Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-08
Facts From, Georgia and Dixie

emerging from the desolation. of the
war of the sixties, Georgia produced
manufactures to the value Of 36,44O,948.
decade later this sum had increased to
s94,532,S6S; and by 1909 to s2O2,S63,262.
Then. within the ensuing ten years, came the
greatest growth of all, the commemorative
manufacturing output reaching for 1919 an
aggregate of $693, $4,000. Scarcely less
striking is the story Of mineral production,
the value of which mounted from $7O3,O7S
in 1880 to s3,44S,23S in 1900, and to SILL
SOC, 900 in 1920. For farm crops the figures
are: $67,029 900 in 1871 $50, 435,O00 in
1899; $216,972, 900 in 1900, and $40, 614,-
600 in 1919.
These are representative of facts to be
gathered from glance at the BLUE BOOK
OF SOUTHERN PROGRESS, published by
the Manufacturers Record and trimming
with truth about Dixie. A rich and stimulat-
ing volume it is, valuable to the investor, of
daily use to the business man, exceedingly
helpful to student and educator. In Thought
fully complied records like this is much of
the meat of history; and truly may it be
said of this one that it is book, not only to
be tasted, but to be ."chewed, swallowed and
digested."
Whoever turns these pages must feel
deepening faith in the South. He will find,
not as heresay, but as authoritative evidence,
that in 1920 the South produced two billion,
two hundred and eighty-five million dollars
worth of mineral products, which exceeded
by two hundred and ninety-five million dol
lars the whole country's production for 1910.
He will find that the South produced in man
ufactures in 1920 values to the amount OF
more than nine billion, eight hundred and
eight million dollars, and that the value of
her farm property in 1920 was twenty-one
billion, six hundred and ninety-nine million
dollars, or more than one and quarter bill
,slion beyond that of the entire nation in 1880.
Further he will find that:
'"The South has the largest sulphur deposits
known in the world and produces about three
quarters of the worlds supply. 1t has the
greatest gas fields known in the world. The
South has over half of the oil reserves of
the country and is producing 81 per cent of
the countrys petroleum. Since 1910 the
number of petroleum and natural gas wells
in the South increased by 1915 per cent, while
the increase in the rest of the country was
but "a per cent The South has over a. third
of the coal area and three-fourths of the cox
ing coal of the country. In 1920 the South
produced about 26 per cent of the country's
coal, which was SO 900 tons more than
the output of the whole country in 1880. The
South's iron resources are in keeping with
Its coal reserves. The South is producing
about so per cent of the country's lumber
and has about 40 per cent of the forest area
Der of the United States.
Since 1908 the water-powef development
of the South has increased from 991,94
horsepower to over 2,25O,000. The undevel-
oped water-power of the South is estimated
at over 100000 horsepower. Construction
contracts in the South last year, including
! contemplated construction projects, some OF
q which were carried over into this year,
amounted to nearly $1,00O,0OO,O0O.
1.-THE South's 91,169 miles of railroad
nearly equals the railroad mileage reported
for the entire country in 1880. The South
spent on highway improvements through state
highway departments $150,000,OOO in 1921,
and it is estimated that over 100000, 900
will be spent in 1922. The value of exports
through Southern ports last year was over
$2,294, 100000, or more than third of the
value of the exports of the United States, and
519,000,000 more than the total value of the
exports of the United States in 1910.
''The South is spending on public schools
over $204, 225,000, which is about per cent
. less than the entire country spent in 1900,
and $24,000,000 more than the rest of the
country spent at that time
"The estimated true wealth of the United
States in 1880 was about $43,642, 900, 900,
. while the estimate true wealth of the South
: in 1920 was approximately $4,000, 900, 900
or probably double the wealth of the entire
country forty years ago."