| Show rapid Pr progress odress 15 being made by the south the progress of the south during recent years Is one of the wonders ol 01 the age between 1880 and 1900 the population of the south increased fiam 16 to 23 or 44 per cent but in the same period southern agricultural manufactured and min eral products increased in value from 1 to 2 or per cent farm values grew from 2 to 3 farm ing Is improving as Is shown by the fact that while the acreage in wheat increased in the two decades but 12 per cent the crop increased 82 per cent the average per acre is nearly two bushels higher than the average for the whole country the corn hay and oat crops about doubled and the cotton output increased over 99 per cen cent t the value of the crop of cotton in 1900 seed included was SO the rice and sugar crops much more than doubled and the product of southern tobacco Is 70 per cent of that of the entire union the rural population is accordingly fairly prosperous and its gain in numbers between 1890 nd 1900 was ni much ch larger than that of all the rest of the united states 1880 there were cotton factor les in 1900 there were between 1890 1990 and 1800 1900 the south gained 2 cotton spindles against a gain ot of fl but 2 in the north in the same period the capital in cotton manufacturing increased from 53 COO to but oil mills furnaces rolling mills furniture and other woodworking mills have also sprung up as if by magic an epitome ri ot of the manufactures of the south g shows 92 manufacturing lish ments in 1900 with a capital ot of 1 against 43 establish ments in 1880 with a capital ot of the value of product has grown from to fl 1 the mining output in 1900 was 5 against 17 in 1882 the lumber industry has aa W also increased phenomenally this industrial progress has re suited largely from the expansion ot of the railway systems and 4 ment of harbor facilities southern ports have increased their exports i since 1880 by 99 5 per cent this being a sequel of the increase of southern railway mileage from 21 miles to 62 miles a growth of per cent i against the growth of but 98 per cent in the rest of the union |
