The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
PROGRESS oftlc South.

Among the good things that come
along with commendable regularity at
the tinc of the harvest moon are
the annual trade reviews III various
enterpriSing Southern newspapers: One
Of the most accurate and comprehensive OF
these reviews is that Of the New Orleans
Times-Dcmocrat which includes returns
from that city aud louisiana and the thirteen
Southern States. Delaware. Maryland; anu
Missouri, are not included, they being re-
sartied as more Northern than Southern.
when an arbitrary distinction must be drawn:
The development Of manufacturers Is, o.
cnurs, the topic Of leading Interest III bus
iEcss view Of the South. Exact figures can
not be given. but the estimates OF the Times
Democrat are as nearly accurate as un'
official figures can be. The comparison 1t
makes is between 1880 and 1895. a period
Of. fifteen years. In that time the number
OF manufacturing establishments IN the SCUM
increased from 1866 to salts. and the
capital Invested increased from Sl79.336 ,240
to s5j9. .4G7 500. In 1880 tue hands employed
in the mills Of the South Numbered 2l5.4l3,
while in 1855 they had grown to 56s, 41O, or
considerably more than doubled. and The
wage. paid increased from S62, ,l4'.S!Z 10
S20l. 975 .:.00 or more than trcblcd.
The amount Of cultivated land has in
creased III about the same proportion as the
volume ana Ta!ue Of the crops. Fifteen
wears ago there were 81 .G7? l45 acres of land
under the pillow, while in 1895 there are 81
462 6!2 cultivated acres, or an increase o.
81. 7S3 ,527 ;,'r,'s in a decade and Il hall. Inc
total value Of FL! farm products WIS estl-
mated at :6l1 ,Gy9, 145 in 1880 while this year
Il is placed at 1916 463 500, An increase OF a
little more than one-falf, or nearly the same
as the lEcr"ast in !ha amount OF cultivated
land. O..c of the most encouraging exhibits
j.: the comparison Of the number OF faruS IN
1870 and 1895. IN the first year there were
! .T2G, $50. while in the second year there are
2.!02. .G72 The Old plantations are disappear
iay, ncvcr 70 return. Cut up into small
farms. they are worked to better advantage,
and rrut r!butc mole largely to the general
prosperity. -,
The coa-mInrs AID forests of the South
are on" Of the great sources OF wealth, pres
eat and prospective. 1t Is estimated thar
;i:cre are 375. .1S5. $40 acres Of woodland in
the United States to-day. and that 1?I 49,
$50 acres, or more than half, are in the
Soutl,-a quantity sufficient to supply tho
whole country for many years. Or coal,
nine Southern States prodnced in 1914 aeout
a. .0UG 900 tons, Of which almost exactly hhlJ
caine from the mines OF West Virginia. In
1880 only 1858. 1856 tons Of coal were mined
in the whole South. No statistics rs to the
number Of tons OF iron ore are given, but the
increase mast have been great. as the pro-
dlc1iun OF piS-iron has grown from O.525
tons in 1883 to 1.262, ,S25 tons in 1894, and it
was all produced from ore mired at home.
We have space for only a few items from
the Timcs-Dcmocrat's presentation OF great
facts. but they suffice to show wonderful
pr9srsS Aa Sst the MeF q edahnSGfl9saaPst9t anG 9sat9
will find great opportunities in the Southern
States for many years to come, and the an
nual trade reviews will long continue to give
cheering reports of substantial gain In
wealth. aad all other elements Of strength
and prosperity. Washington Post.