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Show i m RALPH NEWMANS eim im simogb Assisted by W. A. Heaps 'King Cotton' Brevs Conflict T Y HEN, in 1858, Sen. James Hammond of South Carolina stated in the United States Congress that "Cotton is king, he coined the phrase which aptly r southdescribed the land. The politico - emotional factors leading to any armed struggle are easily recognizable and to the casual observer may seem the only contributing causes. Less apparent but running deep beneath the anger and frustration are economic factors which have bred the fear that flares into violence. The census of 1860 reported 13 k million persons living in the 33 states. Of nearly four and a half million Negroes counted, 89 per cent were slaves, most of them in the 11 southern states which were soon to pitch for independence from the Union. pre-wa- ntuirMi Strlitod . Driftwood Starllto can create a beautiful new world of peace and quiet, right in your own home, d with Forestone ... it covers ceiling cracks . . . absorbs up to 70 of noise striking it . . . can be Repainted anytime without loss of beauty or noise control benefits. Install the 12" x 12" flanged tiles yourself. You deep-etche- GBGGS for homo Chooto from over a Booklet koodymottl doxoa proioct-booklot- COME IN , LOOK-- for this sign of ) Ik quality ctanruD maim Select the nationally advertised materials you want from our new Simpson Building Products Center American Fork, Utah Salt Lake City BARRATT'S BUILDING SUPPLY 32 IS Hiqhland Dr. Phono IN 34 No. Barratt Avsn Phone $K PACKARD LUMBER 2010 South Main rhono AX ECONOMY D c Murray, Utah COOKS, INC 0533 South Statu St. Phono AM one-thir- BUILDERS 305 f 33rd South Phono HU LBR. & HARD. RIO GRANDE & QUESTION: If the Power or Gas Failed, How Would You Heal Your Home? FIREPLACE ENCLOSURE Used with coal, will heat your front and adjoining rooms like a coal stovel COMFORT Eliminate! draft! radiates even heat. . . ITm UtMti . Write for Free Colored Folder With Prices and Sizes BEAUTY Solid brass frame blends with modern or traditional decor. SAFETY Protects children and BENNION THERMO-RIT- E pet! from flying spark!. AM So jtoto SALES CR 411 $1,730,-000,00- OLYMPUS 4639 HoHoday Blvd. Phone C Midvale, Utah 0 & SUPPLY, INC. INC LUMBER HARDWARE CO. 114 North Main AM Phono CO. PhofM IN t North Main St. rhono PA MIDVALE LUMBER CO. Brigham City, Utah MERRHL'S, AKRON BURTON LUMBER HARDWARE CO. tno Sovth Stott $t. Bountiful, Utah 0 QUALITY lUllDINI MATERIALS THE ACTION began In December, 1860, with the secession of South Carolina and, eventually, pitted 23 northern states (the number later became 24 with the formation and admission of West Virginia) against the 11 states of the Confederacy. States which remained loyal to the Union embraced an area of one million square miles with a population of 22 millions, as against a "nation of 777,000 square miles with nine million inhabiof them Negro tants, slaves. The highly developed and mechanized industries of the north made its people Great farm areas produced abundant food, and the annual output of northern manufacturing totaled compared with only $156,000,000 In the south. The south, almost completely agricultural, was heavily dependent upon its cotton. The largest purchaser was England. 1861: Darkly shaded states seceded; Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland, although slave states, remained in Union. LUMBER CO. 540 West Second South Phono EM Spanish Fork, Utah SPANISH FORK LUMBER 021 South Main Phone 445 Sunset, Utah PACKARD LUMBER 1102 North Main Phono TA CO. D I 0 BUT COTTON production In turn was dependent upon Negro slavery as a cheap labor force. Within 50 years after Eli Whitneys invention of the cotton gin, the number of slaves had risen from more than a million to almost four million. By 1860, the divergent economies of north and south were irreconcilable and the political were and war explosion bound to come. (Clip this for your scrapbook history of the Civil War.) CALL TODAY -- MAIL j fHOWE RENTS 1 LADDERS WALLPAPER STEAMERS Salt Laka Ojdoo 2375 5a. State 127 Waoh. lvA HU 61 roP 1X4-94- i -THEFBI! COUPON- NO ISTIMATt -T- OBLIGATION . ODAY Columbia Const. & Development Co. HU 6-77- 11 Box No. 15129 Call (Dally 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.)j ! coN I Floaoo kavo you. rupro.owtutlvo I dotoilt aa how oasy It would bo for loot a FEW DOLLARS a awath. Iname (ADDRESS i far oa o. whoa la oar locality, with wo to kavo a FINISHED BASEMENT I I I 14 SUNDAYS The Salt Lake Tribune Home Magazine |