The age-herald., 1900-08-05
SOUTHERN RAILWAYS WORK FOR THE SOUTH

and now produces enormous revenues. An apple orchard of twenty-five acres will
 there produce, with proper treatment, the first year of bearing. eighty barrels. with
 a. quick sale at s a barrel in Pfpptns, Winesaps or York ImDerials. On the. sama lands, peaches of best quality may be
 grown, and on a like acreage will pr6duce in the fifth year after planting 4da bushels, worth $500. In fancy stock, Virginia is among the leading sections of the country.
 Thoroughbred horses and cattle monopoliZe many splendid farms in Culpepper, Loudon,
 Orange and several other adjoining coun- ties, where the grasses, water, etc, are peculiarly favorable to the breeding and raising of fine stock. In high grade tobacco, Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky lead in the quantity and proceeds from the crop. The largest cigarete factory in the world is operated in Riehmond at Win steH, one concern alone manufactures 4,0O0,- 900 pounds of tobacco annually. DaEville is the greatest market in the world in loose tobacco. The iron. coal and cotton manu- facturing industries of Virginia are grow Ing in number and output with amazing rapidity. An instance or two may be given here of the advance made in other direc- tipns also. Norfolk and Portsmouth in 1890, exported 4oee barrels of wheat flour, and in 1899, 164, 900; in 1890, from these splendid poftss but B30, 600 pounds of lard were ex- ported. and in 1899 the figures reached 39,- 0e0,0s0 pounds. No shipments of staple do- mestic provisions were reported in 1895, but in 1899 nearly 100000 pounds were ex- ported.
 COTTON MILLS.
 The cotton mills of North and South Car olfna are phenomenal both in extent and condition. They are fast approaching an enigma Nearly the entire crop in both of these states will ere long be cOnsamsd by local mills; and when that time arrives larger hauls will then be necessary in pro- vttfng distant mills, and Georgia and Mis- sfssfppf and Alabama will be called upon to supply New England and other remote customers to a much greater extent than Is required of them now. This may give greater stability to prices in these three States; and it may also bring down more nnafs to the south that aru Ss vet hofding their own in competition with the Carolina mfffs. We predict that the latter will then ba solicited by eastern manufacturers to st1l further enlarge their capacity with the the aid of eastefh capital and thus will the Caf0hnas become the cotton manufac- turing centers of the entire country The demand then for, labor may pass the ltpaSt of the native supply. It's character will un- dergo decided change
 Besides textile industries, the Carolinas are advancing in other lines of enterprise. In hardwood tifiabers of astonishing girth and variety the Old North State is pre- eminent. Millions of feet of commercial tinabeFs flank the Southern Railway or stand. ia conyesaient proximity to 1t. Cop per and gold mines are in active operation; carpet and woolen mills are proving suc- cessful in the highest degree and expand ing. Woodworking plants are multiplying, ansf lumber is largely exported. Rice, in both the CarolinaS is soon to become leading factor among the edible products; sugar cane and the manufacturing of su- gar and syrups will ere long give impor- tance to a large area In southern Georgia. Even Charleston, which in 1890 shipped no wheat to foreign markets, exported in 1899 nearly half milliom hushelss an index of an important change in farming operations and ideas in South Carolina. The exports of conn from Mobile. in 1ss9, were less than 12000 bushels, and in 1898 exceeded 100000 bushels General exports from that port within the period have doubled in value. and at Brunswick have increased nearly 60 per cent. The coal output of Alabama. ViR~ gtnia. Tennessee and Kentucky in 1890 was a trfffe less than fS00,000 tons; in 1898 it exceeded 13.000,000; the increase of Ala bama alone rising 25OO,OOO tons, producing, in short, 5S35.000 tons. During the present year her output will probably exceed 8,000,- coo tons. The same State produced in 1890 but 400, 900 tons of pig iron, against 100000 tons in 1S99 and the product of 1900 will or may reach 100000 tons
 The territory fanking the Southern Rail- way through the length and breadth of eight States teens with verdure in farm and forest. from the mellow lands of Vir- ginta to the magnificent delta in Mississip- pi. with every useful mineral, with ripe .op- portunities. Labor is everywhere in active demand, wherever this ubiquitous agent treads. In 1890 the census estimated the total number of persons employed in these eight States in manufacturing and mo- chanieal industries as 420.e25 The figures look puny beside the present showing.t Thrift has taken the place of want; the increase in credits of depositors in the saw ings banks of North and South Carolina and Tennessee have exceeded 30 per cent within the past six years, Nearly GOO were paid into the national treasury in internal revenue in the year just ended. Many operatives in cotton mills along this railway own their homes. and have money in the bank to loan. The turn in the long lane came when there sprung into existence a potential force to viralize the enfeebled south and to explore and carry away her rich stores for barter; whose flashing head lights illumine thousand cities and towns, hamlets and by-ways of the new south be- tween sunset and sunrise. SIZE
 Such a. potential force Is the Southern Railway. It's magnificent equipment and superb service have heen plaeed at the feet of the genius of the south, a servant of a royal master. between whom and itself there can be no differences or antagonisms, because both are essential in the upbuild- ing and advancement of a region which has no peer in natural resources on this con- tinent The Southern Railway is indissolu- hly welded to the destiny of the south; and in it's efforts at development in that fa- vored land 1t Is fulfilling a duty cheer fully and faithfully.
 For further information and facts about the south apply to M V. Richards. Land and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway, Washington, D. c.
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