The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-15
NEW INDUSTRIES
IN DIXIE LAND

COIGIIDuSs I'D NV ~ llC LII
ddstrial Index says in its issue 70
this week:
the South is busy. cheerful an,
confident.
no section that produces in yea
a single crop which, with its by-pro
| ducts, is worth approximately billion
! dollars can suffer serious Fundamental
damage in few months.
The Southern cotton farmer bought
| a smaller quantity of supplies this
year than probably in any year since
| the civil war He had devoted the
| last two cotton crops very largely tC
paying UP. He owes less inoney than
| in many years-and what he produces
and what he owes affects the whole
! business structure in tnv South.
THE South was hit harder by the
I las ness results of the war in Europe
than airy other portion of this c2un-
t'y, because Of the cutting off OF the
/ European market for cotton.
But iii the midst of the disarr9 nge-
ment Of business, the men Of the South
have shown themselves patient and
determined. resourceful and progress
sive
There has been remarkable ad-
juStment to conditions, and there is
steady Improvement.
"rhe Increased demand for cotton
CLOTH for the armies of Europe, The
beginning Of the exporting OF cotton,
the exemption of cotton from being
regarded as contraband of war; the
opening of cotton exchanges, The op-
erat:cn Of regional banks--aI viii con-
tribute to improving the mark; for
and Incl easing the price of cotton.
'Manufa curing plants are being
operated steadily in the South; a great
gress constantly; municipal and coun-
ty bonds are being Woodland sold
for public improvements.
Business is not normal but ii is
rapidly becoming so. The purchasing
power Of the South is of great mag
nitude.
THE great orders for millions of
dollars worth of goods and products
that are being received in other parts
Of the country will add something to
the volume of business in the South.
DAY by day there is improvement
in the South, and prospects grow
brighter
THE world will be obliged to have
the South's cotton. The South has the
cotton. 1t is holding it.
Actual operations reflect conditions
in this section. Among the items of
construction work to be done, as re-
ported this week, are:
apartment house and store build
ing, Jacksonville, Fla: canal, near
'Bunnell, Fla; bridge, Charlton county,
Georgia; clubhouse, New Smyrna,
Fla factory building, Atlanta. Ga.
jail to be remodeled, CoIumbiana, Ala;
library building, Ocala, Fla. paving, |
Crescent City, Fla; paving and sew
ers, Orlando, Fla; railway passenger |
station, Detroit, Fla; infirmary build |
ing, Montgomery Ala; postoffice |
building, Thomasville, Ga: school |
buildings, Mountain Creek and Mon
tevallo, Ala; warehouses. Americus, |
Ga, and Tampa, Fla. Construction |
contracts have been awarded as fol- |
lows:
Ten miles of railway, near We
tumpka, Ala; infirmary building, At
lanta, Ga; remodeling interior of |
postoffice building. Savannah, Ca; |
factory building, Atlanta, Ca; theater |
Jacksonville, Fla.
"A bank has been organized at
Meigs, Ga.
Arrangements are being perfected |
for establishing hydro electric plant |
III northern Alabama. It is expected /
that the construction of q railway in |
northern Georgia will be begun in a |
short time"