The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-27
THE SOU PART
IN WORLD HISTORY
VIII Play Glore important Part in.
shs Future.
Her COAL is UNSURPASSED
1t Can be Mined More Clea,ly and
Iron Produced. at less Cost
Than Anywhere Else ia
the Whole World.

!. BALTIMORE. April 26-Special.-The
part 10 be played by tle South in the
history Of The World during the next
generation is strongly set forth in an
article in this weeks Manufacturers he
cord, des.iDg with the sway OF coal, iron,
corn and cotton. whose principal seat Of
authority is in the United States. 1t is
pointed out that coal holds its position in
"a Tier OF States between the -Alieghanies
and the Mississippi, and iron has its
Kingdom at present in the same region,
with an outlying colony for ore supply
around Lake Superior; that these are
mere temporary quarters, and that an
osher generation viii lind its centre OF
production both IN coal and iron as far
below the southern line Of Pennsylvania
as IL IS now north of 1t. and probably at
-its natural situs. the South. The writer
of the article. who has given years Of
personal investigation to the Southern
ores, says:
-9Ee have been told from time to time
that The South had no coal that was
good for anything; then that il was
poor steam coal and would not coke; that
Southern iron was inferior, and that at
temptS TO develop the trade in the South
would only result in failure. Each fool
ISM lie has been outworn and disproyed.
AS a matter OF fact, the South has far
more Clinton ore, The kind mined at Biz
makes the toughest and most ductile
mill iron known. and far more Ressemer
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 about a thousand miles away from
the coal-felds and coke ovens which sup
ply the fuel TO sIneIt il.
CLINTON ORES.
1.-The Clinton ores Of the South lie
alongside the coal: the brown ores
twenty to sixty miles away, on either
side of the coal-fields; the Bessener ores
the highest grade of magnetic and specr-
lar iron. sixty to one hundred miles dis
taDt and easily accessible, and this along
q distance measured by hundreds Of miles.
With the pressure now on the iron trade
this wealth viii be developed, because
the cost of production ought not to eX
coed half the cost elsewhere in the world.
Pointing out the needs of other ma
tons the article continues:
IN iron. coal, cotton and corn produc-
ton The increase must BE- steady 10 meet
the increasing demand. In another gen
Grafton iron production viii have more
than doubled, the increase almost wholly
coming from the United States-thdt is,
we shall be making 40009,001 tons Of pig
iron annually: raising 5,C34Go3 to Ge9l,GC9
will not keep pace. anu turning out 90
100000 bales of cotton each year.
THAT is to say, development in the
South for the next three or four decades
VIII greatly exceed anything known in
the history of the world. The gain in
The coal and iron viii be there, because
coal can be nn2d more ckeaply and iron
produced at half the cost there that it
can elsewhere in the world
COTTON INDUSTRY.
During the past few weeks there has
been an apparent Stacking in the takings
of cotton by Northern mills. SO that at
the close of last week the total takings
since September 1st were but 65, 422 bales
more than those taken during the same
period last season. while the increase in
the takirSs by Southern mills was 105.0II.
The takings by Southern mills this sea-
son have been more than 81 per cent. of
zhe total takings in the country. Where
this cotton is going ana where more is
TO follow is Indicated by the continuous
record of additions and other improve
rnents of existing mills in the South
and ,planS for the erection of new ones
Work is now being rapidly pushed in
erecting the Dekalb Cotton Mills. at cam
den s @. which will have 1e.0oG spindles
and $50 looms. The Orange.burg Manu-
featuring Company which will complete
the project of the ENTERPRISE Cotton Mills,
of CranGeburg. S. c., has now awarded
contracts Tor the machinery ana Is pre-
pairing the buildings for the equipment,
which will consist Of 1920 spiDdieS and
coo looms. a G93-horSe power steam nlant
and a modifying system. The building
has a capacity for 1900 spindles, which,
it is expected, Will be installed as soon as
practicable. IT has been decided to so
Beyond the original intent as to the equip
1nent OF the Semen, s. C, Cotton Mills.
The original purpose was 10 build only
10.0aO spindles and 500 looms. But plans
have now been made for the equipment
of $3.50 spindles and 400 looms though
the initial equipment viii be- but 15,l00
spindles and 45i looms. The remaining
machinery VIII be added soon after the
FIRST Installation has begun operation.
The Alpine Cotton Mills. of Morganton,
n. c.. will add TO its capacity by build
ing A new 5000 spindle cotton factory
with twisters to twist the entire product.
Steam rower will be used. Ii is thought
feh additions viii cost about $4,000 The
Adelaide Mills. of Admission, Ala. con-
tracts for which have been placed will
have 800 spIndles. Other .acts con-
tenplated are $4,000 factory at East
over. S. c., a silk factory at Newport
News, Va, a S2oo,G09 knitting mill at
Tsrboro N. C. q 100000 cotton yare fac
tory al Greensyille, y. c., a S50.00o fac
tory at aIillen. Ga, a $4,000 seamless
bag factory ar Nartinsville, Va, and
another cotton factory at Huntsville,
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