The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24
A MARVELLOUS RECORD.



Citiss and industriss-Mr. eostsr Far-
Y Astonish the Public.
4 The Manufacturers Record containl
ian elaborate review from the Hon. Rob.
Iert r. Porter, su perrin tendent Of the cen.
isms. on the industrial and agricultura
progrees Of the South during the last ten
vears, based on the Official statistics ol
the ceusus. Nr. Porter, st the begin.
ming OF his article, referring to The
"wonderful progress ~ the South dur.
ling the last decade" says: The min.
ersl developement and the increase in
manufactures during THE period hsa
bean OF such magnitude and Of such i'm
portaDce as 10 seriously attract the at.
tention OF the world. The South 10 to.
day producing a. much coal, iron ore
and pig iron q the entire United States
produced In 1870.
Il In no way, however, is the remarkable
developement Of the new south shown
In : more striking degree than by the
ihistory Of the astonishing growth Of in
'dividual cities in this section during tho
paat decade. Birmingham, which was
unknown when the census Of 1870 was
taken and which In 1880 had . popula-
tion OF 3,O8o, bad grown In 1890 10 .
6ourishing city Of 26 Ill Inhabitants, in
fact. : center OF industry aud activity OF
$4,000 people. and shoWing 40 increase
within the corporate limits Of nearly 760
per cent. In ten years. The value Of land
10 aud around this city has increased Ct :
rate which 10 almost incredible.
| Chattanooga had population Of H.
$50 IL 1880 and 29.lOO IN 1880. Little
Rock had Is l38 in 1850 aud 25,67l in
1880 Knoxville increased from 9.693
in 1880 10 about forty thousand 10 1890.
Middlesborough, KY. had no name and
no inhabitants two years ago. but to-day
has close upon 5000 pe0pIe and some Of
The most gigantic enterprises Of modern
times. Roanoke, Va, which does not
appear at all on the census Of 1880, Il
now : city OF 1859 inhabitants. This
ie the northern gateway 10 Southwest
Virginia, which has developed % one Of
the most important coal and iron ore
ields Of the United Statea. Atlanta
Ga, which may be termed the metr0p.
lolie OF the new south, according to tbs
Icensus OF 1850 contained 81. 400 inhsbi-
ltsnts and IL 1890 1858, IN increase ol
over Is per cent. These. says Mr.. Por.
liter. ere only some Of the striking Illus
iItrstions.
! Tue output In tke soal-produclsg sssss'
Of the South In 1880 was more than tWic'
the entire output 0f bItumiuous coal il
'lshe United States IL 1850 and nearly tws
million more tons than the total prOduc
lti0n in the United States in 1870. These
same states show far greater progress II
the production Of pig iron. The only ont
of these states producing pig iron IN lS6l
and 1870 was Tennessee. The entire pro
lduction Of al these states including Ten
nessee, IN 1880. was 397. 3Ul tons, wnicl
bad in 1880 increaeed 70 nearly two mil
lion tons. The production Of iron or
In these southern states now almDs
equals the total production Of the Unite'
lStatea in 1870 In that wear the United
Is,ates produced 8, 1863 83S tons, while il
1880 The production Of the nine iron ore
producing states Of the South Va
I2,0l7,529
This development of the mineral re
lsources Of the South has not been st th
lex 1ense 0f its other industries.
The manufacture of cotton, for ex
Ismpie. has increased TO . wonderful de
/. gree, - will be seen from the fact tha
lin 1850 the amount Of cotton consumed
liz the south Was 10000 bales, while Il
1880 Il used l97, 900 bales, 81 increase Q
It's per cent.
The south produces about three
Ifourtha OF the worlds annual c0ttOI
:IcrOp, but manufactures only about o
lie per cant. Of what it raises, the belauc
'turnishing The material for spindles Il
New England and ID Europe.
The vslue Of the 6O0th's agriculture
t|products Ia 1889 was over o350 600 ~
(. greater than IN 1879. and the value o
/ iis live stock ol77, ,0OO 600 greater. tn
5 railroad mileage increased from 206l
! miles 10 1850 10 1881 miles In 1859
1.-The aasesaed value Of property from t2.
. sl3 O0O O00 TO q 10000 700. : gain Q
! over $l3,OOU, 900 ,OOc, while the true val
ne increased over $4,000, ,O0U.00O. Edu
lcstional progress bae been much CREATE
than the per centage Of gain To popuIs
: lion, aud the number OF periodicals Il
the South hiss increased from 3.626 Il
|, 1850 70 4.356 in 1880.
: The timber resources Of the South
''Mr. Porter says, sre Ter greater thai
those Of any other portion Of the Unite'
Estates, or, indeed, OF any civilized an'
we'll settled country 10 the world.