The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-11
SENATOR RANSCELL PRAISES THE SOUTH Patriotic Address Contains Striking Statements INVITES SETH B R $ Shows That in 1915 the Corn Crop In the South Exceeded Value
 of the Cotton
 Crop
INVITES S ETTLE E R s
By HUGH. W. ROBERTS.

Washington, July 10.-Gfpecial)-"Do Do not turn to the south if you are seek ing Utopia-but if you seek Arcadia, turn in no other direction"
 This in effect was the keynote of conspicuously patriotic address in the Sem ate delivered by Senator Joseph E. Rans- dell of Louisiana. He was speaking in support of the agricultural bill which is pending, and he took occasion to tell the Senate of the present blessings and pros- poets of the south, and to extend an in- vitation to all who desire wealth and happiness to go south.
 The south is the greatest producer of cotton. he sair, but the corn crop of 1915 was more valuable than the cot ton crop; and all farm products-exclusve of cotton and inclusive of live stock was four times as valuable as the cot ton crop. The mineral products, he added, were three-fourths as productive of wealth as cotton.
 SOUTH THE REMEDY In the address he brought out forcibly the rapid growth of urban as compared 1 with rural population, declaring it to be a serious menace, as the consumers are
 
 the producers. He also shows that the United States is losing in emigration to Canada about 120,000 of people per year, who are carrying with them an esti- mated wealth of $12o,OOO,OOO The remedy suggested for the cure of these evils is emigration to the south.
 l. 'Is the south a healthy place to live" he asked. Answering affirmatively, he gave a forceful exposition of climatic and health conditions, which show that taking the entire year. one can enjoy more physical comfort in the south than in any part of the country under con ditons of health certainly as good as in any other section. He declared that meteorological maps and records dem onstrate that there is in the south greater number of growing hours per year in combination with greater av- craze rainfall and in combination with a greater variety of soils than any oth- CT part of the United States.
 The south has been regarded as a pure ly agricultural country, devoted mainly to cotton. Both ideas are shown to be fallacious by interesting statistics prov ing that the manufactures of the south, aggregating $4,000 G00,00O ;n 1915, exceeded by over $400, ,000,000 the entire output of agriculture in all it's branches. Cotton was shown to have value of $75, ,0O0, GOO last year, while the total agricultural wealth was $3,6 eco. The south has not been regarded generally as a corn country, but its corn crop in 1915 was valued at 900 or S36, ,000000 more than the value of the cotton crop, and marvellous yields of over POO bushels of corn per acre were produced by a num- Der of southern boys.
 PROGRESS IN SOUTH Tn 1915 the gain in value of all farm ops in the United States over 1914 was s526 000,0o0. Of this gain $317 100000 or a little over so per cent, was in the south Remember, the south occupies only one third the total area of the country, and this one-thrd produced 6o per cent of the agricultural increase. In other words, the south is advancing three times as fast agriculturally IS the rest of the na- ton. Nor is this increase due to cotton The 1915 cotton crop was valued at $780, GOO, 900, while the value of diversified crops, such grain, sugar, hay, tobacco, vege tables. fruits and so forth. and exclusive of live stock was S1,957, 100000, or two and one-half times as great as cotton. If we include live stock, the total value of all southern farm products. exclusive of cotton was $2, 1850, 0000 900 in 1915, or near ly four times the value of the cotton crop"
 Cattle, hogs and the live stock of every kind were shown to be in a most pros porous condition and many facts adduced to prove that the south offers superior advantages in live stock, especially cat tie and hogs. Senator Ransdell stated that with the eradication of the cattle tick, that is being stamped out under gov ernment supervision, the south will be- come the live stock center of the nation.
 wonderful showing was made for min erals. Until very recently the mind of the inquirer about the south reverted al- most entirely to raw cotton. but last year the mineral output was valued at about