SOUTHERN HORIZONS 



exclusively from Florida and Tennessee. For the metal 

 aluminum and the chemical alum, we depend upon 

 bauxite from Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia. 

 The newer white pigments for paint are based upon 

 titanium and barium found in Virginia, Tennessee, and 

 Florida. North Carolina produces more mica essential 

 in electrical insulation than all other states combined. 

 Texas leads in fuller's earth and Georgia in ochre and 

 other high-grade clays. 



The Birmingham district has long been famous foi 

 its unique combination of iron, coal, and limestone, the 

 steel-making trio. From great, modern Texan refineries 

 come two imported metals: tin from Texas City and 

 antimony from Laredo. And most significant of all, the 

 country's producing centers of aluminum and mag- 

 nesium, the lightweight metals of tomorrow, are both 

 in the South. 



For ages weight has been associated with worth. A 

 ton of bricks, sugar by the pound, the two-carat dia- 

 mond: the greater the weight, the higher the value. 

 Almost instinctively we have come to attribute to the 

 force of gravity desirable characteristics of durability, 

 substantiality, permanent value. The great bulk of the 

 Pyramids, the massive granite arches of the Roman 

 aqueducts are impressive symbols of this idea. The 

 ponderous, carved oak sideboard loaded with heavy 

 silver is the very hallmark of pre-eminent respectability. 

 The clodhopper hunting boot and the blanket-like ulster 



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