, 1880-10-09
A New "Solid South, !"
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There is another than pclaica .ssnse
| in which The South may be ,aid 20 be sod
Id. She is prosperous, and likely to be-
come more 50 year By year. Tie fapid
increase vf popu atom withan her etrtiers
during .hsi.st decade, has occasicned gen;
ufis surprise in he North, hut that is
ouly one ind cation of the progressive
march On WHICH she has now faiily enter
I'd. and Wherein she has BY No m.Sns
reached the end, or even the MIDDLE.
What the most sasacigus OF the Anti
Slave. y leaders predicted as sure ta follow
the abolition of the peculiar INSTITUTION
has c,me TO pIss Tae Sauth is beginning
populous II Is growing rich Commerce.
Is taking new start manufactures are
sprinsins up ersry~aere, anu the. llanler
sees iils neids hetter II.iei-than ever be-
fuse. Raigr, aus re being bait IN every
direction nsw st,amsh,f, lines are STARE
I'd even the mineral wealth OF the South
Is neg'nnns to be developed. New Or.
ieins. her prInc'pai s,apsrt, 10 wassuEss
back IT'S a.te-j-ii't.. p,sitiol. many I,a4si
over, and vii, IN a :rS Years, be she nyal
-; New York and Baltiniur', hot onl, III
It's odd sIap!e of cotton, but also IN the
new ones II gram and live stuck. !-'''.l''
All tins Is a ieaitI,nate sruat IN ~ prosper
Y, to-, and Therefore more certain ef
lasting. Iaere Is no Reason why the
great Southern staple sh6u:d be seht
North /" oe sh,pped Tor Enrope.i The
natural thug to du Is to rus u aa Sssssl
4 steamer at New ORLEANS, MyiSs,Ar,
Savannah. or Charleston and carry Il aci0ss'
the Atlantic without any breiSs IN Ae;i'T.
Th.s would be siys,ss ~i lasA,s'ss asq,ue,
which means sayni2 VI iagneysd H.asks Il
been found that it Is cheaper u trai,spsyt
corn aid wheat Il wa the Mississippi from
the great grain iitTds 'un L Efip5trr tStirss, 4
thaa 10 ,E.e Atlantic lsesb ,sei while 10 4
brIns Me cattle ot TeNis Ia i p"intaai>the |
very doors Cf the grazing he.ds nlGst IN |
rvitably have It's advantages over the plan |
ii sending them 1000 inIles or niose hy !
tram. 80 .-'a-''f @5''''f
I xas is rich IN many thip:s, aud her |
products, aidel t, IA Sc oi Louisiana /
Arkansas and MiSs.ssippi, hnd their IlaE
turai outlet towards Efitopu az New Qr- |
leans, and the 81 stem ut rairpais which |
Is eIt.er built, or IN process OF 5eIldtns !
c,.Iinecrins that city with these sectlpnls |
OF country, wliisuoE supply the nne thing |
diul-tr..nspurtatInn facilities Ing !
recent improvements At tl.r mouth nf the I
bIg rIyer has made II possII!e fvr the lar /
grst seisoIn. steliners to anchor, oil tine /
Crescenl City wharyes, a:Id II Only re- 7
nitIils To peItecr the internal system OF !
communication Ia give All unpetnS 10 COM !
me. &C there such AS ANY other Southeln |
city never before experienced. ,.....,
Last year the imports and exports jump, !
ed from S7l ,00J, 900 Ia Sl04 ,UO0 900, and |
her baI.k rlearances frum SiL2l, ,uUO, ,0JO TO |
3U6, ,0OU 900. The wheat receipts more |
than druble, being over l4,UJU,U10 bus |
hels, as against o. 81, 900 ousliels III 1919. !
There was also All incre.ls.: IN the cotton.
receipts am uniting To 3OO, 900 bates, or |
one fifth Of the whole. ..t......- ,.....i
We III this cry might he expect 10
lcti Soiic lSaiouSs at hi.u'hs S"s1i iVi hbtr /
able TWAS to spring up to dispute ufe Tor /
oigu trade '"f, the country wish Us, and a
NC hooked at the matter Ia au, OiI-ume,
narr"w and bis"ted hight, We undpuhliy I
would. Fortunately. We are s@ase rha!s
the South. healthy and prosperous, will !
be our best p,'ssible customer uncY ni"ra,l.
and that evu if our European eolini. iee !
N
will lie mole than made up IN a scpra. Qi
other dir,ctioas. The "soltd South" in
this sense nay rest assured that she has
no better well-wishur tban"tsie "Solid |
North"