The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-24

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IN Europe aud America, ALIKE, sue
Southern States afo nov at'raoiihi
very great .ltonllun. 80 niuoh hhf
been wrl,tsn during tu0 last yosf ~
two OF tho remarkable development 81
tho indnstrlal iutOrgits OF The bnnthi
dospte tho pauoral business depros'
sIop, rs 10 have attracted Tho noilco o.
ALI classes uf mon. Capitalists, WHO
immense Nealln ~ tselr command,
looking for Profitable inyesimen = IN
Qroa, railroad, mining and immlgrh
ton kohames, manufsD ursrs hooE!ng
new locations ios building mile aud
furnaces, formers anxious 10 hnd a
: home whero tho conditions OF climate
and roll Gro favorable to sue
coss ana health. have sh turned
their attention 10 the O Untry south or
>. Mason and Di&on'a limo. Stretehing
from tho southern bngudsry OF Pom
sylynnla 10 the borders Of Mexico -
an Immense territory, the .srea 81
which Is moro than 500 0OO.O OO acres
In this section OF oonntry-khoHh 70
the world rs tho S0uth-thsre 10 M
most every known varsity OF climate,
soil, productions, and mineral ana
timber resources. The climate OF inc
whole South IL by no means warm
ono, ns thero are sections ~ISio the
mercury in winter makes ith nome
several degree below tho irssHlng
point for tho greater phrs OF reVernl
months. This ia tho oEAa among tho
more portberlV ~ the Southern States,
and In tho high mountain rAnges OF
Others, Hence they who prefer -
mo5erntely colo climate can be VOL
shifted In portions of the South. In tho
more southerly sectious the climate 10,
of coHrso, suited 20 those VINO prefer
tho genial warmth of tho "Snnny
South.p or tho almost houpdless
mineral aud timber resources OF the
South IL ~ hardly necessary 10 say
much, as the world is now beginning
to more fully understand tee asgni-
tude OF this unteYeloped wealth, and
OF, it "a not so much Of what the
South has as OF what it mas done that
y this article Ia designed to treat.
Statistics are to-day resort6d 90 in
the consideration OF topics OF every
nature, ana arC necessary 20 proper
understanding OF economic questions.
At 10 previous time have statistics
RELAXING 10 trade, commerce, or agrl-
culture been so carefully studied rs
now. The grain dealer and the flour
manufacturer, tho cotton tnctOr aud
the cotton mill owner must know,'and
always at tho earliest moment possi-
BILE, juet how many bushels OF grain or
bales of cotton are produced, net In
America only, but in 81 other coun-
tries of The wo4ld where these great
= STAPLES are raised. how many bushels
or bales are ia store, and jusr how
many are "afloat." In tho IRON trade
necessity has forced the monthly,
quarterly. and yearly compila,
lion Of the statistics OF
iron product!ou, consumption, and
stocks ON hand, the number oil iur-
naces in blast, and tho number out of
blast, and so complete and correct are
the figuTeF, 80 given from month to
month, that there ara some we'll
INFORMED dealers who bolieve the In
formation Ihus secured hiss made the
recurrence of Wild "booms," like that
which ssluck She iron trade in 1879 and
. 1850, impossible, rs the facts and hg-
ures are now gwen SO clearly tnat
speculation upon unknown quantities
ia done away with. If this be true,
and it certainly appears vely rensona-
BILE, tho benefit 60 ,he iron trade,
and TO all other branches OF
business, will he. very great, AS
"booms" arc rarely, If ever, OF psrma-
nent benefit, but are, on the contrary
harmful. Since, then, the world ~
getting TO think and talk in figures,
Statistical presentation Of some pDases
OF Southern development may be more
acceptable than nare atetementa us-
supported by figures, and will convey
=, more accurate and clear conception
OF Just what the South Is doing
The growth Of the manufacturing
and mining industries OF the souEh
has everywhere attracted so much Of
= NE IL = in q g.
ricultura are scarcely ever heard or,
and, indeed, there 2ro comparatively
few people who know any
thing of the remarkable pro-
gress the South hos made in
agriculture during the last tsn years.
This progress is more astonishing
when IL is remembered that the irnn'i-
grafton of farmers TO the South, 81
Enough promising to be- large in the
near future, has not yeU boon grest
enough TO be worry noticeable, tho de-
velopment Of Southern sgricul!ur@l m
terests, go far, neinS almost wholly
due to SOuth6n men. As the CROWN
in agriculture mas received less atiep-
ton than the growth of manufacture,
ii may be well to present FIRST some
statistics relating TO the former. The
following table,, compiled frona the
) reports OF the lifted States sgricul-
tural department, show how the pro-
duCtlon Of corn and oats
and the raising of live stock
have incf eRsed since 1870. One
great draw back to tho prosperity OF
the South hos beea the dependence Of
that section upoE tAe West for its iood
stuffs, due to the president culnva
ton OF cotton by Southern planters tc
not to any LACK of suitable soil FOL
grain ard grasses. To give the reason
for this peculiar condition of Affairs
woulo require too much space, aS Il
would necessitate a discussion OF tht
poverty of the South after tho war
which forced the farmers TO give al
OF their timo TO cotton, since upor
that, even before it was raised, they
could secure advances. The indebted
ness thus incurred by farmers place.
them In a position to bs constant Dor
rowers, and money could only be RAISED
by mortgaging their cotton in advance
This, in connection with other things
has, until lately, kept The planter
raising cUttOn year after year, ant
buying their bread and bacon from On
West. Gradually a change has takei
place, and the south is now becomiD,
more and more seif-sustaining In tn
production of food PRODUCTS. La corn
for instance, which not only forms
very i'm orLant part in furnishing
+ bread, as Southern people are larg
corn bread eatsrs, but which is of still
greater value as food for live stock
there has boon u. heavy Increase II
the annual yield. Tho yield OF corr
in the Houth ia 1875 aud In 1884 waR:
l5.TSlSS4 Increase.
0t Bushels. Bushels. Bushel.
Maryland. li,2OO,00D l6,237,000 I,v3l g
Vira inia, -. 81 1913 600 29.4S0oN0 8, 47,0g
N. Carolina, 22275,U00 3i,r9000 1924,
s.. Caro- iina,. 02i0t0 13320,O0O y, o.