The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
SOUTH LEADING
 NATIONS USE OF RAW MATERIALS
More Industries And Out put Than All United
 States lin 1880

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 put Than All United
 States lin 1880
 Alabama ranks first amumg the states of the unlon in the pfUAmcri0n 0t brown ore and i'm the possession of all materials for making from amd steel l; second in the prpamctSen of graphite third in the production of re@ ore ewke ard yellow pune; fomr1h nm the prvsame- tion of pig iron; fifth nm the PrUdue- iaon of steel
 These and q seaies of 0ther eempell- ing facts have been eemp6lel by tine Chamber of Commerce for preliminary data nm the proposed campaign to ad- rertise Alabama nationally nm whlcA every county nm the state wlll be asked to 5oin during 19a4-
 The state stands seventh i'm the prU- anction of coal with eome l5MU0 M0O tons a year, valued at mearly $JM000 000. Alabama IS also sevemth Inn the number of persons engaged i'm mimins industries. and seventh nm the prw1mc- tion of lime
 Eighth place is occupied i'm the pr0- duction of steel prodwc1s and of fer tillZers, ninth i'm prwdUerlom of cypress lumber, twelfth nm production of au@- ber in general, and nm prUdurt10n of brick and fire clay products ssven- teenth- The state IS twenty -sec0m& m the production of ice-
 If it were a matter of sIze- Alabama would be twenty -elghth ann@mg the states of the unien in industrial S1amM- ing And if population governed csm- nercial greatness, uAe sfare wWmh stand eighteenth
 Figures Show Progress
 The progress of the sourh nm Semeral during the dec.ade from 1910 u@ 1&a0 IS reflected im flgureS showing uhzt tine capital invested nm manufacture and the value of ProdwrTs manufactured all most trebled during the 10 years I'm 1910 the carital invested was $2ISSl.- 427, ,69S, while in 1g9W the tWuRl was SC. .SS3, 171 GOO The vaHue of products marketed in 1910 was SS-15S SS$ 7y@. and in 1920 the flSure haa rl<em to S9, ,S05. .041J GOO
 Capital invested am e,OHuanm nnIHl em- terprises in the sOuth was mere tRan doubled in the 1O-yeAr period imereaS- ing from $36l! !0e0I I0N0 to SSS1 I@Sa. .4a- while the number of pounds of e@arnu used advanced from 1-19r. .g60- -4S7 to 1871 ,S36, ,572- The mmmber of swlm1lea increased from 11,149, ,465 u@ 1@,- 02S040.
 During the four-year Perla@ eMhnae- ing 1917 to 1922. The New York Her ald recently pointed 0uT- uhe north gained 100000 sTimaNtS- whIRe rhe south was gaining .;ss;;ssS W@0 SpimdNes nm the textile indusaiy-
 Among the natural causes for thls trend which the Herah elites aHe prUx- lmity to growing e,OdrOm- d@veA0p@emr of water power resources abwmdamre and quality of labOr swpply ama the free dom from entlamgaememuS whRch prw@p- tion of radicaliSl has made a hamSHR- cap to northern manufacturers mIBd climatic conditions and @uher faUOrshRe factors.
 The Carolinas have Pr0fiued largely by this southward e@igTatl@m of the textile industry, Secretary C. l. Bmmm of the Chamber of Commence p@imtS out One county nm S0wuh CaRwlIma alone has 1O1 cott0m mIHRx- AEaha@z offers as much or mOre 1ham amy other state m this resPert-HAw SOt1@m ar the mill door, ample hyduD-eHectr5c p.Nwer- good native labor and Lest fae1HlHles of rail and water tramsporrarl0m- TMls applies both tO its agricultural amG i'm dustrial opportunities
 Business Awzkeniny-
 Bankers busincss mem- eMIH@rx and authors are walking up ito tine fact that the leading industrial secul0m of uhe country lO years hemre wlIA be the south, and they are heraEaimg their OS- seTTatiOns far and waAe- sand Seere- tary Bunn- lit Mas 5lst recently thAt Roger RabsOn- of Rshssom1s Statistical organization, said- -lm my WYdm60m- the South Atlantic states effer uhe best opportunities compared 1O uh0sse of amy country in the world for rhe emergSes of young, ambitious mem and amumg the southeastern states I paace Ala bama at the head of the Inst I'm s recent statistical survey of the IS states, Alabana ranked first aS BeimS the best location aIa GSmdHia6@mS eMas- sidered, for the establishment of Inaws- trial enterprises
 We've got to Keep tealimg the world about these things We've got sa@e- thing to advertise goods wlrh which to back up QUIT pmbHlcluy-amG its up to Alabama ito set bmSv- zmA i'm duce every integral eomm1E H@ =r1 he- hind this project and sprsSa ~ur Rnes- sage broadca>t-~
 National han6 nee@mrr,ss @r the south between H.AlM aud 19s1 mB@ue than trebled advancinS frwm %r- -SaA.- u95-23l to $4lUSSt t5SSSI I0@0- xhI1@ BarR deposits jumped frOun $SS@- -9G2- COS to $3-121- IA .0O0- Deposits tim @aher hamks , expanded from $l 1N5s, 7sss2I GOO to $s-- i2l, 1 A I000
 Direct CmpzFEsma-
 A comparison of tine im1mStrGaH s@uHh in 1920 with the enaire United SaaHeS in 1880, shows that tAis sec1R@m had three times as much mooney Hmv@slKSH sm manufacture three FeaEs ago uhram the entire n.tion had im 1kSN The walwe of its manufactured products al@0st f0uhlel the total @f the em1iHe e,oau- try in 1SS0- There WAS fowr time.s ms much capital invested nm e0ru@m mIHEs. nearly three times as mnch coTn@m msseM- and G, 6,D00!000 mOse a-alxe SEdmdlex nm the So ath in 1@sO thAm im ahe wh@Ee country in 1880.
 BanG resources of the s0muh im 1g90 were ti4.0SS. .'5615I GOO whiae uhe asssrse- gate of the nation 40 yeauS wuewl@Usslv was only g., e,HG5. .7S7 -0@0-
 In other words uhe ss0muh tn 10 years advanced sO imdp Srr1al sud c@un-
 
 entire nation i'm 1SSU-
 Seer ptary Bunn says q well-kmir or ganiza aon has been es@a1sd- w1uh ex- cry seetlOn @f the st ate repUesemued and it IS expected dhar uhe eampa6em Tor advertising AlalanAs great Fe- sOurces will go forward ~meEget6AHIy when all preliminary P9a@S hlve heem adJustiAl-