The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05

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YER At the present moment this is
notably true in the work of tick Grad
ication, on which subject we have is
sued many thousands of illustrated bull
letins and superintended the erection
of many hundred dipping vats
"The advantage of our southland in
the supply of meat to the consuming
public are manifold. We have the cli-
mate, the grasses and the overflow
ing water courses SO essential for live
stock, and with 10 months of good pas
turage, without droughts or zero bliz-
yards, or having to build costly barns
only moderate winter sheds for pro-
lection, mostly from rains, being nee
essary-together with To-day feeding
period which carries our southern cat
tie to maximum weight. as against a
120-day period in the west and north
west, surely our beef cattle production
will be produced many fold.
Cotton Production Also Increases
with cotton the same gratifying
progress has been made. In 1870 Ala
bama raised less than 100000 bales
and only averaged 149 pounds to the
acre, while in 1911 she enjoyed Il
bumper crop of over 100000 bales
and the average yield had increased to
204 pounds to the acre While the boil
weevil has injured the Alabama farm
as heavily upon them as it did upon
neighboring states, because being fore
warned they We're forearmed and Were
in position to battle against this
devastating enemy and by the diver
sification of their products they will
come through the ordeal better
equipped and will consider the grow
ing of other products so valuable that
diversification of crops will continue
forever afterward.
1.-The financial success that each year
attends the shipping of early fruits and
vegetables from the many trucking dis
tricts and the increase in population of
many of the counties, from an agricul-
tural viewpoint, are remarkable.
MANY of you will recall that when
Cullnan county was formed it was not
looked upon with favor, and 1t was pre-
dicted that its sand hills would never
become productives ~The Cullman Com
mercfal club advises that over $1,000, 900
worth of products are shipped out of the
county annually
Mr. Smith then told of the history of
some of the early land grants with their
various limitations as to time and dis
tance from the railroad. He went into a
lengthy discussion of the acts of Con-
gress relative to these land grants and
then told something of the immigration
bureaus that are being maintained by,
the Louisville and Nashville railroad He
told of the specialists that are sent out
by this road to various parts Of the coun-
try and of the work they are doing In
the farm demonstration field and indus
trial and immigration lines
In his paper he touched upon the min
eral development of this state in detail
and told of the struggles of the coke,
the iron and furnace companies of the
early days, and said
A Land of Enchantment
with the story of this Alladin-lke
progress told by these statistics before
him, it would be difficult for anyone to
prophesy as to what the future has in
store for Alabama. With it's 1000 10000
tons of iron ore, its 5000 square miles of
coal its brick, tile cement, bauxite,
graphite and clay products, it's inexhausti-
BILE deposits of lime and marbles, and
even its small quantities of gold and sill
Yer, all waiting the magic touch of in
dustry to be transmitted into wealth be-
yond computation, and with the myriad
riches offered by its fruitful orchards
and fertile fields, Alabama from the
crest of Pulpit Rock 1000 feet high, where
the atmosphere delights to paint such
rich colors upon the apple, clear down
across it's teeming acres to where the
salty waves lap the pearly sands, en-
riched with their golden crop of oranges,
is a vista of enhancing beauty. healthful
climate, productivity and veritable land
of enchantment'
Mr. Ellis then took up the course of
the address where Mr.. Park left off and
his portion of the speech dealt with the
early history OF railroading in Alabama
and especially of the various combina-
tions and purchases, out of which finally
emerged the present Louisville and Nash
vile road. He told of the many hard
ships which the road had suffered during
it's infancy and of the many financial
storms, which it had great difficulty in
weathering, and how, even now, it's con-
dition was not of the best or exactly
what was to be desired
Alabama Taxes of the L. & N.
After giving a great many figures and
going into the history of railroading in
this state, all of which proved to be most
interesting, not only for its historical
value, but for the clearness of style and
beauty of diction in which the thoughts
to be conveyed were expressed, Mr.. Smith
finished his statistics by telling how much
money the Louisville and Nashville paid
into the treasury of Alabama for taxes
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
191S-$507, ,s27.51. He concluded thus:
And so / leave this retrospect with you,
content in the simple statement of the
ldCtS dS thCy hiS uiSCiOScQ NY. the TtCOTuS,
making no argument nor seeking any
justification. The Louisville and Nash
Vile Railroad company believes simply
and unaffectedly that it has ample rea-
sons for a just pride in it's achievements
in this great state, in it's contribution to
the amazing development which has taken
place within four brief decades and it
is it's hopeful intent not only to keep
abreast of the states future progress, but
if need be to lead, as it has led before.
All that it asks of the people of Ala
bama, for whose welfare well as its
own it has appropriated so lavishly of
its resources, is simple, even-handed JUS
tice. which is due to every single citizen
of the state-native or adopted. individual
or corporate Farewell
Mr.. Ellis consumed an hour and 80
minutes in reading the last half of the
address and on the typewriter sheets
1t consumed 60-odd pages His hearers
sat and listened all through and literally
applauded when he had done.
Miss Armes at Land Congress
Miss Ethel Armes' topic at yesterday
mornings session of the Alabama Land
congress was Mineral Resources of Ala
bama.' Miss Armes, who is author of