Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04
IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS
SOUTH HOLDS BIG CARD

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5000 feet. Then. where tho becches
dwindlc until adult trees are only nee
high. there begins II sub-arctic zone of
black spruce. balsam. striped maple.
aspen and the Peruvian or red cherry.
And There liz Busincss In II All. TOO.
Il have named only II few OF the pre-
vailing growths. Nowhere else in the
of understandable timber as in Western
Carolina and the Tennessee front OF
the Cnaka system. About 100 species
of native trees grow in the Smoky
Forest itself. When Asa Gray visited
the North Carolina mountains he iden-
tilted. in n thirty-milc trip. a greater
variety of indigenous trees than could
he observed in crossing Europe from
England to Turkey, or in trip from
Boston tn the Rocky Mountain plateau.
AS John Muir has said. our forests.
however sighted by man. must have
been a great delight 10 God: for they
were the best lie ever planted
THE underground is OF almost tropi-
cal luXurianc" and variety. Botanists
say that this is the richest collecting
ground In the United States Whether
y,
or almost anything else vegctal each
hour will bring him some new delight
In summer the upper mountains are
one vast flower garden: the white and
pink of rhododendron, the blaze OF
aZalca. conspicuous above all else in
settings OF every imaginable shade of
green"
1t should he borne in mind that in
addition to the wonders with which
nature has so literally lowered this
section in climate. i'm soil. in timber.
In water courses and in waterfalls this
vase region. surprising in extent Eng
land and Scotland combined is i'm the
very heart OF the country
The Home of the Real Raw Material
Toward the setting sun are the
mighty prairie States. with their i'm
mcnse grain yields and their amazingly
great industrial development On this
side are 10 be found Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois and the far West, the mighty
metallursical interests of Cincinnati.
Cleveland. Chicago and other Industrial
centers of the West
The rising sun. as It bathes these
mountain tops with its glory passes
over the orange and the grapefruit
groves of Florida. on through the cot
ton belt and the almost limitless truck
ing fields of the coast. which now run
far into the interior.
In this mountain region can he as
semhled not only the raw materials
with which nature has endowed this
section. but the fruits. the vegetables.
the meats. the grains and the grasses OF
the South and the West that would
ma common meeting ground in these
mountain sections.
rms region ought to be developcd as
the great scenic and resort place of
America
IL ought to be made more widely
known. and far moro attractive than
the mountains of Colorado
II ought to be advertised ten times
more broadly than IL has ever been nd
vertised.
1t ought to he crowded. winter and
summer. with people from every part of
the land, North and West. as we'll as
South 10
The possibilities for this section as
resort region are unsurpassed by any
othcr section OF any other country on
earth. And yet the resort feature as
great as its potentialities are, is nor
SO great as the possibilities OF this
region Tor the development of indus
trlai interests. where climatic advant
ages would give the highest possible
efficiency to workmen
Nowhere else in all the land can
there be found region where tho r,v.
materials for manufacture ana ,ho
toodstufS for maintaining population
can he so advantaSeouslv assembled in
connection with climate so invico-
rating, winter and summer, as that of
TINS wonderland from Virginia to NORTH
Ala hama. W vi
II these advantages can he contin,I-
ouSIN ana unceasingly and broadly
made known TO the country. there Vii,
eventually come development worthy
or the matchless charms and lin,i,lcss
resources OF this heaven blessed conn
try.