The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-06
REVOLUTION IN
SOUTHERN STATES
One Industry and Another Wsrks
Marvels Of Advancement.
COTTON, COAL, CUMBERLAND RICE
II. Production and Manufacture Of Taess
Fresne,s Ras Wonderfully H.
creased WeaIth OF tho
Southland.
COTTON, COAL, LuMBERAND RICE
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BALTIMORE, December b.-Surnnsr,x-
% pie tip from Maryland to Texas. a.1
Richard H. EdEaonds writes !n te!s week 5
MANUFACTURES Record as follows:
Tire stery ct nee ard OF the cove ~
zaent which has fellewcd rice-EroTinS II
LoUtsisns ans Texas Illustrat!. way
strongly the growth ard Advancement Sex
throughout tia South. Rlce Is r-Vo'i,
sioniDinE Southwest Lem>isna. ana MAJ
;rs 4 Eart-a--ret ef hitherto ear'rn
region. Ell Is creating rev eeneitl"ns
sexss iren ana eosl are naIy oIas
tn,C,e< OF such basis as to give te
klakrrx In the near future Its riSetiui
sesitie. IN the irss ard steel Sevelee'n Mt
r. the rerla, ceppe<-r1ininr IN Nerth Car
oitpa and TeHn~..ee Is ersniEc UP 4 VAST
se,rree et wealth. ass go, Ia every efr
Of the South progress IS ths eFaer Of the
day. In ehs place It Is csttsR MANI
sarture. in sneth.r csal-rsiRins, IN saotaer
numbering IN slsthsr frfHliuhe-MeAi'k'
rxu,rEe-s sl.s truck sr truit-sTe~lrE,
In. @yerrr.ers there Is ssv.Hcene ext.
a. rer1ls tie persistent eftsrts made
of+.sy wears $40 by aR lerr f4rEeT, S.
H.. Cary, t. Csrelsp riee-s-swtRs in Lsuts-
janR and reys:
.yrsrly is rer . texr st lea s- S,sos
s,ss,e. With eight -ies n.Its handling
I.r war husness Of absut S, 49, as,
AMI Il eea western Peeple ara rcttlea IN
that district Eee-Erorins, although But
in IT'S infxnsy has enksRcsd tina Tstus 81
the lsaS frem b cents az acre nueea
ysaYs are te gFs to 80 an acFs ct PreseHe
Vkst Kiss been Ssr,a In Ssueh-I'est L~sd-
sasnr Is rev fsing Ssss IN Teas. where
nsr s:,crsets equally N ees7nisHE tsr
ri<s-svow1nx IRE &e,nr sPensa UP. Arou1a
4~sur1ert ard in ether PARTS Of That tes
ritSry there II q great iHsux Of western
settlers vile find in Y1ee-E.ew7nE a ytsla
ef fersS>nTty, e:xty sRd seneunses eisscy
cellars 81 eors against anywhere fsen
ten 10 twelve Ssilers an acre "a tRn
wheat eff the Wet.
oII. pEEEIOPkESF.
Kstsrrlzs to 70 the ell seTess7uent
around Beaumont Ser. BHssn&s ssyE:
The work which has been aecoMssished
81 the se.uai Development q that eis-
t1ict in the building Of Y!Ps iiEes ana
tenks ead the creation Of nsrEet Tor
the ell has Yrsbe.t.y never been T1xpesses
in this country, er IN sry ether, in the
hrssd 1ns comprehensive opening UP g,
xny new district in ell Ct IN any mineral
development. Yet up to the present time
iii Of tht. has s4en but the preliminary
stare Il. the real s1eErers sf making
worldwide market and creating feciiues
eur mr7 surx,s WITH tn. output Of the oil
wells Of Texas, esen to ss felleres, JunS-
~a by all repertsthst nave hseH MADE. ny
oil wells ef louisiana and I.aeara This
stretch * terTttery elcaE the Gulf F-eN-
Uses to be ret emily the greatest source ct
oil, eJrr.y fer the weris, but iikt~.se the
centre fer NATURAL Ens TlTsllinc. II not
er~vsesHs the neutral, E1s fields at IA
sisza and fer SAT- <erka ana other iR-
sustriss interests en- az equally sreaa
scale Fer lehK t!Ee that seetisn CT
the south locked with je<ieus eye upeH
tho aeve!sr1rent II the eczi ana iron ois-
tries, and the pcor:e alenE tbs Gulf coast
seemed to think that the PitdNent ana
msrrtnin region Of tss seuth hae oeea
usre favored BY nature. But it Is nsr
ar er.n question II the Gulf eeast Of
the south has net reteAtisdtie1 equally
On great as the richest Of It's ce1l :nd
irss districts.
ALABAMA SOON.
On his trip Ir. EsMenas net exc 81
the foremost iron men ef the Unlteo
States. thoroughly familiar With irsn ane
steel conditions of Pennsylvania. vita
with the irsn and coal conditions ia the
south. who, being asked fer his inspres-
sfsrs Of the iren and steel ssVsRsEes
Of the seuth With special FrfsreEse te
Alsbsns, said:
.Al.b.. hiss sll of TIE aevsntsE es
which have beer claimed fer it, 1t has
nS11ntxrcs which will nska 1t possible
for iren to be made in the state ut
fcxsr ee.t than in any sther place known
Of in the werld. kut the ireH psspls Of
the South have net kept up with tie
progress ef the irsn Industry in the
Esrth. Fifteen years srs tho fu-nsee
hu.ines. sns the furnaee practice ct the
seuth were on Par With that Of the
Nerth, but fer vIrisus causes, Heedlesr
T. e1rlsin ia detail. the South has made
but little Improvement either in the esn-
strustien ef il furnaces or in furnace
prse :ies. during the@lsst fifteen years.
while the Nerth ana N,@t havs revsll1-
tinni.ed their iren-mskirr conditions.
IN eettsn manufacturing it is generally
recognized that southern Bailis arc to-
day the hest in the weriC. They haTs
the latest and best esuirn cat ara ia
that resseet are in advance OF the best
mill. In New EnKlarS. taken ss whele.
But while the textile Wills have been
thu, leading tn. procession. the irea-
making interests Of the seutR have been
1xrrinE. or this account southern ircr
and steel Making has net asranced as it
should have cone. hut the conditions sre
ell there on which to found an Industry
ssual to all thst has hees claimed far
this .eetiee. Within the last Twelve
month. very marked change has thkea
Place. The vzrisus irsr companies IN
Alnhsrpa have kees spending large
amount sf neney i~.r-rinr their fur
ns.es. adding n their hlnwirr earaeitS.
reducing the esst eff their mining one
ratis.s ard in ali Ways getting theN.
selves IN -h.p- ts; Ss better business
pnd to >..ke irsx ST lever eest. But
rueS remsins to be Seae''