Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-10
SOUTHERN AFTER-THE-WAR PRO.
GRESS.

come and come quickly. EcohoIhAotS
are already devising ways and means
by which the respective nations at in
terest can cope with conditions which
will be thrust upon them with the
cessation of hostilities.
One of the most significant state
ments and one which vitality affects the
South. is the unanimity of opinion rel
tive to the status of the South after the
war. All are agreed that unquestion-
ably this section will profit just as
greatly through peace as other sec
tons have by war. In other words,
their products will find an extensive
market in many of the most pOpulous
sections of the world from which they
have been debarred during the war.
The splendid statements of Mr.. Davies
Warfield which appeared in The New
York Commercial a day or two ago,
and which was reproduced in The
Chronicle of yesterday, is one of the
most enthusiastic and. certainly far
reaching, documents that has been is
sued on the question. 1t reflects the
trend of the financial and commercial
world as regards the South of peace
times.
Oar immense lumber industry is
second to no other section Of the world
that is accessible to European ports
now blocked through the war. The de-
vastation brought during the great
catastrophe which has visited contin-
entail Europe would, in itself lead us
to believe that our lumber and other
building material would be in great de-
mand, and in addition to this, we
must take into consideration the fact
tnat other parts of Europe which have
not suffered directly from the ravages
CT war have been prevented from Sc
curing lumber because the rates have
been prohibitive. all vessels afoat be-
ing engaged in other lines of com
The article in question by Mr. War
field recites the fact that our cotton,
lumber, naval stores and fertilizer ma
terial will be in great demand, the lat
ter however, being unavailable now be-
cause 1t is composed mostly of phos-
phate rock and needs other ingredients
to make a complete commercial pro-
duct.
The West has already gone far al
ong towards development. The re-
clamation projects, the trend of immi-
grafton and other forces combine to
make the West fully developed sec
ton as compared with the South, but
now we may confidently look for
greater expansion than has yer been
noted in the past.
Those who have been of the opinion
that our section could not hope for
much further progress, owing to the
situation relative to immigl alton or
for other reasons, will find that we
are to be central objective point for
the real pople of the future who have
a determination to reap something
from the soil through the development
of resources. This will give us an
enormous increase in population of
the most desirable type, and at the
same time will insure development in
every phase of our agricultural, COM
mercial and industrial life. To the
people who are already in the South
will come returns of the most satisfsc-
tory character. because with the de-
velopment of our vast areas and our
dormant resources a greatly increased
value will be given to that which We
have already partially developed.
Not only would our manufacturing
and commercial enterprises be sure to
become successful, our crops will be
large and profitable, more railroads
will be builded and enterprise gener-
ally will flourish in this land of peace
and plenty.-Augusta Chronicle.