The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-16

i NAttAFketU tAASitA SoNbO44 " tt4A1 y pIOtlkt&pQ
limit. Our export aud import trade fol
the year closing June so, 1900, was tn,
largest ever known. This is doe nlainl,
TO the increase in exports Of manu-
featured goods for the domestic pro
ducts. breadstuffs. provisions, cotton ane
mineral oils exported, the value d
which was s765. 1861. 7e8. while above
hat of the previous IL mouths. is below
that Of 1897 and 1898. when our export
of domestic products amounted to 1907.
slS,58l. In that year we exported the
prodigious total Of 1891. 700, o60 Of bread.
stutfs, figure which we have not
reached since. III the matter Of cotton
exports, however. there has been de-
cidod Improvement; ana it contains i
valuable hint to the south for during
the past 10 mouths we received $24l,-
6t6, leo for orr cotton. or s3a,o5s, 3sl
more than fer the previous year, al.
though we shipped over 1000 900 bales
less The farmers gat moro for a short
crop than they would have received FOR
a iatge one. aud 1t is needless to point
cat that the cost of harvesting. market,
ing and shipping the crop was lnakerially
reduced This is on the right line. Oas
people should always 70 manage as Is
have the baiaasc trade in our favor.
The wonderful progress made BY the
south in cotton manufacturing still cons
tinues According to figures collected
By tho Boston Textile World tha north
had IN 1890 exlctiy Y. 7sl. 80 spindles,
while The soath had i.sss,0sa Now
the north has 5,s4a. 554 spindles.
while The south has 5.si5. 4a9. The M
crease IN the south for the last decade
Is, therefore. 9l7 per cent ana for the
north 10, s per cent, South Carolina
comes. third IN tho Union, after Massa
ohusetts and Rhode Island, with ,s94,-
057 spindles; North Carolina is fourth.
with 1 .49a, 54o spindles; New Haln pshlre
fifth, with i,8aa.os8. aud Georgia sixth.
with l.eis. 5o4,
II The Textile World IL correct in,its
figures. then South Carolina stands first
among the southern states in the nnm.
Der Of spindles; North Carolina, which
we know il FIRST in the number Of mills.
stands second 10 the number Of spindles;
while Georgia is Che third cotton manu-.
featuring state Of the south. unlss the
product Of her mills ekeeeds In value
tbat.af either Of her Carolina sisters,
which was the case Id 1890, But what
should especially please every rnernber
Of this convention Is the fact that the
whole south is marching on to the goal
Of industrial independence. For the sea.
son Of 1899 aud 1900 the south. for the
first time in It's history, fixed the price Of
cotton Al the growth 81. the cottea mill
industry IN the south continues at It's
present rapid 1ate. with the consequent
increased consumption by the southern
mills, we may confidently expect that
the south viii hencesorth Be able 10 fix
the price Of her own great staple. There
is, az vet. no sign % nheck in this de.
velopment, which, even in the time Of
business depression, was snarvelloas. OF
course am most familiar with my own
state There the growth Of the cotton
industry since thalbeainning Of tho pres
emit year il hs9eak ali precedent
Twenty Or more new mills are now IN
process Of construction One Of them is
the great cotton factory at Gainesville.
Ga. which, WHOM fully equipped, will
represent an iuxe gnent OF 81 ,O0o, 900.
'Phe possibiFS 81 the soil and eli.
mate If tho so6s aGa4 snch that ours
ought to be the ricia lection Of the
Union Considering Tia SsSerwhelminQ
disasters that were4sss esssrnme Of the
great ciyil war, qadfihe dihtgalties that
have boset our people since jes close, tho
farmers Of the south have done well.
For their long aud heroic 4iagsle Of 81
years arTi@ for the difficulties which
they haye overcome they deserve all
praise But the success Of some nj, to.
date southern farmers, where the best
4i'rOi'S't7 A'ssfo Dglil o4iA Jip9ttil ufA Dt3n
hardly less phenomenal. This Is a day
OF progress on all lines The farmer
connot afford to be behind The manu-
facturei. Old methods must give way
to better and newer ones. When somo
enterprising farmer proves that soil Of
certain kind can be made 10 produce 10,
80 and over go bushels Of wheat to tho
acre and with a largely increased profit, |
after doducting the necessary expense
of bringing his land up to such a state Of
productiveness, no other farmer with as
good soil should be satisfied to pursue
old methods, or be content with yield
or from 10 to IS bushels to the acre
Let US hope for active, vigorous, persist.