The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-02-06
FROM THE SOUTH.
ArN. N. METcALr..

fE' rf' Hhst1s SIR
For fear youi may think haye for
gotten the editors Of the South Ken; !
iuckian nnd. iu, readers, | will give
you a short letter, hoping 10 interest
.yol and induce those who are think |
Ing OF going West to come South.
There 10 bright future Tor, this sec 4
tion IN almost every department. OF
trade. There are Zine openings Tor
men Of small capital and large stock
Of energy. Tie manufacturing inter-
Q I Is lookingap on every handr Got
ion factories are beginning 10 spring
Up hero and there, and l see no res-
son why they canuot-export the man
uiactured goods much cheaper thar
ihe raw materiah Those that are in
operation pay large dividends, AZ
| tor the iron interest Of the South, es-
pecialiy OF Alabama, II Is pcrfectly
enormous, asd no wonder that Birr
ningilamis called the magic city Of
the South, since within ten short
ears IL has grown to over ten thou
sand ihhabitpnia aud all tlAs owing
TO the large iron and coal mine'
!, which are now beiug worked in i)s
vicinity. find, TOO, that the poll
iics OF this couplry has charged yer,
nnch in the last few years. When II
VIVA solely oil agricultural country
they were IN favor OF free trade aud
MOI tax oil imports,ioNs, But since Lei
manufacturing interest is assuming
4 some importance, they want proiec
lion as wel as the irohmen OF Penn
4 aylvsiia or ecotton manufacturers
of New England Hook for the tar
lifr question TO bc the ali absorbi1i
opic of politicians for the next1de
!, years, aid in as much as the Sortl
| has been benefited by Il, so much h
lihs past, why may we not ei ah
south share some OF it's advantages
But | have not turned politician, AUD
know but little about II, consequent
will leave 1t to other wiser had
, who have msdc itfsl study. ifTh
lumber interest ofthe Soa,h is gie,'
4 Almost every five miles you tin'
large saw mills working up the fine:
pine lumber haye syer seen. On
} mill thar | visited mot long sine
: | shipped daily about fiftyaihousali
teet OF lumbsr III its various form
!, A saw seventeen cara loaded in on
: train and Billed for Detroit, Mich
atgau. Nost of The lunl6ers stlat !
!; lshipped from This section goes u
! s,liDetroit, Indimapolisand Louisville
3 From Meridian, Misc 70 Selma, Ala
!. Ii passed through somo fine 'farniu
II IJands, said 10 be tile best Ill the sia,
I'll You often SEQ one ihousanf acr'
y, ,lurder one fence, and most OF it Lew
= rich, black prairie land, that .befo
:. the was was ready sale al fifty q,
~ sixty dollars an acre, but now won
:. not bring more than five to ten dc
!, lars per acre, and dull salo at th'
:, AZ o general thing tile fariners !
- planters own more land Than sh
~ ran cultivate or rent out9 alnoticet I
j.. poorer sections OF this Stnto Gala
=, making greater progress In ngrico
W. ure than the richer sections w
~ this Is cannot tell, unless they q
>, compelled TO change their method
y farming or slarye. lspenl two da
!, las, week In Montgomery. The ~
=. islature was IN session. and W
:, having a lively time over albill TO.
~ tablish an Agricultural Bureau. \
a. layers thought the drawers ratl
8, large as they asked for an appropr
~ tion of only twenty five thousand
~ -. start on. Yet tho FARMERS Nvor
"a likely gst It, as there were ~ 'farm'
=" y. III the Legislalufea Il hope they "
=, n' get IT. y n there was tnore MOI
~ spent 10 develop tho agricultural >
~ sources of the country, we wo'
,.e soon see 4 decided improvement
70 'a the prosperity of tho countryeq z
~ Ton is very low, yet the farmers g.
- orally have Ileniy Of meat and are
',a coed spirits. Ii l were ayoung n
Ia ~. seeking a home and profitable invf
~ ~ mcpt, | know of no country more
~ viting than the cotton States.
w w best wishes for sou aud your read
he MosricsLho,, ALA, Jan a29th, u
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