The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
SOUTHERN ADVANCEME

No greater evidence of the vast
trade and industrial development Of
he new life and activity reported in
Baltimore could be given than is
found in the publication of 64-page
special issue of the Baltimore News
devoted to the progress and prosperity
Of Baltimore and the South. This is
the largest paper ever printed south
of New York, and its list of contents
is the most remarkable ever seen in
any one issue of any daily paper.
Ten Southern Governors write OF the
resources and advantages of their re-
spective States. Hon. Robert p.
Porter, the Superintendent of the
Census gives an official census review
of the South. Mr. Richard H. Ed
monds, under whose editorial charge
this issue was prepared, writes of the
conditions of the South prior to the
war, and of its progress since then,
and editorially discusses every phase
of Southern advancement. Many
special writers contribute special artl-
cles on the South and its varied re-
sources. The News shows that Balti-
more has entered upon a new era of
progress, in fact, that the whole city
is being revolutionized; that 500, ooo,-
900 are going into new development
enterprises and municipal improve
ments, including SIS, 700, 900 in the
building of over 200 miles of electric
and cable railways, $4,000, 900 in a
belt line and tunnel, millions in build
ing operations, half million in the
largest hog and beef packing estab-
lishment east of Chicago, etc. 1t also
shows that Baltimore's population is
increasing at the rate of about 40, 900
a year, and that its manufacturing
capital has increased from S3S, 900, 900
IN 1880 to over 800, 900, 900 at pres
emit The growth of the Sonth as
shown by the figures has been simply
marvellous, Notwithstanding the tenn
porary strinsency which has retarded
business interests since the Barring
failure.
The South's gain in population
from 1881 to 1891, says The News,
was only about 20 per cent. With
only this increase in population,
which should be remembered in order
to appreciate what that section has
accomplished, the South increased its
grain production from 4o4, 900, 900
in 1881, to GA, 900, 900 bushels in
I8oI-a gain of &C per cent; its
cotton crop increased from $500, 900
bales to 5000, 600 bales, or 64 per
cent, 1t practically created in that
period its early vegetable and fruit
business for Northern markets, which
now yields upwards of $50, 900, 900 a
year, and largely added to its cotton,
rice, and sugar crops. Its pig-iron
production, which was $4,000 tons
in 1881, was 1000, 900 tons in 1892;
its coal output rose from 5000, ooc
tons to $4,000, 600 tons; its cotton
spindles from 667, 900 to $500, 900,
its cotton seed oil industry, from ar
investment Of S., 500, 5000 to about
$40, 900, 600; its railroad mileage from
1871 miles to As, 500 miles; 1t large
" more than doubled its banking
business, increasing the number of it,
, national banks from 223 TO Oh, anC
, their aggregate capital from $45,,
|. 900, 900 to $Io2, 900, 900; it added tC
the assessed value of its property
: nearly S., 900, 900, or 65 per cent.
making the average assessment pc
capita in 1892 SAIL, against $IS7 il
, 1880.