Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-05
SIM FoRolNo AHEAD.
Industrial aud Cesna'~seiai isissss's q
the saath steadily ImpresiaE.

Anuuatfial aud AnnintNfttaA h"f~fH@ss -
the sssth steadily Impfesiss.
baltimore. MAY Significant u the
changed industrial nd commercial CON
ditions Of the .outh Is the importance
Of that section ~ Che plans fur great
cancellations OF manufacturing aud
transportation interest. and che impor'
lance OF thorn 90 che south. Week by
wook the Manufactures Record tolls
of thr steady increase u 'he number NJ
small industries oI tur eA sanding opcr-
nfi1ns OF the larger ONES. 40 Che amo
time 10 makes apwrent tho gratifying
hc. tbat ll years anl moro oi steady
eudelfYr uu having thar effect Boz
placing tha south Iu dua relation to the
rast of the country. as. believed of
OF its drawbacks. DO has 80 last boon
able % cntef fully upln the task uf do-
va.upne it wonderful natural ro-
sources. hhlt forgotten 0r half neglect
ed f1r 10 long
The south has won for itself such n
valuable Strategic flsition and has boen
united with other parts Of the country
by the steel bands " railroads and In
che bonds of mutual interest that few
great moves may now boz made Ia pace
with the great strides ~ American pro-
gress without the south's participation
In one way or another The weight OF
the s0uth's cotton mills must be soborly
and carefully taken account of In any
consideration OF the national textile
industry. That Is an old story that has
become more and more eloquent with
years Of the past decade and which is
emphasized by the recent visit Of New
England mill engineers 10 Columbia.
5. q. for the purpose Of studying the
successful application for the first time
In this country Of the theory that "A
great cotton mill may be operated eco
nomically by electricity generated d.
rectly from steam power and by the
equally strong fact that Of the 2,8i6,09i
bales Of cotton taken N far this season
by American mills, l,i-j.j3S have gone
o. southern mills and l1e0.jj3 90 tho
northern mills. the no rthom takings be-
7 ing bat 10000 bales more than the total
number which went Co the north in
lsS, and the southern nkiugs being
nearly three times as great as the total
taken by southern mills % years ago
Some ui tAe southern IRON interests
have shared directly lr Indirectly iu the
recent consolidation tendencies boo tha
iron aud -tee. trade and these have NOS
been wtlal. choir e1e.t upon tht south.
em iron center Whore, for several
weeks. there ha. b,en musa Uf less well
defined ulk of % community of inter.
est, upon tho worry substantial fouudn.
tiou of "a healthy business having IT,
own particular market and having made
the record ~ being pioneer in the ca.
port Of American iron with the promise
OF ability to fix the ultimate price Of
steel For nowhere else IN the United
States ara there such favorable condi.
tons as TO the contiguity Of the mate.
rial for the manufacture Of iron as in
the Alabama district.
Southern phosphate deposits are prAo.
tically tho only American deposits Of
the kind Of commercial value. Even
they. though, have felt the impulse Of
the new era. whether they DO in the
older fields Of Florida or tho newer ones
Of Tennessee. With the destruction Of
the forests OF the west and middle west
southern lumber IL becoming dominat.
ing In ia Geld and will b the leader
whenever the effort shall b made to
combine the. lumber interests Of the
oogntEy. In IVES, Virginia and Ken.
lucky thsre are tendencies toward plAc
ing the coal mining industry In closer
touch with thsbitnminous interests else.
WHARF. while some Of the fnsl In the
Alabama region has already been
brought within the influence Of the
power centered AZ Pittsburg Mean.
while, the petroleum Developments In
the southwest. foreshAdovsd in the
wells at CorsicanA, Ter. have bssn
given An astounding impetus at Beau.
mont. 20 astounding. THAI the part TO b,
played by the oil as fuel 10 hardly com.
pretended. Sufficient 10 known, how
ever. to Affect ths whols petroleum in.
dustry aud to bring Representatives Of
the great leading power into tho TeIA,
field in careful inquiry.
In this connection y. +. z. Careoristi
elAborates 10 this week'A Manufacturer
Record the suggestion that petroleum
may make Tetas Steol producing oen'
ter. Ho sAys that tAsrs Ia no question
that tho Beaumont petroleum u suited
for the production Of fuel gas and pe'
troleum il no longer . mooted question,
and no adds;
Besides these facts, IL must DO no.
membered that II Is cheaper 70 use "a,
Rs fuel than II Is 10 use coke, because
the very elements that are driven of In
the production Of coke volatile substan,
oes) are used in the production Of gas,
and the residium (coke) left ever after
the gas has been made contains the ash,
which in ordinary usage must DO drawn
OF in the form Of alag The only OBJ.
lection 10 far found 10 the use Of artifi
] cial ans fft tina mann faotura ~ ata.l