The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
HOW ALABAMA ADVANCES

l of Alabama's advance along all lines of constructive and productive endeavor. This advance is partly due to the grow ing enterprise of the citizens, and is partly the irresistible momentum of in dustrial progress once it gets we'll under way. If there once was time when the people of this state were pretty we'll sat- isfied and not too seriously inconven- fenced by the spurrings of ambition, that time has forever passed. The awakening has not been confined to any section, but has been general. Even communi- ties that have not yet achieved much advance feel the impulse to do so, and are even now in process of bringing things to pass which hitherto have been only dreams.
 It has been said that what man has done man can do. That doctrine be- longs to .by-gone day. The more fit ting sentiment of today is. no matter what man has done man can surpass it. Ambition is nothing more than wholesome dissatisfaction. with ones accomplish ments coupled with the determination to better them. This applies not only to individuals, but to groups of citizens and to communities. And those. communities often join in sentiments looking to the general progress, which result in state wide programs of development and achievement. The communities of Ala bama are discovering that they cannot live to themselves alone, but that the greater advantage lies in a general ad- vance all along the line and along all lines, No part of the state can achieve its highest success if some considerable part of the state is depressed, and no community .can enjoy extensive pros perity without it's being reflected in the improved status of every other commu- nifty.
 Because most sections of Alabama produce a surplus tonnage of essential commodities there have arisen those transportation agencies without which surplus production. is valueless. And be- cause of those agencies still other pro- duction is stimulated and brought into being. If production gets ahead, then transportation facilities must be ex- banded to take care of it. If transpor- tation capacity gets ahead, then produc- tion is stimulated to greater output. Wherever industries are grouped the consumers of farm products assemble and a market for foodstuffs becomes permanently established. There is thus an indissoluble link between industrial and agricultural communities. Com merce is the daughter of production and the wife of industry; Gas unto the bow the string is, useless each without the other."~
 It is in recognition of these factors that the whole state perceives it's well fare inseparably connected with the sea- ports equipment and with the perma- hence of the rail and barge lines. These agencies are the mediums of which our whole productive fabric is warped and woven. Therefore, the. anticipations of early construction of the seaport ter minals and of the formation of the barge corporation are experienced with lively appreciation of their indispensa- ble functions in promoting and perma- nently insuring Alabama's prosperity. To these factors in our expansion we are constantly adding and expanding such other essentials as public health, public education, public highways and greater and growing public concern for good government. Alabama is yet in the first flush of a triumphant entry into the arena of world activity.