Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17

l.te HO0uS. lueSe 0nlIiS VIII HGNt an
equipment about the same as tae for
! mel mills. aggregating about 43 900
5pindles.
At Livingston, IA :. $4,000 cotton
mill will be built; al f.stfaYe5fa. c..
a S1op.500 mill company has been or
ganized. and at Roanoke Va. $50
600 knitting mill will be butt.
In West Virginia and kentucky the
activity in the development OF coal
mining. ard in oil. is greater thau
EYER before. West Virginia Will this
Eeal produce nearly a6.0o8.oG3 tons Of
se.sl.sor# about 1hree.foHrtns as much
az ne Total bitamfnaas cod outpu.
e tic United States in iSSa
Coal fog Western W3std.
+ L. Seward of New York. in a let
far n Inc Manufacturers, Beco-d SCI
.fag forth the strength al IEo coal
s.=a@.:as q Naaama points ea1 tae
9.l4=fha9ae da, IonmeA@ If tt.is in
si6stfy in that state and shows how
tbe sroVfn Of he industrial interests
544.e sasah il ge}ai# z1zasiag the
none market f.. Alabama coal, while
tie Improvement Of the Warrior riv-
CHOW under way By the nationa
government viii enable Alabama to
control the coal trade OF the New
Orleans district, now largely supplied
bS=Pittsbu G and also the coal trade
Of the West Indies and Mexico. with
a practically unlimited future for Ala
bama coal when once the active con
struction of the lsthmian canal has
been commenced.
Mr.. Seward says: The active com
petitor of Alabama coal is the pro
duct of Pennsylvania mines, 1000
miles away This it meets at New
Orleans, but glance at the map Will
show that the natural water outlet
of Alabama is the Warrior liver, and
this fact has been fully recognized
sy the United States government,
which for years has been slowly build
ing substantial locks and dams in the
Warrior river. When this is COM
pleted it may be confidently expected
that Pennsylvania and Ohio will not
be possible competitors.
What Canal Will Do.
Pointing out the rapid incleas in
the consumption of coal by the iron
industry of the state and the general
| advancement of the industrial inter-
ests of the entire central south, Mr..
Seward refers to the great increase
which will follow the beginning of
the worg on the Isthmian canal and
says: From its inception the 18TH
mian canal will require coal. From the
| nature OF it the work will be mainly
| by machinery To drive this ma
| ahinery will require enormous guam
| ties of coal Further, large shipments
will be required to propel the shipping
| to deliver the tremendous amount OF
machinery and supplies which will be
| called for in a project of this magni-
tude.
This increase in demand for coal
will again be trivial compared to that
which will inevitably arise en- the com
| pleton of the canal. which, with the
unlimited capacity of the United
States available for the work, should
be at no distant date. Then hall OF
the steam shipping of the world Will
call for coal at the isthmus, for, as the
storage of coal is the heaviest tax
on the space of freight-carrying yes
| sells, they will endeavor to arrive at
the canal with empty bunkers, to be
replenished there Moreover, the can
al will open up to us the entire west
ern coasts of North and South Amer
| lea. as we'll as the Orient. In This
way will arise a demand for coal such
as exists nowhere else in the world