The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-21
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ID 80 manufacturing Growth, etc.
In Europe and America, alike, the
Southern States are now attracting
very great attention. SO much has
been written during the last year or
two Of the remarkable development Of
the industrial interests OF the South,
desplts the general business depres.
sion, - TO have attracted the notice OF
all classes OF mon. Capitalists, with
immense wealth at their command,
looking for profitable investments In
groas railroad, mining and immigrs.
ton schemes, manufacturers seeking
new locations for building mills and
furnaces, farmers anxious to fad
homo where the conditions of climate
and soil are favorable TO sue
cess and health. have all turned
their attention 10 the country south OF
Mason and Dixon's line, Stretching
nom the southern boundary OF Penn
sylvania TO tho borders OF Mexico IS
m immense territory, the area of
which is more than 800, 000, 600 acres.
In this section OF oountry--known to
tho world as the South--thero il al
most every known variety of climate,
soil, productions, and mineral ana
timber resources. The climate OF the
whole South Ia by no means a warm
ono, IS there are sections where the
mercury In winter makes It's home
several degrees below tho freezing
point Tor the greater part of several
months. This is the case among the
more northerly OF the Southern States,
and In the high mountain ranges oil
others. Hence they who prefer a
moderately cold climate can be we'll
suited In portions of tho South In the
more sOutherly soctions the climate IL,
OF course, suited to those who prefer
tho genial warmth OF the "Sunny
South" or the almost boundless
mineral aud timber resources OF the
South 1t Is hardly necessary to say
much, as tho world il now beginning
to more fully understand the magnis
tude OF this unceyeloped wealth, and
besides, 1t is not 30 much of what the
South has az of what IL has dono that
this article IL designed to treat.
Statistics are to-day res0rted to in
the confederation of topics OF every
nature, ana are necessary TO u proper
understanding of economic questions.
AT no previous time have statistics
rela'ing to trade, commerce, or agri-
culture been so carefully studied as
now. The grain dealer and the -four
manufacturer, the cotton factor and
the cotton mill owner must know, and
always at tho earliest momont possi-
bic, Just how many bushels of grain or
bales Of cotton are produced, net In
America only, but in all other coun-
tries of the world where these great
staples arc raised, how many bushels
or bales are In store, aud just how
many arc "afl0at." In the iron trade
necessity has forced tho monthly,
quarterly, and yearly compila-
ton or tho statistics of
IRON production, consumption, and
naCes in biast, and tho number out of
blast, and 80 complete and correct are
the figures, as given from month TO
mouth, that there arc some we'll
informed dealers who believe the In
formation thus secured has made the
recurrence of wild "booms," like that
which str uck tho iron trade In 1879 aud
lsSo, impo ssible, as the facts and fig-
ures are now gwen 50 clearly that
speculation n upon unknown quantities !
- done away with. III this be true, |
snd |, cor .Atnly appears ve,y roasona,
Die. tls benefit 20 the iron trade, |
and To all other branches sof \
business, will De very great, AS \
'-o,eKrts" are rssely. II sysr, OF psrma- |
rens carst5, egt Are, ca she contrary,
harmful. Since, then, The world is I
gestirx tN ictrk Sn1 talk In figures, A
statistical presentation OF sorle phases /
of S,uitsru Development n&y be more 4
AceerfA Bio sAsc Dare statements up-
supporss1 BY hsuTcs. and will convey
. mors acc1rass ard clear conception !
Of ass what sne South is doiue.
Tns growth OF the manufacturing
and mining industries of the South
mas everywhere attracted so much at
seution that ths advances inside in az
ricuiturs are scarcely ever heard OF,
and, indeed, there Pre- comparatively
hing of the remarkable pro-
grsss this South has made in
agriculture during the last ten wears,
This progress is more astonishing
when 1t ia remembered that the immi-
grafton of farmers to the South, al
though promising to bs large in the
near future, has not yet been great
enough 10 DO very noticeable, tho de-
veiopment of Southern agricultural, ILL.,
terests, 40 far, being almost wholly
uue TO southern men. As the growth
10 agriculture has received less atten-
lion than the growth OF manufactures,
~ may bo well to present first some
statistics relating 10 the former. The
following tables, compiled from the
reports OF tho uaited States agricul-
tural department, show how the pro-
ducuOn OF corn and oats
and the raising of live stock
have Increased since 1875. One
great drawback TO the prosperity of
tho South hns been the dependence of
that section upon tho West for its food.
stuirs, due TO the persistent cultiya.
ton OF cotton by Southern planters to
tho exclusion Of all other crops, and
not 10 any lack OF suitable soil for
grain and grasses. To give tho reason
Tor this peculiar condition of affairs
woui9 require TOO much space, rs IL
would necossitate n discussion of the
poverty Of the South after tho war,
which forced the farmers TO give all
OF thety time 10 cotton, since upon
that, even before II was raised, they
could secure advances. The indebted
mess thus incurred by farmers placed |
them In u position TO DO constant Dor.
rowers, and money could only DO raised
by mortgaging their cotton In advance, |
This, In connection with other things,
has, until lately, kept tho planters
raiaing cotton year after year, and |
buying their bread and bacon from tho |
West. Gradually u change has taken |
place, and tho South IN now becoming |
more and moro self-sustaining In the |
production of food products, In corn,
Tor tnstancc, which not only forms |
very tmnortant part In furnishing
breed, an Southern people are large
corn bread eaters, but which liz OF still
Hroater value as food for live stock, /
thoic has boon n heavy increase IN |
the annual yield. The yield OF corn
In the South In 1875 and In iSsi was:
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