The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-30
NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
A BUSINESS JOURNAL ON THE
"REAL sOLIDITY" OF THE
SOUTH,
The Marvellous Growth of the Southern States.

Ifany one Is curious to see the real solidity Of
the South he should read about this time the prin.
cipal journals Of the Southern cities. The first of
september is the beginning Of the business year
In the South and the journals OF the larger cities
have an excellent habit Of setting forth on that
day an elaborate statistical account OF the bust.
ness Of the past year. with comparisons of pre-.
Vious years and some account OF future prospects,,
We have examined with interest number OF
these annual summaries which have come to us
from New Orleans, Savannah, Mobile Galveston,
Charleston, Memphis, Norfolk and other points,
They are not poor In the South. Prosperity is an
undeniable fact with them. There is no city
whose reports we hSYe read which has not in the
last year or two rapidly advanced In commerce,
in manufactures, in variety OF industries, and in
some the advance is surprising, as 1t Is gratifying
In ALL
New Orleans, five years ago, under carpet bag
and bAyonet rule, was on the verge Of bankrupt.
cyiand In the opinion Of It's best citizens It's prom.
inenee aS commercial port was 80 seriously
shaken that 1t would be many years before It
could recover It's Losses.
TWenty.One ocean steamers besides an immense
feet OF river craft belong" to New Orleans and
contribute to Its wealth, and there Is prospect
Of the establishment Of glass, earthenware and
paper factories.
Mobile also gives good account Of ITSELF
The Register reports :-"our hnan Cial inkttu.
tOns are as solvent as any in the land. We have
no bank failures real estate one Of the truest ba.
TOmeters Of prosperity, has improved in value
and Importance"
From Savannah the reports are equally en-.
couragIng.
Charleston, so long depressed and stagnant, ap.
pears to have revived and secured a new and
genuine prosperity. There has been handsome
increase during the year in the growth Of both
upland and sea island cotton in South Carolina;
the rice planters have done we'll, and made the
largest crop since 1861 there has been ''strik.
ing" increase in the wholesale trade OF Charles.
tom naval stores, phosphates, lumber aud early
vegetables have added largely to the export bu.
sness. The News and Courier reports that 1.-THE
real estate market for the year has been active
and buOyant. A good deal Of fresh capital is 60
ing into manufactures, the seventeen cotton fac.
tories Of the State being at present very prohta.
BILE, and fully employed.
No Southern report we have seeu is more buoy.
ant and encouraging than that Of Memphis. The
Appeals annual report speaks Of several cotton
seed oil factories iron works, a gin mandatory,
wagon, broom soap, sugar candy and other fac.
tories, all prosperous. Most encouraging Of ali,
because 1t speaks OF thrift among the laborlng
men. Memphis has several loan and building
associations, which have joint capital Of mil.
lion Of dollars.
Whenever we turn, In Texas Arkansas, Geor
gia, and even in Virginia, we read only Of rapid.
ly increasing prosperity and Of general we'll do.
ing. 1t will not do for Southern men after such
an official showing 10 complain Of the poverty Of
their region. The Southern States are prosper
ous. II would not be extrRvagant TO say that
their people are on the whole more prosperous
than those Of most part Of the North. Undoubt.
edly the conditions Of living are eSsier in the
South than In the North But the chance for the
better In the last four years is very remarkable.
Everywhere we read Of neR industries starting
into life; manufactures Of various kinds are rap.
Idly increasing and give employment to increas.
ing numbers Of the poor whites to whom factory
life Is distinct advance In the scale Of prosperi.
ty. The business Of market gardening for North.
ern consumption has been found so profitable
that vegetable and small fruit gardens and
orchards are found in all the States from Virginia
to Louisiana,
1t is absurd to charge, that a region, thus
BEAUTIFULLY prosperous is lawless or idle. The
South produced last year the greatest cotton crop
in It's history, and this years crop will be even
greater. But, over and above the cotton, II is
producing multitude OF other things which
fore the WARN Y Herald, Sept 7.