The Atlanta constitution., 1901-02-11

long years. trying to adjust themselves 70 the
great problem that confronted tnenl They did
not faiter. nor utter single word OK COM
plant, but hravcly and quietly touEHl "--
their greatest battle after Lee had surren-
dered. For fifteen years tho people reina nee
hopless; aliens and the ignorant ruled, ana
So. 600 600. 600 Of debt was added. s. the
case stood in $50.
There were then in existence 80 cotton mills.
The sound OF re5UvenatiOn was made by AZ
lanta ia the cotton exposition OF 1881 SION
the mills doubled. and today they number. IN
GLIDING those IN actual course oil erecllo-i'
700 The effect has been electric al'oH t.a
energies Of the people. The story of tnS s-'4lI-
die age viii be best eXpitlaed. p IN 90 - go.
were in the south $4,000 splndles- cIo77l-l1
the 1000 600 mark in 1898, anl I,sehin5 r. nuns
| 3, 987. .735 one year age with 2OOOOOO SPIN
dies under contract today Let me repeat A7-
ures. for they speak Of millions
With this attraction OF nanuIaclG ii-5 poss-
blities the great revival N lHe piisS psSo ol
cotton This year we have sold for ooOO'-
600 600 a CROP which two years ago We MAJ
TO sell for less than $3.50 OoO OCO Las 49,
and this we have taken in not less tl.ih o9CC'-
0o0 600 in excess OF prices i.eHi -.
two wears ago And let me tell you the Sloly
Of this endeavOr showing now pe'- ~,
help themselves. In 1893 cotton was ~
grass" TO use n southern expression, s' lag
as price was concerned lt raus q lI--- -
cents in market reports. but really ! cents III
acrual delivery. In August # 1898. with the
crop of 1898 and 1899 ready % denver w - -
four weeks. the price was heiG at , -. ~. "a
newspaper Of which | am the heid pl ~"
against this depressed market, c'iisN =. o
planters TO hold their cotton and G'l.,ii'''. n, -
cents They did Su. The 3 cents t''i', -.-
g. and, hosanuah TO the highest iAe ~
mark was reached. the south was out on ti5
wilderness at last ana IN siSht oI 'he i'
land. LIZ. .,.;.. ,,..s
+ho southern mill It went into the 7.i-
market 10 bay 5.Ooo-C0o bales. Lne', 4,
onIv one way for New England and 'it I'd
raise IT. ana that was To- push UP the price.
II was claimed that this w."ld iutt
spinners but il has not Ftl' New
declared and 10 Per cent ilHi =, :,
Bedford has done the Same tlil--' $50 -
Lancashire contract has Ju5t ~ ~ 100 crr
for six new cotton mills to ctSt So'oso' -, .
What will manufacturing DO for ". S''-t.t ~,
The crop this year was worth SoCJ,CCO,N,,1.-
In manufacturing the first turn lii.v t..'' 49,
making it s 600 600 coo. hal,ea ON, ON ~
more in quality, the Natt- u"Io'.7 - .srt--
Inc 10 . 200 600 600. Gentlemen. am ta'h-
in,, bi1Ifons now not millions. Ml-iieu9 "-tS
do for wheat and pork. but tor t .t'' -.
need more imperial hsirTs; a7,5 ioL, Grade.
ton crop, manufactured hish -tiiu 80 ts,~r
as il is in Lancashire. is worth not iess ~ .i,,l'
$4,000, oOO. 900 That Is the tt4o- ~, ~,
started in to conquer We nave $500 -.
G~st ave scaling the second and viii not rest
content until the whole prize is ours. 80.
In this we fighting the eoinis' ~ al.
six+ies / RULED the lanyard wlich gl.lli-' u '-s
confederate artillery fire on Get ~ ~
meyer felt more American than ild az ". ~
moment. The scene cI'Is'S, st.5, ',, ,r,a,-,jI ana
rroyidence different conditions pFeN'tli' -
stanu ,icl.s battIe for commercial supremacy.
II Is no wonder that Ensl't4d -.
alarmed al America fallu dtANeii-~'- 80
y dav or two ago the earl Of Kosenury, =
snonding to a toast at the annual hanquet ~ W
the Wolverhampton chambtr ol @ -,
snole Of the great commercial warfare oeins
t.ord against England. The CHIEF rivals 10
W. ssarcd said his lordship. are America ana
Ger,nany especially America. .
T,,o Nrnaricans with their vast ana Almost
,rcalculable resources. their acuteness anu en-
tr1rise ana their huge population. whleh viii
prnhabIv he 100. 600 600 in twenty years 20
aaatber with the plan they have adopted Iot
st1i,i setnvr accumulated wealth into great CO.
ppneratIve svndicates or trusts for the purpose
~ carving on this great coinuercldi WARFARE
are narhaps the most formidahle
-rha next day Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. ~
cha Rirmingham university. said no one coui1
I'D Lord Rosebury's speech If yesterday WltA-
t being impressed with the deficiencies OF
England He alluded TO the series or artiei-s
nmhliebed in The London Times on the Sl-
pperiority of American Manufacturing Appi.,
aa,,cas and Methods and to England : general
cornmercial position somewhat falling De-
hind II was a critical time, re remarked.
II have quoted You the latest sayings OF Two
Of the greatest statesmen OF England. Ihey
n1ainIy see the handwriting on the WALL ani
are trembling in their boots.
I could tell you a wonderful story of the
progress in the product of pig iron in the
south. This has increased since 1880 from