The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-12
ALABAMA'S RESOURCES.
An INTEREsTjNG PAPER SUB
MITTED BY GOYERNOR JONES.
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana. North Car
oiina, South Carolina and Virginia Will
BE Represeni ed I'm the Pamphlet.


bama. has sent to Colonel John Bell
Bigger the paper which will be published
on Alabama in the pamphlet to be dis
tributed at the Worlds Fair. The paper,
which is a very interesting one, contains
the following leading facts:
Alabama invites the immigration Of
capital. skilled labor and enterprise; in
deed, OF all men who will add to the
strength and vigOr and well being OF the
commonwealth.
Alabama is a well-equipped State, and
has entered with greatly encouraging re-
suits the race for a position Of leader
snip among the commemorative OF the
Union. The least nourishing Of her In
stitudons are her poor-houses. Not that
her several counties have failed 20 make
ample public provisions for this last mis-
fortune OF poverty; but neither The very
wealthy nor the very POOR are numer-
Gus In Alabama. the comforts OF llfe
being well distributed and the conditions
OK earning livelihood are beyond the
thought Of men in colder ciimes.
A State with more than a million and
a half OF people and a wealth upon the
earth and beneath the earth, embracing
nearly every raw product Of the United
quiry, Why do you not take care of your
own development?
Alabama has an area OF $3.50 square
miles, more than Pennsylvania or New
York, yet she has less than one-third
the population Of the former and less
than one-fourth Of the population Of the
latter She is. I'm fact. as a whole
sparsely populated. ore-haif her arabic
lands being as yet untouched by the
piow: vast stretches Of her forests have
never heard the ring OF the woodlands
axe; great areas Of her mineral fields
are SIN unexamlned and unsurveyed.
and the wealth CT her rivers and her
bays has as yet been little veXed by
fishermen fleets o. the oystermans in
trusion. There is wealth 10 be garnered
and work 10 do for five millions OF thrifty
people.
Prior to 1850 the State was in a forma-
tive period, reorganizing the disarrange-
ment of war, and the people adapting
themselves 10 new conditions. The prob
lem was TO live. Yet from the very mo-
ment that wars alarms had ceased they
began, not only the rebuilding of that
which was overturned. but 10 build new
institutions and develop every source Of
their wealth. by the year 1880 they were
fairly entered on that career Of progress,
whose results astOnish themselves, and
now enable them with CandOr and sim
pie statement % invite capital 10 safe
investment, skilled labor % remuneratiye
employment and enterprise 20 an I'M
limited field for the successful eXertIOn
Of its activities.
Taking 1850 as the period when the
rebound from the disaster Of civil war
became effective. some facts stand out
10 catch tine eye and appeal TO the reason
aud interest of mankind.
From then 20 now tax values have
increased from sl3g.0OO.O)O to $26).O000OO.
The rate Of taxation has decreased from
% cents on the 500 20 80 cents on the 500.
THE acreage of cotton, the great money
crop Of the State has increased from
2,33O0OO acres 10 27Cl.O0O acres and the
yield from $4,000 bales 10 $4,000 bales.
The acreage Of corn, the great food crop
Of the State has increased from 2,0j6.000
acres 90 2.5l3O00 acres. and the product
from 9,Ol9 00J bushels 20 3O,6j6.O00 bushels.
The production Of pig iron has increased
from 1900 tons per annum to 100000
per anndm. The numer Of blast furnaces
has increased from Is 20 g. and the capt
tai invested from 100000 to sl650O,O0O
The output of coal has increased from
300 tons 20 100000 tons. and the CAPT
tai invested from S2.S7O.00O 10 S9,,.J.000.
THE railroad mileage has increased
from 726 miles 10 1921 miles Saw mills
have increased from a number 50 small
that no record was kept 20 more than
POO. with an annual cut OF 390Ol0.000 feet
The numebr Of public school teachers
has increased from Jess than 1900 TO
G.29l while private schools and colleges
exhibit a similar gratifying rate Of eX-
pansion. The State appropriation for
public schools has been increased $4,000
the total amount now paid out by the
State for public education being more
than half OF IT'S entire general revenue
derived from taxation Of property.
THE growth and improvement Of the
cities I'm Alabama is phenomenal, but not
al the expense Of the country. Manufac-
turing development is giving employment
10 more and more hundreds and thou
sands each year, drawing some surplus
population from the country, and much
skilled labor from Europe and the East.
adding 10 the value of farms and the
strength OF the commonwealth. Urban
growth I'm Alabama Is based on multi
plying smoke stacks and electric motors
and motor wheels. II is The result OF
varying the products Of industry, the de-
velOpment Of new sources Of wealth.
This growth is SHOVE by the following
table of population in three OF the lead
Ing cities: