The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-21
THE SOUTH AT NEW ORLEANS.
a Wonderful Display CT sn.ura, Resource.
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Major Luther A. Ransom, the chief
clerk of the agricultural department is
known throughout South Carolina and
beyond its borders as gentleman thor.
oughly posted in regard to the resources
OF South Carolina, aud active and intel.
iigent in making them known. He isan
industrial authority, and on his return a
couple OF days ngo from long STAY in
New Orleans requested him to sketch
for the Ne,rs and Courier the advantages.
present and prospective, following tho
exhibits made by the Southern States.
and particularly South Carolina. He
has done SO, and am sure that his in.
teresting account will be read with pleas
uro and profit.
Major Ransom's Account
or course, it is too soon to make pre.
dictions as TO the result of the Exposition
80 far as the material interest of the State
is concerned, but some benefits are
already apparent. IN general way. I
may say that the Southern exhibits have
enthnsed the Southern people aud 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 ia natural resources. The
beautiful exhibits of the Northwestern
States are composed chiefly of cereal
productions, the Pacific States aud 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-
ginia 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 Rs 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 ia
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 flesh 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 and 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 agriculturist. If the exhibits
of oil the other States were grouped to.
gether they would then be considerably
below the Southern States in the variety
of their productions. These facts have,
of course, impressed themselves upon all
intelligent and observant visitors to the
Exposition, aud it is certainly reasonable
10 suppose will give great impetus to
the development Of Southern resources.
The commissioners from the South are
enthusiastic over the prospect, and are
unanimous in the opinion that their
States will be immensely benefited by
their exhibits in tho near future.
Coming down to particulars, it Is hard
to say what Immediate good has been
done, but I may mention some things of
probable profit to South Carolina.
Some few weeks since the Japanese
commissioners called at the South Caro-
lima department for information regard.
ing the
PHOSPHATE ROCK
of the State. He said that he was a
member of the Japanese bureau of indus
try and, under a 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 illusions to the
South Carolina phosphate deposits, but
the information he had been able to
obtain was very meagre. He examined
the rock on exhibition in the State de-
,partment and The chemicals used in it's
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, and if
such an arrangement could be made it
would open o splendid market for the
rock aud develop an industry of copsid.
srable magnitude. He returned to his
cyn exhibit and brought the commission
two samples of the scrap alluded to.
This wns sent to Prof Chazal, the chem.
ist Of the department of agriculture, who
analyzed il and reported that its COM
mercial value was about 25 per cent.
higher than the scrap now used by the
manufacturers of fertilizers. This was
communicated TO the Japanese commits.
sioner and he expressed tho belief that
while this chemical test showed the
superiority of the Japanese article that
It could be laid down In Charleston at a
much lower price than the manufacturers
that he had communicated these facts to
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