The sun., 1883-12-09
PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH.
BLADES OF GRASS WHERE NONE EYER
GREW BEFORE
steel Rails and steam, Factories Buiidsos
cities, EnrtehtsE an Eupsrc-Weaishs N tie
rutpre beyond the Dreams OF Avartce.

10 bcnr YOU from New YORK 10 tho southorn-
most boundaries OF that empire. con barely do
Il in q little less than aweek, and by latitudinal
rails you cannot cross 1t in less than four nights
and three days All the petty Kingdoms Of
Europe might bo slowed away in /, and thcr
presence be hardly known. New York and New
England might be hidden In 1t so ofIcctually as
TO require an explorer to find them. 1t could
be made TO produce enough food and cotton to
fcod and clothe the entire fourteen hundred
million inhabitants OF the globe. 1t is an unde-
yeloped empire. But the wand OF Progress has
been waved over 1t. and tho generous
soil Is beginning to yield its fruits
and cities are rising on tho cotton
fields, Steel, rolled out in tho form OF rails. Is
doing tho great work of developing this I'M
mense territory. and to steam tho restdeht
population look for tho untold wealth that the
future has in store for them and tho millions
who will come after them Gigantic railroad
enterprises have boon projected. and the saga
cious hnanciers who are TO lay the rails are
nreunrinx to divert tho hosts OF immigration |
from their march to the great Northwest. |
gouthern railroad companies rs well as North |
ern are about to employ resident agents In |
Europe to point out the invitingness OF the
balmy, fruitful South. Norfolk's almost |
incompatible harbor offers easy access to the
army of immigrants that will yet cut up the
Old Dominion's thousand-acre farms and
make Virginia rich. and tho steel rail from
Norfolk will carry another army OF immigrants
westward and southwark. But not westward
sempariss se ip S had planned; for Tesas is taking
measures to give immigration transit through
But Virginia Is no. waiting for the future;
nor indeed, are tho other Southern States. She
her her own steamship line from Newport News to
Europe direct; her miners are !r senuing down
coal annually. and ioregn capitalists have in
vested millions of dollars within the past two
Snd ar inreS coal alls that are to be deSeoped her
farmers. with improved machinery ar are m putin;
HgsSSh dasSnG F1i,s hsr 81 crops aa esar Of
toes of which y they IN rnsed "a 1000 oVo bushels in
WIieh nSl.SS pounds We're raised in 1880
against 10000 600 pounds II 1870 ccp This h years
nj pSas ines eleven
cotton factories and water power for hundreds.
in ir'i iss6 5's' It was r; 1872 5s5 ~ '-.-
uSods sEe has m1fs
railroad to 'rHnsr"It IN tho f ray % cotton & TO the the
sat sspss nnh the ha% SStn ssn it 0E is
more profitable to make cotton fabrics near
@ than IS It to SHIP "tSn to stss NS
for new cotton mills on the hundreds OF water
5 dGis r the ss aas m y snd s1
more than u thousand grist mills; The annual
yield of cotton is about ], ,OOO. 900 bales. Capi-
talists have invested several millions OF dollars
in the gold mines in the northern part Of the
State, and as yet no dividends have been re-
sS SsS from M thus seny tar ss nss
cent ann.aiIy. GeorFIa's dsb,, has bson s. g.
was ;lsi. .io5; in 1850 il was i.542lso.
Alabama's cotton mills have ;' DECLARED from ron
ropean % capital is creatinx more q them every
day. Her cotonseed oil mills also give their
6scomes generally sn9Sn that so!tonseSd
Ing. The iron mines are O: fabulous extent
ana they hays built WITHIN the past IL, ten years
Ing s4 aa srsaENss viz 4 R5%nsss
fhere are S Gt" niles q coal eds IN
the State. whose output Is 200 900 tons year;
tes ana ne The the
1856 900 feet. Unimpro3ycd lands ayerage,
sss ne ap e nn WITH
IL aftesn miles q iheIr roads; from 50 t9 g an
sSsS $ss 9 s5 ss e. s
In Florida. land is held for higher prices than
in Alabama and Georgia. True, Hamilton
swamp swamp lands i ior ZOO; but they y'' We're
lands that were burSiening the state with In in.
money required to reclaim them their saio at
25 cents an acre was deemed GOOD riddance
State owns. 10000 900 acres Of school lands, ap.
rs a. yaasi At 1 for
70 $500 an acre for orange grove lands; Orange
ssn rs at Th
old Gnn grove. near Sanford. Of g.. acres. will
ksye been been rsmun ] erat!vs in ike ratio. j, j.
vlnnt who s settled ia v94sl, soun.y nIne tn
Hna hns no fhs
the the business may be inferred from % The fact
ss' /" hs the roras Hs0f Transit A' and d rsasa SGys
iar Railroad COMPANY we're takins out from ron
Another
hotel business. Tho State has become the
and The NONE money VI that % ,hoy ] spend makes Florida
es SGtsp pS Sarn'o ana un9 s1s haS sSs
su, bI rS se ara M a S a which
nSad1eas Of miles hayH been built hays s
viii enrich the the ruek iara.rs who ship their
to hs Th sss truck sras sss
@ enm G"Te wat ie+!ssr s ErS SISIs a tn iabt ns
and 2G9. 493 in 1880.
SSrh GSrn is but not SO
sSog sSs y. Eopggsion OF 1,o7isCl in 1870 and L.
South Carolina is making great progress in
aSsss EssIurs 1n,s 3winE , tN improved methods she
Tiss; rice ana her market gardening business has
crop sn reasbss ,9 sbeS d 5 % n ls7o her cotton
and in 1852 it Was G9oS7o bass ie The safes u,ie
snd "Igf vpppss p2Ss5 6ox Is 1 q. horse
Ihctories that are using H. it is far less expen-
sive Man the water power in Northern manu-
metqrlng cities. Twrnty-six cotton factories
aro ip oDerntIon. and companies arc putting
np others; They pay from ten 10 twenty per
rent dividends, In the lumber business there
we're 40 mills IN 1880. ons-h half of them en-
pioyin. steam. since lsiS more than 81 900 900
nas peen taken from the Brewer gold mine. and
ihe Dorm mine has yielded 81. 1000: but of
aane ae years me gold mines have been aban-
uoned The beds OF the rivers give the state a
nrsator rtxenue than she ever got from gold
INNING From the rivers are taken thousands
~ IONS OF phosphutes for which from IS 10
E,aton is paid; and in whose transportation a
hundred , vessels are employed. Tho anioun,
pald IN wages at the phos phato factories Ii
sHout 100000 annually. The royalty paid by
phosphate rock TO the State this year Is sl3l. :
!oL4l. Land may be bought ut from 81 to sl0l
~ acre Good farming lands near railroads are
nrln "a al from 50 to $50 AZ acre. The state has
ioo2 miles of raiiroad in operation and otheI
toads are soon to be- finished. The State deb
nhs peen reduced 70 81. 53l 300 63. Her popna'
nm In 1870 was 7O5 GO6 in 1850 ii was 995, SIT
iehnessee Is advancing slowly. especial,
near her southern border. where the people