The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-01

+i.' i'd. tho South.
Se'r iors Commercial Adrertt.cr. q. ~
MIR. A. W. Campbell, Of tho Wheeling
lSrELlldEScER, has been spending some
months In the South. He is an acute OBJ
server OF eyerythin: connected with the
development OF the, material interests OF
the country, as his instructive letters from
tho Pacific Coast, published last summer,
fully attest. These letters we're written in
a spirit OF impartiality and with 50 pain.
stalking desire to give information about
the comparatively unknown region OF
which they treated, that they were OF i'm
'nense value to intending settlers. l.,
The service which Mr.. Campbell por.
formed last year for. the Pacific Northwest
ne Is ut present repeating for the Gulf
States, to which part OF the country he is
ny no means stranger, giving the result
OF his investigations into the industrial, cd.
ucational, social and political status OF the
region in question, through the columns
OF his newspaper. He finds that after wan
dering aimlessly in the wilderness OF self.
satisfied Incidence for many years tho peo-
pie OF that region have Mt last Sc: their faces
toward the Promised Land of industry
ana material prosperity. They are still.
however, only in the Transition stare OF
their effort Mt new and better order OF
things, but the progress which has been
thus ias made warrants tho expectation
that great things are to be achieved.
Mr.. Campbell is greatly impressed with
the vast areas OF excellent pine forests in
mississippi, covering at least onc-third of
the State. Although these rich woodlands
have been only recently invaded by the
lumbermcn, theirvalue is now understood,
Sawmlils have sprung up US ii by magic at
the heads OF the water courses putting into
the Gull OF Mexico, and the manufactured
lumber is shipped to ready markets in
Mexico, South America, the West Indies.
and elsewhere. n.
The planters recognize the fact that cot
ton is no longer king, although its impor-
lance MS q factor in the new order of af-
lars IN the Gull States cannot be disputed.
Cotton spinning is IN infant industry, but
already there arc three hundred mills in
operation which produce coarse style OF
goods peculiarly adapted to the wants OF
the Southern people, ut 4 cheaper cost
than that at which Northern manuiactu-
rcrs ARE able to supply such fabrics. A re-
cent contributor to tile wealth OF the South
is cotton seed, formerly waste product.
which was allowed to rot upon the ground,
but which has grown to be Il valuable ar
ticle OF commerce, and is applied to a va
Fiety OF useful purposes
In the coal and iron regions OF Alabama
Mr.. Campbell discerns the possibilities OF
a new PENNSYLVANIA. The iron region ex-
tends also over q considerable portion OF I
Georgia, Tennessee and West Virginia, but
in Alabama it is especially large and rich.
The annual output OF iron during the last
three years in Alabama has increased from
Si,00o,C00 to $4,000, 600 and the develop
ment OF the industry is scarcely begun.
The abundance OF coal in. the neishbor-
heod OF the iron fields permits the eco
nomical working OF foundrics. Already /
large rolling mil. has been established at
Birmingham. while car wheel works and |
stove manufactures are contemplated
But in spite OF the ncw-aEcnues to
wealth which have been opened to the
South by the development OF its rich nat
urai resources in the way OF lumber, iron |
and coal, that region must always remain |
chiefly an agricultural country. It will,
however, no longer depend exclusively
upon the cotton crop, which in the case
OF its failure in former times often brought |
upon the planter: the unhappy necessity
OF mortcaging his property to pay for his |
iool. Now the agriculsuris. has grown
prudent; not only raisin. sufficient corn
for his needs, but also enough to iatten
the pork which is required in his house.
hold. The advantages OF this course are
patent, although it was not general in the |
days beforet the war. Market gardeningcoa-
stantly receives greater attention, and the |
owners OF truck farms secure handsome |
profit in supplyin: the North with early
vegetables and fruits by means OF the |
great through railroads and water trans
portat!on. ..,.
The climate Of the Gull States, in the
opinion OF Mr.. Campbell, is conducive to
good health The summers are by no
means facilitating, and temperature of
eighteen degrees above zero in winter is
considered extremely cold. In fact, there
is nildncss and equability OF the tempera-
ture throughout the year which are both
agreeable and wholesome. The death rate
in Alabama and Mississippi, rs shown BY
the statistics on tbs point, ranges from
iour to five percent lower than in the New
England States. H. s''S
The facts thus outlined are certainly
encouraging, and fully warrant the interest
which has lately grown in the public mind
with regard to the excellent opportunities
that ave offered in many Of the Southern
States to men Of enterprise and capital.
The Southern people arc eager to now
welcome among them ell who are able to
help them forward in the great career Of
induatr!al progress upon which they have
entered, To develop this to It's fnll extent
more money is the prime necessity, and
that thls,wlll be sooner or later forthcom-
inc, where the promised returns are SO
attractive, there need not be the slightest
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