, climate and othe
3, form a combination for a great
dmore diversified manufacturing
agricultural prosperity than can b.
anywhere else IN this or any 9th
hd.
is section could furnish the basi
Employment, the foodstuffs and tn
mal with which to clothe them
wool and cotton, to a nue.
n population than that of the en-
Pwuntry at present without taxing
ml or its natural resources for man
Enrng. y
lse natural resources are like tn
M talent worthless unless they b.
hM. We are, as a leading capital
nee said, sleeping on billions o
!, but these billions yield nothing
fcht or employment to their own
% the South or to the nation unit
sAed by the wand of capital an
AAat this section has done in the in
as Of manufactures, in the advanc
ueulture, IN the building of raj
and the accumulation Of capita
isey a beginning. This advanc
only served to show what can b
What the South has accom-
NO. considering the adverse cond
Of S years ago, is to its everlas1
Geolt, but for the real developiner
We South we must look to the fl
MA a view to making known broad
eel the world the fact that tn
IS the nations greatest asse
@monstrating by a comprehensiy
'ng Of its resources and of what
\ aelleved, what it offers as a fiel
4e Investment of capital, for IL
1pment of industrial interests ar
$ncultural advancement, the MAJ
aters Record will issue a speci
=. sc.aSslon, the title of which will b,
south, The Nations Create!
In that publication we sha
y present in a more striking wa
N aas ever been done to the extel
q Progress already made by Il
.is actual progress, and its pr
m comparison with the rest of Il
Sy.the resources which furni!
'ssls M for a still greater develo
y snd to forecast something
Me future ought to bring forth
mOple interested in the South's a
Ea'ent will do their full share
~ known to the world its adva
lor manufactures, for agrict
au ior all the varied activities
a%, s 70 the end that the nation al
pe~ss. svs,c may be enriched by the d