Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-09-14
THE south IMPROVES.
Vast Strides Made Along Railways
The Past Year.
TWO REPORTS CITED
The Agricultural Advancement Hss
> Been Wonderful and the Manufac-
turing Of Cotton Shows Greater.
Consumption OF that Product.

Baltimore. Sept. i3.-The effects OF
the consolidation OF railroad lines In
the south into strong systems operated
on a strictly business basis upon tho
Industrial growth OF the south may
hardly be oyerestlmated This fact Is
emphasized by summary In the
Manufacturers Record OF facts cleaned
from recent annual reports OF railway
companies.
The report Of the southern railway
shows that during the year there were
located on or near the company's lines
Industrial plants representing a value
OF sii2.AfI.559. and that sec plants
completed and put In operation repre-
sented an investment Of sS9!O1O. $50.
Forty-two new textile plants went
into operation, and there were addi-
tons OF 5000 spindles and SS57 looms
10 old plants. while at the close OF the
fseal year there we're 81 new mills I'M
der construction which will operate
sl2. 200 spindles and 1900 looms
Similar progress is reported along
the lines OF the Central OF Georgia
railway. its annual report showing that
200 industries representing 81 different
kinds OF manufactures were located In
its territory during the year, with
capitalization OF s2.S96,35O and with
1862 employees.
The industrial commissioner OF the
Illinois Central railroad shows that
out OF 37S industries established during
tLs year along It's system. 2iS. or more
than &c per cent were south OF ne
Ohio river.
That agriculture has advanced with
the growth Of manufactures appears in
such fact as that during the year 5s3
farmers from the north and west pu,'
chased III 155 acres OF farm land IN
the territory OF the Southern railway
an investment OF s20i0.-
300. while there was a phenomenal tn
crease In the acreage devoted 20 can
tnloupes, watermelons and strawber-
ries along the Central OF Georgia rail-
way. lwth l,13l.T79 peach trees
planted.
These figures for only a portion Of
The south are valuable as indicating
The progress general throughout that
portion OF the country. and the reports
of trunk lines entering Texas. oklaho-
ma. the Indian Territory. Missouri. Ar.
kansas and Louisiana. and coniining
their operations principally 10 those
sections will be found to present equal
~ important and impressive revela-
lions OF the development OF a great d.
vision OF the country. the natural re-
sources OF which for agriculture and
have only begun 10 be
by the great majority OF
people within comparatively recent
years
The textile Industry, which may be
as a pioneer In the south as
L was elsewhere, continues its magnin- |
tent record. as II shown by the follow
Ing figures: In 1890 OF the total crop |
II 1911 1892 bales. the south manufac-
iured $50. S9i bales. or a little more |
than per cent In 1901 OF the total /
rrop Of l0.393.422 bales. the south |
1920 1871. bales. little
more than IS per cent. and in the year /
ended August 81 last. OF the total crop |
Of 10, $50 ESQ bales. the south manufac. |
tured 1878 bales. or more than IS
per cent In 1880 northern mills |
something more than "a
per cent OF the total crop. and In 1909
about 10 per cent In twelve years the
quantity OF cotton taken by the north
ern cotton mills has decreased from
1871 per cent 10 5i.4l per cent OF the I
total taken by American mills. and tie J
quantity taken by southern mills has
increased from 233 per cent to aS.59
per cent OF the total takings.