The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-19
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
industrial oDpertsnitses Ars Asw
Far Ahead Of Thsse IN
In the West.

More money has been made In the
southern states in the Inst 20 years than
will be made in the next SO years IN
Cuba. Porto Rico or the Philippines. and
the chances for money-making In the
south have only commenced. The price
Of iron for the world il NOW made 1t
Birmingham, Ala. and that city win
shortly make the worlds price Of steel
The south's industrial evolution, which
began with the development Of its iron
interests, rapidly spread to AL Of the
collateral iron industries, including ma
chine shops and foundries. stove fac
tories. steel plants and hardware fac
tories. The 5000 new Industries which
have sprung up during the past yeal
include fertilizer and phosphate works.
woodworking factories, furniture, vehi
Gle, agricultural and miscellaneous
works; textile, flour and cotton seed
oil mills; gas and waterworks, telo
phone systems, electric light and power
and ice and cold storage plants; can
neries and hundreds of miscellaneous
plants. Nearly every southern state
has increased its railroad mileage dur.
ing the past year and every southern
harbor has largely increased its export
trade.
Alabama has shipped 1000 tons Of
iron day, month after month, and the
ports Of New Orleans, Norfolk, Balti
more, Pensacola, Brunswick and Mo
bile are shipping American producta
direct and by the shortest route to
many foreign countries. The develop
ant <rf sv,I ctr In he
is in its infancy and in the manufac-
ture of textiles that section of tho
country has not begun to take the place
1t will fill, although last year over $50.
900 spindles were added to the equip
ment of southern mills, in which S..
100000 sought new investment. Nearly
$l,on0,0Oo went into the cottonseed
mi,a for American cotton oil finds .
market in every civilized country-and
s5ooo,oo0 is being put in the iron and
| steel Industries of Alabama and mil.
lions into those of Tennessee and Vir
ginia. Rich in natural resources, with
splendid water powers still undevel.
oped and almost unknown, welcoming
capital and Hospitality welcoming the
investor from the north, the south is
having a wonderful awakening, and II
requires no cunning eye to perceive
that it is on the road to unmeasured
and unreasonable wealth, Gen. vii.
son, the secretary Of agriculture, has
just called attention to the fact that the
agricultural wealth of the south would
be vastly increased il its products were
diversified; that, favored a. II ID BY
conditions of climate and soil, It can
find an enormous market in the north
for its early vegetables, spring lamb,
young chickens and other commodi-
ties which, in this luxurious day, find
a ready sale in every city. The canning
industry can find no better location
than in many of the southern states,
where fruits are raised in the greatest
abundance and Mt the lowest cost
Fruit culture and the culture of nuts
find their best opportunities in the
southern states. There is everything,
IN fact, in the south to sustain large
population in comfort and with less
hardship than must be encountered in
almost any other section of the world.
If you seek new fields of opportunity
go south, young mnn!-Leslie's Weekly.