Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-26
WILL NEW YCRK REMAIN
THE EMPIRE STA 1Ef

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.ne New iorN o"", Vi " ''co"' ua'o'
That the keystone state Is bound 10
bc ahead in another decade, is a settled
fact and upon this point the editor in
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lie dwclls at length on TINS Important
subject, as follows;
Few things wear an aspect of preat-
or permancnce TO the ewes OF our
vouncer contemporaries than The pre.
eminencc of tbe State Of New York
Yot there are men now livino who can
remember when Il was exceiled Nv at
least two membcfs of the Union IN re.
spcct 10 wealth. prestige and number
OF Inhabitants. Already the centre of
population has shifted bevond the All.
lcehenies, and Il il possible that within
few decades Illinois may base a claim
to leadership upon numerical superior
| ity. There are reasons. however for
believing that the focus of productive
industry will be found in another quar-
ter and that Pennsylyapia il destined
TO exhibit A preponderancc of capital
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epocb ia not far distant when Pennsvl.
yania NAV venture single handed 10
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~. s"o V,sJ i s.aus ,i.;, .sinn 1'.a''''pouoi
an.n'ao'.o anu ng'ito Na,ic.esl was
bnndred ana co. GO n,ll;ons ot % tons
az which Fn,,land ,yas crodi,od u,i1,
obout ono.baif or in exsct tign,es one
hundred and ,,centy sve m;llions The
limited States ranjyed second IN tho
ist baving extrocted over eortv-one
millions o1 which tho single s,Stc of
Pennsvlvania furnished ah9nt thirv
an amount cxceeding tbe united onotas =
Of France Austria and Rnssia and
constiinting almost an cioh,h NJ the
whole nrodnction of ,he olobe
sin moro s;cn;fi,ant arc ,he ,i,,uros
which exhibit the comnarative rates az
progression in tbe deyelonment Of dif.
ierent coal fields During the last half
cen,,,rv ,ho vield ~ pon5svlvanio has
snccess;vcIv doubled with cacb decade
while Fngiand,s nrodrct;on al,houcb
exnanding with cnrions regnloritv Te.
opires ner;od NJ ,i,,oer ycars IN show
m cou;raIent main IL il nroboblo
tFat tbe rate Of nroduction in Pennsvl.
vania will he rofhor occeleratcd tban
diminished since n nossible falliug off
! in tLe delivery of anthracite mines
whose area is 1IinitedN must be more
tban compens,tcd from those exbanst.
less bituminons denosits which lio west
of Inc AlIegbcn;es On tbc o,herbond
II annears from Tho renort NJ tbc Par
liamentarv mission that wb;lo the
ISngIisb COAL ficl,Is arr in No immediate
dnnger ot' denlc,ion a sensible ;ncrcasc
in he exncrse of mining NAV bo ~
pccted M an early dav In Ills case
therefore we arc iustitied In d,o,ving
an Inference from statistics. and sim'
ple calculation demonstratesthnt penn.
svivania should ontstr,n Fngland IN
ltIe nroduction of this mincrsl within
sixtr years trom tho nrescnt timc In
other words Inc mo, ara alr.od,, horn
who NAV see n state which nnw elo.
mors tor nro,cction cor,roIl;nc with
naramount an,hor;,y the mos, ossen.
,ial adiunct ot human ;ndnstrv and so
onalified IN underscIi counc,;,nrs In
every free market .hropghnut ali tbe
world
Amo,r hodocis;yo tors ,,e mo,,,,,.O
,ir;l;.o,;on ;rnn ra,i na., "'oIi 'oo, "
Bv an odd ooincidence a narallel in.
stituted between PonnsvIvania and
ENGLAND in resnect IN tho reduction of
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