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RECORD OF THE SOUTH'S SPLENDID PROGRESS
The following piece of informs*!
lion concerning the progress of
the South in taken from the At
-1 n lit'Journal of recent date, and j
we trust tli it many of the stu- 1
dentw of.tln-county will read it.i
No country in the history of the!
world has made the prog reus made j
by the South since its downfall at
iho hands of larger forces, and:
the following matter affords much
in the wav of information to the j
younger.generntion :
The monotony ol debate in the
house of representatives on the
subject of the tariff was relieved,
some time since, by certain
charges against the south s thrift
and industry, on the party of Mr.
Calderhcud, of Kansas, and the
reply thereto by Mr. 11. Sis
sons, ol Mississippi.
It is not. too much lopsiy flint
a more crushing rojomded was
never made in the halls of con
gress, and all the more so because
tin- argument in behalf <d the
smith consisted ol cold facts and
Jig nps, taken from the oHieml
records, presented in a calm and
dispassionate spirit in which j
there was no trace of bitterness. ,
The heart of t lie soiyi hern people
may well glow with pride when j
they read the record of their!
achievements, and relied that
they were accomplished in the j
face-id the most tremendous odds !
with which a people ever had to
contend.
These facts and figures should J
be preserved and should lie given
the widest possible dissemination,
so t hat when next a flippant critic
a-sails the industry of the south,
t lie sons of the soul li may he pre- :
pared to make answer.
Mr. Oulderhead glorified the
achievements of “frost-bitten
New England," and asked sar
castically what tin* south had
done with its rich inheritance,
“It is time," he said, “lor the
children of the rich land to take
their traditions in hand and go tm
the fields ol toil and begin to pro
duce and manufacture for them*!
selves."
A more baseless and unhappy
blunder was never made mi the
floor of the house than this pub
-lic ut teranca.
We shall not pause to develop,
tin argument presented by Mr.!
Sisson, in which lie showed (hat
the south was true to her “tradi
tion," preferring to stand hy t limn
rather than to go over to the!
party whose policy robbed the
poor in the interest of the rich,;
and to build up one section of j
the country at the expense of the I
other. It was one of the most
powerful arguments in favor of a
revenue tarill ever made in con
gress. :.
Hut it is our present- purpose'
merely to preserve the facts as to
what the south has accomplished, j
in spite of her triple handicap of
war, reconstruction and protec
tion, not to speak of the infamous
pension system.
Mr. .Sisson drew a graphic pic
ture of the south's supremacy be*
fm. the war. lie showed, iiithej
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filst place that in IhfJO the pojm*
j 1
j lation of the country.was approx
imately thirty-one millions. The
; population of the south at that
i rime was but little more than ton
land a half millions, of which
! number but little more than six
and one-half millions were whits-.
Hear in mind throughout, there
fore, that she had but twenty per
-•cut of the white population of
the country.
The south was not a grain
country,and yet in 181 V she raised
forty-five million bushels of
wheat, while tfie rest of the coun
ty raised but one hundred and
twenty-five millions. She raised
three hundred and fifty-eight
bushels of corn, while all the rest
of the eountry raised hut four
hundred and seventy-two million
;hree hundred thousand bushels.
111 I Hfit I t lie value of t lie live
stock in the south was four hun
dred and sixty-eight millions, and
in all the rest of tbr count ry only
six hundred and forty millions,
and yet the smith neve" claimed
to he a live stock country.
In 18110 tin* south raised twelve
and a half million pounds of wool,
| and all the balance of the county
| only forty-eight millions, and yet
the south was not a wool country.
In INfilt the value of the ttlii
! mills slaughtered in the south wus
! eighty-five millions, and in all the
! balance of the country only one
j hundred and twenty-eight million I
J live hundred thousand, and yeti
tin- south was not nil animal j
countrv.
In I Slit) the smith raised three
hundred and fifty-one million five j
| hundred thousand pounds ofto-j
baceo, and all the balance of the
count rv only seventy-seven mil
lion pounds.
