Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-25

the center of iron manufacturing from
tidewater toward the interior of the
country consequent upon the discog-
cry of vast deposits of iron ore inI
Mesabi region should again be seen il
the near future in a large develop
ment of iron and steel making and 8
broader growth of industries using
iron and steel as their raw materials.
John Jermain Porter in discussion
of this subject shows that although the
South contains 90 per cent. of the to-
tai iron ores of the country, it pro-
duces only u IL per cent of the pig
iron made. and that if the South man
ufactured all the finished iron and
steel it now uses it would probably BE-
consuming not less than 100000 tons
of pig iron, whereas it's present pro-
duction of pig iron is only about g.,
O00,000 tons, and if it were consuming
iron and steel products per capita in
proportion to the whole country as t
will do with the increase of it's mater
ial activities it would be using 10000
600 tons. The progress made during
the past decade has been chiefly along
the line of heavy finished and SEM
finished products, such as cast iron
pipe, steel rails, wire, etc. Edwin c.
Eckel Celebrates the possibilities il
iron and steel based upon the resourc-
es of ore, fluXes, coking Goals, and
says that the territory strictly tribu-
tary to Southern mills and furnaces is
gaining rapidly in its capacity for
iron and steel consumption, and that
there is every reason to believe that
this gain will continue in the future
Practically the advance in the tex
tile industry, shown in an increase
since 1880 in the amount of capital in
vested from $21, 100000 to $500, 600 ,O0J
has been that of the cottonseed crush
ing industry which now has an an
nual output of primary products val
ued at $150,0000O0 The growth Of
this industry has stimulated the live
stock industry and the manufacture Of
fertilizer. AS to the latter, the South
not only has a natural monopoly IN
materials entering into its manufac-
ture, but it leads the country in an
probation of the value of fertilizers as
a reinforcement of nature. The South
is the center of the country's fertiliz-
er industry and it uses more than two
thirds of the total amount of fertilizer
made in the country. Phosphate rock,
sulphur, cottonseed hulls, pyrites and
sulphuric acid are produced in the
South, and hydro-electric development
has made it possible to carry on the
fxation of nitrogen from the air.
Intimately related to the fertilizer
industry, as well as to tie utilization
of former wastes in the lumber indus
try, is the application of chemistry to
industrial lines touching sulphur, coal
and coke, pine wood, lead and zinc and
copper, sugarcane bagasse, salt and
other materials. Beginnings have been
made in a number of instances. but
they are to be regarded principally as
splendid expositions of possibilities
rather than as completed accomplish
ments. In all the industrial life of the
South hydro-electyic power is to
llay a constantly increasing import
ant part OF 100000 horsepower
developed annually for Southern in
dustry 100000 is derived directly OR
in hydro-electric development from
Southern streams. The minimum
Urinary power from streams now utiI.
lied is only about one-sizth of suca
minimum power that can be made av-
ailable and about tenth of the
maximum available under present COLI
ditions, although probably 10000. 600
horsepower can be developed with