So far as netural resources are concern
ed there is no comparison between the
possibilities of the two States, lor while
Illinois yields little but agricultural pro
ducts, Georgia has boundless mineral
resources with which to supplement
her plantations and forests.- The man
ufacturing industries that give such
solidity to Chicago, Springfield, Joliet,
Rockford, Peoria and a score of other
prosperous cities are dependent almost
entirely upon the resources of other
States. Georgia has within her own
borders all that is required to sustain
industries like those of Illinois. The
population of Augusta, Savannah, Ma
con. Atlanta and Columbus might be
doubled or trebled, and yet leave them
modest cities as compared with, the
possibilities of their situations, and
two score more cities like them might
be built without presuming upon the
resources of the State.
It would be but a multiplication of
words to apply this reasoning to all
the Southern States, for the absurdity
of the alleged over-booming of the
South seems too apparent upon the
slightest examination to call for extend
ed argument. Great as has been the
progress and development of the South,
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