In 18(10 the south raised one
hundred and eighty-seven million
pounds of rice, and fill the rest of
t lie comity none.
In 18(50 the south raised three
hundred and two million pounds
of sugar, and the balance of the
country none.
In 1800 the south raised thirty
eight million bushels of sweet
potatoes, and the rest of the coun
iry only three null,mi bushels.
In.IKCO the south raised five
, million one hundred and ninety
!six million hales of cotton, und
the ha I unco of the country none.
In 1800 tin* value ot the farms
of tile smith was two billions and
j a half and of the balance of the
Country only Imir billions and a
half.
Tims we,see that with only one
third of the territory and one
liflh of the white population of
the eountry in 1800, we raised
over forty pel emit of the corn,
.over twenty-live per cent of the!
wheat, over forty per cent of the
livestock, over twenty percent
tin- wool, over forty per cent of
the animals slaughtered, all of
the tobacco, rice, sugar and cot-1
ton of *he country.
In 1800 the south Imd nine
thousand eight hundred and nine
ty-seven miles of railroad, while
j the New England and middle
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• states combined had three liuu
- dred and eighty-seven miles less.
> In other words, the south, prior
t, j to and including 1800 had iuvest
ij ed three hundred million dollars
ij of her own money in railroads.
: The gentleman from Kansas
. was peculiarly unhappy in citing
-jthe south to New England, in a
• spirit of “Go to the ant, tlmu
M sluggard,’’ when the facts are that
in 1800 the state of Georgia alone
11 had more wealth than Maine,New
Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode
r Island combined!
Tliirtv per cent of the hank-
I ing capital of the country was in
I the south—with twenty per cent
, of the white population, remem
ber.
Mississippi was richer than Con
i necticut ny one hundred and six
tv million dollars.
The gentleman from Kansas
■ was not aware, perhaps,. that in
I 18(10, excluding the negro from
■ the population, South Carolina
stood first and Mississippi second
hiii the per capita wealth, of the \
I country. Even including the ne
gro in the population, South
I Carolina stood third, Mississippi
! fourth, Massachusetts fifth,
Louisiana sixth and Georgia
'seventh in per capita wealth while
: New York stood twenty-second
and Pennsylvania thirtieth,
i When the war eame these soutli
jeru people—-only ouo-ttfth of the |
I white people of the country —
j owned forty-five per cent of the;
I wealth of the country.
And then came four years of j
i destruction, during which the j
j south sustained a loss of two bil- j
| lion dollars m money, while sic
lost, the (lower of her manhood.
The census reports show that in
18(50 the real value of property in i
the southern states was six bil-!
lions and ;t half, while in 1870 it
had fallen bn four billions and a
half.
The war which impoverished .
the south, enriched “frflst-bit-j
ten New England", to which the
gentleman froln Kansas points us.
In 18(50 the value of the pro-1
pert.y in New England was less
than six billions. Ten years later
it had soared t'o the stupendous
sum of fifteen billions. While the
south became fifty per cent poor
er, as the result of that national
tragedy, the New England states
became two hundred and fifty per
cent richer.
The period of reconstruction
was worse than war. And yet what
is the record during that period? \
From 1870 to 1880 New Eng
land ami the middle slates com-!
billed only increased their wealth
from fifteen to seventeen billions, j
or thirteen percent.
Within that decade, during half'
of which time reconstruction with
paralysis of business prevailed,
tin- south increased her wealth
seventy-five per cent.
In the fourteen years ending
with 1001 New England increased
Iher wealth forty per cent, while
the southern states increased
I theirs sixty-four per cent.
All this without any of the
. j benefits of protection, while we (
wore being taxed to moot those j
| charges.
It was only after reconstrnc- j
tion that the destinies of 'he I
:south were in lierown hands, and !
the figures before 1;?K0 ur ,. hurrl to 1 ]
to get. so beginning with the hit- I
i ter year and taking a period of • j
twenty-eight years, ending with ; j
last year, we find that the total 1
value of manufacturers in the i
I south rose from less than half a j
billion to more than two and a|j
half billions.
