St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
The South's Destiny.
THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTER.
EsTs TEN YEARS HENCE.

THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL lNIEh'
EsTs TEN YEARS HENCE.
The whole world seems to be making a
great advance movement in every line of
Industry. No one can study the signs of
the time without being impressed with
this fact, and without realizing that we
are entering upon a period which gives
promise Of grea er and more wide-reach-
ing movements in the worlds commercial
and manufacturing Interests than has ever
been seen before. 1t is not in this country
alone that there is almost unprecedented
activity in business interests. The work
shops of Europe are crowded, and many of
the Iong-idle plants of Great Britain are
running night and day to meet the demand
for iron and steel. And wherever we look
there are indications of development and
advancement and of gigantic enterprises
that are de:tined to change any of the cur
rents of the worlds commerce. In this
country we see almost every furnace that
can ever blow in, actively at work, while
rol ing mills, steel rail mills and kindred
enterprises are all equally as busy, and
vet the consumptive demands are grad
ually gaining on production and causing
decrease in stocks on hand. Great enter
prises, from thu build Jg of the Nicarau-
guam canal the construction OF new rail-
roads in rich mineral sections, the devel-
opment of which means almost as great a
revolution in steel making as the develop
ment of Alabama's iron interests msds in
iron production the building of new ports
on the Gulf that will turn the traffic OF the
rich and pcpulous West from its present
channels, and pour vast business, scarce
" dreamed of now, through these new
- - o irif in Irnn
and steel ship building, fully taxing to its
uttermost every ship-yard in the country
the certainty of closer commercial relations
and consequently larger share of their
trade-witb the rich countries of Central
and South America, are some of the move
| ments that are now making themselves felt
in all the varied ramifcatlcns of the bust
| ness interests of this country. Just at this
| period, which is to mark distinctive era
| in the history of the human race-an era
| of advancement and progress for the peo-
pie of all nations-the south is the center
| of attraction 1t has demonstrated that 1t
has the advantages needed to make it the
! center of iron and steel production of the
| whole world, and that nation or that Sec
| ton of any nation which possesses suprem-
acy in the production of iron and steel and
| in their conversion to final forms for use
will dominate and control the Commerce of
the world !" it produces three fourths of
| the cotton of the world, and it is inevitable
that the South, which grows the cotton, is
destined to spin and weave it; it has the
most abundant supply and the greatest
variety of timber to be found in the United
States, and must become the center OF
od-working interests it has the advan-
tage of the best climate on this continent,
and of agricultural advantages, which,
taken as whole are not equalled in pro
ductive possibilities under wise agricul-
tural methods by any similar area else
where; it has long stretch of seacoast
and many rivers, enabling It's products to
reach the consuming markets of the world
at the minimum of cost. To the fullest
utilization of these advantages the South
is now bending every energy. and it enters
upon this work at time when the condi-
tons of the worlds busines interests are
most favorable for making the South the
controlling factor in the great advance
movement. No man can picture the COM
mandiDg influence of the South in the
worlds Industrial and commercial interests
ten years hence.-Manufactureas' Record.