The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-21

PORTER oN run NuRrFr
III sats that 80, the aosf rros rr..tyc
NFtttoh ot thts sAH:sk.

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NAtriwear, Nj, Ar;I 3t Tac Ma.
ufaeiuFrrs .eeefd th.s vcrA patss-aes
AL article taem s4c Fsa al Eel.r t.
foTtcr, SuFczs u'eaaeot tx tae C,Atus.
aa tho material deyelaru4s4} s#l rro.
sroe7 ga ihe SoaiAega ~tAtra daaet fo
past deosde A. shesa hv t,te AL
ngatcs sashrrc1 l'} the Ncas4s fusa.
= episop453. they shaN Wuu-
tcEful growth ara rr <rtsa 90
mineral anal agricultural dFysrr
meut aHi SH>tsfN NJ FutteEe rfo8.er.Hu
nt even ereates aal unprecedented ptes
fsrfl't "a ttn >rN SaHth 4u tar fstgtt-
While the t@c, Superintendent
Porter SAYS. has ROT y,t 4rt;eet ta. 1..,.
a complete iascutoty q tGe ~eateffl
prostrss ~ TIC South daring ;ho ls.t ac..
cAde, official aEnres - tie brAaghr ut
tnqnir, already completed ia }ic4tr tsal.
the hnal RETURNS viii eAoN tbAt ia uo
part of the I uiicd Stale has tuI4rtft.l
progress been more satisfactory Duc
thing Is certain, namely, th a.
the mineral-dVIapmrnt ana tho
increase tu manufactures intipg
this period has hcca oi rnlh
magnitude aud Of SUCH Importance ~ 81
seriously attract the attention ol tho
world. The South Is 10 day producing
as much coal. iron ore aud tx IRON j.
the entire uitca Stat.s, produced n
1870. aud tho proefees of the auUlh
IN the manufacture % etco}. SuFruntoa-
dent Porter thinks viii bo a. great Ja-
ring the next ten years a. has heun IA
| the production Of coat and pig iron du-
| ring the last decade, and the tiasa ~
| labor attracted t. the ueh mIdoral ~
mill
than of the past, that m ihcro
| Will be artisans aud mechanic O.
who will command "a much higher rata
of wages, aud hence increasing tho ou-
sumlng power OF the South. The trouble
TO day. he rays. with this part Of the
| country, Is that most OF It's lroductt
have To bo shipped north or to foreign
| countries for further manipulation.
| but once establish AN industrial
condition that viii require grttt
er variety of aftieles e ecaorai con
sumption and you Will rios to that
region still gr a'tr dive dcatlHp
Of manufactures The FomafAable >
velopment oi tho new south, al
calls 1t, il shown IN strikiug i gfot.4
the astonishing growth of n1ivaual
cities III this section during tho pact 9, u
years. In support of this, he cites tho
| NonutEiul, anu III some cASoH, tar ph0-
nomenal growth of i number Of ciuce
and towns during the decade, ia Alaha
bama, Arkansas, North Carolina. : n
ginia. Tennessee. kentucky. and D,ooa
gia. Aun.aton, Alabama, that ia ~
had populatiou OF ~ is returned I
the census OF 1890, a. containing y0 1
inhabitants, Birmingham. Alabama, ~
known when the con us ~ l~tu |
taken, and which ln 1850 bad . uutal
= tion OF 3us6, had Rro&u III e99 le
iicurishiug city OF 2G liN lHGa.faut
aud Is III tact Is centre ~ s8us5t.ai az
tvlty OF n, 900 people. furouco. Ala
hama, with population ia 1890 oi PSI
or $50 per ceut. greater than ia 1880
Chattanooga IN 1890 had population oi
% 100. an increase during the decade 81
more than i25per cent Roanoke FirRiniu
which did not appear at all "a the cen
| sus uf lsS9, ~ oow NY ~. l1y III
habltauis There WAS IA output IL tho
coal producing States Of the South in
1890 Of more than twice tie entire ont
put of bituminous coal In the | nitci
States in 1880, and nearly : 600 900
more tons than the total production ~
the Cnited states IN lN40
Far greater progrete Snrerintendt IT
| Porter says, has been shoWn by tho
South in the production - plg ron tho
| entire production South tu l~sH wi,t
| 397, 3Oi tons. which IL 1855 tad in
creased tu / 1i2 S5s tons, aul iu iNHn
| to 2.9lT.a2J toH* ttct hi" ,tnIuc
tinn of IRON ore sa the9t ~oIthafu ~tttc,
now a.tnost equei- THE total proIurnon
| of .Ge lnsted state lN $40.