Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-03
RISE OF THE GULF STATES.
What Galveston Had Attained at the
Time Of the Cyclone,

zone OF the determining factors in the
future OF Kansas city probably win also
be- a determining factor in the destiny
Of most OF the cities that De- westward
OF the Blue Ridge. The factor Is the
relative population. and Industrial and
commercial strength OF the cities along
the Gulf As yet there rs but one COM
splcuous rivalry along these warm wa
tiers, but others are arising, and all of
them are typical Of conditions more or
less revolutionary IN their general ef-
feet upon the country. For reasons too
remote for analysis On This article Gal
weston. with Kansas city and Chicago
vim behind Il, has been making terrific
inr0ads upon the commerce that once
almost exclusively belonged to New Or
leans. The following tabuloti0n shows
the situation.
BANK CLEARTNGS.
1892 1899
Galveston .,.. S276.46S,6j2 s3l5.929. 700
New Orleans 3d.. 50sl992S3 4js,2l9.2ls
COMMERCE.
1890 1899.
Galveston, ..S 2j1G94S7 iSl.342270
New Orleans l221sj.04 sS.62S.24i
Mobile. too under the stimulus Of the
activities IN Alabama and the other
southern states. has been growing
while New Orleans has been going
backward. the increase ~ commerce
between 1890 and 1899 being from $S479,-
40 to NO.4s5 O72-or nearly three-fold.
GALVEsToNs GREAT GAIN.
1T is not so much. however. the ques-
ton Of the rapidity with which Calves
ton or Mobile may advance as compared
with New Orleans. that promises 20 in
nuence the standing OF the Western cit
les. II ls rather a question OF how much
the enterprise Of these two cities-with
the aid OF the new port and town Of
Port Arthur--may stimulate cO-opera-
ton among an the cities Of the Gulf and
thereby line up q strong force IN a fight
against the North Atlantic and the
Great Lakes Within five years CAL
weston has pulled away from New York.
Boston and Baltimore the supremacy
In the handling NJ cotton, and is rapidly
taking from an other points the first
position I'm the handling OF the south
western corn and wheat Mobile Is
gaining IN Iron and steel and woodwork
business. which formerly dld not fan
south OF Baltimore, ana N mas some
promise ahead OF developments In ship
building Many great influences are at
work. including that of the powerful lll-
iu0ls Central railroad 20 compel the
exports of the Mississippi valley to take
the natural and water level route 90 the
ocean via the Father Of the Waters,
rather than t0 climb the mountains that
intervene between the West and the At
lantic A more or less sectional feel
Ing has grown M extending westward
to Denver f1yoring the diversion Of
western products of an sorts 90 the
Gulf n &c should SD develop that sufil-
Client inhabitants and sufficient wealth
concentrate .u the Gulf cities. a. seems
likely that the Atlantic cities Wi. End
their aggregate OF traffic seriously Inn
paired-or no least their sources % @
seriously dimnished-9nd that such
places as Kansas city ST. Louis, Meme
uh's. and perhaps omaha VIII h0 mlfsr-
ia'y aIiel In their Efforts fpr crI"th
aud greatness hy the additional and
shorter route io the sea afforded Ny
lowing down fho natural drain uf ,la
continent 90 me mouth ~ the Nis.H-
sppi Arthur j Street IN Ainslecs