I have been doing a little reading about American Civil War, and only when I dug more deeply I realized how much was South inferior to the North in industrial capabilities. They were simply outmached in industry, military and industrial manpower and in some cases agricultural production because of growing mechanization of the Northern agriculture.
They were also inferior in railroads compared to the North, 9500 miles compared to the 22000 miles in the North. And that is without entering into lack of skilled labour, parts, different rail gauges and disconnected railways.
So what could be done to improve the Southern economic situation prior to the beggining of the War?