The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-13
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WEEKLY Sl.S5 A YEAR
DIXIE'S BRIGHT OUTLOOK
FARMERS LESS IN DEBT THAN AT
ANY TIME SINCE THE WAR.

| Money Unusually Plentiful for the
Season and the Prosp scts for Indus-
trial activity Magnificent Fine
showings Made by the Tax Dlgests
of the States.
BALTIMORE, MD, Sept. 12.-The Manu-
tdctarerS' Record Of this week publishes
special letters from leading ban ers through
out the sou,h to the outlook for business.
and without exception t1ey report heavy
crops, with the farmers less in debt than
at any time since the war. Money is un-
! usually abundant for tho season, and there
are the best prospects ever known for in
dustrial activity. The increase in the .lue
OF southern crops this year over 1888 will
be upward of Sl25, 100000, though last
years was tho largest on record to that
time.
STATE TAX DIGRsTs.
Special reports to the Manufacturers
Record from ate officials ow that the
ass ssed value of pr, perJy from the assess
ments now being made will be Sl75, ,000, 900
greater than last year. In Tex $ 3 in
crease is S40,0O0,OO0, Georgia s25, 100000,
Mi Miisissippi Sl6,000,0J0, Louisiana $l0.0OO,-
600, enues,ee Si0,0)0,0O0. Alab 1ma $l2,-
O0O,0O0, Arkansas S7.oO0.000 and West Vir-
| ginia $l2, 900, 600
a WONDERFUL GROWTH
Summing up tho industrial and agri-
| cultural growth of the south the Record
says that in three and ha years 1t has
reported the organization n the ssouth Of up
ward of 1000 new industrial establish
| meatS, covering every line of manufacture
ing, from making pins to building como
| tlves and the building of over 5000 uiil
| OF railroad. In the lat three years the
south has rai'ed 2l,500, coo bales of cotton.
over l3,0O0,000 bushels of corn, nelrly 150,-
| 0OJ,OO0 bushels OF wheat, and 24O, 900, 600
bushels of oats, the total value of these and
| other agricultu al products, according to
the otiic al government q cures. reach z to
upward Of S2,5O0000, 900, or au average OF
over $3.50, 100000 for each year.
| RAILROADS AND IRON.
| The railroad mileage of the south has
| been increased by the addition of over
| 10000 miles since 1879. Since that year
| over $500, 100000 uaye been spent in build
| ing new roads and impr wing old ones. The
assessed val Q of proper y has il creased
over 1900, 900 900 81 ce 1885, In 1850 the
south mado S973ol tons Of pig ir IN and in
| 1883 over 100000, aud in 1889 ii will
| probably produ' "a about 1900 0j0 TO ,600,-
900 tons. In 1880 60 48O,57l tors Of coal
were mined in the south; in 1888 the out
put was 100000 tons, and in 1889 it will
| probably be not far from 23. .0000 900 tons.
INCREASE IN THE COTTON MILLS.
| Cotton mills have inrrea ed from 161,
with 1923 looms and 667. SD spindes in
| 1880, TO 1855 mills, with 1900 looms and
| 2,O35,0 900 spindles, while ma " new mills
are under construction and many old ones
are being enlarged. In 1880 there were
forty cotton seed oil mills Ia the south, with
"a capacity Of 81. 500, 900; now there are 25S,
representing an investHent Of over
4 so, ,00O, 900.
LAST YEARS VALUES
| The value of the ut Is agricultural pro-
ducts for 1888 was ab ut $8J0,O00 700
| agai nst S57l 900, 600 in 1879, VIII le 1889 Will
probab y show 1910, coo o $3.50. 10000
The value Of the so Itu's live stock Is now
1915, 900, 90, while IN 1879 it was 1891, 400
000
The production of grain rose from 431,-
o74, $50 bushels in 1880 TO 632 $50. 900 bushels
in 1883, AID his year will probably show
over 63J,O00,000 bushels, an increase of
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