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Show AN ERA OF PROSPERITY. Southern States Have Added Twelve Billion Dollars to Wealth in Score of Years. In 1885 the seven states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ken-tucky, Tennessee and Texas had only $117,000,000 capital invested In manufacturing; manu-facturing; to-day they havo $572,000,-000 $572,000,-000 so Invested, an Increase of $455,-000,000. $455,-000,000. These seven states, with Mississippi added, increased the valuo of their farm property $1,347,000,000 In 1890 pver 1880 ami $70C,000,000 In 1900 over 1800, or by $2,033,000,000 In 1900 over 1S8. All kinds of crops aro raised-cotton, raised-cotton, fruit, poultry, hogs, live stock, hominy, etc. t The southern poultry brings $25,000,000 a year nnd tho eggs sell for fully $20,000,000 n year. Tho butter production of the south Is 200,-000,000 200,-000,000 pounds a year, and tho total Annual valuo of tho animal product Is $250,000,000. Tho annual value of the total farm product of theso eight states Is nearly $905,000,000. Other southern states aro doing well. Twelve billion dollars will not cover tho cntle south'o increase in only a score of yenrs In farm values, bank deposits, products of factories and farmproducts. |