Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-08-16
souTTS INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.


ADitN OF INC %E0<G>.
Baltimore. SpeciaL-The Nanursctur-
ers' Record has made n critical aDaly-
SIS o. the ceasGs bulletins. which en-
aoies Il . nlake for the ars. tir,s an
exact statement OK the development OF
the agricultural interests OF the South
IN connection with a review OF TIE ia
drstrial advance q the section This
shows that The south IS aow 4 5000
0o0.0c section. the value OF its agrf-
cUltcTal and maausactaral protucts
now annually aggresa;lag nesriy that
sum.
Between 1850 and 1900 the total value
% southern agricultural manufactured
and mineral products Increased froua
N.13t5S6. 2cS 20 s2.Sf464s. $40. or i5T
FER sent. while during The same period
the Increase OK population was - per
cent During that period the capital In
I vested Ia manufactures Increased from
I S2572ss.5e4. a. the total % 1850. 70 al
$4,000. 36s Ia 1900. gain Of 1896. 1871
500. or 7fs per cent In the same tins
F the value 81 manufactured products IN
Y creased from ss57 .f5t.7-T in 1850 20 81
/ f63.sf3I77 in 1900. gain % 81. s0s.-
T ISIS. 400 or zee per cent In agriculture
the value OK farm property IN the
South increased from g. 200 Sos SCI IA
+ 1850 20 8 ISL. 63l $50. a gain % s. Sol. =
267.Sll. or - per cent. while the value
oc farm products In 'reased from $780,
l3l.t52 90 si.27l.65s2T3. a gain OF $751;
80. SCI. OF % per cent
In the South the greatest actual IN
crease Ia manufacturing capital vas
Slo4 4O4.S SIG In Maryland Louisiana
being second with slOI .62l sc6. Texas
third with fStIsS341. Virginia fourth
with SO. 101 99s. Georgia hfth with $50
1926. North Carolina sixth with s61.-
f5s2oo. and Albania seventh with see
s0-.0ll Tn agricultural advance Texas
leads With an Increase ln the value %
form property 81 S7o6 39i 900. WILLS
Louisiana was second with a gaia &c
1927. T56 $50 Kentucky third with STA
3f2.02f Georgia fourth with SIS 2l6.-
800. Mississippi afth with So. 20f. 75s.
Arkansas sixth with So .056. s2f. and
b Tennessee seventh with sS1. 7t5 $50
The rate of increase In The capital IN
vested In manufactures Ia the south
during the twenty years from 1850 Tn
1900 was 34S per cent. while during the
same period the rate OF increase for the
United States was 252 per cent. and
in the value of products the rate OF in
crease In che South was 30 per cent.
whereas the rate OF Increase for thu
) United States was 1l2 per cent. Thus.
b both IN che capital invested and In the
D value of products the rate az Increase in
, manufacturing In The South was much
a greater than that ~ the country at
p large. Notwithstanding the enormous
B expansion az the Industrial Interests OF
r The United States during the two de-
70 cades under review.
During the same twenty-year period
the value 90 farm property in the
South showed a gain OF % per cent.
e while the total gain ~ the farm prop
D erty of the United States was g. PER
b. cent. the value 90 farm products for
r the South showing an Increase u 81
e per cent. compared with a gain for tho
q country az large 0f ll3 per cent.
j. In studying these agures which show
tho very remarkable advance 0f the
south as compared with the entire
country. the only point la them IN
y which the South ala not more than
keep step with the growth OF the coun-
D. try being in the value 0f farm pro-
p ductsl. we should take into cOnsidera-
tlOn the complete wreck and ruin OF the
q South by the war and as subsequent
i poverty. leading IL 81 necessity when Il
- was able to resume farming operations
20 devote itself almost exclusively tC
the One-crop idea and also the temora-
!. lizauon OF much OF its labor element
= creating at the same time In other
20 parts OF the country Misrepresentation
regarding the opportunities in south
s. eru agriculture. Thus. starting under
s. these adverse conditions. with dis
b organized labor system with povertl
almost beyond our ability 20 compre
nj, bend. and without any OF the advan
Il tages OF the enormous immigration
/, which has poured into the far ives
= many millions Of farmers. the S0utl
> has been able 20 more than hold II
own. both In industrial and agricul
tuTal advancements with the growth o
the United States. No greater tribut
- 20 the inherent strength OF the South
natural advantages and OF the ahiiit.
49, of its people 10 master the 0vsrwhelm
ing difficulties could be given. tn
no world has no record OF greater achiev
" ment
IS One interesting phase OF the condi
az tons now prevailing il that ia 1850 III
value OF farm products exceeded n
en value Of manufactured products IN ID
as South by more than $500 900 900. whit
%. In 1900 the value OF manufactured prS
ducts exceeded the value % farm prC
ducts by more than $40 o00. 900 Du
- ring that same period the number {