Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-23
Misesllaaeuus Beading.
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
This Splendid Section Now Taking
the Place to Which Il Belongs.

the Place to Which 1t Belongs.
To understand and fully appreciate
the wonderful progress of the south
in the last thirty years, you must con-
slider the conditions before and after
the Civil war.
In 1860 the south had only 20 per
cent of the wealth of the country.
The south was not a grain country,
and yet, in 1860 she raised $4,000, ,000
bushels of wheat, while the rest OF
the country but 472,3OO,OO0 bushels.
In 1850 the value of the live stock
in the south was $46S.OO0.00O, and in
all the rest of the world only $780,
900, 900 and the south never claimed
to be live stock country
In 1860 the south raised 12,500,000
pounds Of wool, and all the balance of
the country only 4S,OO0,O00, and the
south was not a wool country.
In 1860 the south raised 351,5OO,O0O
pounds of tobacco and all the balance
of the country only 100000
pounds.
In 1860 the south raised 1S7,0OO,-
600 pounds of rice and all the rest of
the country none.
In 1860 the south raised 302,0OO,-
900 pounds Of sugar and the balance
of the country none.
In 1860 the south raised 3S,000,OOO
bushels of sweet potatoes and the rest
Of the country only 100000 bushels.
In 1860 the south raised 5000, 0,l96
bales of cotton and the rest Of the
country none.
In 1850 the value of the farms of
the south was 00,000,0O0. and the
rest of the country was only $4,500,-
900.
Thus we see that with only one
third of the territory and one-fifth of
the white population In 1860 We rails
ed 45 per cent on corn. over 35 per
cent on wheat, over 40 per cent on
the live stock, over 20 per cent on the
wool, all Of the tobacco, rice, sugar
and cotton of the country.
The census reports show that in
1860 the real value of property in the
southern states was $6,500, 900,
while in 1890 it had fallen to $4,500,-
900. AS a result of that national
tragedy from 1861 to 1866 the south
became so per cent poorer while New
The period of reconstruction was
worse than war; yet New England and
the middle states combined only in
creased their wealth fror Is to II
billions, or 13 per cent. Within that
decade, during half of which time re-
construction, with its paralysis Of bus
iness, prevailed, the south increased
her wealth rs per cent. 1t was long
after reconstruction that the destinies
Of the south were in her own hands,
and the figures before 1880 are hard to
get, so beginning with the latter year
we find the following to be the case:
These figures present some striking
and suggestive facts which indicate
something Of the possibilities Of the
people. With a population Of 27,529,-
S53 against a population of 1885,
900 for the rest Of the country in 1880,
the south now has more capital in
vested in cotton mills than the rest of
the country then, and its consumption
OF cotton In its own mills is 472,9S3,-
00S pounds greater than that Of the
mills Of the country thirty years ago:
its coke production more than twice
as large: its petroleum output nearly
as large. The total value of its farm
products Is 1850. 000 900 greater than
total value of farm product Of the rest
of the country in 1880, and it's rail-
road mileage is S1,9O7 miles greater.
Value of It's exports for the fiscal year
Of 1910 was $44.000.OO0 greater. The
lumber output Of the south in 1910
valued at $440,0O0.OOO was $246.OOO,-
600 greater than the balance of the
country thirty years ago. In these
principal lines of development the
progress of the south, as compared
with the rest Of the country Is phe-
nomenal