Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-10
THE FELlC!ANA sENT!NEl-
SOUTHERN PROG 2ESS.

course of q few years Il steady
current of emigration will set
in towards the South. 1t will
not, probably, be. so much Of
emigrants from abroad as from
the older settled States. We
have had already the testimony
of Mr.. Atkinson, of Boston, t.
the steady industrial improve
ment visible in all parts of the
South. We know that the pro-
duct of raw cotton, instead of
decreasing us was anticipated,
reached last year over 100000
bales. We have been told, re-
Gently, that the number of spin
dies in the Southern cotton
mills is over 100000; that the
mills are profitable; that new
mills are going up, and that en-
terprising Southe1me"s are send
ing their sons to the Eastern
States to be trained in the ma
chine-shops for the purpose Of
fitting them to manufacture
mill machinery at home.
1t is also stated that the
Clements attachment, combin-
ing the roller Gin with spinning
machinery, will enable planters
to turn their raw cotton into
yarn on the plantations. We
have now the recorded opinions
of a correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune, who has just 1e-
turned to that city after a tour
through the South. He says
''the South is advancing rapid
ly;" that the whites are bring
ing into use OH their plantations,
the best agricultural imple-
ments and labor-saving ma
chinery; that they have gone
to work in earnest and have
de .onstrated that their climate
is no bar to the extensive use OF
white labor in the fields, except
in very low, swampy, and ma
larious localities; that, as
consequence, and from the ne
cessity of their condition,
''white labor is increasing in
the rural distric@s, while negro
labor is decreasing, as the ne
groes like to be together and
prefer working in towns and
villages, which are beginning
to be overstOcked with them.
The writer adds:
'!In the central and southern
localities two crops can be rails
ed a year-one as a green crop
to enrich the SOIL" and he came
to the conclusion that it is now
an inviting field for the emil
grant, and that ''success awaits
him in proportion to his indus
trial and economical habits"
While these changes are talk
ing place in the southern and
central part of the South, other
industries are sprinGing up in
the northern and eastern parts,
notably the production and
manufacture OF iron in Tenn
essee and Alabama, and the
mining Of cope in North Ca
rolina. The largest recent de-
velopments Of the iron industry
are in Alabama, and principally
along the line of the North Al
ALBANIA, Railroad, which is q
branch Of the Louisville and
Nashville.
In addition to the furnaces
and mills already in operation, a
new rollins mill at birmingham,
Ala, viii be ready for use
about the list OF July. Two
other furnaces at the sameplace
are approaching competition,
and a contract is now pending
with the Louisville and Nash
Vile road in which the latter
company has agreed TO give its
aid and endorsement to seven
other large iron furnaces at
Oxmore, which are capable Of
turning out from 1000 to $500 |
tons of iron daily, are now
working to their fullest capaci-
ty, and it is stated that two 9th
er furnaces will shortly be in
operation there. With iron
ore, coal, and wood in album
dance, it is said that No. L iron
can be manufactured in Ala