Washington sentinel., 1899-12-02

the improvement OF old ones
Il over 81 ,ooo, ,ooo, 900. In 1880 th
South made a8o,8I6 tons OF pi
iron. And in 1897 it mad
I,796,7rs tons. In 1880 the valu
of the product was S7,a69,oSo. l
> 1897 its estimated value was sac
592,7Io In 1880 the South's out
,, put OF coal was 1886 I44 ton:
Last year it was 32,S52, 63o tons
and has exceeded rs. 900, 900 eacI
year since 1891. The resources O
the national banks Of the Soutl
increased from Sao,3377oo in 1885
to S287 594,6o4 IN 1897, and the
amount Of Individual deposits from
500, SAC, 500 to Sr6o, ,S7s,3o9 in the
same period. These figures are
exclusive of savings banks, the de.
posits in which increased proper
tionatelY.
No section is better adapted to
the manufacturing industry than
the South. 1t has all needed raw
materials in the greatest abund-
ance and Of the best quality. Its
iron ore fields are practically mex
haustible, and they embrace all
varieties OF ores, and many OF them
are Of surprising richness. 1t has
coal enough to last for generations,
even with the most prodigal use.
1t has limestone for reducing its
ores, and every facility for
making a first class quality OF pig
iron as cheaply as can be done in
any part of the world. 1t has also
been demonstrated that steel maxi
ing is quite as easy and equally
profitable as iron produc ction. Ithas
extensive forests Of timber, with
varieties suited TO every kind Of
wood making industry. and these
forests in addition produce i'm
mense quantities OF tar, pitch, tur-
pentine and rosin.
In building stones it has granite,
marble and sandstone, all OF excel
lent quality and in unlimited guam
Titles, as well as clays for pottery
and earthenware, porcelain and
brick clays, glass sand, and ocher
for paint. etc.
The majestic current Of prosper
ity and progress which is sweeping
over the South IS broadening with
every swing OF times pendulum.
Every ship that leaves her ports for
foreign shores is heavier laden,
every mile Of railroad lrackage is
bearing the burden of greater
trains. Her broad acres are intel
ligent'y titled, and her harvests tell
OF abundant riches. he hum of |
her spindles has supplanted the
old time plantation melodies. Her
towns are fast becoming cities.
Her thousands invested in indus
trial enterprises are rapidly chang /
ing into millions. The mountains
and valleys are lifting up their
voices in the grand anthem oil pros
perity.
From the turbid Mississippi to |
the Atlantic, and from the Ohio 10 |
the Gulf, an industrial evolution,
more mighty in its significance, |
more powerful in its influence than
any the world has ever known, is |
being wrought The pulse beat
ings OF this awakening are ielt in
every artery OF trade and COM
merce in this and foreign lands. |
Sections in the North where gen
erations have succeeded each other
in controlling the markets in cot.
ton goods, confess their inability to |
meet the more practical conditions |
oi manufacturing in the South. |
Her people are in earnest, and have
set their iaces toward the goal Of |
prosperity with a determination
kindled by hope and augmented |
by success already attained.
The future oil the Southland By |
every right of material riches it
should and will be more brill ant
than that oi any other section OF |
the Union. Her gracious smile |
awaits the tide of incoming immi-
grafton. Her broad and sunny |
acres, her fertile mountain and |
hillside slopes, her rich valleys and |
crystal streams, her min of coal !
and iron, her untouched forests,
vast and majestic, all pulsate with |
quickened life and stretch forth the
hand Of welcome and the bright
promise OF prosperity.