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Opportunities In the South 



["The national importance of the remarkable statements 

 made in the following article is emphasized by reason of 

 Mr. Cory's pre-eminence in the engineering world, and 

 by the fact that he is not now and never has been identified 

 with the South or with Southern development. Born in 

 the West and living in California, Mr. Cory has been making 

 for the United States Reclamation Service of the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior a comprehensive study of the resources 

 and advantages of the South. The statements which he 

 makes in regard to the South should, therefore, be studied 

 in the light of the fact that they are not made by a Southern 

 man, or one who has ever been identified with Southern 

 activities." — Editor Manufacturers Record. 



The press throughout the country has similarly endorsed 

 and advocated the plans of Secretary of the Interior Franklin 

 K. Lane and his associates. Mr. Cory is in charge of in- 

 vestigation in the South.]* 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I am convinced that a very large minority, if 

 indeed not half, of the returning soldiers for whom 

 it is planned to make provision, could be taken 

 care of in the coastal plain of the South. Here, 

 I am convinced, are the cheapest lands adaptable 

 to agriculture in the entire country — all things 

 considered. 



The other sections of the Southern district which 

 is bounded on the north, roughly speaking, by the 

 Mason and Dixon Line, the Ohio River, and in- 

 cluding Arkansas and Oklahoma and Eastern 

 Texas, and on the west by the 98th Meridian- 

 offer additional and important opportunities. 



While in no wise failing to appreciate the ad- 

 vantageous conditions existing in such sections 



*[From Who's Who— 1918-1919.— Cory, Harry Thomas, 

 Engineer; born Lafayette, Ind., May 27, 1870. B.M.E., 

 Purdue University, 1887; B.C.E., 1889. M.C.E., Cornell, 

 1893; M.M.E., 1896. Assistant Engineer A. & M. Rail- 

 way, 18S8; Assistant City Engineer, Lafayette, Ind., 1889; 

 Deputy County Engineer, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, 

 1890-2; Professor Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, 

 several years, from 1893; in Europe, 1898; Professor Civil 

 and Sanitary Engineering, University of Missouri, 1898; 

 Dean Engineering Department and Professor Civil Engin- 

 eering, University of Cincinnati, 1900-3; on leave of absence 

 from University of Cincinnati, 1901-3, with Mexican Cen- 

 tral, Texas & Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads; Assist- 

 ant to General Manager Southern Pacific Co., July, 1904; 

 May 1905. In persoanl charge of diverting Colorado River 

 from running to Salton Sea, 1906-7; Assistant to President 

 associated Harriman lines in Arizona and of Southern Pacific 

 Railroad in Mexico, May, 1905; July, 1910. General 

 Manager and Chief Engineer of the California Development 

 Co. and La-Sociedad de Riego y Terrenos de la Baja Cali- 

 fornia, 1906 — July, 1910. Consulting Engineer at San 

 Francsico, July, 1909. Author— Imperial Valley and 

 Salton Sea, 1915; Manual of United States System of Land 

 Surveying, 1888; also Atlasse of Boone (1888), Clay (1890) and 

 Tippecanoe (1892) counties, Indiana; also technical reports, 

 scientific papers and magazine articles. Member American 

 Society Civil Engineers (Thomas Fitch Rowland prize, 

 1914). American Society Mechanical Engineers. Home — 

 Berkeley, Cal. Ofiice — Nevada Bank Building, San Fran- 

 cisco.] 



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