The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-07
FOREIGN TRAFFIC
PORTS IN SOUTH II
There Has Been Marvellous Increase
in Late Years.
NEW vlGoR IN IRON INDUSTRY.
Ono Interest Alone in the South Fur
nis,,cs Five Per Gent. Of the En-
tire Output Of Pig 1ron in
the United States.
NEW vIGoR IN IRON INDUSTRY.
fspcsia, Dispatch 10 The Tines

BALTIMORE. MD, Dec. G.-Statistics
which have been compiled relating to the
commerce OF Galveston during the past
i've years are Interesting, not only as
showing winy-the men OF that city did not
lose hope for i, IN the face of this appalling
disaster of September. but also as being
typical Of the steady progress of the
movement CT foreign bound traffic through
Southern parts generally. In the eleven
months OF this year the value 81 exports
from Galveston was s1a.SSSs. or 400. 7oa
more than in the whole Of 1885. while the
imports. .Sss, we're s.. n223 1Gs more than
those OF 1881 Among the large increases
in exports We're sos .SS4D bales of cotton, Il
gain of SO IL per cent: SO, 12s tons of cot
tonseed meal, or sc % per cent; 3.st'e,esz
gallons Of cottonseed OIL or 100 per cent:
2.1a6. as bushels of grain, or LOCO per cent.
while flour exports tripled and the TON
mage Of vessels in the foreign trade IL
creased 529, oS6.
OTHER SOUTHERN PORTS
The figures of this advance al Galveston
may differ in some respects from those
of other Southern ports. but taey Illus
i:ate the advantages which have come
10 many Of them through the development
of railroad construction the union OF com
narativeiy weak lines of transportation in
geat systems criss-crossiHg the section
which has in reality only begun TO feel
the Effects of industrial activities, and the
tapping, with a generally north and south
trend. Of the fields of American agricultu-
raj production. Energies at Galveston,
crippled only temporarily by the cy-
clone. have their counterpart in New Or
leans, where the healthy condition of the
cntton market and the fact that it has
become the depot for the deportation OF
thousands of animals intended 1or service
in South Africa, have sweiled the volume
of Of Nnlibe whore hliSiDfcs
are seeking closer connections with the
Latin Americans and the West Indies, at
Pensacola, With its large interests II snip
mei.ts Of phosphates. lumber and other
articles: at Savannah and Wilmington,
sharing in great measure the trade II
naval stores: at Charleston. preparing
inreugh its exposition TO direct trade of
The South TO and from the West Indies
through its port and IN the great Hsmp-
ton Roads basin. with its Norfolk terni-
.lals Of great railroad systems facing New
por; News with its magnificent docks and
elevators. its sfliryard and dry dock, while
baltimore is stirred to better harbor IA
cilities.
COAL. AND ORES.
The movement at southern ports is an
t.ideX 10 the work now going On in the in
terror, and traced week by week in the
manufacturers Record. whether il Is in
agriculture. now enjoying the widespread
benefits uf an increased value III cOtlon
crop. numbering, phosphate development
ani other mining. Southern iron interests
have been given rev vfEcI during the past
month. and the outnut OF Goa! mines Is
find!n. a ready market at home and
abroad Indicative Of the vastness of
southern Industrial operations. aside from
The steady growth of cotton 'nanufactur-
ing almost phenomenal in some instances,
arr the aeurcs relating to one interest
alone operating III Tennessee and Alabama.
This company owns Of coal lands 25S,lS1
acres N Alabama and 1858 in Tennessee.
OF o,e lands 81, Si9 In Alabama and CO.'S in
Ternessee. Of undeveloped mineral lands
5f,.. As in Tennessee. of miscellaneous lands
SEA acres in Alabama and 2l3 acres in
Tennessee. 1T has twenty pig iron furnaces
wtta a daily capacity of 3.55o tons steel
Mt-ks with a capacity CT 1000 tons. j roll
ing mill with a capacity of POO tons and
two pig iron furnaces with capacity of
50 IONS Its output last year was 65i las
:uns Of pig iron, nearly } per cent. of the
in;iTe output of pig iron in the Glited
States: 4l5l.4"6 tons Of coal, more than .
per cent. Of the bituninous output of the
country: 1lS2,2S6 tons of coke. about G1-2
per cent Of the total production II, the
United Stats: 1.,tn.9o0 tons of ore and
s25.tsi0 tons of stone.
In this spectacle lies the hope IF The
South. Every cottoa-mil auilt mere, every
furnace blown in. every mine opsned
means employment fer a greater number
Of persons. a large market for agricultural
products and a greater share in the COM
tnerce OF the Country, destined to extend
nightly with the construction of the 18TH
mar Canal and the enlargement Of Amer
jCan shipping facilities