The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14

ing in Industrial development is proba- |
bly, fully appreciated by only few per
sons The tide. like that which comes in |
from the mighty deep, may not attract
attention because of its rapdity or its
noise, but it is coming in prodigeous vol |
ume and far reaching fullness. Compare !
sons with past periods viii best show how
the tide of Southern progress. which |
swelled i'm the sixties and ebbed during
the next decade, is now once more at the
full food, with the probability that ii will
continue in the same course until high !
water mark is reached which was never
before approached in any. section of this
country. A correspondent of the New
York Evening Post, in an issue of recent,
date, draws attention TO the comparisons.
In 1860 nearly one-third of the banking
capital of the country was in the South,
and Southern territory represented a per
cent of the assessed valuation of all prop
erty in the United States. The South had
money of her own to invest and was
building railroads and manufactures
During the period between 1850 and 1860
the South increased her property values
by three and a half billions of dollars.
Then came the war and its terrible conse-
quences. The industries of the South
were ruined while those of the North
were benefited by the internecine strife.
From 1860 to 1870 the South's property de-
clined in value more than two billions of
dollars. But in the next decade she
showed her wonderful recuperative quail
capped by the reconstruction iniquities in
hicted upon her by hostile legislation until
late in the seventies in 1880 she showed an
increase of three and a half billions OF.
dollars of values over 1870 If anything
were needed to show the marvellous re-
sources of the section, this would furnish
it. The rapid strides forward were an
earnest of what might be expected under
home rule; the government of those who
had the interest of the section at heart.
And the next ten years up to 1890 showed
results which would more than satisfy
great expectations, as the increase was
approximately four billions of dollars. 1t
is practically certain that the census
which is to be taken next year will show
mat TIC lhSASdsS III NdlOSS III NHC oOuin
| from 1890 to the time of the enumeration
will far overtop all previous records.
The manufacturing era. in the South is
| still young. The more northern sections
| and the world at large are just learning
that the South can supply iron and steel
| at prices which defy competition, and
make a fair profit at the, business. Ala
bama is now selling iron products in Eng
land under all European competitors, and
| Pittsburg is beginning to realize, reluc-
| family. that there is probability of the
iron center moving further southeast The
| New England cotton mills have been
forced to concede to the South a virtual
| monopoly in the manufacture of certain
lines of cloth. They acknowledge that
they canot compete with the Southern
mills in the coarser cloths. This may be
regarded as merely a beginning. There
are no reasons, save those which are tenn
porary. why the South should not make
| the medium and finer grades of goods also
cheaper than New England can do so; and
| it is practically certain that these finer
| goods will before a great while be made
in the South at less cost and better
profit than they can be produced in New
England. In the cotton mills of the South
to-day are to be found one-quarter of the
spindles of the country and the greater
portion of the number has been put in
during the last twenty years. In that time
$S0,OOO0O0 has been invested in cotton
| manufacturing which fact at once dis
proves any suggestion that cotton manu-
featuring is in an experimental stage.
| Food products of all kinds are in unlim-
| tied possibility in the South. The CHI
| mate is such as to reduce the number of
actual necessities of life. and consequently
the cost of living. Our iron area covers a
space 700 miles in length by 200 in width
| Our minerals of other sorts are practically
! exhaustless. Our forests are the best in
the United States, and probably the best
in the world. One half of the standing
timber in the United States is in the
South. Our various sorts of raw material
can be produced and handled cheaper
than elsewhere. With all of these things
in her favor, why should not the South
prosper. and gain a peaceful victory over
the North which wouldN be of no less re-
| nOWn tndl tnc Victory OF war;
|
At the state election in October there
will be balloted for and elected three men,
bers of the Supreme Court--a chief JUS
tice and two associate justices. OF the
two latter one term is for six years and
the other two years. 1t will be necessary
for voters to designate on their ballots
their preferences. for the two terms by
name; that is, they must not vote for
John Doe and Richard Roe for associate
justices of the Supreme Court, but for
John Doe for the six years term and
Richard Roe for the two years. term, or
vice versa. The chief justiceship is a sep
arate office under the constitution, and
win. therefore. be voted for separately
also. There will be no punching of three
candidates 'for the Supreme Court bench"
OF the associate jusdceships, the long
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