The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-08-13
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lars per acre than the farms Of tn
West. that Our Factories pay bette
dividends than the factories OF In
East, that cattle can Oe fattoned 70
less per pound in Georgia than il
Kansas, has been demonstrated agail
and again. That machinery can ~
constructed cheaper in Macon or At
lanta than it can be constructed il
Providence or PittSburg. is being Gle
monStrated every day. That vessels cal
be constructed more cheaply On tn,
coast of Georgia than on the coast 0
Maine, is easy enough to demonstrate
That health conditions in the South
particularly in Georgia, SurpasSeS tn,
health of New England or the West
is Illustrated by statistics: it is part ic
ularly illustrated by the death recorC
of those who were encamped during
the SpaniSh-American war.
| Yet with all these natural adVan
tageS, with all our talk about being
the Empire State of the South, are We
not laggardS in the race for materia
development?
AS compared to the Southwest, OF
to the great Northwest, with theil
continuous tide Of new people, Will
floods of money pouring into them from
our own, as well us from foreign cOun.
tries. is not Georgia but receiving the
eddying drift of this prosperity [ Idle:
We are prosperous it is true. There
are many who believe we are doing
well enough: there may be even some
who would be content to erect a Chi
neSe wall about us. or in complacency
sit down to say, let the world rush
on yin its mad haste for wealth. let
well enough alone, it is good enough
| for us just as it is
| But is it not this 'let well enough
alone" policy that is largely RESPONSE
BILE for that ultra-cOnSCrVdtlSn. Of our
| people? that Self-cOmplacency SO to
speak, which has characterized GeOr-
gians, is it not largely responsible for
| keeping away much of the brain, en-
ergy and money which has gone else
| where, instead of coming in to develop
our State?
Had we been more literally disposed,
had we been more progressive, would
we not have developed much faster?
! Why should the CarOlinas outstrip
us as manufacturing States? Why. in
proportion to advantage or natural
conditions. many of the Southern
States should have already gone ahead
| of us along development lines? We
ever proclaim ourselves as the Empire
State of the South, yet, is it not very
much of question if we are truly the
Empire State at all?
There is d strange thing running
through all human nature, which APP
plies alike to individuals and to ma
tiOnS. 1t is, the more favored by nat
Y liDIN no n,
pend on those natural conditions;
while less fortunate neighbOrS, crap
ping with unfavyred circumstances.
often struggle past, to bear away the
coveted prizes.
In 1880, the world began to realize
the returning importance OF the South.
| Reports were scanned to see what was
Ith9 relative Importance of the South
| fern States. Georgia had advanced to
Fourth place III population (30.2 per
cent?, while Texas with 94.5 per cent?
had passed to second place, Kentucky
and Tennessee both being ahead OF
Georgia.
In real estate Georgia remained
sixth, with $139, 9S3,941, a decrease Of
2.8 per cent. All showed large de
creaSes excepting Texas, North Caro-
lima and West Virginia, which showed
gains Of 1ll.5 per cent, %. J per cent,
SO per cent respectively.
In farm values. Georgia fell to
eighth place: and while gaining 3s.t
per cent, did not keep up with the
other States, being passed by North
Carolina 1863 per cent and West
Virginia (5S.S per cent: and in the
point OF recovery, South Carolina
sshowed an increase Of 76.5 per cent:
Florida, 1926 per cent: Texas 2l7 per
cent. Her capital, however, III manu-
featuring increased 4S.4 per cent. and
amounted to $20,672, 40.
In 1890 Georgia was third in pOp1la-
ton, increase Of 1911 per cent: in real
estate she remained sixth, Showing a
gain CO.'S per cent: but Texas gained
| 154,9 per cent: Florida, 2209 per cent;
Alabama, 1919 per cent. and Arkansas
| 962 per cent. She advanced to seventh
place in farm property; increase 3, :
| peT cent, in dollars amounting 10
S18s, 249,l IN manufacturing she
was fourth, with a gain Of 1854 pei
cent, having a capital OF $50, 92l, $50
but in percentage OF gain, she Wa
Iout-claSsed by Texas 1904 per cent
Louisiana (205.2 per cent, Alabama
1911 per cent, Mississippi l215.1 pei
lcent), Arkansas 4Q7 per cent, and
Florida (246 per cent.
In 1900 Georgia stood second III pop
ulation eos per cent increase fourth
in real estate value increase Of 9:
per cent, and the largest il the South
but mainly represented in urbaI
lgrOWth, the real estate amounting tC
1884, 336 1874, Infarm property she haC
increased 20.7 per cent, and stood fifth
but in manufacturing she dropped
lfrom fourth to sixth, although III
lcreasing 81 per cent, with a capital
lZation of 500, 7S9, 656: but Texas, witt
Ian increase Of 1888 per cent Virgin,
with 63.4 per cent, Louisiana witt
I225.4 per cent. West Virginia witt
I98.2 per cent, North Carolina witt
1885 per cent, Mississippi with 10:
lper cent. North Carolina with 100.
per cent, and FLORIDA with 210.l pc
lcent, out-claSSed her in relative pro
IgreSS, All this goes 10 show Del
cheney Of industrial growth for Ge0r
gia during the past twenty years.
In 1850, Georgia produced p 394 ton
of pig iron. and had 81 ,135, 800 inveStel
in iron and steel manufacturing en-
terpriSeS: but in 1890 she only pro
lduced %, 1S5 tons Of pig iron, and he
iron and steel plants had dropped Il
Is908, 243, while IN 1900 she failed tt
make any individual or separate re
cord for the production0f pig iron, AM
her steel industry fell 10 s655.9lt
THUS her iron industry has decayed
though she is rich in ore beds and ric)
in coal She mined Il few tons Of Goa
in 1880, she produced DDS tons j
1890, and 3l5,557 tons in 1900
In all her mineral resources Goa
iron, clay, gold and matble-sisa on
produced a valuation OF s45I ~ a
1880, $2,Sl7, 100 in 1890. and 81, IL. 3J
for 1900, which is a bagatelle CON
pared with what she is capable Of
yet in most Of these she is far benin
the percentage Of increase bY otAe
States. In l880she led all the south
saw milling industry, in 1900 stoo
ninth. which nnsit ion nua now lccL