Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-04-07
TIE AMAkrNEn s0rrn.

THOUSANDS OF persons in the North have little
conception Of the great industrial, agricultural
commercial work that is being done in the South
Too many of them st look upon il a slow, easy
going hammock swinging, shade-seeking section of
our country where the too lazy to work too
proud to beg and too honest to steal and where the
business destinies of communities in the hands
OF incompetent negroes who hired and directed
by white who have neither enterprise inta-
tive The Manufacturers Record has done public
educational service in compiling statistics bearing
upon the business achievements OF the South since
1850. By tho South is meant sixteen States including
Missouri and Oklahoma. Those achievements may be
summarized follows:
Mined ls5717s56o tons OF coal. increasing its an
output from 7o02254 TONS less than onc-tenth Of
the countrys production lsi.s70Ooo tons, nearly
One-quarter Of the total representing rate Of adj
vance Of 17s47 per cent
Mined l2652s5S4 tons OF iron ore, increasing its
annual output from 7o25i5 tons 10 57560OO tons.
al the rate OF 1853 per cent
Mined 100000 tons OF phosphate rock. increasing
rs annual output from 211.377 tons to 100000 tons
Produced 500 900 barrels Of petroleum. increas-
ng the flow from 10000 barrels s4S0OO0O barrels.
Increased its annual production Of natural gas from
few million cubic feet 100000 100000 cubic feet
nearly 81 per OF the total output OF the country
Changed radically the status Of the sulphur market
OF the world by exploiting beds Of nearly pure sulphur
and increasing the country's output from few hun
dred tons to nearly 100000 tons
Brought within its limits the center OF world pro
ducton Of lead and zinc
Become the main source in this country OF bauxite
for the manufacture Of aluminium
Increased the annual value OF its mineral produc-
ton from $lS,22600O to $3.50 100000 OF at the rate
Of 20l62 per cent compared with a rate OF ISL per
cent in the rest Of the. country
Harvested 3lS75Sl60oO bushels OF corn wheat and
oats, and advanced TO annual production OF 4O4-
100000 bushels Of grain
Marketed SO5,0o00OO bales OF cotton more than
doubling the annual crop the staple involving the
production since 1880 Of 12OOOO0O0 Of cotonseed
Expanded its annual production of rice from 2254-
600 bushels to 100000 bushels
Increased up 1910 its agricultural capital tits in
yestments in lands. buildings. implements and live.
stock from $2.762O770oo to S10961 Se6OO0 OF by S.
1997S9O00 equal to 1865 per cent, while the rest Of
the country had increase at the rate OF 2214 Del
cent there being like divergence In favor Of the
South between the rates of increase in the value OF
agricultural products.
Cut S711S4 100000 feet OF lumber increasing IA,
annual output 1000 feet to 2OOOOO0OO oC
feet. or at the rate Of 1853 per cent, and markn,
an advance in the annual value of forest products
$75.215,000 to $652153000 at the rate OF 767 De
cent against increase in the the country
the rate of only TIA per cent.
Made 66,222SSS tons OF pig-ron, increasing the an
nual output from 44Ss7s tons to 3O54sSO tons or a
the rate Of 5SG4 per cent
GOO tons to 7974o0o tons, the rate of 2o32 pc
Added l1.l72ooo spindlcs and 2a7.5oo looms to tn