. Review of reviews and world's work. the RockyMountains—a birds-eye view of the South couldbe had, there would be seen a mighty, resistless,onward movement of a people who, having strug-gled amid the darkness of the wilderness withno pillar of fire to guide them, strengthened inbody and mind by the hard but victorious fight,have at last come in sight ofthe Promised Land. No1 longer moving westward as T heretofore, the tide of popu- lation would be seen to beturning southward. Thehardened veterans of theSouths struggle for indus-trial independence are seento be drawing heavy reen-forcements fr
. Review of reviews and world's work. the RockyMountains—a birds-eye view of the South couldbe had, there would be seen a mighty, resistless,onward movement of a people who, having strug-gled amid the darkness of the wilderness withno pillar of fire to guide them, strengthened inbody and mind by the hard but victorious fight,have at last come in sight ofthe Promised Land. No1 longer moving westward as T heretofore, the tide of popu- lation would be seen to beturning southward. Thehardened veterans of theSouths struggle for indus-trial independence are seento be drawing heavy reen-forcements from this incom-ing tide. Capital, the great-est coward of earth, joins theprocession, apd the South,beggar no longer, invites theworlds surplus money seek-ing the most profitable fieldon earth for investment,—invites it not with a beggarsplea, but with the right tosay : We are independent, wecan stand alone, we have ac-ctimulated enough of moneyand experience to assure agreat and steady advance ; THE SOUTH S y^MAZING PROGRESS. 179. COTTON HARVEST IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. (On the line of the Southern Railway, near Greenville, Miss.) but SO vast is the field, so sure are the returns,that we bid the world a welcome, that all mayshare in the utilization of our resources and inthe consequent wealth to be created. Here,says the South to all mankind, is a region ofwhich earth has no duplicate. Does that state-ment seem too strong ? Examine it a moment. THE SOUTHs dominance IN THE WORLDsCOTTON MARKET. In some respects, the greatest industry of theworld is the manufacture of cotton. It fur-nishes the clothing of civilized mankind,—itgives employment to over $2,000,000,000 ofcapital and to some millions of operatives. De-stroy this industry and Englands business lifewould receive almost a deathblow, and NewEnglands would likewise be disastrously af-fected ; Germany and France, and Switzerlandand Japan, would also be dire sufferers. Uponthe South this world-wide industry absolutelyd
Size: 1854px × 1347px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1890
