The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-26
RAISE RICE
IN TEXAS
Poor Sections Transformed
by the Industry.
MANY NEW INDUSTRIES
Peach and Trucking Interests-Devel-
opment Of Warrior Rlv.r VIII Make
New Orleans Natural Outlet
for Alabama Coal.
MANY NEW INDUSTRIES
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BALTIMORE, ND, June H.-Through-
out the South there Is general
activity in every line OF Industry ana
in every direction arc seen signs OF ".
creasing diversity In manufactures, anu
also In agriculture.
In covering the progress OF that secuoh'
the Manufacturers Record this week re-
ports the rapid development OF large
bodies OF farming land In Louisiana IN
connection with the remarkable ADVANCE
In rice growing In that State and also
in Texas In district which hfeeen years
ago scarcely produced pound OF freight.
and which was 80 unfavorably regarded
by the Southern Pacific Railroad, that
its officers refused to build section, be-
,lieying that the settlement OF that sec.
ton was impossible, there are now 2o.OW
to 25, 900 western people located, IN addl-
ton to a great many southerners VINO
have been drawn to the Same region by
the remarkable development OF the rice
Industry. based on vast Irrigation plans
which assure an abundant supply OF
water in all seasons.
HARVESTING RICE.
In that district 5000 Mccormick reapers
were used last year in cutting rice. which
Is harvested like wheat in the West, and
out OF that same territory. too poor flf-
teen years ago to justify even small
depot, the Southern Pacific last season
hauled 1900 car loads Of rice.
This great development. taken in con-
nection with the remarkable advance OF
the oil interests OF Southwest louisiana
and Southeast Texas. is illustrated in the
statement made by an officer OF the
Southern Pacific road, that the railroad
passenger receipts at Beaumont now
average $4,000 a month, against 800
month three years ago. and also by the
fact that number Of companies have
recently been organized. one with cap
tal stock OF SC, ooo. 900, another with cap
ltal stock OF 80, 100000. for the purchase Of
immense bodies Of land aggregating In
tho latter case 10000 acres, which will
be developed with great irrigating canals
and utilized for the growing OF rico and
other agricultural products. So active Is
sthe development in that section that I'M
migra ton offices are to be opened in Hol-
land and Japan.
FRUIT AND TRUCKING.
In another section. OF Texas the peach
and trucking Industry Is assuming large
proportions. snd ono orchard OF 10000
acres is now being developed. with many
smaller ones in the same territory. At
folk-yirginia trucking district Is burden:
Ing the railroads and steamship lineH
with an enormous crop Of potatoes. which
are reported as brining prices higher
than for the last eight or. ten years. Be.
tween these two points. Virginia and
Texas. there are everywhere seen signs OF
an increasing diversity of agricultural in
terests, even II the Development has not
yet been quite 80 pronounced at these
two points.
MANUFACTURES.
~ pt,,o frou, opric,,1f,,ral - ~, p,,$n -
turing interests. progress In every direc-
ton is even more pronounced. Charlotte
IN. c. people, in connection with outslde
capital. have organized $4,000 cotton
mill company to build a plant with 5000
spindles for making hne grade goods.
Gently demolished by tornado, has let
n contract for rebuilding. and will have
5000 spindles. while the Clifton Com.
peny, OF spartanburg. has also let con-
tract for the reconstruction OF its mills
Nos. and 2. recently destroyed by the
food. These mills will have an equip
nent about the same as the former mills.
aggregatIng about $1,000 spindles. At Liv-
ingston. Ala. $4,000 cotton mill will
be built; at Lafayette. Ga, a 100000 mill
company has been organized and at Roa-
noke. Va, $4,000 knitting mill will DO
built
In West Virginia and Kentucky the ac-
tlvlty III Inc OoVelOpl1olII VI COa4
and In oil Is greater than ever before.
West Virginia will this year produce
nearly 3oOO0O0o tons of coal. or about
three-fourths as much as the total btu
minous coal output Of the United States
in 1850. Mr.. F. e. saward, Of New York.
recognized as coal authority, In a com.
prehensiye letter In the Manufacturers
Record, setting forth the strength OF the
coal situation Of Alabama points out the
remarkable development Of this industry
in that State, and shows how the growth
Of the industrial interests OF the South
Is rapidly increasing the homo market
for Alabama coal, while the improvement
Of the Warrior River now under way by
the national government will enable Ala
hama to control the coal trade OF the New
Orleans district, now largely supplied by
Pittsburg, and also the coal trade OF the
West Indies and Mexico, with practl,
callv unlimited future for Alabama Goa
when once the active construction OF the
Isthn,ian Canal has been commenced,
Mr.. saward says: The active compel,
,toT with Alabama coal Is the product Of
pennsylyania mines. two thousand miles
awav. This 1t meets at New Orleans
hut a glance at the map Will snow Una
the natural water outlet OF Alabama u
the Warrior River. and this fact mas
been fully recognized by the untLee
state. Government. which Tor years mas