The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08

THE Charleston News and Courier evidently has not kept up with the procession, when it is moved to say:
 The union is n Costly blessing" to the Southern states, and has been so from the beginning. It has made them poor and kept them poor; has made the Northern states rich and kept them rich; and every interest in the South to-day would be marvelously benefited by the prompt and perma- nent separation of the two sections. Such a separation is no longer contem- plated. it is true, but the plain facts of the situation are as we have stated them, as is abundantly proved by the desperate struggle of the benefited section to prevent separation when 1t was attempted few years ago"
 The union was indeed costly blessing as far as human life was concerned; but when we look around at the signs of prosperity all over the South we cannot agree with our con temporary that the union has kept the South poor. The marvellous develop ment of our Southland in the past few years has been wonderful, so much so that in short time the situation as stated above will be reversed-t the South will grow richer and the North poorer. To substantiate our remarks we append the following weekly review of the Tradesman, Chattanooga. Ten nessee, for the week ending May2. It reports:
 .Fifty-six new industries, IS new buildings, new railroads, belt tine, l logging road and 1 street car line. Among the most important new indus- tries established, as reported to the Tradesman, are the following: A brewery at Sheffield, Ala; brick works with $l0O,000 capital at Wilkesboro, N C.; canning factory at Westville, 5. C.; construction company at Nash vile, Tenn. and cotton tie company at Galveston, Texas. Development companies have been organized at At lanta, Ga.; Bristol, Tenn; Columbia, $. G.; Roanoke, Va; Alexandria, La.; Rome, Ga; Union, $. C., and Weldon, N. C. The companies at Bristol, Ten nessee, and Union, $. C., have capi- tai of $l00,O00. A factory for the manufacture of elevators will be erect ed at Austin, Tex; d flouring mill will be erected at Beaumont, Tex; foundry at Texarkana, Ark; furnace at Clarks- Vile, Tenn; gas works with $400, 900 capital at Florence, Ala; machinery works at Richmond, Va, with S250,- 600 capital; manganese furnace at Rome, Ga, and oil mills at LeCompte, La, I ittle Rock, Ark, and Natchito- ches, La., the one at Little Rock hav- ing capital of S2.O00 900. A phos. phate company has been organized at Goldsboro, N. G., and Il phosphate mill will be erected at Raleigh. N. G.; a knitting mill will be erected at Savan- nah. Ga., and woolen mill at Beau mont, Tex. Lumber companies have been organized at Asheville, N. C., Goldsboro, N. C., Memphis, Tenn, and Stamps, Ark. A chair factory will be erected at Miner, Ga; furni- ture factore at Marshall, Tex; cooper age works at Fort Worth. Texas; plan ing mill at Sherman Heights, Tenn. sawmills at Beebe, Ark, Kymnlga, Ga
 and New Decatur, Ala. Charters for railroads have been asked for at Beebe Ark, Coal Jill, Ark, Decatur and Galveston, Texas, Grafton, W. Va., New Birmingham, Tex, Tuscaloosa, Ala, and Winston. N. c. A belt rail- road will be built at Piedmont, Ala, Il logging road at Biloxi, Miss, and q street railway at Decatur, Ala.'