Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-06

busy. While Southern cities have
been the least effected by the late
monetary disturbances, there his
been no halt in Southern progreas,
and the story Of improvements cw
enterprises and investments Dr.
Northern and English capital stib
goes on.
The reason for this is obvious.
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LIKE 1a,n.i..,.
world, the South with regard to
the United States, is recognized as
pre- eminently the country of the
future. Leaving for the moment
out. OF account its vast mineral
wealth, and considering it as pos
scssing only equal advantages
with the rest Of the land, the com
parativc sparseness of it's populu.
tion gives room for an almost III
definite increase. While the popu-
lation per square mile of MaSsa
chnsetts is 266.33, of Rhode Island
2G4.43 and Connecticut l57O2,in no
state OF the South, with the ex
ception of Maryland, does it rise to
90; in Texas it is only S.14, and in
Florida' hut 6.42. In Virginia it is
$3.50, in North Carolina 31.0o, in
Georgia 31.G3, in Alabama 29.71
and in Tennessee 3S.GS. While the
Eastern States named cannot be
said to be over.populatcd, having
Still large tracts available for oc
equation, they are manifestly a
great deal nearer the final
<. So ID he, than
ID - sEsa3es' 'Ss&G the South. To fix the
Saiinit is impossible, from the num-
bcreof considerations entering into
the 'snhject. Nero superficial area
Aas nothing to do with the matter;
e'otherwise New England could not
4play her leading part in the econo-
s}my of the country 1t is the pro.
= duction of things needed every
where, and the commerce growing
out OF the same, with good facili
ties for distribution that makes
material greatness, irrespective OF
superficial extent. Hence we can.
nhot place the limit; since by draw
ing supplies Of raw material from
all parts and sending the manu-
tactured product in all directions
the most diminutive tract can bt
made to support the densest popu
lation.
All this holds good in the South
with addition that the Southern
country is vast, aud instead of hav
ing to send this way and that lol
material, has the latter incalcula
ble quantity at its own door. TIN;
fact alone destines 1t to be nlti
mately the headquarters of manu-
featuring industry. AS to its ca.
pacity for supporting population
we believe no one can calculate it
for the reason just given. All thi
Is aside from the South's magnifi
eent agricultural capacity, which
with the growth Of population. b,
settlement and natural increase
must become an immense factor.
To dilate on the material resou,
ces of the South is unnecessary
They have been described so olte
tllatthe whole worldknows of then
and the knowledge is hecemin.
more emphasized and defined q,
cry year The recent visit of
large body Of European experts ha
done immense service in showing
mot only to the Old World but t
the people of this country, what til
capacity Of the South really is. ]
lsia capacity unequale,l in any oil
er part of the globe, and with til
manifold activities set on foot i
these days, such infinite provisio
of nature means foremost industr
al Importance.
The history of the year pa.
shows how the South is advancin
by rapid but sure steps to it's nit
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