The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-05-02

VIII show t.idil III n0 part i tie Unite /
States has industrial progress been
m0ie satisfactory. One thing il GER
tain, namely, that the mineral devel-
Opments and the increase in mannfac-
lures during this period has been of
such magnitude and Of such impor-
tarce as 70 seriously attract the atten-
ton of the world. The south, as /
shall show further along, is to-day
producing us mnch coal an iron ore
and pig iron as the United States pro-
tnced in 1870. With il fact like this,
established by official statistics, il is
not to be wondered that as careful q
Siatistltan us
EDW. ATKINSON
Sh"nld shy that. standing On the top
of the highest peak "f the great smoky
mountains, he wonld find in il radius
"f >eseaty tive miles tile future non
producing centre Of the United States.
Those VIII" live in ;le South and in
the midst of all this progress know it
ami ieaiiZs ii far better t an people
here III tie Mouth. | have been fuitu-
nate enough, within the last twelve
years, Il" make four tours through the
industrial ie.i",ls of the south. |
have. been present ut some of the sales
ut town lots, fdcttinusl, described in
The sto y winch ,as been running i'm
ole of our magazines, entitled jerry"
when, had | invested the few hundred
dollars which had in my pocket, they
would to-day have Yield. d an income
sufficient to provide for Il frugal
family.
/" my mind the p,oer. So of the
Southern States in the manufacture of
steel will he as great during the next
ten years. .s it has been in the ! o
d"cii"n Of coal AND pig iron duiins the
past decade. If this is true. we are
likely To see IL continuation of the pro-
Si.ss.
The class Of labor attracted to these
rich mineral Ieoi0i,s will he of a high
er character than in the past; that il
4" say there will be- artisans and me-
chanirs who will command il much
higher rate If wage and hence, i'll
tease the consuming Pov er of the
South.
TIE TROUBLE TO DAY
with this part nf the country is that
most of it's products have to be ship
ped North or To foreign countries for
father manipulation. Orce establish
an irdn>'rial condition that will re-
qniie Il greater variety of articles of
general Consumption and Won will
hr'u4 t" that rrGiulI Il still greater di-
20 = III -. I.,t, M -. I
The advance and development of
any part "f The c"untr, is IL step for
wand for .ln Whole. South. I'll progress,
II >h"nd b. l~r,ntnilcn d il rational
l'ro.lesS. and as sucl, the North can
and does Ie,i,ice at it, and Northern
men will note with qualification lie
Wonderful results If II d. rade of indus
TRIAL development as revealed by the
eleventh CENSUS.
Ia the spring Of 1884 visited all
the southern ir"n-rrmlucing regions,
a'd repeat now, what ! said then,
1'iiety, that the great need of The
south Is Il still further ,livcr>iticatinn
1T Industries. The next decade must
develop si,cl manufactures, The fur
'llef manipulation of iron and ste
INTO machinery, the manufacture If
along The timber belt, and nf
Tie b tie! GRADES of cotton goods in
the ~vlri'itN Of the cotton fields; and
II the advance ia along these lines, the
cal 1900 Viii mark Il more rrmatka-
bic ;ts.d more satisfactory industrial
development IN tie SoutIleln States
than 1s9O--N. .. Times Democrat.