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its future development. Consequently the type of civilization and citizen- 

 ship to be developed there in the future should take much the same trend 

 that will characterize Middle Tennessee. 



Of the cities it is even more difficult to hazard a prediction. Knoxville 

 has the natural resources, both mineral and others, that should make it a 

 great manufacturing city. It is, however, hemmed in by the Appalachian 

 Mountains on the east and the Cumberland Plateau on the west so that 

 its industrial and commercial communities must always be confined to the 

 outlet northeast and southwest along the Great Valley. 



Chattanooga has slightly greater advantages in its wealth of natural 

 resources, particularly iron and coal, than has Knoxville, and while it has 

 the same commercial outlets northeast and southwest along the Great 

 Valley that Knoxville has, it has, in addition, a westward outlet toward 

 Middle Tennessee, and an eastern and southeastern one through north- 

 western Georgia, around the southern end of the Appalachians, and it 

 would, in consequence, be picked as the future first city in the Great Val- 

 ley of East Tennessee. 



Nashville, in its future growth, should normally partake of the charac- 

 teristics of the inhabitants of Middle Tennessee, and may be expected to 

 build along conservative lines, with nothing radical in its industrial or 

 commercial life. This development should, moreover, show a positive in- 

 fluence from the educational interests that are centered in the city. 



Memphis, from its location on the great river, its railways and the large 

 tributary territory, is destined to be the great commercial center and prob- 

 ably the wealthiest city of the State, just as Knoxville and Chattanooga 

 will be the greatest manufacturing" centers. 



