Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-12-03
EXPORT BUSINESS.
New Steamship Lines and New
Manufacturing Enterprises
Reported.

The Manufacturers Record Of Bal
simore, in reviewing the industrial
progress of the South for the past
week, says:
The development of the South's
foreign trade, upon which the Manu-
facturers Record has so frequently
commented, and which was empha-
sized last week in the announcement
OF the Inauguration of four steam
ship lines from Newport News to
Europe, receives another illustration
this weefs in the establishment of five
steamer Lines from Norfolk to London,
Liverpool, Glasgow, Havre and Ant
werp. The magnitude which this
business has already attained is shown
In the fact that the Government report
OF the value of foreign exports from
the United States for October puts the
total from all Southern ports at S44,-
100, 900, against $5S, 800, 900 from the
rest OF the country, the shipments
from the South being over AZ per
cent. of the total for the month. The
tendency of the Western trade to seek
foreign outlets through Southern ports
is being daily impressed upon the
country, and while Newport,eNews
and Norfolk, with their regular
steamer lines, are making heavy ship
ments OF grain, -four, provisions, lum-
ter, etc., the more southerly Atlantic
ports are also advancing rapidly, and
New Orleans and Galveston are hand
ing big grain and general business,
the shipments Of wheat from the
former city for the four months ended
October 31st, having been 100000
against POI 700 bushels for the CORES
bonding time last year. This growth
Of the South's foreign trade is des-
tined to have wide-reaching inffu-
ence upon the progress and prosperity
Of this section. Added to the steady
Industrial advancement which is going
on, it means that the manufacturing
interests are to be supplemented by
great commercial cities with their i'm
uense traffic. The industrial growth
goes on steadily, and among the en-
terprises reported this week are the
opening of the great million. dollar
canal at Columbia, S. G., on which
work has been in progress for SO many
years, and the decision of the New
England capitalists, who have secured
control of it, toioommence al once OH
building 100000 cotton mill, 70 be
followed by others; electric light
works, Ellicott, Md; the sale of coal
land in West Virginia to Chicago capt.
salisls for S66, 900; street car shops at
Houston, Tex; $4,000 ice fac
.ory at the same place; an Sc, 900 cleo
trio light company at Point Pleaaant,
w. Va.,; large cable power house
1t Baltimore, Nd; $4,000 eleva-
Tor company at Dallas, Tex; $780,
900 manufacturing company at Waco,
lex; proposed increase Of $500, 900
capital for enlargement of sugar re-
dnery at Baltimore, Nd; a $25, 900
mining and smelling company at Fort
smith, Ark. a $4,000 electric light
plant at Marietta, Ga; 800, 900 en-
largement of water-works at Mem
phis, Tenn; a $4,000 lumber com
pany at Ocean Springs, Miss. $50, 900
coal and coke company at Clarksburg,
W. Va; a 100000 electric light and
water company at Ronceverie, W. Va;
= 500, 900 vitritied brick company at
houston, Tex; shirt and clothing
factory at Columbus, Ca; a 1926, 200
brick company at Covington, KY,
etc.