The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-12-11
The South.

What the South has done and what
il is to do beyond anything yet to
its credit are epitomized in this phani-
rhlet, the most comprehensive and
thorough statistical exposition Of
the progress and potentialities of the
South that has ever been given TO
the public. Its progress in all ma
terial lines is first summarized in
| figures for 1880 and 1908, in COM
garrison with the progress Of the
whole country, and then are given
the figures for the periods by three
States for population, phases Il
agriculture, lumberingp mining, manu-
featuring, Transportation, commerce
ard banking, the totals under each
head being compared with the totals
in the whole country. Following gen
eral figures, special attention has
been given to manufacturing, to the
textile, pig iron, cottonseed and coke
industries and to numbering as typical
indices;; in agriculture TO cotton
growing and to the staple grains;
in mining, coal, iron ore, petroleum.
and phosphate, together with an in
ventory, by States and by products,
of the more than 80 different mineral
! products that have already gained
commercial proportionsi In finance,
to the aggregate resources, the cap
itai and the individual deposits CT
national banks in the three periods,
and the deposits in other banking in-
stitutions not national. The advance
in railroad mileage and in exports
+, from Southern ports is olso shown
Particular care has been taken Ut
indicate as clearly and as fully as
possible the vast opportunities in thu
} South for farming, for numbering
! for the mining of coal and iron
for the profitable reclamation of we
Y lands, for the utilization of water
4 powers in hydro-electric development
and for the expansion OF traffic
Y upon the great network of waterways
s inland and along the coasts.
e Increase of the true value Of prop
s e. ty, the steady bettermcnt Of com
mon school finances, and the ques
It ton of attitudes, directly related I
/ Lublic health, are also treated, mn
3, as an aid to more extensive study
ID the figures of 1860 are, wherever poi
sible, given in the various fields
ID Southern endeavor. ....
Finally the summary of progress
st b.ween 1880 and 1900 and betwee
n 1900 and 1908 is given for eac
State, conservative estimates appea
Id Jig when positive figures could NJ
is be used. -...
n The whole constitutes compa
and convenient source of informatit
re about the South which cannot fall
IL, appeal strongly to all men Of affai
Ig, who may want to know promptly a
be fully the condensed facts about /
mt South.
For more than rs years the Man
ny facturers' Record has published
I'D quickly as they have become acct
he sible the magnificent facts Of Sout
rst ern achievement upon which thu
tn latest and most up-to-ddate statist
of ore based, and has, in addition,
sued from time to time more or
90 elaborate summaries which have C
the red to the four quarters Of civ
.ull i7ation the knowledge about hte So
err which has been so effective in b
rhe tening it's material developmt
our Coincidently the Manufacturers i
The Lrd has furnished in printed in
'uld ter or in personal correspondence
ght thousands of statesmen, educat
,ize, business men, newspapers and Mi
Ides zines similar material for oratl
an essays, editorials and other Hrti
i'm III the desire to neglect no opportu
or means of furthering the work
eral keeping the South aud the rest
fifty the world informed of the vast
ould sibilities within the area stretcl
veil from Maryland and Texas This J
soil pLlet contains the cream of all I
with efforts.