The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03


Is becoming ditiicul,, II not impossible 70
Ind town In the South where no has
4 not come TO make his home.
] Capital and skilled labor VIII seek the.
most inviting Fields Tor Investment and eni-
alignment, and ne artificial advantages. how
ever long established. can withstand the
natural hounties OF raw material and cheap
power and climate. The South leads The
world In tho bountics OF nature and IN the
abundance and chcapness Of the essentials
X for manufacturing Industries. Among her
ADVANTAGES, aside from climate are cotton,
iron, wood. coal, water power, wool. heather
and agriculture. Not only rs the South
building cotton factories, but mincs and
quarrics are being utilized. The mineral
| wealth of the South Is estimated by Com
4 mssiucr OF Labor Wright us forty times
MS great as that of England pennsylvania
/ has $500 N00 900 more invested in ninnufac-
4 turing TINT the entire South while the
i State of Alabama alone has more coal and
\ iron and ten times as much timber as the
4 State OF Pcnnsyivanla. The South has coal
4 and iron enough to supply the world for
! hundreds OF years Il not a ton was mined
in any other country. IN 1870 the produce
| ton OF plg iren IN the United States WAS
1 lsS6b,t7g gross tons. In 1925 the production
/ In the South was 1.6ai.sT2 gross tons. which
WAS 10000 gross tons in excess of the en-
1 tire production OF pig iron In the United
/ States Ia 1870. southern iron VS. produced at
! loss cost than any other iron IN the world
| and ends rcauy sale IN the Southern States
and In Europe, This iron was sold at thes
furnaces dmring the depression al from 81
sto Sc Il ton, and sales have heen reported
\ In England as low rs SIS prr ton. s
1 All the world. With tho execution OF Nsia,
/ comes TO the Southern States for TIMBER
| The single port of brunswick, Ga,# esq
ported lumber or timber In some form last !.
year TO twenty-five different countrist
| Forest products not Including turpGntilo
! aud rosii were shipped from the Southern
| ports last year 70 the yalnc Of about $2s.-
|, 600 00D. During thu same pprioa thn do
nestle consumption was probably Ave ar
ak times as great. carrying the total value
! OF The Southern forests up 10 about $50
| 900. The South, the Great l;ikn Sat 8
and the Northern States nov Cut oqul
| quantities OF timbcfS-ahout 1900. 0e0to1
! feet each year Chief among the trees OF
| the South is the pine OF which there are
four important varieties. Roughly speak-
! Ing. tho pines cover half the Territory
between the Potomac and tho BraSos river
/ in Texas or about 40 900 square mites |
| and viii cut 100000 0O0 00p fcet OF ncr-
charitable lumber. The annual consumption
| averages about 1000, 000 00o and at this
! rate tho South can supply the world for
| thirty fivu years. Another of the most
| valuable woods in the South is the cypress
| beautiful In color and grain, durable, easily
| worked and adapted TO almost every nso
| for which building wood is needed, The
! annual production OF cypress Including
| shingles approNintates 600 900 600 feet and
| IL la estimated that there are 30 900 coo coo
\ feet OF cypress ON the stump. The hard |
! woods of the South embrace nearly all tho
varieties to be found In the United States,
| and cover $4,000 Gao acres Among the more
| important commercial hardwoods ure tie
| different kinds of oak. ash. hickory, poplar. |
| cottonwood chestnut gum magnolia, |
cedar. bay, walnut, butternut, p can ANA
| sycamore and II Is estimated that the
| South has 500 10O 600 600 feet OF such wood
standing
| The best mining authorities who have
| examined the Appalachian gold holt do
clare that on the eastern SLOPES Of those
mountains, extending continuously iron,
| virginia to Georgia Inclusive mora gtla N
| deposited than has been found In any Other,
! caual area In the world phe potd ne az
| OF this section have been oyerlons, a In the
! wild scramble TO The Western onu,us and
the ilondike BEFORE Tho n,vlI wa,i many
! mines I'm this hait ,varn wnri,,d aucraga
| fully uutll tbe rold ca,s,d IN occur IA
/ chenioeIlv rtsn stote nna tho oiaI,ms ,y,rn
then abandoned nithnurb of,on mo MA
| In conbinntion YIN ntbS, .s,S.,a,,,,s -,
actually rIchar nov, ION ~ ,bc nain, ~
! nb,ndonrer, nm NJ thn has,,,ni,,, ~,
worl, n ,i,,t I'm, ~, ,,t,,,si = ~ 2 l.
discovered hy nhicb no mi,a, eSnIh
oeopomicsIIy s.,ar.Io ~ ,,nia ,o,,a,, ~
| nj, .,.r,,'a .',,'. ~ sV'u ioupn ~
,i,,a,,, .r''a , l.oi' Wv o,', ',, eyn-
ri ,,,atI,,a Ia, no"u ',' s.s'iut
nraotn,,s 49,, - 80 t 70 uA'.n~N Wy
eo'a,,t ,1unu ~ supn uoiosits' ~
ivnNai " il''ulest ~ .he soll
m1ipP VI .nc son'n 70 iast setting m Whi,h
W., s9oh result IN y floi yelow sure an
~ n'.,t W." un,.eu slh,es lil,s me sta'e
o "a N oo Nuroiihh a'one mas pronueed w.
ouy'yvV IN soiu, ana inc great body OF its
o' M, 80 uu'ouohvu
in ~, posslpllties OF me south III the way
VI ultelspi ,,, industries are prpctlcaliy
, uniInillcn, VINE the greatest progress mas
,n,I,t, r" ~ ~ a'e uuseiopnent 81 COTTON
. 1871 70 various IiDest INC ahNah-
. .asus enjoyed py ene south as mpntiihr-
suri .l' ra'''er aTe recognized ny northern
upuialors, ana lhey are lnausnratIhg
nv inuN'Hi ie ~ Pote'u inplnseiVes from
,r,a ,s sus sp,li, we ul,dual uompe,l1'on'
nu enV IT'LL, wiilcn - nov DIVING maze 70 he,