Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-08
FUTURE OF THE SOUTH
Promises to Compare Favorai1y With
the Northern Section.
Paying Crops of Fruit, Cotton
and Grain.
Mills Going Up and Consequent Demand For
Labor at Good Prices

BALTIMORE, Aug. b. - Tho Manufac-
turers' Record this week has the following
interview with Hon. Hokc Smith In re-
gard TO the business outlook OF tho south.
based on special Investigations,
II have never seon the south look no
prosperous, especially Georgia. Hard
times arc rapidly becoming extinct, and
believe that the southern states arc NOV
Ing on to the most prosperous epoch In
their history. Georgia farmers will make
this year better corn crops and raise more
wheat than ever before. 1t Is safe to say
that the food supply Of that state, II prop
erly distributed, will be sufficient for two
years consumption. Tho corn crop is In
better condition than for yours past, and
will probably exceed every former produc-
tion OF the state. Moro fine hogs are be-
Ing raised than for many years. Tho rails
ing OF all needed food supplies leaves cot
ton q surplus crop, and proves tho diversi-
fed agricultural possibilities OF that 500
ton.
"Cotton IL sufficiently advanced 10 In
sure good crop, and, while Texas n be-
hind In proportional production, Georgia
and the adjoining states Will furnish an
average yield. The crop Will bo produced
at less than usual COST. Many southern
farmers, because OF enforced economy, are
unable to borrow money on thoir crops
and on this account havc made the present
crop with loss debts than heretofore"
Secretary Smith Is enthusiastic over the
signs Of prosperity among tho fruit grow
ers of Georgia. "More peaches" no said,
"havc been raised and marketed than ever
before In the history OF the state. They
arc large and juicy. The magnitude OF
this industry cah be appreciated from the
fact that during tho season one railway
has been hauling from 60 to 50 carloads OF
peaches u day n refrigerator cars from
Georgia TO eastern points. These trains
have been
Run on Lightning Schedules,
making even better time than the vesti-
bule limited passenger trains. The water
melon crop in Georgia was tremendous
one, and in most parts Of the state a
profitable one. Grape growing Is making
rapid progress, and number of Swiss
settlers who purchased few years ago
some poor, red clay land have made re-
markable success In growing grapes and
making claret."
Secretary Smith says he noted many
evidences Of industrial progress, and be-
heved that the industrial boom In the
south, which was temporarily set back by
the Late panic, is ON again. He says.
"COtton manufacturing was never more
successful than 1t Is today, and all the cot
ton belt mills are being erected and old
mills are being enlarged. Much Of this
Is being done by southern capital, al
though a number Of New Englanders are
making large investments In cotton
manufactures In the south In tho iron
district of Alabama a number of furnaces
have recently gone into blast, and the
workmen in that section are now fully
employed and many Of them ut increased
wages. All over the south the domand
for labor is constantly increasing and at
good prices.
II look forward" said Secretary Smith,
''to the south's future more firmly than
ever before. Conditions were never better
for a return Of prosperity unexampled in
the history of the section II our people
continue in their present conservative
way, much Of the Aow Of eastern
capital which has hither travelled else
where, will come to us. Unwise legis-
lation might prevent this. but do not be-
lieve such legislation possible. The place
for young man, an old man, u rich man,
or a poor man, willing to work and anxious
to improve his fortune, is in the SOUTH"