The Atlanta constitution., 1895-09-23

portunity to know the truth. / say with
100000 of capital invested. These figures
were made in March of this year by Mr.
John G.. Latham, of the New York cotton
exchange, who, l believe, is an acknowl-
edged authority. l read in The New YORK
Herald of the Sth of this month a state
ment from that valuable publication The
Manufacturers Record, of Baltimore, that
during the past three months there have
been projected in the south seVenty-seVen
new cotton mills, with 100000 spindles-a
greater number than were ever projected
during a similar period. Most of them are
under construction or are contracted for
The Herald concludes: 1T is no longer
doubtful that the south is destined to be-
come the leading manufacturer as well as
grower of its great staple. The rapid eX-
tension of the textile interests of the south
and the phenomenal activity prevailing in
iron and coal matters. coupled with the in
creasing demand for farm lands for settle
ment by western people, is bringing about
an unusually healthy condition throughout
this entire section 1 once heard that
distinguished New Yorker, the Hon. Abram
s. Hewitt, an expert on the subject, de-
clare that iron could be made in Alabama
cheaper than in any other iron producing
country.
"Our great lines of railroads are now
in the hands of men who have something
to lose, and not everything to gain. They
hundreds of millions they represent de-
pend on the broad and even development
of our country and in sympathy with this
purpose people will accord them their
ungrudgIng support.
The truth is the south is begin
ming to think more of it's interests and less
of its rights We have more earnest work
ers and fewer grand-stand performers. The
most important fact of all is that our
people have at length learned the inexor-
able necessity of raising their OWN food
crops. This was always easy. An immense
acreage in cotton had a delusive charm
which for years they could not resist
They bought their corn and meat. and
when the cotton crop was sold and the
cost of production paid, no profit remain
ed to the farmer. This is no longer true.
New Industries Here.
The great packing houses like that of Ar
mour have commenced to order meat from
Georgia farmers. The estimate furnished
me a day or two ago by the largest com
mission house i'm central Georgia states
that since 1891 the sale of corn from other
states has decreased Al per cent, and meat
IS per cent. The estimate is taken from
the books and railroad delivery records of
the house. These figures are most signifi-
cent and demonstrate that our people al
most entirely depend for support upon
their own farms, and yet the trade of the
Columbus wired me on the 1lth instant
that the iobbing trade of that city had in
creased zoo per cent in ten years. and is now
s. 600. 600 This does not include the man.
ufacturng trade. The retail trade has
doubled in ten years. The secretary of the
board of trade Of Macon informs me that
the commerce of that city has Increased
81 per cent and Augusta. the second largest
interior cotton market in the world, Mem
phis being the first. has increased its trade
- per cent. H. 1SSS-i il received l3l,io0
bales of cotton. in 1915 21l,s5l bales. Its
cotton factories hare increased from four
10 nine and the capital invested from
8. 300 900 to $f.00l.Cf0. Savannah. the second
largest cotton ard first naval stores mar
let in the world, shows the following sur
prisine figures: In 1872 Savannah's cUIu-
merce 5y water was S72,S5>oO) ana in 1852
over Sl500l0 t00, an increase of more than
100 per cent. And what shall We say Of
this glorious city. the finest type OF south
ern progress? Such an one Jhe Master
must nave had in mind whca lie exclaimed:
1-e are the light Of the world. a city
that is set on "A hill cannot he hid
might enlarge on the inspiration its stur-
DIV people gather from its bracing cline.
their iEdefatisablc industry. their broad
and liberal talents. the cordial welcome
they give the stranger that Is within their
gates, the exempar of municipal activity
and municipal virtue it affords II IS
American to- the core. Its every expiration
is a hurrah. Within the structure OF the
majestic church of St. Pauls in London
there is a simple Inscription in honor of
an architect Christopher Wvenn. who is
there sleeping-'Si mo1umeatum requiris.
circulnsIiCe.' If YOU would behold his
me nument, look around you. This was an
inscription to the mighty dead. 1t Is
equally appropriate to the mighty living
If YOU would behold the monuments of
this proud Georgia city, the pride of the
state, look around you.
A Great Climate.
'While our winters are bracing and in
yigorating, our streams are never frozen.
The death rate throughout the entire state
is fifteen and a fraction to a thousand,
and among the white people even less.
Moreover, the people of Georgia respect
and enforce the laws. l have had the op-
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