Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-01-11

NtCNA NOANhNN NSNSAiNAo WI Y We
Education is free. The temple of
learning is thrown wide open, and
every son of Adam may become
Levite about her altar. In her
liberal contribution for the instruc-
ton of her former slaves and their
offspring, Tennessee is not eXcep-
tional. A great many people in the
North think that they have done all
and the South nothing in this work.
do not reflect upon the liberality of
the North, for ii has been generous,
but the truth must be told. Since
the war, the South from her poverty,
has expended over $40,00O,00O for
the education of the negro, which is
more than twice as much as all con
tributed by the outside world. There
are now enrolled in the public
schools of the South 9Sj, O22 negroes.
In her growth Tennessee is but a
type of the entire South.
The production of pig-iron in the
Southern States in 1880 was 397, 1901
net tons, and in 1888 it was 1,l32, 1858,
thus being nearly trebled in eight
years. From 1887 to 1888 it increased
203,422 tons, while in all the other
States it fell off in an aggregate of
I'D, l2l tons. The product in 1889 in
the Southern States will show an in
crease of at least 100000 tons. Ala
bama, Texas, Kentucky, and Tennes.
see are now making iron and steel
rails. Of the twentyinine furnaces
now in construction in the United
States, eighteen are in the South.
The increase in the exports of the
entire country Tor the first three
months of 1889 was 20 per cent,
while for the same time the gain in
the South was 80 per cent.
The cotton crop in 1867 was q
$4,000 bales. In 1887 $ it was
7,047 600 bales. From 1880 to 1885
the Northern mills increased theil
consumption of cotton 246,0 900 bales
while during the same period the
Southern mills increased their con
sumption 32l 900 bales. The North
increased about 13 per cent. and the
South over 1870 per cent. The South
has trebled its looms and spindle:
since 1880.
The increase in other products anC
enterprises has been equally graft
flying. We have diversified oul
crops and multiplied our industries
The statistics showing our growth il
nine years startle belief. Here is ,
table showing the figures. 1t is from
The IrddeSmGl, of Chattanooga, anC
is based on public records so far a.
they are accessible:
The per cent. of increase in as
sessed wealth is 10 railroad mileage
. 1O6; capital invested in manufac
/ tories, 1856; value Of iron products
: SIS coal, 61S; lumber, l24; agricul
e ture, 40; fruit, 21l /; live stock, Al
and in school expenditures, 1876.
Y The South, conscious of its forces
"rejoiceth like strong man to run
a race" We are on the highway t
a prosperity, and our resources ar
a being developed with marvelou
0 rapidly, and mainly by Southern
:. brains and Southern capital.
: personally know, that most of tn
K men prominently identified with tn
n great industrial enterprises in Tennes
: see, were Confederate soldiers, VIII
# came out of the army without
It dollar and looking like Falstaff'
il ragged regiment. Much is said abou
r the Old South and the New South b.
t. those who know little of either. !
is is the same South and the sam
n people, addressing itself now as
e did before, with courage, franknes'
e and energy to the problems of tn
e age. 1t is new in the sense that a
J. that it possesses but the land is ne'
d and re>created but that title is falls,
t fit imply that the people of tn
IS South have repented, have been r,
Il generated spiritually, and now loo
n with loathing upon their formt
d estate. The hest that there is of til
Y. South today, far surprising all tn,
she possesses, is where her Peep
II most nearly approximate the trai
3 of their ancestors.
:e We submitted certain political an
lie social questions to the arbitramel
le of war, and the decision was again
80 us, and we accept the result. "
lie did not accept it because we though
10 it was right; but, having accepted
it now is right, and we shall uphO
tho altprnd Constitution with II