The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30
SOUTH
TO It's Own
| lsIl oager Content N 70 Bes Merely.
roducer Of ]. Raw Mat rials.
MON O i N GREASE '|:I'
Naius q msauf.e.sred Products z tie Past
Iweaty Years Has Increased at Rate
Alnsst DoabIe that q Rest
81 the Country.
WONDERFUL INCREASE e: 'I;:;.l::
tsp..le1 nl.patch to The T.ne..1

2Ss BALTIMORE, March q. FOR Iong
4 time the South was content to be pro-
) aucer OF the raw marc.ial TO be manu-
xactured at great gain in othc- pa-ss CT
tho country. Referring to chat fact and
/ 10 the causes which retarded the indus
trial growth OF the South, the Manufac-
{ 4urers' Record this week says: That 1t
I IS coming into its own Is demonstrated
BY the fact that while the value OF manu-
fartured products in the whole country
{ increased 142 per cent. between 1850 and
{ $500. the value of manufactured products
IN the South increased in the same period
2aD per cent In the meantime. the value
sof manufactured products in the South
4 increased from per cent. to IL percent.
OF the value OF manufactured products IN
3 the country. That fact, taken IN con-
nection with the obvious expansion OF
1 manufacturing in the South during the
& past ten years, shows that much Of the
{ increase in Its manufacturing has been
but an increase in the first handling Of
material for lucrative manufacturing else
where. for. with a population OF 2S,OO0 0o0
the South's manufactured products IN
{ 1910 were valued at LAST. 900, 600. while
the rest Of the country. with. a population.
Y OF So oO, 900. produced to the value OF
el1, 81. o0o. 900.
Stin. the South has the proper gait,
Z "a the rise In recent years Of new IN
& dustrial centres In nearly every Southern
State from West Virginia to Texas. and
the enlargement of undertakings in older
communities. with the manifest tendency
toward diversification In manufacturing,
4 indicate the determination of the South
90 use to the l.tmost all of its magnificent
resources for its own enrichment, and
Tor the welfare OF the whole country.
Many Of the influences contributing to
4 che position which the United States now
occupies in industry and commerce are
traceable directly to the development OF
/ Southern timber, agricultural and min
& eral resources. and more than one South
ern product has been foremost in what Is.
] known on the other side Of the ocean as.
The sAmerican Invasion. Still, Ameri-.
can energy, enterprise and abundance OF
natural strength are not alone to be con-
eidered in explanation Of the progress re-
Gently made II
FAULTS IN Old COUNTRY.
Faults Of the older countries are con-
cerned in It Referring to one of these,
5 Mr.. r. q. Seward, the well-known Amcr1-s
can authority on coal, writes in the ManE-
facturers' Record:
s.As showing the backwardness OF coal
handling in London. compare it with ours
y In America the coal cart is loaded IN less
than five minutes from an elevated ctai
I hin. In London an ordinary wagon is
made to carry about a dozen large hays
of coal, which are filled one saoy one at
an expense OF much time and labor, and
then lifted into the vehicle like SO many
milk cans. In America when the coal
cart aches the house where its load is
to be dumped, the cart is backed up
against the side of the pavement, the
chute is drawn out like the barrel Of a
telescope and the end inserted in the coal
& hole. In a few minutes the entire load
rims down into a heap on the floor of the
cua1 cellar In London, on the other
hand. each bag Of coal has to be taken
separately from the wagon and emptied
\ as near as may be in the coal hole. and
when the task is at last finished the
coal which has fallens over on the pave
ment has to be 1aboriously shoveled into
the coal cellar. And SO it goes. In all
methods the old country is behind its
younger and enterprising off-shoot-
GREAT ADVANTAGES.
The trade press seeing and knowing
what is dore in this country tried to
awaken public interest there. and such
q statment as this is not unusual:-.The
whole question OF the relative cost of
production in this country and in the
i United States is one beset with many
difhMitiee. The conditions surrounding
Industry in the new old worlds vary
widely. Our coal pits are becoming deep
6r every year. In Lancashire, coal is
being mined not far from what are con-
1ldered to be the present limits The