Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-23
THE new SOUTH.
William D. Kelley, the Oldest Mem
Der Of the House Of Representa-
lives, Visits the South.
His Trip Through the Sou,h IN 1867
Contras'ca With What NJ Has Jast
Seen, showing q Marked Change.
The marhs % Desa4 alton ~ war obnter.
ated and slEns ~ tndu.,ry aud Thnft
I've ywhsre Visible.


BAtrntoRE, Mn, ncc, 2s.--tIon. WI.
Ham ". Kelley u Poansy vanla, who
lately made an extensive trip through the
South, contributes 70 she Baltimore Mans
ufaoturcrs' Record OF December 20
lcnaihy article reviewing the progress Of
that reg ion, In which he presentS
some striking facts a. 20 the
gfeat industrial development nov
Ia progress thore. Referring 10
his visit to the south ~ 1867, Judge
Kelly aeyss Tho South was land %
desolgtion. Her fields were fencel, As and
uuoultivated, and her people were With
out stock or agricultural implements.
They were numerically speaking, without
seed for fnod-crops except what was he
slowed upon TEN by personal friends,
or the government, through the feed
mems bureau and the agencies OF the Az
riculturel department
Contrasting this with what no saw on
his late trip, he says Tue prourusa ia
wealth, In toe means OF individual COM
fOri aud productive power has been mar
yelous, aud the changes wrought from
then until now Ia the immu 80 develops
mont OF iron ore Ia these states aud the
Increase IN the number and extent OF ins
dustrial centres may Justly be regarded
as The work Of the fians. rhe stems
OF railroads whcn now ira
verso the South arc as
perfect In construction ~ road bed, track
ana bridges and Ia passenger cara aod 10
means provided Tor tho transportation 81
freight a. these North. lhteral roads
I branch from them into Ench valleys AZ
are known 70 be epeoialyrich not III Iron
CLONE, but 10 other mlutrlls, Some OF
which are found IN such proximity aud
! juxtapusiu u Rsto seem TO defy geo.osie
| laws az elsewhere Illustrated
Prior TO the war, JudRe Kelley writes,
| the Sou h neither nad nor desired 10 have
great oltieH, II II also trun that her
stAtoemen preferred their workshops to
be IN foreign laads, and the thlps that
rSported thor products sud brought
hem commodities In exchange, 10 bc
built aud owned by toregners IN ihis
r, spoot the contrast i mnHt etrlslng,
Nashville hu found 70 be beautiful
city, whlGh surprised him by the extent
ana variety u its manufactures and the
mognliiutncc OF rs buildings,
! Chattanooga aud lhrmiupnam ara each
a marvel Ia tie own way. Ia the former
he visited the great Industrial enterprises
lthat are 10 operation thufA, and Is wMa
nero hie attention waa irst attracted "a
tho new, cOlnmodious and wull-
painted hoinca Of negro laborors Ia
the mining, smelling and mechanical
pursuits. The mechanical skin OF coll
ordd lRborefa In eomeof these enterprises
surprised hlm and convinced him that
with an indu.tfisl ar, school they would
soon produce gratifying evidence OF the
adoption OF the neero labor TO mechanical
pursuits requiring O nigh degrre OF sklll.
1 ~. NIL 80 nj.
aud limestone ut Birmingham, he says II
Is surprising Tee oyer-sanpulne mon OF
thut city really believe they Will b0 able
make iron no choaply as 10 soon close up
Tho works VI Pennsyyanla and force her
ron masters and their employees 20 re-
establish themselves at Birmingham.
This, he states, has produced speculation
| In town lots that may reiArd the ifnmo-
dlnto erawth oi the city until time
| by various processes VIII determine the
actual value ~ corner lots IN tho city
whose uncpaa ~ 10 exlipnnlkn Inc iurs
uace Ares Of piltshnrR, Iiraddocks, Johns
town, Bethlehem aud generally mrough-
| out PcnnsylgQull,
AZ Ami ton he spent zen days making
thorough inyretigat on Of the resources
~ the country tributary TO
that place Here no found extern
slye iron works, mechlnc'sh0ps, rolling
mills, cal-sorks and other Industries,
besides large cotton mill which ships
considerable parts Of it's product 10
CHINA company, which planned and built
| Admission aud owns 90 600 sores Of land
"a which are Immense deposits Of brown
aud red hcmatiie, foseillfcfoua, fpucu-
lar and fDspnetic ore, mountains
Of limestone and seemingly inexhaustlble
supplies Of wood aud c0king coal. They
mad Just complies, d six miles Of railroad
and will build another sixteen miles la
eDRth besides two furnaces ana other en-
terpfisea. lie predicts, though Admission
n.yer had boom and though iis planting
aud development nave been managed 40
quietly that IT, name - hardly recognized
| ny the popular ear, will before two
decaf cs thall have passed, be ono OF
the most remaTka ple eantefs Of iron,
steel and kindred industries 70 DO found
IN those wonderfully endowed states of
Georgia, Alabama aud Tennessee.
The growth VI Atlanta surprised blm.
In 1867 he found II N ruins and aches.
Now II has over 90, 900 Inhabitants, whose
prosperity 10 attesisd by everything seen
there.
Ia closing he says have given but
faint iutjmatifn ~ the resources Of tho
| mineral regions of the South, of the im-
pulses now nnimaNing her controlling peo-
! Die and OF the rapid strides with which
ibe spirit OF the nineteenth century Is
ch nxlng, not only 90 Iespecte ne conn.s
~, hut tho purposes and aspirations OF
M people Of the new South,