The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-18
BY the Editor of the Manu-
facfHrers Record on the
Great South.

BkLTIxoRE. ND. Aug. 1s-
IRiehard II! Edmcnds, editor. OF the
l9anusacinseTs Record, published
there. HIS :isS qati sthe following to the
bn.,Jiil q s.f men sof all sections on
reveMping me Nations'a Greatesi
Aeset:" ~
What = marvellous stery OF vast ex:
pansIan in hian1ifaetdres and ia ag-
IrIcalture. Of tranSformation. OF II
Creaslng wealth, IS beins unfoldel
as from day to day the census tells
in cold statistics OF the capital anu
products OF the individual states OF
the country!
The sixteen southern states COW
cred by the work OF the Manufac-
turers Record now have more. capital
invested in manufacturing than the
whole country had in 1860.
IN 1880 the total capital invested
lin manufacturing in the United
states was. $2.79O. 100000. These six
teen states had S2,ss5. 100000 manu-
featuring capital When the present
census figures were compiled in 1903,
and to this several hundred million
have since been added. This is
marvellous change. 1t should arrest
every. mans attention.
In 1880 the United states was just
ly boasting Of it's vast Industrial in
terests. of its development in manu-
featuring and agriculture, ana yet
,basa southern states now have Sew
eral hundred .tnillion more capital
engaged n,manUfacturing operations
than the entire country then had,
with such an achievement despite
the hard conditions prevailing until
recent years in the development Of
the industrial activities OF the South
how IimitIess are the possibilities Of
this section as indicated by what has
already been accomplished
In 1900 the value of the mineral
nroducts of the South was $131,7oo,-
600. In 1909 it was $327,42l 900, and
we have as. yet scarcely begun TO
scratch the surface, or even to dis
cover the extent of the mineral
weaIth of the South. Southern pros
reritv however, is not found. in
1
manufacturing and mining alone
The same great expansion is seen on
every hand and in every line OF ac'
tvity.
The addition of over $4,000, oOo,O oC
to the value of the farm properties
of these states attests the progress
tof Eagrfculture. In 1900 the tota
value of the farms of the sixteen
southern states included in this com
pnrison was $8,233,OOO.OOO. In 100.
! II VISA 81 ,29S, OOO, 900. During th'
same period the value OF farm build
iings more strongly Indicative of in
creasing prosperity than even tho
value of farm lands, rose from $500
oOO, 900 to $1,G72, 900. 900, strikingly il
1rstrating the vast activities in tho
construction of dwellings and farm
buiIdings generally during that ten
wear period. What a wonderful
change must have marked the life o
the farmers in these sixteen states as
Indicated by this increase of Over
sSoo 600 600 in the value of theil
farm houses, what an advance il
their financial strength, in theil
tpbwer to consume. their power to i'm
!prove and to produce, was made by
1.-THE gain OF four billion dollars In tue
value of. their farm property.
This advance in farm lands an'
buildings finds its explanation in the
increase in the value of the twelve
leading crops of these. states, which
advanced from $916. 100000 in 1900 tc
sl,977 900, goo in 1909. difference IL
| the value of one years output o.
over 81 600, 100000 as compared witt
the output ten years before.
Year after year from 1900 there
was an ever-increasing value o.
southern farm products, the momen'
tum continuing until, as stated, the
value in 1909 of these twelve leading
crops, which, of course, does not by
any means express the full value Of
the output of all southern farm pro
duets. was 100000. 900 greater than
in 1900. This difference of one bill
lion dollars in the value of these
twelve crops in 1899 over 1900 was
greater than the aggregate nationa,
.banking capital of the United States
at present, and it is going on from
year to year
Increasing productiveness in agri-
culture and In manufactures has nat
uraIly led to an increase in foreign