Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-17
OUR SOU TiI.IISNIeIVAL.


nsylvania iron muster of ~ year,
experience, and lof several year, in
charge ot a furnace and iron proper
ty in Virginia, gives the following
testimony to tho future supremacy
of the South:
From Information | have gained OF
that section OF country, embracing
Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee,
am led to hclirv, that supremacy in
manufacture will. soon lie wrestcd
from the Middle and New England
States.
The States named have much ma
tural wealth. most of which is vet
nndcvclopcd; their rivers arc large
and provide cheap anil convenient
means OF spnria,ion, and their
railway facilities are being Increased
and extended OIL every hand. a
study Of the climate of regions os
rick in all tic clements Of wealth,
must lie interesting. IIcre!otor,
from some cause or other, most poo
pie when casting ahout for II nome,
'houghilessly dropped all conei lcra
ton of the south, hcinS led to be-
iirre that it is il hot, dry, unhealthy
region, and Immediately struck out!
Tor the West or Northwest, and en-
durc extreme cold in winter and cX-
trcnc heat in summer; hurricanes
and bIizzaIds at any Time and gen
orally ut time when least prepared
Tor them, and Il SOIL and climate
which are not nearly so attractive as
those which they SO tloughtlcss-
~ abandoned. The climate of the
Valley and Southwest Virginlc, X, L.
tncky, Eastern Tcnncs sec, WIS EN-
Georgia ami Nor,hern Alabama
within which is embraced tic South
crn iron and coal belt, which has *
cr.eace | such wonderful 10 I'm
since 1881, is mil'lcr than Pennsy.
vania. The summers are longor.
and while it lasts the hcrt is more.
II ady and uniform. They have,
however, no such thing as hot wave ,
which occasionally pass over IL c
North from Dakota 10 the Atlantic
cast, and sunstrokc in that region
Is unknown. The winters are con.
sid, rhly mild"r than We are accus-
ton g IN, aud the snow fal in
small II quantity than in the North
crn region. consider This section
OF the South more healthy than mo 1t
parts %: Pennsylvania, as it, is not
subjected To such s,d,len and violent
changes i'll the atmosphere, and
while the summer, are long, the
nights are always c ,ol emo gh to get
proper rest.
just think Of il. Ten years . q
here WAS scarcely an ion mill nl
any consequence south of Maryland.
AMI to-day the manufactures oil
Birmingham, Ala. can ship tn il
iron to New York, pay freight anil
still sell nj one dol ar Il top less than
tha iron made within one hundred
miles OF the market. The reasons
tor this are not hard to find. In The
first place, the NILS and furnaces ri
the South. all being new, are wei
lifted up with the latest improved
machinery, while many of ,iosc il
tAlS section o. country are old an,
are constantly being repaired, thcs,
T repairs cost both time and money
Then again in Pennsylvania, anc
especially, in Ecastcrn Pinnsylvania
(shcre they have not the advanlny,
of natural gas the three principe
5 material for the Manufacture of IRON
which are irCn ore, coal and linn.
stone, part Of the iron ore la , TO b,
hauled hundreds Of mil,s, while il
many parts OF The South the tire,
+, are found within radius of com
: parativcly few miles. These dcsira
bile locations for extensive works an,
the cheap manufacture OF iron ar
= not confined To one or two Of tn
Southern States, but embrace Vii
R Slnla. Tennessee, Kentucky, Gcorgi
q and Alabama.-- Manufacture Recor,