The evening times., 1901-06-21

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Cotton-oiI mills. capt.
tai ....-....-.....i.. S3.530.05O s51.ol1oog
Coal mined, tons GJ49, AL 4s. Ia2 05S
Plg.-irou tons.----.-... 391 SOI 2 sri 6TI
Railroad uiIeaZe------- 2D.6I2 =Sgy1
Phosphate rock. tons. IyJ.uD1 1.55995J
Petroleum barrels. I14.vg I5.t,EEt=tb
Capital manufac-
tures -.--..--..s .ss51,s9zoss H.oaooaooo
value G.isl -$I.5e.o3o o55
Grain production. bus ~. .00J00J b69.1I5.255
value -.......,......$5z1. .o2oooo I.@ao19o95
Exports from South
cr1 ports, Value. .S2g1, ,G3I,f4 $3.50, T,5fJ
Estimated IN part
Comparing these facts with the gener-
al industrial advance of the United
States. it VIII be found that in many
lines the South has made proportiouateIy
greater progress than the rest Of the
country In that twenty years it has so
developed its coal business that it is now
producing, as already stated, more coal
than the entire bituminous output of the
United States in 1880. It's iron production
already equals the ircn output of the
country - late as 1879. Twenty years age
the South had $4,000 cotton spindIes and
the rest of the country had 10 10000 spin
dies; today the South has G.gJ8 500 cotton
spindles. an increase of nearly 5,5Jej3
spiudleS- while the rest OF the country to
day has about 2,GeJ.G10 spindIes, or q gain
since 1889 Of less than 100000 spindIes.
considering the disadvantages lrGer
which It Iabored in 1899, the South has
wrought handsomely well. The South.
like the country at large, faces new con-
diti0ns today-conditions which demand
the thoughtful study Of every South .rn
man
This Is day Of organization. Econ
oTny IN management and in production is
the supreme arbiter Of business affairs.
Under this spirit Of organization the great
vyOrid-d0miratiGg steel plants Of the East
and West have been brought into harmo-
nious combinations. They are backed by
capital without limit. Many Of the ma
chinery houses and locomotive building
plants and other enterprises Of the same
sections are being formed into similar
combinations They are giving To the
North and West through their vast Capi-
tai a power compared with the industries
of the South almost as great as the diff
ference between the prosperity of the
North and the poverty Of the South in
1880 In the cOtJon-mil industry we have
won the fight; we have demonstrated that
the South is to be the dominating cotton
mill centre Of America. If not Of the world
But until the discovery of oil in Texas op-
ened Up new possibilities which cannot yet
be fully understood. the South was in
danger Of relatively falling somewhat be
hind il its iron and steel and nacLin-
ery-producins interests. As great as has
been our progress, we cannot afford 20
put any obstruction in the way Of mate
rial advancement We must rise with tht
swelling tide Of Industrial and financial
activity for worldwide supremacy. or we
must be cHEuIfcd
If we fail it is our fault. for when we
turn to the study of our material re
sources we find that no other country or
no other section Of any country has
such a marvellous combination of wealth
creating possibilities. 1t has been said
that in the great stretch Of mountain
country which runs from Wheeling to
Birmingham there is forty times as much
coal as Great Britain had before sb.
stuck the first pick in the ground EVrsr
Virginia alone has I6.Og1 square miles of
coal. as compared with Great Rritain.s
12,go9. We have nearly one-haIr Of the
standing timber Of the United States. We
hold practical monopoly Of the prod
tiou Of cotton. and while We furnish
thTCe-fGuTths Of the cotton Tor the igJ lsel.-
go sgindles in the world, we only have
G.tsF3-gIa SpIuG!cS ourselves. We have al
most Il monopoly Of the phosphate rock
the foundation Of the fertilizer business
Of this country and Of Europe. Along our
mountain range we have coal in mex
hauStibie supply furnishing abundant fuel
at low cost. with water powers, great and
small. almost without end. And now the
Gulf and Atlantic coast have in Texas
OIL a fuel supply equal TO the utmost de
rnauds Of commerce and manufactures
With prophetic eye Commodore MauTy.
the great geographer of the sea. fifty
years ago painted thrilling picture Of
( the Gulf Of Mexico as the centre 0f Tie
{ world s commerce when an iSthmi.tn ca
nal had been built. but = IS pOSSib!" shat
the fuel supply which Texas offers to us
VIII even in advance of the canal prove
almost equal 10 making the Gu:f-sO often
called the Meufl-TTa mean of AFuaEJca-tfe
con ntre Of a commercial and Industrial ac-
tiyity scarcely sir=aJneG Of, even by M4u-
IF the South fully utiIizes its advan-
Il Ees, If its people are trained for the Dp-
prrtuuities which are ahead of us twenty
years hence the South should he pTJduC-
ing 2GUg4 ,yJH bales Of cotton, and its Gv51,-
I UUJ spindles should have increased to %
UU1.tby or 100000 or more. Instead of
SI-90t0.090 capital in cotton mills, it ought
by that time 10 have 500 100000 To 500
ogJ.pJ1- its coal output from 5J,gyVeVU tons,
as at present, ought to be l5J.gj9gyD tons,
and in every other line Of industry there
I ought to be q rate Of progress which viii
make the South Of 1920 many times fur
thcr ahead Of the South Of today than
the South Of today is ahead of lSsy Sure
/ IL what we have accomplished since lsSJ,
starting under all the disadvantages un-
der which we labored, ought to he more
! than dOubied-yes, more than quadrUpled
during the next twenty years. And this
viii be true unless we Of the South prove
unequal to the great responsibilities and
To the glorious opportunities which are be
fore US The people Of the South hold
! their destiny in their own hands. Rec
reant To their trust they cannot be-
EnEIand's Sugar Tax Unchanged.
LONDON. June 2l.-In the House Of