Evening star., 1926-04-10

! An extraordinary share of the coun-
try's attention is turning to the South
ern States in this Spring of 1926,
which the Winston-S Salem Journal ac-
claims as Dixie's golden age.
prosperity is not unknown TO other
parts of the country" says the New
York Times: "all the States have been
keeping step in a grand march for
ward during the last 20 years. but the
development of the South. industrial
agricultural and educational, mas pro
ceeded at an amazing pace. Inc South
is RAPIDLY diversifying crops. owing 10
the ravages of the boil weevil. In the
cereals her showing will continue to
improve. Tobacco production has dou-
bled in 20 years. OF the 1,747 900
acres cultivated in the country in
| 1925. the States of Virginia, Ken
lucky, the CarOlinas, Tennessee ana
Georgia could claim 1,34s,0OO acres.
Expressing the faith of the South
ern newspapers. the Winston-Salem
! Journal continues: They know that
! in 1925. for the first time in history,
| the South wrested from New England
| the crown OF textile supremacy. They
| know that it is now admitted by cap
|
can be made in a Southern State at
| lower cost than anywhere else in the
| country. They know that the hills
! below the Ohio offer the richest min
eral treasury to be found in any equal
area in all the world"
X x x x
THE Federal Reserve Banks busi-
ness review for March," the Admission
Star notes, voices the same optimism
that has characterized previous re-
views of business. Apparently the
South not only Is holding it's own in a
| business and industrial way during
| the most uncertain portion OF the
| wear. but it is advancing substantially
| along all lines" The Columbia Rec
| ord adds that world markets for our
| surplus products are already para
mount necessity" and, after quoting
l. Secretary Hoover as to the United
States chances of world supremacy
| in trade" the Record adds: 'The
South has long needed world markets
of it's very own, but we have never
won them, because we have been con-
| tent to let others reap the profits on
| our special produce. The South needs
a. business organization in every COM
munity to foster and market system
atically the products of the locality
l. Statistics are quoted Dy tne fOrt
| Worth Star.Telegram to show that
'the South is now producing 100 per
cent of the country's bauxite, 100 per
cent fuller's earth, 100 per cent tur-
pentine, which is 65 per cent OF the
worlds productions; SO per cent Of the
country's sulphur, SO per cent phos-
phate rock, 81 per cent carbon black
| from gas, 92 per cent crude barytes,
| 80 per cent aluminium, rs per cent
natural gas gasoline, 73 per cent COM
| mercial fertilizers. 60 per cent graph
| ite, SO per cent petroleum., which is
| 3S per cent of the worlds production:
| so per cent lumber" and similar large
percentages in mica, quartz, asbestos,
| lead, zinc, asphalt and other mineral
products. The Star-Telegram reviews
| the achievements in agriculture, in
| dustry and banking resources, and
! continues: "These figures indicate
something of the great advance that
| Is taking place In the South. Expecta'
tions of natural acceleration, sup
| ported by knowledge of the move
| ments already under way, indicate
! that the progress of the South has
| just begun. The next 10 years prom
| Use a greater advance than the past
| So"
X X X x
| Competition between industrial New
| England and industrial Alabama is
discussed by the Birmingham News,
which quotes warning letter of the
New England Chamber of Commerce
to its own members as worth easily a