The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-28

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gossippers in New Orleans reported
that she married the man who had
shot her husband. Whether she did
or not / cannot say, but / think it
likely.
Prosperity OF the South.
Chattanooga BRIDESMAID
Our last bulletin was issued in Au-
gust. Since then the cotton crop has
matured, been largely gathered. and
marketed to a limited amount. The
best figures we can obtain of the
MATURED CROP
gathered and to be gathered is $780,
COO bales of $50 pounds her bale. This
unprecedented yield has naturally
| brought about an era of low prices.
For Il time in October and NOvem-
Der, this had a tendency to keep
| the staple out of market, but it
now appears to be moving. The
crop of 1SS0-S1 was 100000 bales,
at least 20 per cent of which was seri-
ously damaged by the wet fall. 1t
NAV fairly be doubted whether it
| brought the planters more than did
the crop of last year, which amounted
to but 5,456,000 bales, or million bales
less than its predecessor. The crop of
1928 is of excellent quality and will
probably all be saved in excellent con-
dition. There is still good deal of
picking to be done, the scarcity of help
and the unusual crop, forcing planters
| to spread the picking over more than
the usual period of time.
| GRAIN.
The corn and wheat crops are, for
the first time on record, so large in the
south as to make the section almost il
not entirely independent of outside
supplies. Large quantities of corn and
wheat are now being shipped to cas-
tern markets, and the states of Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Virginia and North
Carolina, with North Georgia, Alaba-
ma, Arkansas and Texas, have I'M
doubtedly made enough grain to sup
ply the entire south and a surplus for
| shipment.
THE LUMBER TRADE
of the south never had been so pros
porous. The consumption of lumber,
| timber, etc, for building purposes has
fully quadrupled in the last two years.
Great tracts of our timber lands are
being bought up and developed by
northern skill and capital.
MANUFACTURING.
The manufacturing interests of the
section are progressing IN healthy
way. New furnaces, iron mills, cot
ton factories, furniture factories, are
springing up almost everywhere, and
| all of them appear to be backed by
plenty of capital and managed with
enterprise and skill. In the matter OF
improved machinery manufactured
by our own artiZans, notable progress
is being made.
SOME NEW ENTERPRISES
and extensions of old plants OF vari-
/ Gus kinds may be noticed. \ COM
pany has been organized in Chatta-
nOoga to build Il furnace capable of
putting out 100 tons of pig iron daily,
Two large cotton mills have been
finished in New Orleans since our last
bulletin, and one has just been COM
pleted and set in motion at Charleston,
South Carolina, ut "A cost of S0OO,OOO
Numberless small and large enter
prises are progressing at different
points in the section.
FOOD PRODUCTS IN GENERAL.
Not only has this year shown our
people they can grow their own corn
and wheat, but they have found the
south can make its own pork
and beef, grow its own fruit
and other delicacies and large sur
plus for export to the north. Tennes-
see now supplies thousands of lambs,
poultry and other fine meats to Gin
cinnati and Chicago every year, and
these lines of production and ex-
change are growing rapidly. This
season has been a kindly one to south
ern fruit growers, who have all pros
pered, rs never before. The southern
fruit trade, including everything from
tropical orange, lemon and banana
To the solid winter apple of the noun
tains of Tennessee, Georgia, North
| Carolina and Alabama, and the pro-
ducts of the great orchards of the Ar
kansas table lands, is one of the most
growing and interesting developments
of the section. Being able to reach
the northern markets far in advance
of supplies from their local pro-
ducers, our fruiterers, grape culturists,
etc, have monopoly of that splendid
market for at least a month, and that
the best month of the entire year.
RAILWAY EXTENSION.
During the year ended June 80, 1882
1900 miles of new track were added tC
the southern lines. The additions fol-
the current fiscal year will be nearly
double those of last. Few or no new
lines are projected or likely to be this
year or next. The present era of rail
road building will close next summer
and nothing more than necessary feed
ers TO existing lines will be undertaken
for time. The physical condition Of
the southern roads is splendid; and we
regret we cannot say as much for the
finances of all of them. Some of our
lines that ought to be most prosperous
and independent financially, have beer
nearly or entirely wrecked by the bull.
and bears of Wall street, to whose ten
der mercies they were committed by
speculative managers.
A GENERAL SURVEY
of the entire field must convince the
most superficial observer that the
south has proSpered more substantial.
ly this year than in any year of the
past. There are fewer failures in bus
mess; farmers have more money; man
ufacturers are doing better than evel
the entire rauge of physical life anC
progress has been more encouraging
than has been experienced by our PEG
pie in twenty years.
SOUTHERN ExPosITIoNs.
As a certain evidence that our PEG
pie feel themselves to be prosperous
we may point to the success of tn,
Atlanta cotton exposition of last yea
and the splendid results that have fol
J flowed therefrom.
There are now on foot movement
to hold splendid exposition of south
ern products at Louisville in the fal
, of 1888; one at Nashville the sam
year; one at Baltimare and the gran'
centennial cotton show of the Cottol
Planters association year later.
Louisville in a single week raised Of
local subscription account alone Sis
600, showing that, with or withou
outside assistance her venture vii
blossom into a splendid success.
The other fairs are being pushe'
with vigor, and their projectors shoy
commendable zeal and meet with en-
enlargement to persevere in thei
work.
A PARTING WORD.
We think the facts here recite'
should encourage hope that the yea
1888 will be one of prosperity
Though, of course, much must depenl
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