Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-05-14
FACTS ABOUT THE SOUTH.

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FACTS ABOUT THE SOUTH.
Manifestations of wonderful prog
ress and prosperity In the South are
pressing with greater and greater in
sistence every day upon the notice OF
men of affairs, statesmen, fnanciers,
manufacturers, publieists and stud
ents of economics. They reflect
deeds accomplished, notable in them
selves, given marked emphasis in
comparison with results from like &C
tivities in other parts of the country
and of unparalleled significance when
viewed against the appalling back
ground of a generation or more ago.
For that reason there is more than
usual timeliness in Facts About the
South" a pamphlet of " pages,
written by Mr.. Richard H. Edmonds,
editor of the Manufactors Record, and
just published. In it the whole story
of Southern material upbuilding, the
romance of the South's redemption
from poverty to prosperity since 1880
and the resources of this section in
coal, iron, timber, phosphate, cotton
and other wealth-producing resources
are more comprehensively dealt with
than ever before. The prosperity of
the South before 1860, and the reas-
ons therefor, so slightly known and
understood by the general public, are
\ brought out very clearly in explana-
ton of the business and industrial
energy of the Southern people today
and as convincing proof of the natur-
al advantages which were rapidly
making the South the richest part of
the country when the war interviewed.
Starting with statement of typical
Southern productivity during the
past 10 years-103, 639, 900 bales of
cotton, $500, 441,S99 bushels of corn
6S5,126,941 bushels of wheat, $751;
037.244 bushels of oats. 10000, 000-
900 feet of lumber, ST. ,629,336 tons
of coal, 263, S39,252 barrels of petro-
leum, 27,342, 566 tons of pig-iron and
15,692,15S tons of phosphate, of the
| increase of investment in cotton mills
from $50, 000, 900 to $3.50, 000, 900, of
, the building of 1902 miles of rail-
road and of the movement through
its ports of merchandise aggregating
in value s4.97S, 900, 0OO-comparison
is made with the preceding decade as
a basis for broad and detailed sur
vey of Southern accomplishments in
| the past 26 years in agriculture, in
manufacturing, in mining, in trans
portation, in trade and in commerce.
Special attention is given, of course,
to cotton growing and cotton manu-
other a means for the revival of
Southern vigor quarter of a century
ago, but emphasis is laid upon the
many facts of striking interest il
Illustrating the strides in recent years
made by the South in Investigation
in manufacturing, in closer approach
to financial independence, in extern
sion of transportation facilities, in
the building up Of ports and in the
greater and greater utilization of nat
ural resources of the fields, the for
ests the mines and the watercourses.
To complete the story of the South
of today considerable space is devot-
ed to a plain statement, but one of
deepest interest, of the achievements
and aspirations of the leaders on
many lines in the old South, demon
strating clearly that what the South
is doing today is, after all, merely
carrying out plans of half a century
ago.
The study of Facts About the
South" is fifty closed by an estimate
of types of the individuals who, by
their works and their words in the
los and sos, and, indeed. in earlier
years, pointed the way to a fulfill
ment of prophecies of the South and
wrought so nightly in clearing the
way for the attachments of the pres
ent.