The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16


sary TO Make the South Prosperous
And TndaDard amt. r-s.ls Must Come
TO Ihe Cotton -s-~a'
Patrick walsh. editor Of the Nurusta
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hos"N4idse -.~-i Springs Va july
4-Dcar Sir. u response % your re-
cuesr Tnr,.sa5 IN oft. z,, I..iaay INV
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l-' war 'H' i''.is OF inc 7u''h was lH
favor OF free trade With me world. Her
products being ip .be main Agricultural
II WIS conceived I,,. hon. s+,re.,n.r "a d.
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f-'t ~ -i anu
purchase I'D the markets. where ao,h could
be done TO the best advantage
The mining and manufacturing interests
were neglected for two reasons In win.
First. because agriculture. cou5uctod by
slave labor was believed 10
be the most ra,Qncratiyo: seq
ond becaus. it was believed
that niniue- and marufqrtrl-.iue- I..,ufra1
free labor. which was u monaco to the
institution of slavery. No doubt those
were the controlling reasons which pre-
vented the industrial devel0u-olut of fne
SOpth There were dom. .n-s NOV, mi
nor reasons such as the absence Of rail-
roads i'm the mineral reriou- and the
want Of skilled labor i'm the different man
ufacturiug pursuits
With the climate nd vantaoo. and uatl1-
raj resources of The soufb
sr.,vr.r,,. WAS ms, ,,,-p.-y
oNoI cAlsoGu 'uG. Sou'u "oulo long
slIlI nave D1,H 1le H!Q9V pop.uodS ana
tIo2 t' oG' S.D.loA CI one uilIoh' Her
HcaI IluI NIllua'c, ih1Ahdustlpte water
loNcI Guu "a" iDaleIiti iot ,he man lIac-
lures Oh WOOD IRON ana cotton would nave
T! tSlICIeo itt Wl'noQy a sHccessIuu rival IN
sllt Z llI.co = ,au,S' IL HoJ i'll tHe world ID
S 5N ana variety on aeFlc u.Jural pro
uGioOs' sue ~ uHli NAE IN Jhls or any
oDlC[ .oaulrS' nero IS no area OF
CouE'IS IN 'LS "or4U com PIldole 10 Jhe Ter
I Ii!C eA5cuqlu5 IRON Ihe l'oJomac 70 the
NO N'IduOe. ll llIEIlil5, norm and south
STeiI Loiiil"' I}'ulEld' -oFIua' AIaOalnA
1 I'm S2Sc' N1uo ~, MISSISSIPPI Lou
Isldll'5, h,tHsIS an! ieAa5' you ma an the
cereals OF the higher attitudes and the
tir,L,,. ~ ''li'' ,o' -.
abound There is no donbt If The eortb.s
r10nopoIvo of the rroiu-f;,,, of ,,,,t,,, ana
her. ability no rranufactllro f. II, ,.g,l,,',ti
ton with New ENGLAND ana old Enrlpnd
Even without coli tharn is enn,i1ib of
water poyyrr I'm fha ~avanrib ,,i,31,. 10
INFO clotb tba enrire cotto,
crou of last ,rc4t. In 1881 d4,;,+r,
nun. -,.,.,.-,.,,. go, 80. .,...s...7
M va ,'N ~ %" I9 ~ IIoN,
az AuIdnIa' lheafu mr. EDWARD Atkinson
ueciSfe IN speech JhaL the south could
nov nope 10 compete win New England
IN UIe manufacture OF any grade of cotton
goodS. a. mat Time the south used less
tadn 4OOUO bales OF cotton in
her mIils: ID the meantime her
consumption has increased nearly
5W per cent. Inc home consump-
uon OF co-Ooh IS ABOUT 3rdJ1u0J bales, and
o. inns thv south VIII use this year fully
oVJ-goJ p~l-S or 0ne-nluh. MIR. Atkinson S
prediction has not been verified On the
, - " ~ ~ H"a ~ ELedD meas
facture of brown Goods snrl as ebcotinIrs
shirtings and drills I mako M I,l,StIy,
sions TO anv technical l1no,olcdo5 a6on4
cottou manlfact1rinr bnt 7 sfafe f1cts
that are well known ana tb,. C9nrot 10
cOutroVerted. Ina little over +en ,,oo,.s
connection in the msnuf9rt1Irs os tbe
coarser fabrics of cotton , with rho III
matc and cbeaD water pop,e1. ana 80.
material in The fields along side tha mile
I can see no insuperable obstacles in tbG
way of the south beiuo as sucoeeefpl in
the manufacture of fue az She bse boer
in the nanrf,.tura M roa,.so ,.,,,,s -
takes time and money In aoooinnIis, e,,
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