The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-04-14
the figures being authoritative and
a few, conservative estimates:

Density, population lo.o Old
Manufactures: a 90, MN
Products...".... l,703,G S,6OO ssl,so3, $4,000
Cotton mills: ooo
Spindles, active. 5,E5,7La lz,,0I'ZZoSS
Looms, active...-. l2b,Sl3 ao,'aeV
Cotton used, lbs. 42,IVi,9IS l,4o6IS, t'S9SSss
Pigiron made, tons. SI,ZZ3 a,o1 5 So
Lumber, Talue..-". S5o,9lZ,OVo r"oo''oo'V''
Agriculture: ~ -, !, .o MN
Products ......... So. si'725,0 100000 1886, 5000
Cotton crop: , ooe
Bales, 500 pounds 3,S4l,4l6 i4,oS,, az
VAL, without seed S25l ,8l3,Oo S1',VU'oVV
0{ Corn Dusn.. sso,459,oo $751; 81, ooo
Wheat ..--....."". i.t,to2'oU co SSa S0
Mineral output, val. Sl0S,5O 0U slao, aSs' 0UO
Coal mined, tons.".. li,6Io,0H Se'S0V "
Iron ore mined, tons 2,SlS,iO o'zsd'ogv y
Railroad mileage .. @,1gd -- oS'00od
Exports, value..... SS33,oIO,oo s''o'o'''o''
De rapital 1884, 2l, oN ssl5 $685. cog
DeppoSits.""".... $4O6,4 $4,000 sl,229,O 900
Common schools: nm 40,
Expenditures...... S22,5iS,5IS $1,000 Soo 03a
Property true value. SIG, l59,6l6,OVo slo,oll'Wo,oVo
.ISIO.
The advance of the whole South,
including Kentucky, Maryland, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, and West Virginia,
is one of the marvels of the past
twenty-five or thirty years. That
of the particular eleven States is,
considering the background, largely
responsible for the larger showing.
Their land area is 732,743 square
miles, or less than one-quarter Of
the area of the United States, and
their population is 23,848,507, or
7,594,S15 less than the population
of the whole country in 1860. These
differences in area and population
must be kept in mind in comparing
the small part in 1915 with the
whole in 1860. What does this
comparison reveal?
The eleven Southern States in
1915 have $1,797,231,O0O capital in
manufacturing, nearly twice as
much as the United States in 1860,
with 12,702,226 active spindles and
261,4S6 active looms, NOR than
twice as many, using 1,402,871,351
pounds of cotton, more than three
times as much, making 2,214,895
tons of pig-iron, nearly three times
as much, and cutting nearly four
times as much lumber as the whole
country fifty years ago.
They are producing in agricul-
ture to the value of s2,336,16S,0O0
or $751; 900, 900 more than the
whole country fifty years ago, al
though of the 3S2,390,O0 of its
acres that may grow crops only 108,-
$4,000 are improved farm land and
only 73,62O,OOO are titled.
The mines and quarries of these
States are yielding s155,733,O00
annually, or $~47,233,OOO more than
the United States in 1860, the out
put of coal, 3S,33O,O0O tons being
nearly three times as great, and the
output of iron, 6,294,000 tons, be-
ing more than twice as great. In
addition, three of the States, Flori-
da, South Carolina, and Tennessee,
r producing the country's phos-
plate rock; four of them, Arkansas,
Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee,
all of the native bauxite for the
manufacture of aluminium, and two
of them, Louisiana and Texas, virtu-
ally all of the sulphur.
Through the ports in these States
passed in 1914 to foreign lands
$758,561,000 worth of merchandise,
more than twice as much as was ex-
ported from all ports of the coun-
try in 1860. These Southern ex-
ports are nearly one-third of the to-
tai annual exports of the country.
Most of the gratifying advance
made by the eleven States has come
since 1880. The accomplishments
since then are shown in the follow
ing table:
Progress of Eleven Southern States
1880. 1915.
Population .....""--. l2,9S0,246 2S,84S,5O7
Manufactures:
Capital .."......~. Sl33,2H,0 900 *Sl, 797, 23l 900
Products ..... S24O,44l,0 200 *Sl, 1903, 1874, 900
Pig-iron made, tons. 1861 2,2l4,895
Lumber cut, feet...... 2,80l 10000 19, 044, $4,000
Agriculture:
Capital ....-..... 81, 5S7, l22, 900 sc, 6l7, $40, 900
Products.-.-.... S547,567, 900 $685., 1885, 600
Mineral output, val. S5,5l9,954 $l55, 7SS, 900
Coal mined, TOMS l,03l, 1854 38,S3O,0 0
Iron ore mined, tons 1851 6,294.OOO
PoilrOod Dof1aoua II Oh so nl1