Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-26
The Coal, Iron md wheat of fpennsyIvania.

The Coal, Iron md wheat of fpcnnsyIvania.
THE three grca, staple products Of the Keystone
State are her Coal and Iron Mines and her Wheat
Some interesting statistics with reference TO each Of
these were presented at the business Convention
ut Harrisburg in an exc lrnt speech, hy Mr.. Hem
~ X. Strong, of Schuy kill county, from which we
compile the following summary About one fourth
of the State, coml rising more than seven million o'
acres, seated mostly npnn navgalc waters leading
t., Ten States Of the Union, is one vast buminous
cosl>fch, filled with lime aud iron.stonc, and pos
scssipr as fine a soil as ever the shonc upon.
Anthracite Coal other State pos esses so that the
whole Union must purchase of Pennsylvania Tor
ever. Twcnty-one years ago, when the uade hrsi
com nencrd only 365 tons wcic taken Eom the be.
high mines to market there are now mined more
than one million of tons annually About 100000
tons are sold 10 other States, and 100000 con.
sumcd in Pcnnsy lvaAia.-ln great Britain about
sc, ,OOO, 900, tons mined annually, OF which ono
" 6l2,2l5 are exported to foreign countries. In
1894, less than 900, COO tons used for fuel,
and more than 25.OO0,O0O tons consumed in
driving the machinery of manufactures This is
the true policy which Pennsy lvania mus, initiate;
a large portion of her coal and ,on must both he
consumed in propclling her own machinery, and
driving her own cotton, woolIen and iron factories
The quantity of pig iron annually manufactured
in Pennsy lvania is estimated at ltO,00O tons, or
onc-thrd Of all that is made in the United States.
1t may be increased So to meet the demand Of
the whole Union, though as yet the annual value
is estimated at only s5,oC0,O0O. The amount of
pig iron made Annually in great Britain is valued
at S2s, 900 900, while the value given to it by
manufacturing part of it into bar iron, hardware
and cutlery, is estimated at s9o,000,000 mo'e
Pennsylvania sends iron to the North States, and
one. .fif h of it is returned to her in manufactured
articles she sends them coal and flour, and
ceiyes in return cotton fabrics and articles that she
ought to make herself
The Census returns show that there raised
in Pennsy lyanid in 1899, l3,029756 bushels Of
wheat, one-sxh of all that is raised in the Union
the annual value, when made into -four, NAV be
estimated at Sl3 O29,76G. England Scotland
Wales contain 56, s33 ,330 acres of land, of which
81 sos 600 acres are arahle, 2O,40S 400 pasurage,
s,935 900 forests and gen,lemcn's parks, and l2,-
| Ss5,330 incapable of cultivation. Pennsylvania
contains 10000 900 of acrcs-oi land. not more g.
100000 which are incapable Of being converted
into lage and pasturage. And yet great Brilaan
which in 100, when her population was mainly
agricultural produced only 1000 bushels OF wheat
in $780, under the stimulus OF her manufactures
| increased the amount TO one hundred and thirty
! whole United States. Thus it will be tina,
the value of the great staples of Pennsy lvania is
annually of Coal ,S5OOO,oOO of Iron, $4,000,
600; and of Wheel, ia, 900, ,O0O-making an ag
grega,e Of S23, ,OOO,o00,-M y 1ri6nne.