The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
Industry at the South.

In the snort period that has elaps
ed since the war, the South has mad
vigorous strides in the establishment
OF manufactures, showing that at n,
distant day it will become apowerfu
rival of the great Industrial centre.
of the world. Its vast natural re
sources have already attracted North
ern and European capital, and tn,
current Of wealth destined to excit,
industrial activity throughout til,
Southern States has only begun tt
flow in that direction. The large
profits already yielded are sure tt
exert an influence over the capitalist:
of the world and to animate the
South with industrial prosperity in
spite of the unsettled political condi
tion of that section.
| A company has recently been form
ed in England, with an immense cap.
ital, for the development of certain
lands in Tennessee. 1t has purchas
ed 10000 acres contiguous to the
Cumberland mountains, and 100000
acres of iron lands in different parts
of the State. This company purpos
es to erect numerous factories for the
pursuit of different branches of indus.
try. In Winchester, Virginia, large
shoe factory was established over a
year ago and the profits realized by
its proprietors have led to the open
ing of three others. At Chattanooga,
capital of three million dollars is
invested in the iron mines and the
city at present has facilities for man
ufacturing iron and brass into every
form.
In the manufacture of cotton the
profits derived in the South are much
greater than in the North. The av-
erage profit of six of the leading mills
in the North for the last ten years
was 1898 per cent. per annum. In
the South the Macon steam mills re-
allied profit of from thirty to forty
per cent. Other mills in that section
made a profit of twenty-five and
twenty-eight per cent, none falling
below twenty-five. The cause of this
increased profit in these cotton mills
is that the raw material is right at
the doors of the factories, and the
cheapness and fire-wood, together
with the comparativescarcity ofwork
renders labor cheap.
These are bat a few intances of
what is going on in many places in
the South, and what will probably
be multiplied hundred fold during
the next ten years. The colored
people are industrious and disposed
to settle down to business. Their
days Of general training, excursions
and other stupid and useless maneu-
vres are about over. At one of their
meetings, few weeks ago, it was
shown that the colarcd peo,le Of
Georgia had, since their emancipa-
ton, spent $S50,OOO in getting up
railroad excursions, from which they
realized but one dollar for every ten
pocketed by the soulless railroad
corporation. They resolved to take
their excursions hereafter in some
locality where they could go indepen-
dent Of the iron-horse, and to pat
their money in something more pro-
ductive and substantial. The old ar
gument that only colored men could
work in the cotton fields and retain
their health has been completely ex-
ploded by the presence Of Germans,
Swedes and Norwegians in Mississip-
pi and other States, who labor with
out convenience from climate, and
are opening the way for strong tide
of emigration Cleveland Leader
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