The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-05-22
THE FELtCIANA DEMO 0CRAT.

the United States. About half of this whole
nnmhrr ARE found in Pennsylvania, or nearly
twice MS many MS are scattered through the
sontl, Next 10 Pennsylvania ranks Ohio, and
third IN rank is Virginia, with 20 manntacto
rics. Tennessee 23, Kentucky 81, Maryland
Is, Missouri 3. Georgia and Alabama cnch
aud North Carolina 9. About onc.fonrtl, %
nll the capital of the business is Invested IL
the southern states, Maryland aud Tennessee
having more than twice MS many dollars In
vested each than Virginia The value of the
annual products is Sl2,74S,77I
For the Manufacture of iron castings there
are 1891 establishments in the United States,
of which but II small proportion, or l6S, arc
in the south New York has the largest nun
Der of establishments 1928, aud the largest
amount Of capital invested in them. Pennsyl
vnnii has nearly MS many minnf,ctories but
upwards Of II million dollars less capital
Ohio is doing about half MS much business il,
this department us New York. OF the south
ern states, Virginia takes the lead, with "a
establishments. Kentucky has 30. Tennessee
and Maryland lG each, Delaware l3. Anbam.,
10, Mississippi and Louisiana 8 each, Missouri
aud South Carolina each. North Carolina S,
Georgia 4, aud Texas ,. The entire capital
invested is LAG, 3Gl, and the annual pro.
ducts are valued ut S25, los, 1856
There n:c hut 422 manuf f.ctories of wrought
iron III the land, 100 of which are in he south
and l3l IN Pennsylvania. Tennessee has AZ
establishments, Virginia 30 North Carolina
", Maryland II, Georgia 3, Delaware and
Missouri , each, and Alabam |. The entire
capital Invested in the business is Sl4. ADS, ,22O.
Most OF the malt and spriuous liquors are
manufactured IN the northern states, since of
the SS,32l,2j4 invested in the m,nuflcure.
hut S92349o is thus used in the SOUTH
Above fourth part Of all The capital is invcs.
ted in New York. and there is more in each
OF the States OF Pennsylvania and Ohio than
~ the entire southern states The annllil pro.
duet is us follows Barrels Of ale l,l77,924 ;
gallons of whisky and high wines, ~, 1873, ,955; /;
gallons Of rum 6,5O0,5O
There are 6,263 tanneries in the United
States, Of which the South has nearly one
bird part, or zoos. Pennsylvania alone has
nearly one~ixth part Of the whole number, or
1889. The southern states rank in the follow
ing order Tennessee has 394. Virginia 3il, ,
Kentucky 275, North Carolina Isl, Alabama
l49, Missouri l4S. Georgia l4O, Maryland
ll6, Mississippi 81, South Carolina 81, Ar
k.nlsns 81 and the other southern states Il less
number each. The entire capital invested il
all the tanneries in the land is SIS, 900, ,557.
the number of skins in them being 2,65S, ,SG5,
and the number of sides OF leather counting
up l2,257,94o.
Mining MS well rs manufacturing is carried
on considerably in Missouri The mineral re-
gion OF the state is said to equal in extent the
states OF New Hampshire, Massnct,u rlts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware
Almost all metals are found there, with the
exception of gold and platina There were
s., 900, 900 invested in that state in munilnc
turing and mining eight years ago
We must not forget that the south manu-.
features large quantities of sugar and mollsses
produced from the culture Of the sugar cane.
Each sugar plantation has its mandatory Of
sugar, the process of producing which is We.
~ nice one, requiring much general knowledge
aud particular acquaintance with the science
of chemistry Louisiana is the great sugar
ana moiasscs state, yielding nearly all raised
III the south. is sometimes termed the su
ynr bowl Of the south Other states in which
sugar Is: sc and manufactured are Alabama
Texas, Grorgia, South C,ro!in, am! Florida
And then there Is another kind of nilnllflc.
''irng ~ the south, that is almost unknown in
this section Of The country. We refer to the
of tobacco. As Virginia is the
lending state in its production, so it is also in
It's manufacture. In the city of Richmond
Il"n", there are now tifty-six manufacturers of
the staple, whose nlited capital amounts to
Our or five millions Of dollars. More tobnc.
70 is opened, inspected and sold in that city.
'robahly, than in amy other single place in rlq
United States. 1t is there that the choicest
specimens of the weed assumed the shape
which comlnenls it to the regard of devoted
;lewers everywhere. Tobacco is put up in rs
many different ways almost as there are chew.
rs There is as much difference between the
IDEAS OF the yankee and sontl,crncr on the
question of taste us there is on any other mat
cr The former likes his pig tail, D cntfuI
y Sweetrned and liquorced TO ii degree til,
after, the less swcetenng you pnt in the bet
er til" 'obacro Bnyers congreyate in Ricl
nond from all parts Of the country, who pur.
lase for all portions of the globe Foreign
governments are supplied by agents who re.
idc there for that purpose. With many cit
ems the road to wealth has been paved with
obacco.
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