Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-02-27
AN ENGLISH ECHO.
WHAT SIR JOHN BULL THINKS
OF UNCLE SANS SOUTHLAND.

WHAT SIR JOHN BULL THINKS
OF UNCLE SANS SOUTHLAND.
The city is full of rumors regard
ing the coming boom in American
lands. Extraordinary statements
are being made as to the enor-
nous mineral wealth of the South
crn States, which if correct, must
make that district the bonanza Of
the future. Sir Lowthian Bells
advice to the members Of the Iron
Steel Institute, to inspect the
iron works of the Southern States,
"wlicrc natural resources are so
enormous" has done much to di-
rect the English mind to the won
dcriul developments now in pro-
gross in those districts. The re-
turn of tho delegates is awaited
with some expectation, as their
statements will,we think, be favor
able to the country; for no one can
study the remarkable combination
Of resources which the South en-
joys without being convinced that,
giags atural advantages, this section
of the country stands far ahead of
any other country in the world. In
climate, soil, rivers, mineral and
timber wealth, nature seems to
lave done her best for the South.
Although crippled by a disaster
Gus and deplorablc war, she is
now again leading the van of
American progress. And it is
largely Northern capital which is
aiding her in her, rise, and finally
ccmenting q union that Legislation
could never perfect. The whole
country pulsate with industrial
activity. Districts which few
years back were wholly occupied
by farms, or which were unre-
Gained from the forest, are now
now becoming centers of manu-
featuring and commercial indust-
RES. The cry is no longer GOO
West young man,"but "go South.n
Pennsylvania iron masters are re-
allzlng the meaning Of this South
ern competition in coal and iron.
while many Northern industries
are being transferred en- bloc, to
the more favorable district where
material and transportation are
cheaper.
There is no doubt but that the
center Of industrial DEVELOPMENT
Is gradually being transferred from
the North to..South. Mr.. Carnegie,
indeed, regards the South as Penn
sylvania'S most formidable indus
trial enemy in the future. An
other authority, the Hon. Chaun-
Gerry M. Depew, says "the South is
the bonanza Of the FUTURE" while
equally potent is the statement
made by Hon. w. d. Kelley, "the
South is the coming Ell Dorado of
American adventure.n But com
ing nearer home, and to authority
better known TO English people we
will quote Sir Lowthian Bell. He
states: ultimately, there seems
nothing, so far as our present
knowledge permits us to judge, to
prevent these Southern States
from becoming the cheapest iron
making centers in the Uuion," a
prophecy not far from fulfillment.
Despite Wall street manipula-
lions, despite low prices of iro 4
and steel, and all other causes
which generally retard the devel-
opment of country, the South
is still moving forward with ac-
CELEBRATED step. Nothing seems to
check it. From the Potomac river
to the Rio Grande there is nothing
but progress.-Ten years ago the
wealth of the United States was
computed at s44,OOO,OOO,OOO, now
that wealth is estimated to be
s64, oo0,O0O,OOo, an increase of
s2,000,0 100000 for each year du.