| Show IS RICH IN TIMBER VAST FORESTS HAVE YET SCARCELY BEEN TOUCHED TOUCHE D A correspondents 1 Impress impressions iono of the th south oath and dd land vain values la in theo Ite gione are UD Mor Northern thern lumbermen la in the field V A correspondent ot of an eastern manufacturers rs journal who has spent a month of travel and observation in the south and southwest finds everywhere in that part 0 of the country a feeling of fly with met mei merchants chants and manufacturers railroad men and planters farmers and men mea who work for or da a wages ages the impression prevails that the good times now prevailing will not end until there has been a development of 0 the southa resources approaching the advance made in other parts of the country in analyzing the situation the gives due acied it to 10 cent cotton accompanied by a diversification 0 of crops ot of the needs of the south the correspondent says in railroad building tte the south and southwest now show a great degree ol of activity but railroad building down here Is ie hy by no means complete there are aie several fe veral north and south trunk lines of great importance and which probably will mill meet all requirements tor for many years to come but large are arc wholly devoid of transportation fa a elli elliwies ties la in many of those sect ioLas there are vast forests of tho the finest timber minerals of great variety and commercial value and land which when cleared will make as good farms as lie ile outdoors already there are numerous undertakings on foot la in the way of building small email branch lines to open up tip tracts of the character named and it Is evident that here will be a rach field tor for development work by both railroad constructors and real estate operators take as an illustration off the line ot of the rail roods there are thousands and thou of acres of timber which will cut from 10 to 20 feet to the acre and when cleared they the y will produce a minimum of a bale of cotton to the acre as well as other crops these lauds lands may be bought for from 9 6 to soil boll to Is a alluvial I 1 1 sio 10 per acre the in aa a 41 deposit and like the famous blaek lands landa ot of texas which now bring from I 1 30 to 50 per acre these lands landa can caa be worked for years without using oy BY fertilize rs tile the idle timber lauds landa ot this section clone alone offer opportunities Y h for almost illimitable profitable operations the distance between the development ot of any of these southwestern states and the conditions which prot pret vall vail in massachusetts for instance rel the reason why the south Is today pointed out as the section above all others where the young men seeking a location wilt will find more opportunities thin than in an any y other part ot of the nation there Is so n much to do down here and the rewards ar are e so BO certain and so rich that there Is a disposition to wonder why any ambitious young man will remain in tile the overcrowded east and north where conditions are fixed A and opportunities for original individual effort glow less every year while in many parts of tills this country almost primitive conditions prevail and a do de work remains to be done which it will III take generations genoia tlona to accomplish com in timber lands an aston 1 ashing change has oce arted within the last five keais dive years ago timber A I 1 lands were almost a drug in the real estate market and any amount of 0 gool good lands could be bought for somewhere around 2 an all acie now one has to hunt for bargains at anything leu less than 5 an acre iuni lumbermen bermen from Alic michigan higan and wisconsin have come in r and bought up by the tens of 0 thousands of acres good yellow pine lands are being but infrequently of feied and have jumped up to st at least per cent all round five if years ago the led jed cypress men who were then feeling blue over the dull condition of trade agreed with a promoter to sell out their holdings plants and all tor for 7 today these same people who compose about 90 V per lent of those in the red industry and own at least that of the fallible mal lible merchantable led capi achs timber standing would mould sell tor for and red cypress timber lands which could be bought for b 6 or less then an snapped up now at 12 per acre |
