The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-12-02
sOUTn'a GREAT PROSPERITY.
Government Reports Show FIatterinJ
Advance Along All Lines.

Advance along All Lines.
Washington, October e. = Recent
government reports indicate great
wave Of prosperity sweeping over the
south. and it would seem that this
prosperity IN tie fair land OF Dixie
is not confined 70 sny particular sec
ton or industry. II is widespread. :.
From every state south OF the his
| tor.c Potomac river corlCs the glad
tidings Cf good times. This phenom.
email pros pcriLy abOunls in store work
] shop, mine, factory and in the con-
| strnt'iOn and Improvement of rail
ways Not one discOrdant note is heard
on p-oSperity's lutte in the land OF
cotton and magnolia blossoms. Farm.
ers are blessed with bountful crops,
for which they are receiving maSnifi-
cent prces. The cotton manufacturer
finds himself put to a strong test 10
fill the orders for goods he has from
both foreign and domestic buyers. and
railways are busy constructing new
lines to new indus. rial ccEters spring
ing into being day by day
But the greatest evidence of pros.
perty at the south is 70 be found
in cotton milling and the manufacture
OF furniture, In the past fifteen years
cotton mills and furniture factories
have sprung into being all over the
south, especially in the states of Ala
bama, Georgia. North Carolina. South
Carolina and Virginia, and this good
year 1905 finds them working over
time to meet the demands for their
products. These cotton mills and fur
niture factories draw on the fields and
forests of all the states OF the south
for their raw material The railroads
are assisting them very materially IN
their strides toward making the south
a manufacturing empire by most lit
eral policy In the matter of freight
rates, both on raw materials and man
ufac.ured products.
The cotton mills of New England |
have hitherto had monopoly of cot !
ton manufactures in this country. The |
advantages enjoyed by that section III !
water transportation which guaran-
teed to eastern spinners very cheap
freight, has in the past enabled yam
keedom to maintain a complete mo-
nopoly in cotton milling. It is differ.
ent. far different, today, however The
great railway systems penetrating the
south, the home Of raw cotton and
virgin forests concluded to aid strug.
Cling manufacturers in the south and
build up cotton milling and other man.
in that section They re-
duced the freight on raw materials to
the mills and factories, and on the
products from the mills
and factories to the markets Of the
east and west, which reduction plac-
ed the southern mill men and manu-.
lecturers On an equal footing with the
cotton mills Of New England and the
manufacturers of the west,
so today the southern mill men and
are enabled to market
heir products at the very doors OF
he eastern and western manufactur.
srs In competition with them,
AS before stated. this liberal policy
n the matter of freight rates on the
'art of the railways leading to the
south has been the chief means of
up her manufacturing indus
r1es. the real cause Of her present un-
'ounded prosperity ard the southern
'eople owe debt of gratitude to these
ana transportation companies they
VIII never be able to repay in full