The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-10

Carolina over $i0.cDW In .ooae0o
Virginia nearly s2D.0o.co Ia topaoVo n'an
factures. Louisiana In refining hei Nv"
sugar and molasses Sl2,Vo"v'
over 100000 in manufacturing ,o,,
onod. There Is more actual MONEY
sn,sc Oh. whole popuation OF the SOURI,
n,on,v that circulatcs. than ever pelore'
-, ,be,e arc but few rich planters, farm
&c ar orszers I'm Virginia, Norm ,dIo-
ina ard Georgia, trn6 kers are i'a"'"S
and handling more money IMAM tnt p'",'V
org of tobacco and cotton ana 'oi .''
q, lie more I'm fruits than cotton anu lo-
bacco. -. ...,o,,,-
The lat few years have SHOWN concur
s.vely that the south has entefen upon
q determined icvelc pement oil every re-
source. and that her efforts. though some
,tr,.s crude sometimes not we'll advised,
have In the main been az successiui as
ber sensible people have the right TO cA-
pect considering the condition OF The couh-
trv in ls5 With this statement before
us we arc 20 some extent prepared 10 III
vestisatc impartially the condition OF
the south and fairly predict It's future
.HE GLORY AND THE GRANDEUR.
When we who are old enough 20 re-
member the "old south" the states that
formed the Southern Confederacy ana VINO
are now i'm active life, discuss the pieseh.
condition, the industrial, financial ana
social state of our land with the young
and hopeful men who only heard OF inc
war and have little idea OF a pidh'At,o"
| or grand old southern home, II seems iih'
| tn. meeting Of the Jews al the ucuiod'' t
| of the new temple, rev reIheniOeI W
| glory and grandeur Of the OLD, inc Hiah!
o. ,ho ,rise from ashes and the pressing
| forward lin new lines, with new hopes'
| na,v discoveries new resources ana Iines
| NJ trade commerce and manufacture we
| are not so rich, 50 comfortaDle' 50 III
| denendent or so influential as our d'hei9'
| hut we have n greatly wider field, more IN
| formation more individual charge Hoi
| ,..ources 10 develop and Infinitely bet
ter means of Development ana pet'er vi
| tho average than any cher lana or peo-
| nIo rbe older population are schooled Dy
! adverslty TO conservatism and caution,
| tho vo,,ng for lack of wealth and luxury
| are looking to personal eXertions OF brain
| and muscle We have been taught the
| value of small things and the use OF i'm
proved appliances. MANY mickle makes
a. muckIe" for capital. for a man, for a
| city or "a nation.
| We have learned that our climate is
| money: that a mild day. Il long day. Is
/ money In labor; That warm day Is money
| in fuel and forage; that continual fruits
4 a =
| for laborers than cured meats. We know
| that tobacco and cotton are staples OF
| the world rarely wasted in consumption.
| That the range of fruits, melons and veg
| etables. ease Of production. increasing de-
mand I'm colder sections and modern trans
| portation means millions of dollars OF
| profit.
| There will not he a forced development
| OF the resources Of the south az win 'aH-
| fornia, but every announcement ana III
| ducement will be afforded capitalists. ma
| tive or foreign. to do this work W AT LOT
! II. il will surely come, II will me- larry.
| The proximity of the raw materials Where
! a combination is required Is wonderful IN
| the south. Iron ore, limestone ana coal
altogether make cheap iron. and long DAYS
| and mild climate add 10 the proht. THESE
| conditions can be found In nearly every
| southern state. Salt. lime anu coal TO-
| gcther make cheap soda ASH ana proH-
| unity TO manganese will add bleaching
| rovder. This proximity with pyrites for
| suIphuric acid occurs in the south IN
some places, cheapening the product
| Magnetic iron (steel ore) in proximity TO
| coal lime and manganese are in the Blue
| Ridge chain from Alabama to Maryland
| Recent explorations show pyrites, apatlte
| and coal i'm proximity, and the sulphrrets
! are along the same lines showing recent
| developments Of paying gold. Tin has
| been found east Of the Aneghanies in two
| or three southern states; It's character ant
| purity are undoubted ard jndica tons o
QUANTITY are beyond cavil. 1t only waits
for CAPITA.
WHEN TIE SOUTH WAS RICH
| If when the south was rich and a case
looking to agricultural exports and com
! merce, the north by developing less val
liable resources and manufacturing came
| TO great wealth, what can prevent tn
| south with greater mineral and timber re
| sources. producing in tobacco. cotton AM
| sugar the material for the great mill
and factories. with cheap labor, the hes
| climate. water power and abundant fuel
from becoming the richest and most pros
| porous section of the world?
Race blood is a great power y mas
| ter's head. eyes and capital are worth
| thousand-fold his hands. The southern
ers of 1861 were a typical race. They ha'
| been forced to receive as labor the un
| civilized African from the slave SHIPS
| and they tanned, civilized and Christian
lied him and made the slave labor OF IN
south the cheapest. safest ana pest az
| r!cultural labor the world has ever seel
and the system the most humane. why
then, with all the raw materials of grea
diversity, everything used in the ciVilize
| WOllO, al tIdnllllB Oh lOuI years III a b'"t
struggle for their political faith; their ide
| OF right; a complete overthrow, a proba
| ton of poverty and trouble, shall no
this race rise, and like the Jews on IN
, walls of their sacred city. build up be
fore them" and make every manufacture
| produce every raw material cheaper an
more proftably than any section OF III
: | world. Every manufacture of the las
decade VIII have to be made cheapt
and will be made in the south. Mines W.
be fully opened and newer and richer one
| will be found. Furnaces VIII blaze
| villages never before thought Of and III
/ curious little ragged villages of the sout
| will be alive with cotton factories. WOO
works, potteries, wooden mills, paper mil
, | suphurc acid, soda and bleach WORK
springing up on the hill, all at hon
r where cheap labor sings in the long mil
$ days and need not strike where living
I so cheap This will be the result of II
! war, the rebound from the overthrow, II
rising of the Phoenix, and the fruits an
flowers and green grass and wavin
grain will cover the ashes, and the blood
: chasm Will be closed.
: ONLY WAIT.
a Wait for 1t, il will surely come 1t VI
c not tarrY always Look for the o
n paths. watch the landmarks in relgiC
and politics, avoid isms and cranks. /
\ | induStriouS and sober utilize VOur ON