The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-07-28

output of quicksilver i'm tho world and
have established the price And it has
been the Democratic policy to do what
the Rothechild> desire. just ~ it has been
TO obey the demands of the HavcmeycI
Sugar trust
Another surrender the Democrats made
to foreign interests was to permit the Ga
indians To import their fish to the Unit
Ell States free. which would not only in
Jurc the fishermen of the East but would
degrade the flag. Senator Hoar. who has
mad" such Il brilliant and conspicuous
record all through the memorable tariff
debate. made Il sinGulariy co@cnt and adj
nllrable statement in which the rigging
of the New England fishermen was de
fined. and the unpatriotic Democratic at
tempt to rob them of their rights and
the wages of labor waS exposed. 1t was
understood at the time that the amend
ment to the tariff hill to open the mar
!etS of this country To FIRE" fish was in
accordance with the instructions of the
administration. proceeding directly from
the secretary of tn" treasury. Mi Huar
gave tn" Democratic senators to under
stand that if they insisted upon paSSiUc
the amendment the tariff bli would not
90 through the Senate this summer, and
II waS therefore withdrawn.
Facts showing the industrial Develop
ment ot the south Since 1850.
A few days ago the Southern Exchange
association held meeting at Baltimore.
at which Il. II Edmonds. editor of the
Manufacturers Record, made Il speech ON
The Industrial Progress of the South
Since 1850" The speech SO impressed the
association that the officers were instruct
eel TO send copies of ii to all Southern com
mcrcial bodies. transportation bodies. inn
migration companies. Industrial OrGanIZa-
tionS. and other corporations. Truly did
the South rise PhocuiN-likc from the
waste created hy the war, Il victory only
poSSibl" under protection.
The following interesting facts rs ia
what protection has done for the South
are taken from Mr.. Edmonds speech:
The North. stimulated into great aCtiv-
ity by the war. found in the opening M of
the West field for all its surplus capital
and energy. creating an era of develop
ment that Up to that time had never been
equalcd III the worlds history. The viGor
with which the business was pushed may
be Judged from the fact that about one
sixth of all the ScandiuavianS in the
world. or 2,OOO,OOp out Of 1000 900, are
now living in the Northwest.
II uder such conditions what has the
South accompliShedE Is if able to show
on"-half or even ouo-fourth of the prog
rcSS made hy the country at large! Not
only can il show this. but it can prove
10y census figures despite all these dlSad-
vantagcS. Il rate of growth uncquaIcd by
even the West. II has demonstrated tO
the world that in iron. cotton and lumber
manufacture il is 40 longer Il question as
to whether the South can compete with
other sections, but il i q question rs Ia
whether other sections can hold their
own against tho South, Southern cotton
mills practically mOnopollze the coarse
- a in fl
the production Of finer goods. Alabama
is today making iron at less than S6.5O
per ton, and able experts have lately re
ported that the CarolinHS can produce
the best grades Of RcSSemor iron for steel
making at less than IS ton In 1850
IA" South had total farm assets of s.
314.UOO.UOo: by 1890 they had increased
To So. - 10000 an increase Of 81 per
cent. while during the same period the
increase in all other states and terri
tories was only 80 per cent. In $500
the SOuths farm products were worth
SI13.0UW.Ooo, or Il gross revenue of II j
per cent. on the capital. All other sec
tionS combined had ST.. .797 600. 900 in
farm operations. and the product was
Sl6S1 100000. or l3.1 per cent. gross
revenue. Thus the South's farm inter.
eStS yielded in the capital invested nearly
- for every dollar yielded in other sec
tionS
Turning from agriculture 10 manu-
featuring we find that in 1850 the South
had Il manufacturing capital of &257, 600
un0. which by 1890 had increased tc
S6I9.onO,nnn, gain of 1I6 per cent
while tn" gain in the entire country WIS
only l2O per cent Ih" valu" of the
SouthS manufacturing products ro>,
from S45T. .OOOnOO in 1850 tn S917. 900
600 in 1890 The wages paid To factory
hands increased from SI5.90O. 900 in 1855
to SD, ,O0o.oO0 in 1890, The Gotten mill,