The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-01-16


miles-nearly equal 10 ex,en; to the
whole contiaeaG Of Europe Its
coast liue extends 2 600 miles along
/ lhe Atlantic l500 along th.l Gulf, | :
/ 500 along the Pacific aud 3, 500 along
the Lakes Tue basin OF the A lsn-
tic embraces 800 600 miles, the basin
OF the Gulf abou: the same, that
of the MIssissippi Is a. lea-r1 mil
ion miles in urea. and thai Of she Pa
cific neatly as much Oar mounisins
traverse w5sls continents aud our
rivers drain ves. kingdoms. them
selves equal 10 ex eat to some of the
states Of Europe.
The various parts Of cur ciuntry
are 80 knlt together by liues If cam
merce aad travel as 80 csusfitute. but
cue neigh hborhpod. and are 50 mutu-
ally dependent, aud - inierwaven .bv
manifold inlefes's as to Risde Sep4-
rate empires an imp5ssIDsii Y The
whole circuit Of our e9uliry, IL has
been said d.eiinjw be Rsvsrssd 10 less
time Than was occupied b, Warbieg-
ton 10 making h,s Presidential tour
of New England. aud G '1gress can
now assemble with less expense of
time aud moaey thsn did the CONT
neatal one Besr gtars aso Take.
the item OF p 'Duia lfn aud hs-hD.d a
little oae Gee ,mi y ih9usAId iad a
small one a SIR ,ng naJion The 3
/ million has grown I 40 N illIon- in d
century Ia 1900 be ceasus all show
100 mlliions--qaai TO the present
ip ,puia i1a f Elglani, France.
5 "a zsrlaud. Spain, P1au gal, 5 sedeu
aud Denmark By the middle Of the
next century the population will be
$50 milliJns-sbpuJ equal to the
present . pula lou If all Europe
| l. 'uk AT he agricui ursi interests If
the C ,urtry, unrqIaiea Ia any oyher
region ut the glope Alrl ist every
variety of irait ans gca'n q urishes on
ours iii: me nird of all ,ur . ppulatioa
are engaged in agrleuItgrai pursuits
la 1870 there were over 400 mill
ioa acres impr we'd. wi.h vast regions
unimproyed H. 1874 aur agricuitur-
al exports amodnred t. 700 million
doilarS-of thi- 100 million vas sim
lpy bre ,ds.uf Bat whY dwell
niger IN stats ics-the figures
over = helm us-suilice il tu say that
some If the grain fields of the vest
are almus; eq9al 70 some Of the MI.
nor states Of the I'D world Yes,
'the laad which ibe Lord tbs God
hath siven thee Is 81 eyceediogly good
d, band Of corn and wine, land
! fl wiug sith mix and hpuey"-a
land { Yhicn Calnan,. with all lis
@ealIh aud beauty, was but 2 shsd
o~ 90 ! do Ne 40 Ell " all the
luxurier hat 4 urish 10 the garden
81 D. L r5 N ne lir-'iing Of q OK
lnd berd, he Glade hetses If Penn
<viva1It Es 2 idea grasS af the great
West I, the fruis ; # Calf 'rnia and
ne orange groves Of FL ids?
'Wnen thpu has ea-el and ar' sdil.
ben shalt thna bless The l. rd thy
g d f.r the good land hich he bath
given thee"
Consider the mineral wealth IF the
country have sometimes thought,
10 viewing the great mines in this
and other : ates. Of the wonderful
goodness AID great design of God in
slowing awav such vast wealth for
this and succeeding generations Our
resources in this respect seem W.
pqrallale1. Almost every variety If
minerals are found, and If the hest
qualirv-g ID, silver, lead. copper.
iron and coal sbaand
We are hut in the infancy Of our
iron interests as vet and oar c,al
resources are 80 great we have BOT
found time ~ survev the length.
height. deuth and breadth OF them
An auecdote is told Of en- American
gentlemen in Eoglsnd, who. af'er lis
tening rat'eDtlv 70 a description Of
the coal beds Of England, where they
sometimes 90 down MANY hund ed
feet for small veins. was asked CON
cerning b. c"al resources of the
United S ates. he replied by saving
tha; when fiev he'd takpn a li,tle
more coa' out e SOM Of 'heir Amer
ican mines their little island could
easily he hnried ont of sight in one
If them There is enough coal in the
Pennsylvania hills 70 keen the fur
naras of the world in blast for 4
thousa7d wears The value of the
minerals mined in 1874 was about
$50 million dollars. Pennsylvania
fu -nished all the anthracite coal ore
third the hifuminoua. one-frur'h the
iron ore of 'he country. besides con-
trimming ona-hslf be petrpleum of the
country Every wear witnesses n
vast increase in this interest The
mineral resources of our country
seem almost inexbaus'ihle. md viii
continue to WELD vast stores OF
wealth to coming ages.
Our manufacturing interests are
but in their beginning The greater
part If the country Is too voung 10
have properly developed this Lranch
Of industry. The Ohio River ia
practically the western boundary Of
our large manufacturing interests
Some idea Of the rspidity with which
this interest improves NAV he gath
cred from the fact that the value Of
manufsc' products in 1870 wss
more than double that Of 1850
I remember with interest . test Of
skill made few years ago between
some artisans of Pittsburgh. Penna
and some Of Birmingham. England,
which resulted favorahlv to Ameri-
rsn enrerrrise The truth is. there
is q very hopeful outlook in this d.
rection 0ne-half century more will
find our country an important part
of the worlds Workshop OF our
Nstinn's commerce / need scarcely
speak; though somewhat bindered
bv various causes during the last de.
cade. her resources and facilities
bave largely increased She seems
providentiallv destined by her posi-
tinp. between the oceans tn be, nv
means of steamer and rail. the
highway Of commerce and travel fNr
the world With her rare advant-
ages OF transportation and foreign