The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-04-16
sournERx PROGRESS.
baltimore ,sun.11,

prOO0OlyS Do % moCh Il 0e Ot010f0nt9
nom abroad as from the older settled
States. We have had already the tea
Amony OF Mr.. Atkinson, OF Boston, TO
the steady Industrial lmproveanent Ms
ibAo In all iparta oi the South. we
know that. the product Of RAW cotton,
instead of decreasing, as Was antici.
pated, reached last year over 5,OOQ,OOO
bales We have been told, recently,
that the number Of splndles In the
Southern cotton mills is over i7OO, 600;
that the mills arc profitsble;r that new
mills are going up, and that enterpris-
ing Sontherners are sending their sons
to the. Eastern states to bc trained In
the machine-shops for the psarpose of
fitting them to manufacture mill ma
chiuery at homo. f3;oi.,,i ,,,,, - ,,r.it.ss
It is also stated that the. Clements at
Gtachment, combining the roller GIN
with spinning machinery, will enable
planters to turn their raw cotton into
yarn ON the plantations. We havo
now the recorded opinions Of icoxres-
pondent of the Chicago Tribune, who
tour through the South. Ho says stthe
South Ia advancing rapidly;" that the
whites are beginning to apprsciate the
advantage of bringing into use on their
plantations the best agricultural Inn
plcmcnts and labor-savlng machinery;
that they have gone to work In carnest
and have demonstrated that their cli-
mate is no bar to tho extensive use of
white labor In tho fields, except In
calittcs; thnt, as n consequence, and
from tho necessity of their condition,
f'white labor is increasing In tho rural
districts, while negro labor Is decreas-
ing, as tho negroes like to be together
and prefer working in towns and vii
lagos, which are beginning to be over
stocked with them. The writer adds:
elm the central and southern locali-
ties two crops eau be raised q year
ono as a green crop to enrich the soil
and hc camo TO tho conclusion that It
Is unow an inviting field for the emil.
grant, and that stsuccess awaits him In
proportion to his industrial and eco-
nomical habits"
While these changes are taking
place In the southern and central part
Of the South, other industries are
springing up In tho northern and east
ern parts, notably tho production and
manufacture Of iron I'm Tennessee and
Alabama, and tho mining OF copper In
North Carolina. The largest recent
Developments of the iron industry arc
In Alabama, and principally along the
line of tho North Alabama Railroad,
; which Is a branch of tho Louisville
and Nashville. 'u' al .'''' l'I
In addition to tho furnaces and mills
already In operation, a now rolling
mill Mt Birminghan. Ala, will be
ready for uso about tho 1st OF July.
Two other furnaces Mt tho samo place
arc approaching completion, and con-
tract Is now pending with tho Louis
vile and Nashville road in which tho
latter company has agreed to give Its
aid and endorsement to seven other
large iron furnaces mt OxmOre, which
are c.spable of turning out from 1000 to
25OO tons of iron daily, are now work.
ed to their fullest capacity, and 1t Is
stated that two other furnaces will
shortly be In operation therc. With
IL Is said that No. iron can bo manu.
facturcd In Alabama Mt cost not OK
ccedfng from 30 to $11 per ton"
From these details II will bc OBJ
served that not only In plantation
work, but in the manufacture OF cotton
goods and in the. production Of iron,
tho South is making at this time unex-
ampled progress. In the palmer sorts
Of cotton goods, and In those goods
composed Of n mixture of cotton and
wool, she IL no longer dependent on
the Eastern manufacturers. She can
mako them moro cheaply at home.
With tho exclusive capacity to grow
cotton; with cotton mills seated in the
midst Of her cotton fields; with coal,
iron ore, manganese and limestone In
hills and mountain ranges, and with
climate that enables work to be done
. at all seasons Of tho year, and where
tho cost Of living Is less than In States
that arc subject to tho inclemencies Of
hard winters and to the cessation Of
open-air work in mnny kinds of indus
try, she has varied elements OF pros
perity OF which sho is now scizing tho
advantage, and which others arc be-
/, ginning to appreciate. IT would not,
: therefore, be surprising If, i'm Recourse
= of Il few years, and in addition to the
!, cotton products of tho South, South
. western Virginia and tho northern
= parts of Tennessee and A labama should
!, eventually become the great confer of
> the iron industry of tho United States.
, Already the ironmasters OF Pennsyl-
. vnnia and Eastern capitalists arc turn
|, ing their attention to this unoccupied
field OF enterprise, and with increased
, demand for labor and it's products the
, DRIFT Of emigration will take the same
direction. s .fr,...t, r; ...... A.
4. More than three quarters of n CEN
tury has passed since Johnson's Ano-