The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-25
.SOUTH'S
GROWTH
Ii Has Made Vast Strides Within
Year.
Its Manufacturing Products Have
Kept Pace With its
Agriculture.
EVERYWHERE
INCREASES

The worlds attention has been SO
largely conferred upon cotton 10y reason
Of the high prices now prevailing that
the advance In grain production IN
the south has attracted less notice
than 10 would otherwise have re
ceiy,l. says the Manufacturers Rec
ord.
THE yield Of corn IN the Ia south
ern states last year was $40. 600, 600
bushels. agninst sos. 600. 600 bushels
in 1909. gain Of $4,000. 600 bush
els. in wheat there was an increase
from $4,000, coo bushels in 1902 TO
IS. 600. OCO bushels in 1903. and IN
oats a gain from 81. 600, 600 bushels to
O., 600. 600 bushels The total increase
in the grain crop OF the south was 1876,
600. 600 bushels, the yield for 1903
having been 773 600. 600 bushels,
against COZ. 600, 600 bushels in 1902.
The total value OF the corn, wheat,
oats, Irish potatoes, rye and hay crops
1.-THE only ones on which the Agricul-
tural department has yet made its full
reports for 1903 was f506. So 600,
against pace, zoo, 600 in 1902. an in
crease in these crops OF 81 o4, 600, 600.
The minimum estimate Of the val
ne OF the cotton and cotton seed crop
OF 1908 is s625. 900, 600. II is quite
possible 1t will be considerably over
that. The census report OF 1900 shows
that the value Of other products than
those Just mentioned, including rice,
sugar, tobacco. sweet potatoes, vegeta
bles, fruits and livestock products. was
casa, 900, o0O II we simply estimate
the value OF these latter items in 1908
% the same ss in 1900. although there
has been q considerable increase in
most OF them. the same total value Of
the southern farm products for 1908
was el,6I5. 900, 900. against si.27i,.
600. 900 in 1900 and $3.50, 900, 600 in
1850. Between 1850 and 1908 the in
crease In the population Of the south
has been almost exactly 80 per cent.
while the increase in the value Of farm
products was IA per cent.
During this period in which the
value OF farm products has so enor-
mously increased there has been an
even greater increase in manufactured
products, the value for 1908 includ-
ing minerals, having been about tl,-
$50. 900. 900, against si7i, 900. 900 in
1850. The combined value of sgricul-
tursl ana manufactured products in
1908 for the south was about 90. 300, 70
coo, 900. against about $1,000, 600, 600
in 1880, the output having trebled,
while population increased 90 per
cent.
"Coincideut with the remarkable in
crease In the value Of southern crops
IL the development Of exports through
southern ports. The total value OF
breadstuffs shipped through southern
ports In 1908 was s7s. oSs, 900. against
ts3, ISL. 900 for the preceding year.
. gain Of nearly tl4,3Oo, 900. or
20 per cent, while for all other United
States ports the value Of bread stuffs
exported was sil4,ssl, 900, against
eI23, 029, 900 In 1902, showing
a decrease OF ts.747,0O0 in 1908.
Southern ports exported more
than 40 per cent. Of the total bread.
stuffs which went out Of the country.
These striking figures, showing a gain
at southern ports OF ei4, 900, 600 in
grain and -four shipments and . de-
crease at other ports OF 1890, 600,
are but another indication Of the ra.
pidity OF the south's material advance
ment, the foreign trade through these
ports keeping pace with the remarka-
BILE increase in agricultural and man
ufactured products "