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State Declared to Have Made Tremendous Strides
In Industry, Farming; Tourists Also Big Business
NASHVIU.F. Tend. - Presl
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt one
said (ho South waa the notion's
number ana economic problem.
Today, this region, Including Ten
nessee, la tha nation's number one
aconomic opportunity.
Sine (ha President mada that
remark, tha transformation ' hat
been miraculous.
Tenffcssee has become mora and
mora productive each year, both
Industrially and from tha eland
point of agriculture, and private
enterprise is prospering propor
tionately.. Expands lidastrialty
Industrialization of the state hai
advanced rapidly in recent years.
The number' of manufacturing
plants has mora Ihsn doubled In
the past decade and a half and
tha number of workers In these
plants sIm has more Uiari doubled
during the last 10 years.
From' 1931 to 1952, salaries and
wages in these plants more than
tripled, Jumping from $151,525,
000 to t574.77l.0oo. Value by man
ufacture has almost quadrupled
since 1931 by increasing from
1311.371,000 to ti t billion.
Develepmeat Seta Record
Dr. George I. .Whitlatch, execu
tive director of the Tennessee In
dustrial and Agricultural Develop
ment Commission, reports that the
state's Industrial development dur
ing 1935 was the greatest In the
history of Tennessee, both from
the standpoints of capital invest
ment from outside and the loca
tions of manufacturing and pro
cessing . plants and distribution
centers In all three of the state's
grand divisions.
During' tha first half of 1955, 47
new plants were established in the
state, along with 45 additional ex
pansions. involving the invest
ment of more than $75,000,000, and
scores of additional major lndus-
trial prospects now are negotia
ting with municipalities, chambers
of commerce and individuals In
various parti of Tennessee for
fictnry, wsrehousa and assembly
plant sites, t
Valves laereai
A great many people still think
of Tennessee as predominately an
agricultural state. This was justi
fied a quarter of a century ago,
but at present manufacturing con
tributes more than 20 per cent of
the gross income of the state,
while agriculture contributes
about nine , and eight-tenths per
cent.
Invested cspital in Tennessee's
manufacturing plants is estimated
at $21 billion, while the state's
nearly 250,000 farms, including
their buildings,, livestock and
equipment are valued at approxi
mately 12.3 billion.
I It Is in the fields of agriculture
i that Tennessee presents a picture
of abundance and abundance of
crops, livestock and possibilities.,
U Different Cross
The United States Department
of Agriculture estimates that Ten
nessee farmers successfully pro
duce no less than S3 different
crops. The leaders are corn, cot
ton, tobacco, smaU grains, potatoes
and soy beans, together with some
24 different kinds of vegetables.
Cotton, corn, tobacco and live
stock art the state's "big money"
crops.
Cash receipts from farm mar
keting amounted to approximately
$471,130,000 In 1954. Of this amount
livestock accounted for $224,522,
000. Government pay amounted to
$I,S28.000. Practical all farm
income has been declining during
tha past three years.
Dairying hss forged ahead from
$33,000,000 In I0W to $105,106,000
in 1954. Tennessee Is now the
South s trading dairy state . and
ranka fifth in the Union in the
production of cheese. Large
amounts of condensed and pow
dered milk are also produced
here.
Lainber Important'
, With mora than II million acres
of timber and nearly 50 per cent
of its total area In forest, Tennes
see Is an Important producer of
lumber. There are In operation
2.700 sawmills, four pulp mills
and 191 w o d manufacturing
plants. .
It is estimated that the raw
product of Tennessee forests is
worth' about $73,000,000 , annually ,
and that another $130,000,000 In
value is added by manufacture
Approximately 40.000 persons are
employed in forest products Indus
tries.
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Area 4244 h- OSrO.
Papnlstlon (193$) IJ5I1.
711 (ltth). .
Capital Nashville.' '
Admitted to Union Uth
June 1, 179C.
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Tree Tulip Feptar.
Large cities Memphis (194,.
00); Nashville (114.307);
Chattanooga (1J1.041); Knot
villa (124,119). .
1 Mining Is also Important irt Ten
nessee. There are mora .than 10
economically Important minerals
'in the state. Some of the most
I Important art phosphate, sulphur
c acid, sine, clays and virgin alu
minum. Others commercially- Im
portant Include coal, copper and
marble. ' ,
Water Most Important
Incomt from mining profits and
payrolls amount to about $10,000,
000 while sales totaled $00,000,000
a year. This is about double the
j 1939 (inures. , . . ,
Water, of course, If the state's
most tmportsnt miners!. The Ten
nessee Valley Authority 'has har
nessed much of the running water
and converted it to low cost oow-
jer. This accounts for the recent
'industrial growth. It is also a big
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present there are more than 200,-
000.
Tha state has 295 banks with 99
branches: 40 institutions of higher
learning including 21 nniversltitea
and colleges, seven professional
schools, five teachers' colleges
and nine junior colleges.
Favorite MaygrMaos
Because this if land of high
mountains, dense forests, huge
lakes, beautiful rivers, fertile
Melds and modern towns and
cities, Tennessee is one of the na
tion's favorite vacation play
grounds. Fishing, boating, hunting, camp-'
Ing and other recreational activ-.
lities are unexcelled. Good hotels.
motels, highways and the most
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I popular national park in the na
1 lion (jrest fimnky Mountain Na
tional Tark attract millions', of
(tmiriU annually and they spend
I mors than $110,000,000 In the atat
each year. ,
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i .The stale's chain of big lakes
provide the finest fiahlng and
boating waters in the country, and
many of, them, by locks. glv
boats sccess to the Ohio and Mis
sissippi rivers and beyond.
j Seventeen atate parks form one
or the finest systems in the nation.
These recreational areas rover
more than 39.000 seres of hilly,
wooded, scenic landscape, and
many of them Include lakes and
stresms which provide fine bass
and trout fishing, , y '
Accommodations for Tennessee
sns snd the traveling public In
clude luxury hotels, modern.- well
appointed, completely furnuhed
cabins, lodges, picnic areas and
restaursnts. . , i '
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Tennessee Is. also dotted with
spots of outstanding historical in
terest including the Hermitage,
the home of Andrew Jackson; the
old tailor shop ol Andrew Johnson;
the home of James K. Folk, and
the grave of Meriwether Lewis, co
leader of th Clark and Lewis
expedition.
Civil War battlefields arc also
favorite placet for tourists.' Mtire
than 350.000 persons visit Chatta
nooga and Chickamauga Military
Park every year. At least 33.000
visit Shiloh battlefield. . Thesa. art .
the largest military parks la tho
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NASHVIUE-largest city In Tennessee Is Mamphis 1950 pop. 396,000). Tht colorful center Is an
tha Mississippi (foreground) in the southwest comer af the state near Arkansas and Missis
sippl. lelow is Knoxville (1950 pop. 124,769), Tennasstt's fourth largest cit yin tha northeast-
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NASHYIUI-Tennessee's railing hills provide a mast attractive I my with 52 different crops. Carton, com, livestock ana! cattail
view. Agricultura remains malar factor in tha state's econo-llead tha parade. . "
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NA$HVIUI-Tha Oak Ridga Uranium-235 production plant Is the largest continu-'tand four stories high. Above Is' a 'view af tha "K-25" gaseous e'"'j'-"i j'
- ews pracoH plant in tha world. Each side af tha Jtent 'V it half a mila lonyfor rha' ttf aratian af fiifionstle uranium-235 from' norms vraniura,