Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-08-12
SHOWS MUCH GAIN.
Agricultural Interest Of the south In
orsasing al = wondsrfai Rate. -

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Baltimore. Aug. 1.-THE Manufae-
turers' Record has made 4 critical
analysis OF the census bulletins. which
enable Il to make for the frst time an
exact statement Of the development
OF the agricultural interests OF the
south In connection with a review OF
the industrial advance OF that section.
This shows that the south Is now
50 600 100000 section. the value Of is
agricultural and manufactured pro
ducts now annually aggregation near.
~ that sum.
Between 1880 and 1900 the total val
ue OF southern agricultural. manufac'
tured and mineral products increased
from yl13fgs6.229 70 s2.si4.6i6.4 400. OF
l57 per cent while cuiing the same
period the Increase Of population was
a. per cent During that period the
capital Invested in manufactures In
creased from s257.2ii.5cl. as the to
/ cal OF 1850. 70 S1i53 .0O2.ses in 1900.
a gain o. s535.751 .S0l. or 3fS per cont
In the same time the value Of manu-
facmred products increased from
gf57.45f.777 in 1850 % 81 i.f63.Gf3.i75 Ia
1900. a gain of yl.006. .16s 400. or 220
y per cent lu agriculture the value OF
farm property ln the south increased
from y2.2s0g6f32i In 1850 10 f3.s5l.-
68l.Ga2. q gain OF si.G6l .261 81, or y
per cent. while the value OF farm pro-
/ ducts increased from s660i3lA52 90
Si.27i.63i213. a gain OF $5ll.522.s2l.
or 81 per cent.
In the south the greatest actual In
crease Ia manufacturing capital was
si04.404.S76 In Maryland. Louisiana
being second with Si0i .62i .S26, Texas
third with ysllsS.321 Virginia fourth
with S7C.70i .s9s. Georgia NTH with
S6slI7 .246. North Carolina sixth with
Ss3 ass .255. and Alabama seventh with
SEQ. .7O2.O73 In agricultural advance
Texas iai with an Increase In the val
ue OF farm property Of sIO6.3sl .sOs'
while Louisiana was second with a
gain OF gl2i.766.359 Kentucky third
with giI2342.02i. Georgia fourth with
n sg5. C.329. Mississippi fifth with $50.
204. 4.T5s. Arkansas sixth with tb2.05o'
424. and Tennessee seventh with ISL
745.S55.
The rate OF increase In the capital
invested In manufactures In the south
during the twenty years from 1850 q
1900 was 34s per cent. while durinf
the same period the rate OF Increase
for the United States was 252 pei
cent: and IN the value OF products th'
rate OF Increase In the south was ~
per cent. whereas the rate of increase
. for the United states was if2 per cent
Thus. both In the capital invested
a,,,. n the value Of products, the ra;'
of increase IN manufactures In th'
south was much greater than that o
the country az large. notwithstandihl
II the enormous expansion OF the lndus
trial interests OF the United Statel
} during the two decades under reVie"
During the same twenty-year perios
J the value OF farm property IN th'
south showed a gain OF 90 per cent
while the total gain OF the farm prop
ertv OF the United States was 81 pc
cent the value OF farm products iol
=. the south showing an increase OF "
per cent. compared with a gain Tor in'
country OF ll3 per cent.
one interesting phase OF the rondi
tions now prevailing is that IN lss'
the value OF farm products exceeded
the value Of manufactured products u
the south by more than S2OO'Oeo'VVV
while In 1900 the value OF manufac
tured products exceeded the value q
farm products by more than $4,000
GOO During that came period th'
number Of persons engaged ~ asri
culture In the south increased 80 pei
cent while the number OF wage-earn
ers In manufacturing Increased 10
per cent. bota rates OF increase In IN
south being greater than the rates u
the county at large. In this lndu
trial up5uilding the south Is 70 hh'
fun frtiition OF its agricultural poten
tiallUes The development OF manu-
factares. creating quick. steady remu
neYative markets for the diversine'
PRODUCTS OF agriculture. VIII give
the farmers OF the south advantage