The Atlanta constitution., 1901-02-11

| 3e7.30 tons to nearly 5. 0oO. coo tons This
product rs not only shipped north. but the
ports OF Europe receive II by the shipload- This
EIrulll. "a n district reported during the year
1900 10000 tons II Pig iron
This iron went 10 Liverpool, England; Trieste.
Austria; b-lIast Ireldndt Glasgow, Scotland;
Rotterdam. Holland: Stockholm. Sweden; CO.
penhaEen. Denmark. Hamburg and Bremen,
Germany; Genoa, Italy, and antwerp, Bel
gium.
The official documents Of the United States
bureau u statistics and commerce show thas
the total amount Of PIG iron exported from
the United states in 1900 up 70 December Ist
was ZoU.OOo IONS or This amount If is shown
that Alabama tthe Birmingham district ex-
ported 205.0OO tons IT thus appears that
tour-tttns If the IlE iron exported from the
United states at larse comes from the Bir-
mi1gham district
The south was pioneer in this industry.
In evidence of This there were twelve fur
naces ia fuiI blast in Barlow county, Georgia.
prior 90 Jhe civil war
The coal fields Of The south cover $1,000
square miles. seven times as large as those of
Great br-taiE-more than those of Russia.
Great Britain. Germany and Belgium COM
blned. This product Is beirg used by the
ttu.s across the sea.
Only yesterday the dispatches told US the
following from Norfolk. NirEinia-
"A collier fleet sailed through the capes this
skthlIE bound from th-s port to several ports.
The fleet is composed Of British ships bound
for British coaiing stations and are loaded
with Virginia coal The Austrian steamship
Alberta also cleared with a heavy cargo of
$500 tons for the American fleet in the Philip
pines
Another wonderful product Of the south is its
timber. Il iS about equal in value 10 that II
the balance ol the union The golden Georgia
pin" has made for Itself a national repIta-
teA .idny "I the handsome houses Of this
nation have been decorated with ii.
on discovered "a few years ago AT Corsi-
cana Tex was heit as "A sample of the TN
dergro'ina riches Of Texas. This has been en-
Hhasizei during the past week by mighty
zu~l ui el4 al q point ln tie southeastern part
II tue state. eighteen miles from sabine Pass
and fourteen miles from Port Arthur. flowing
from al depth of "a thousand faet al th4 MINI.
rat = -af .Har
which caused drop of prices for oil in the
east a'1 started "a tIain Of prospectors and
uoUl4-le investors from the oder fields into
the southwest Much enthusiasm has been ex-
cittd in Texas by the discovery. and with good
re4son- Already an export business has be
sun H.AL the tuLSlciha Held, but the stua-
ucn of the new Held. practically right on the
gun coast may be expected to enable it 10
command seaooard shipping facilities equaled
BY no other OIL field IN the United States
In nothing does the south show its great
advancement more than in railroad b4iT3ip.r
The majority of the great railroad systems =
this country are reaching out and rermeating
every nook and corner of this fair soufhIand
In 1880 the railroad mileage was Io T70
miles. in 1890. II .384 miles: in 1909 4e' soy
miles. The record for 1900 alone shows more
mileage under construction than in any other
There are many other valuable products Of
the south that could be mentioned. but the
want OF time IoESlds my telling you Of them
in detail Cotton seed oil. sugar rice corn
wheat. cattle, pork. sirup, fruits. phosphates'
granite ana the clays bauxite kaOlfn and
ochre, would all furnish their wonderful stony
Of progress and Development It would seem
that Aladdin's lamp had found a resting nlacs
here The south is. indeed a land where the
mocking bird sings its sweetest notes where
the magnolia blooms in its perennial
beauty. II is land where the
rivers now 10 the sea. where the mountains
are all filled with precious metals The soil
Of its neics are as fertile those of tine. sr-
cient land of Goshen. Its men are brave ana
true. and its women as fair and beautiful
any the sun ever shone upon
Gentlemen. l would not take one star from,
the diadem that intellectual and manufacf,Ir
ing New England proudly wears wouI5
not have the great financial central section -
this country lose one jewel from its beauti-
ful crown. l would not have the great western
section Of these United States which has
been well called the -aranary Of the world
lose sheaf from the golden wreath of her
wealth and beauty The hope of my life has
been-and rejoice tonight in its glad frutiou
TO see-nct only the great sections of our be-
loved country crowned with these beautiful
aiadems Of prosperity and wealth. but above
all. my heart is made glad and my pulse
heats with joy 10 see one jeweled crown uniting
and blessing all. and the jewels in that united
crown furnished by the south bright and
lustrous and as valuable the jewels fur
nished by any other section Of this great re-
public.