Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-01
r. F. WRIGHT, AT NASHVILLE,
Observation-Disclosures

race, and let us proudly crown the one
who wins. With such a spirit to inspire
US, what may we not hope of prosperity
for the south, and through her added
greatness to the mightiest republic the
world has ever seen.
Already the south has accomplished
much, both In the production Of the raw
material and the great increase in value
of the manufactured product. She has
awakened to the fact that she does not
occupy the position of supremacy which
is her birthright and she will never rest,
so long as a less favored section holds the
place that she has the power to win. From
the two Virginias to Texas we possess
every variety OF climate and soil UNI
surpassed In it's capacity to produce al
most every article that minister's to the
necessities or the luxuries Of man. Our
agricultural advantages have long been
admitted. Our possibilities as a manufac-
turing section, whether in textile fabrics,
iron and wood, or in the products of our
mines, have begun to attract to us heavy
investments from our own and foreign
countries. Already South Carolina is the
third state in the union in the number
of her spindles, and North Carolina fourth
and Georgia does not intend to let 1t be
forgotten that she is going to make it live
ly for these two noble sisters to keep
ahead of her In the race.
AS this is a kind Of experience meeting,
I know you will indulge me in a brief
review of the growth Of Georgia on all
industrial lines. In 1880 the value of the
farm products of Georgia was $67, 02S, 929; in
1900 It was Sl04, 3O4, 476. These figures in
clude the value of live stock. The agricul-
tural and horticultural products for the
census year, made up from the reports
Of 1899, were in round numbers 1000
900. That year was one in which our or
chards were almost a total failure, and
aafYa
age. The very next year the products of
our orchards were valued at $4,O00.000, and
in the same year there was an increase in
the value of all our agricultural and horti-
cultural products Of $17,000,0O0. This would
run UP the value of our agricultural and
horticultural products for the year sue
ceeding that in which the census was
taken to $1O4, ,0O0 and the value of all
our farm products, including live stock, to
S121, 100000. With her 100000 peach trees
in bearing and 100000 more which will be
in bearing, Georgia stands now in the
front rank of the great orchard states
and is as famous for peaches and water
melons as Florida is for oranges. Two car
loads of peaches were shipped during
this season from Georgia to England in
first class condition and the prices real
lied brought handsome profits to the Hale
Orchard company.
There were $4,000 persons engaged in ag-
AlSuAtuAC Al NCOEBAd III 1851, ana
there were $4,000 so engaged, a larger
number than in any southern state except
Texas, where the number reported was
642, 600
In 1850 the capital invested in all kinds
of manufactures in Georgia was S2O672. 40
and in 1900 it was $50, 7S9 656. The calue of
manufactured products was S36 40 94S in
1880, and sos. 654527 in 1900
The number Of wage earners in Georgia
engaged in manufacturing was 24S75 in
1880, and So. S42 in 1900 more than In any
southern state except Maryland, which
had 10S,S25 so engaged.
Savannah, Georgia's seaport, is the
greatest naval stores market in the
world.
In railroad mileage Georgia leads every
southern state, since she had In 1900 a to-.
tai Of 6.624 miles, with several new rail-
roads in progress of construction.
Perhaps 1t viii interest you TO hear the
output Of some Of our leading crops under
the highest state Of cultivation. During
the year 1899 the Macon Daily Telegraph
offered q prize for the best four acres
of wheat grown in Georgia. The prize
was won by a middle Georgia farmer.
who made IS bushels OF wheat to the acre
on his four acre plot. The man who won
the second prize made So bushels to the
acre.
In numbers OF instances there have been
produced to the acre under the best scien-
tifc methods 120 bushels of oats 600 gall
Ions Of Georgia can strip, and other crops
in proportion.
Our minerals, gold. iron. coal, marble.
granite, beauxite, tale, slate, CLAW. etc.
have an annual output of between four
and five million dollars. Our Georgia
marble is the best in the United States.
excepting that Of Vermont, which Il
equals. The following large buildings are
constructed of Georgia marble: Corcoran
Art Gallery, Washington City; State AIu-
tual Life Insurance Company building.
Worcester, Mass; Rhode Island State
capitol, Providence, r. l.; Century Office
building, St. Louis, Mo-; Minnesota state
capitol, St. Paul. Mimi; st. Luke's Hos
pital, New York city.
The Georgia gold mines are attracting
much attention, as is evidenced by the
fact that heavier investments than ever
are being made in them. The Dahlonega
Consolidated Gold Mining company, with
q capital stock Of $5,OO0,0O0, has purchased
dozen OF more of the best gold mining
properties IN Lumpkin county, Georgia,
and has erected one Of the largest gold
mining plants in the United States. The
Standard Gold Mining Company, Of Dab
lonega, With capital of $5,0OO,OO0; the
Brown Mountain Gold Mining company.
with $500 200, and the Briar Patch Gold
Mining company, with capital stock of
81, 100000 have also been organized with
headquarters at Dahlonega.
We say this much for Georgia: She is
ahead in some things-behind in some; but
in the general summing up, she stands in
the front rank with her most progressive
sisters.
To return now to the progress of the
south: BY the United States census OF
1880 the value of farm products in the
south exceeded the value Of manufactured
products by more than $500, 900 600, while
in 1900 the value of manufactured pro-
ducts exceeded that Of farm products by
more than $19O,O0O,O0O.
In the twenty years from 1880 to 1900 the
number of persons engaged in agriculture
increased So per cent, and the number of
wage earners engaged in manufacturing
increased 157 per cent. Both rates Of in
crease were greater in the south than in
the country at large, and the probability
Is that the next decade will show still
greater gains for the south.
Our section has long been noted as the
producer of the f1eecy staple, which is in
such demand the world over. Louisiana,
the great rice producing states, and to-
gether with Florida are noted also for the
growing Of sugar cane, from which the
best sugar and syrups of the world are
produced. Georgia, South Carolina and
Florida are the home of the long staple
cotton, of which crop 81 per cent is grown
in Georgia, while Savannah exports 6S per
cent of it.
Kentucky has long been famous as the
home of blooded horses, and Tennessee is