Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-05-18
THE SOUTH IS COMING ALONG.
ditlons Generally Are Improving
Throughout This Section.

President W. W. Finley, OF the
Southern Railway, who has lately
returned from an inspection trip on
which he was accompanied by men,
bers OF the board of directors, in
speaking of business conditions in
the Southern States, said:
'Tbe agricultural outlook through
out the entire southeastern section
seems to be very favorable notwith-
standing the increased attention be-
| ing given by the Southern farmer to
corn and other crops, the aggregate
acreage devoted to cotton will be
somewhat greater this year than
last. The average preparation OF
the soil for planting this year has
| been unusually good. Farmers are
using fertilizers more scientifically
and better farming is being practic-
ed very generally throughout the
South, which may be expected to re-
suit in an increase in the average
Weld per acre As the result OF this
prosperous season in 1910 Southern
farmers, to larger extent than us
ual, are able to finauce this year S
operations themselves without the
assistance of local merchants and
banks.
Conditions in the cotton manu-
featuring industry are not wholly
/ favorable, but, as the season pro-
crosses, more definite ideas as to the
size of this years cotton crop should
bring obOut more favorable rela-
tive adjustment of the prices OF the
raw material and the finished prod
ucts of the mills. The lumber bus
mess is still feeling the effects OF re-
stricted purchase on the part of the
railways, but slight Improvement
is noticeable in some of the lumber
producing localities. The condition
of the iron and steel industry in the
South is substantially the same as
in other parts of the country. With
underlying financial and agricultur-
al conditions favorable and with
fair business in some industrial lines
and some prospect for improvement
in other lines, there is q reasonable
blsis for the expectation OF an ac-
tive business. ..a4 the season progress
e5
The management of the Southern
Railway Company is not unmlndful
of the requirements placed upon 1T
by the increasing volume of traffic
of improving its facilities for the de-
velopment of business and for the
movement of traffic. 1t has recently
taken steps to add substantially to
it's motive power for passenger and
freight trains and to its passenger
train equipment. Its carrying ca
pacity is comfortably ahead of its
present requirements. Looking for
ward to the progressive development
of it's territory, the carrying capaci-
ty of those parts of its lines where
the traffic is not sufficiently heavy to
require double tracking is being in
creased by the reconstruction of a mod
ern system of lap-sidings are being
so constructed that, il business shall
become sufficiently heavy for double
track lines, they can be used i'll a
double track system. In all OF these
matters the company is being gov
erned by practical, and not academ-
ic, considerations, and, in pursuance
of this policy, the management now
cOntemplates increasing its mail line
double -trackage at a point where
the volume of traffic requirements
without going beyond or straining
its present financial resources.