Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-03-05
THE souTA's DEVELOPMENT.

THE SOuTA'S CEVsLOPMENT. |
People of the North ~ grating In New
Erection.
1t would not be at all surprising II
for the next ten years the rate of prog
ress in the south We're more rapid than
in any cther section of the country. 1t
IS, Of course, somewhat misleading, |
says the Boston Herald, to class under
one comprehensive designation states
whose material conditions differ so
widely as those of. South Carolina and
Texas, Louisiana and West Virginia.
But even limiting the inquiry to the
older states of the cotton belt, there
are forces at work destined to put a
new face on southern development be-
fore the century has run out. The ex
tension of cotton manufacturing is but
one of these, though it is an undeniably
important one. Two points in regard
to this were strongly impressed on the
Massachusetts delegation in their re-
cent tour of investigation. One was
the comparative abundance and intelli-
gence of the white labor and the other
the extent of the still untouched re-
bcuIStS VI WatSi poWSI. WIN eiiS hS"
facilities offered for electrical distribu-
ton, this is certain to be very impor-
tant element in the coming develop
ment of the south. With the crudest
appliances it has already contributed
| largely to the economical working OF
the cotton mills, and with more scien-
tific methods of conversion and distri-
button it cannot fail Ito be a fruitful
source of wealth.
The comments only go to show that
the east and north is full of the con-
fidence that actuates far-sighted south
ern business men. The financial strain
TO which the country has been sub
ected was only preparation, or time
of probation, and our section is now OF
the eve of an era of prosperity and hap
piness. After making due note of oul
agricultural and lumber industries, thu
article pays its respects to our immedi
ate source of wealth, and passes dowI
the line in the following words tina
cannot fail to give encouragement tt
those inclined to be doubtful:
The rapid strides made in the utiliza
+ ton of the coal and iron beds of Ala
bama are but sample of what is sur
to be witnessed in other states, notabl,
7 in Tennessee. The fact that the rapid
r growing trade in phosphate fertilizer
in South Carolina and Florida is of yer
recent origin has not been general
recognized. These two states min
I more phosphate rock than all the res
of the world, and now Tennessee
coming into the field with deposits {
considerable extent and richness. TIL
manufacturer of cottonseed oil is ais
q comparatively new industry, and
/. means for the south solid addition {
\ wealth from a produce formerly all b,
+ worthless. The ports of the south al
beginning to claim share of the in
port commerce, to which they have lor
been strangers and are trying to ut
: ize the advantages of geographic
nearness as distributing points #
places like st. Louis, Cincinnati, LOU
vile and Kansas City. Nearly all Il
il manufacturing enterprises of the sou
y have yielded of late years profit abo
:, the northern standard, and much
this profit has gone to the extention
works and factories already i'll existen
ar or the building of new ones. Brief
" the south is in the field of commerce
Ig and industrial competition as it new
was before, and its progress in this
rection is bound to have in the INN
3h date future greatly accelerated II
Az of speed.