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Show New Kn.;!:iu,l A-gainsI The South When an issue of national interest lc'C-:nes in red in poTCe;, it i dragged drag-ged thror -h a bog of schemes and counter schemes before it is rescued res-cued and la -.,"! on a snl!cl 1-n s Mu-lc- Shoali power development has been sunk in a quagmire of pl-'I'os pl-'I'os Co,- ma-iy years. Par'isin argji-menis argji-menis have often magnified its pos-f'l.iHil pos-f'l.iHil ics out ef all proporit'on to the l eiu-:':t wlrcli will result from the ut-iliratioi ut-iliratioi of tlrs water power. The gove-n lent is now e.mi'de:-ing e.mi'de:-ing two b:di for Mn ?cle S'loila; o.-f 1-v the Amcrvan Cyanamid Company. Ih,. other bv n r oup of thirtper. SorJhern power companies giving -ei vice to Svtiiern farms and in-d'r-t r:rs. The power companies' bid is $1. TO'l. (too ne- annum hi.rrher "ha l the Cynnamiil Comtviny bid. A campaign has. now been 1 lunched, lunch-ed, hy interests separate and apan fioni the Cyanamid Conioanv. np-priren'Iy np-priren'Iy to prove it power il''fri'n-i:"n-l'roiu Muscle Siioals. Xew England Eng-land -f.i'es are aked to oppose the holier bid, on the theory that the power companies will not produco as much fertilizer as the 'Cyanamid j' Company, and because the dimribu- ! lion of electric power to Souther" u.f-rs would work to the detriment or New eiiglaud by moving more industries in-dustries south. Apparently, t!i desirp li to inflame New Kng'an I agaliiMt. flic South, in the hope of do ; renting I hi.- power development. pr- 1 ;i i-l wh'ftli would give several south- j rn states the use of power Ieso;,r .s which are rightfully theirs. j It U inconceivable that tliis nti-t:i has i cached a point where any -itat or .gruii'p of states w iil seek i throttle the development of niviiiul nsonrces in aljoining states, on tin "elfish theory that they can itherel. build up their own prosperity at epen.ie of their neighbors. New E.igland has had some ha id nroblems to meet and so has h. j iouth. Hot li sections are meeting heir problems in an intelli enl manner. The Soulh is today gei'tin" 'eelopmeut and recognition whit: i has been delayed for many years. ; If New En-I ind has lou (ertir. J : uluslries to the Soutn, due to n.u- j aial conditions, it will get others j o take their place, and make jus. is strong a come-back as have the 'oiilhern states. Any attempt jto i :t New England against the Sou'h propo.lerou f, and straight think K New Enr I inders will uejei t sue, in effort to arouse i liei,r pre.iudice-) pre.iudice-) an ill. suit to their intelligence and c poor excuse to delay action o a Uucle Shoals. |