The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-28
THE SOUTH AT NEW ORLEANS.
a Wonderful DIsplay OF Natural Resources.
Columbia correspondence Nep. and Courier

No'""'o'o correspondence Netps ana Courier.
Major Luther A. Ransom, the chief
clerk OF the agricultural department, is
known throughout South Carolina and
beyond It's borders as gentleman thor.
oughly posted in regard to the resources
OF south Carolina, and active and intel.
ligeDt in making them known. He ia an
industrial authority, and OH his return q
couple OF days ngo from long stay in
New Orleans requested him 20 sketch
for the Ne,cs and Courier the advantages.
present and prospective, following the
exhibits made by the Southern States.
aud particularly South Carolina. He
has done 30, and / am sure that his in.
teresting account will be read with pleas
uro and profit.
Motor Aansom'. Account.
or course, it is too soon to make pre-.
dictions as to the result of the Exposition,
so far as the material interest of the Stats
is concerned, but some benefits are
already apparent. In q general way,
may say that the Southern exhibits have
enthused the Southern people and as.
founded the people of the other sections
of the Union. The Exposition has un.
doubtedly fully demonstrated the superi.
ority of the South over any other section
OF the country in natural resources. The
beautiful exhibits of the Northwestern
States are composed chiefly of cereal
productions, the Pacific States and Ter.
rltories Of minerals, the Northern and
Eastern States Of manufactured products
and machines, showing the inventive
genius of these energetic people, while
the Southern States exhibit everything
that is shown in the other States and
many things that are not exhibited In
those States. The mineral exhibits of
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Vir.
glnia and Tennessee are equal to those of
California, Arizona, Colorado, Dakota or
New Mexico. The grain exhibits of
South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Texas and Kentucky are as complete and
attractive as those of Minnesota, Kansas.
Nebraska, Iowa or illinois. The timber
exhibits of any of the Southern States
are not surpassed by those Of any of the
great lumber States of the Union. The
exhibits of
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS
in the Southern States departments fur.
nish conclusive proof that the Northern
and Eastern States no longer enjoy a
monopoly in that direction. The largest
exhibits of agriculture machinery are
made by Kentucky manufacturers, while
Machinery Hall contains numerous evi.
dences Of the ingenuity of Southern me.
chanics. So that in all the principal
departments of the Exposition the South
is competing successfully with any part
of the Union. In the special exhibits
the South is far ahead. Louisiana sugar
is as superior to the Minnesota product
as is possible for one article to surpass
another in excellence. Louisiana salt is
practically without rival South Caro-.
lima rice heads the list. Florida defeated
California in the contest for premiums
for citron fruits. North Carolina golden
leaf tobacco is unequalled. Tennessee
marble is the richest and most beautiful
at the Exposition, with the possible ex.
ception af the North Carolina aesh col.
ored specimens. Alabama iron is as
superior as it is abundant, and her iron
deposits and coal fields are inexhaustible.
Arkansas and South Carolina make the
most varied and extensive display of
fruits, apples, peaches, pears aud grapes
of any States in the Union.
The Sea Island cotton of South Caro-.
lima is not even approximately approach.
ed by the staple grown anywhere else in
the world, while the phosphates of our
State command the attention of the sci.
enlist, the man of commerce, and espe.
cially the agricnlturist. IF the exhibits
of all the other States were grouped to.
gether they would then be considerably
below the Southern States 10 the variety
IF their productions. These facts have,
of course, impressed themselves upon all
intelligent and observant visitors to the
Exposition, and 1t is certainly reasonable
10 suppose will give a greet l.. astus to
the development of Southern resources.
The commissioners from the South are
enthusiastic over the prospect, snd sre
States will be immensely benefited by
their exhibits in the near future.
Coming down to particulars, it is hard
to say what Immediate good has been
done, but may mention some things of
probable profit to South Carolina.
Z Some few weeks since the Japanese
commissioner called at the South Caro-
lima department for information regard
ing the
PHOSPHATE ROCK
of the State. He said that he was q
member of the Japanese bureau Of indus.
try and, under u commission from that
bureau, had been for two years in Lon.
don Investigating the manufacture and
use OF commercial manures. In his in.
vestigation he had found aIlusions to the
South Carolina phosphate deposits, but
ths information he had been able to
obtain was veSy meagre. BE examined
the rock on exhibition in The State de.
partment and the chemicals used in its
manufacture. He found that fish scrap
was one of the ingredients used for am.
mon iating purposes, and he at once ex.
pressed the opinion that as there are
millions of tons of it In Japan 1t might
be transported to South Carolina and
exchanged for phosphate rock, apa if
such an arrangement could be made it
would open o splendid market for tho
rock and develop an industry of consid.
erable magnitude. He returned to- his
own exhibit and brought the commission
two samples of the scrsp alluded TO-.
This was sent to Prof Chazal, the chem,
Isl, of the department Of agriculture, who
analysed 1t and reported that its COM
meroial value was about 25 per cent.
higher than the. scrap now used BY the
manufacturers of fertilizers. This was
communicated to tho Japanese commits.
sioner and he expressed the belief that
while this chemical test showed the
superiority Of the Japanese article that
it could be laid down In Charleston at Q
much lower price than the manufacturers
now pay. He subsequently informed me
that he had communicated these facts to
'hfs Government: and hoped 70 have all