I’lie capital invested in cotton J
mills increased eleven hundred t
and sixty-nine percent; in cot- s
ton oil mills, more than twenty- j
two hundred per cent ; in lumber !•
products, eight hundred and tliir-j
itv-seven per cent: in pig iron.!"
seven hundred and sixty-six perj.
cent , in petroleum, fifteen thons- j
and per cent; fn farm products:?
three hundred and fortv-two peril
cent ; her property values, one i i
i hundred and sixty five per cent. s
She had no help from the gov- 1 J
ernnumt; but pensions guv tn's
Ohio alone, in ISfOl), more than i
tonrteen billion dollars, or oyer ?
three dollars and a half for every j
fnan, woman ami child. In Maine s
it was four dollars per capita. To ?
pay this sum Mississippi eontri- v
' tinted two million eight hundred £
I thousand dollars, while she could i v
spend but half t hat amount on If
her public schools. $
These are crushing facts for the ;/
flippant, like t he gentleman from 1|
j Kansas. Ami they are a wonder-, ?
tul tribute v,o the energy of the j l
i south, which has been able to do]?
so much without government pro- <
i teet.loll or government pensions. ! |
Shiloh Items.
! special Correspondence j
Mrs. \V. T. McArthur and 1 it- *|
I tie grand daughter, Margner.ite, ; >
jure at Athens, having dental work j ?
idone. ; ?
I Charming Mias Myra Clements ]|
attended preaching at Towns, ?
i Saturday night. j ?
Mr. H. P. Linder of Lumber i:
City visited Messrs. Hearn last,?
j Sunday.
Mrs. Claude Dees and daughter, \
Kditha, and Mrs. P. I’. Thigpen |
visited Mrs. J. W. Hearn last ! |
] week. |
Mr. Ruel Livingston spent Sun-j £
] day night in Glemvood. | ?:
Miss Bessie Tompkins visited ?:
Towns Sunday last.
Miss Pearl Mtmbs and Mr. ,\us- ?
tin Wright were out for a ride ! v
Sunday afternoon. ] <
Mr. Peacock Hearn was at 51
: Towns Sunday last.
Messrs. Preston Mitchell and],,
Carl Hyals were out riding Sun- ’i
day afternoon.
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Mr. Jno Hearn and Miss Estelle C*
i Sears attended preaching at j?!
i Shiloh last Sunday. Run Bntn. j;
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: We are having some beautiful ’•
weather now and the farmers arc i
busy getting “General Green”.;
where they can control him,
Mr. Lee B. Stanford has re-; '•
turned home from Tarry town, ]*”
where he was called to the bed
sule of his brother, Mr. C. \V.
Stanford.
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Misses Myra Clements and Sa- ’
die Vaughn visited McArthur one ■
day recently.
Mrs. .V J. Vaughn and little]
(laughter, Zeltnu, were pleasant
visitors to Lumber City Saturday j
. last.
Carl Rvals made a living trip j
to Mr. G. A. Clements one day ‘
last week.
W e are very glad indeed to know ;
that little Miss Luun Tompkins
is improving, after being sick s.-v-!
.era I da\s with fever.
M iss \ iola S ke< spent Wednes
day afternoon with Willie Tump-!
kins.
Mr. and Mrs. ('has. Webster
ami hnbv attended Sunday school ’
at Shiloh Sunday last.
Miss Bessie Tompkins will re
turn home Tuesday next from
Hazleburst. where she has b>-en
spending several days with her
aunt, Mrs. W. H. Aclmrd.
Mr. I.ee B. Stanford visited
near Ha/.lehurst Saturday and
Sunday last. Pm.uk.
Seed Peas For
S a I e.
100 bushels good
clean held peas. Speck
led and I nkiunvns, at
Si.IS, per bushel F.
O. F. Soperton, (*a.
Apply at onee to
JAMES FOWL Elk
Soperton, Ga.
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