Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-04-29
FUTURE OF THE SOUTH
Destined to Lead in Coal. Iron. Corn
and Cotton.
ADVANCES STEADILY.
In Coal Ard Iron She Il Forging Past
10 the Front, In Cotton Superior
and Corn Not far Behind
In Her Production.

Baltimore. April 2S. 80 The part 20
b. played by the south in the his.
tory II the world during the next
generation Is strongly sat forth In an ar.
ticlo in this weeks Manufacturers Rec.
ord. dealing with the sway ~ coli. iron.
corn and cotton. whose principal seat OF
authority is in the United States. II h
pointed out tina; coal holds its position
In tier Of states between the Allegha.
MES and the Mississippi and iron has is
kingdom at present in the same region
with an outlaying colony for ore supply
around lake Superior, that these ara
mere temporary quarters aud that an.
other generation viii find its centre 81
production both in coal and iron as far
below the southern line Of Pennsylvania
a. It Is now north Of IL, and. probably.
at its natural situs, the south. The writer
Of the article who has given years Of
personal investigation Of southern ores,
continues:
I'VE have been told from time TO time
that the south had NO coal that was
good for anything. Then that IL was a
poor steam coal. and would not coke,
that southern iron was inferior. and that
attempts 20 develop the trade in the
south would only result in failure Each
foolish he has been uutworn and dis
proved. As matter of fact. the south
has more Clinton ore, the kind mined at
Birmingham. far more brown orr. which
makes the toughest and most ductilr
mill iron known. and far more Ba,,,m,r
ore, each counted separately. than the
total ore supply around lake Superior
on all sides, and that ore is the basis of
the iron trade Of the country to-day. It
is almost a thousand miles away from
the coal fields and coke ovens which sup
ply the fuel To Inelt it.
"rhe Clinton orcs Of the south lie
alongside the coal the brown ores 20 70
90 miles away. on either side Of the coal
fields: the Bessemer ORES, the highest
grade ~ magnetic and specuhr iron. 40
% 100 miles distant. aud easily accr,,i.
bic. aud this along a distance measured
by hundreds of miles. With the pres
sure now ON the iron trade this wealth
will bc developed, because the cost OF
production ought not to exceed half the
cost elsewhere in the world"
Pointing ont the needs u other ma
/ tons. the article continues: I'm iron
coal, cotton and corn production the in
.. crease must h. steady tomcct increasing
I demand. In another generation iron
production will have more than doubled
the increase almost wholly coming From
the United States. that Is. we shall b,
making lO.UD,OO) tons Of pig iron an
! nually;rai,iug i.Olo. Oll.O1) 20 6.OoO.OOO.
OOO hushcl. uf corn, or even moro. fu
wheat viii NOT keep Iarr, and iuruin.
out perhaps 3p,O)DlOJo bales ut cotton
each year.
THAT is % say, developments in Nh
ID south for the next thrrc or four decade
will greatly exceed anything known b
the history Of the world. The gain D.
coal and iron will ho there, because coa
can be- mined more chcaply and iro
b. produced 40 bali the cost there than
u can elsewhere In the world
e. During the past few weeks there Ia
&. has bccu AN apparent Stacking in IN
= takings Of cotton by northern mills, +.
81 that no the close ~ last week the tot'
takings since September were but %. &.
bales more than those taken during n
same period last season, while the II
crease in the takings by southern mil
.e was l0j.O71 The takings by southcr
IN rails this season have bcrn more than
81 per cent Of the total takings in the con-
" try. Where this cotton is going an
where more Is 20 follow Is indicated I
the continuous record Of additions an
4. other improvements of existing mills
the south and plans for the erection
new ones