New-York tribune., 1897-08-06
OUTLOOK IN THE SOUTH.
GEORGE w. oCHs MAYOR OF CHATTA-
NoooA COMMENTS ON THE TENNEs-
ZEE EXPOSITION AND OTHER

ENTERPRISES
o.or~s W ochs Mayor Of Chattanooga and Edi
tor OF '.rhe Chattanooga Times. was IN new
York yasterday. the guest of his brother, Acolpi
q Ocha Mr. Oche presided at the fourth annua
oonferenoe Of the National Municipal League. held
In Louisville recently. ticking the place OF James
c. Carter. the prNsident OF that body. lie Is an
enthusiastic advocate of non-partisan nuhi'ipa
government and says that he Is watching WIN IN
terest the development Of municipal reform In
New-York
Speaking Of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition
at Nashville Mr.. Ochs said It was brilliant sue
cess He added: 1T Is universally conceded to be
the most elaborate and intelligent display OF the
resources. products and Industrial achievements
Of the Southern States ever made surprising IN
all respects the Atlanta and the New-Orleans ca
positions. 1t gave the first opportunity since the
Industrial renaissance Of the South to show what
has been accomplished. and ovokes the enthusiastic
praise and admiration of all patriotc Americans
The attendance has been excellent. the paid admis-
sions from June I TO August aggregatng 76o"'
September and October are regarded as the best
months and II is expected that the total admissions
will approach two million. The real advantages
and real merits OF the Exposition are just begin
ming to be fully realized in many States. and Its
value In developing Southern progress and opening
new fields for Northern investors is becoming ap-
parent"
What Is the business outlook In the South"
VERY promising. The last sixty days established
a record in rapid recovery here in Newly ork'
and the upward movement. which has been so sig
nifcant here is reflected everywhere in the South
We have the best cereal crop in years in Tennes-
see; the fruit crop the most profitable we
have had and immense profits were realized
this year from watermelons Cotton is higher than
II has been for years; cents pound now is bet
ter than IL cents was ten years ago, because in
addition to his cotton the planter now disposes
OF his seed TO advantage. while the price he
o,1Iz r-{l f,,i1, a r1nr
see from the United States Treasury report made
public to-day that In the fiscal year ended June 80
1897, the exports of cotton in bales aggregated
$3.50 Sog71, against sl9OG60 900 In 1896 and for each
year 1t comprised considerably more than one
fourth Of our entire export business. With a
greater in acreage. excellent crop prospects
and higher and advancing prices. any one with in
telligence can foresee period Of great prosperity
for the South.
but cotton no longer holds undisputed sway in
the South. The iron and lumber industries
growing rapidly in Importance The iron industry
Is now especially active; the mining troubles are
practically settled and the recovery is almost
magical. Steel is now being successfully made at
ah Bithmingham from Southern ores and this one
for our entire section Furnaces that have been
cold for years are going into blast the large rolling
Chattanooga and at Birmingham have heavy orders
booked and are running full time. a short time
against competitive bids from all the world
Tor large order at Yokohama Japan, and In the
last twelve months Southern furnaces have sold at
Genoa Antwerp and Liverpool over 10000 tons of
pig in the face OF competition from England, Ger
many and Belgium II is practically certain thst al
English syndicate with 10000 capital has closed
negotiations for a number of the largest coal mines
and coke plants in East Tennessee. and will de-
velop them"
rs the South sharing the Clondyke excitement?'
The people of the South impusive and adven-
turesome. There has been some suppressed excite
ment all over the South for year past the
gold developments In Alabama and Georgia. The
recent discoveries of new chlorination and separ-
ating processes have made the intractabe ores Of
the South profitable TO mine. and many gold mines
abandoned years ago are now being proftaby
operated A short time since held in my hand a
solid brick of gold worth $500. which had been
taken from Georgia gold mine in months at
a cost OF g. 800. number of young men have al
ready left the South for the Eldorado"
How about the recent lynchings in the South?'
1T is, indeed. most deplorable state of affairs
So long as lustful brutes despoil vrtuous women
go long will these scoundrels be lynched. Iynchng
for that unnamable crime Is not confined TO any
one section, as the recent occurrences in the State
OF President Mckinley and in other Northern com
munities abundantly testify. / am no advocate of
lynching, and deplore its frequency blot upon
civilization