Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-22
The Climate of the South More
 Genial Than Germany.
AUSWANDERER RIGHT
9 i. Frank Y. Anderson Writes a Letter in Reply Full of
 Filthy Points.

1 Every capital city of Europe ia north of
 Washington except Athens. The sub- stantial immigrants who come to America look at the map and see that the south is
 several degrees lower in latitude than their native land, and they very naturally dread to come south. They think it lies in the | tropics and that the heat of summer is l something terrible. After they have loca- | ted there they find that the cold and heat of | the northwest is more extreme than in the south. They learn that the south has the | most equable and temperate climate in the | world.
 The leading German paper of New York, | Der Auswanderer, has gone to trouble and l expense to prevent German immigrants from making the fatal error of settling in the northwest instead of the south. It has compared the temperature of Germany with | that of the south, and the result is a sur | prise. It is found that the climate of the | south is more temperate and equable. This | fact will turn the tide of German i'm migra- | tion from the northwest to the south.
 The editor of Der Auswan derer sent | copy of the cEart to Maj. Frank Y. An | derson of this city, and asked his opinion | on the comparison. Major Anderson re- | plies in the following pithy letter: BIRMINGHAM, August 2l. 1894. To Emigrant Publishing Company, 72 Times E, I. GENTLEMEN: l beg to acknowledge your favor of the 9th instant, enclosing advance sheet of ''rhe South Versus the Great Northwest" which will be pub- lished in Der Auswanderer of August 20, and which 1 have read with much ln- terest.
 The international meteorological chart in this article, taken from observations made simultaneously in both count tries, is not only new, but the most convincing ar- 1vxf hot koxr al ss. fhot tfK.a
 Take, for instance, the temperature as shown in this chart Of Shreveport, La., and Hamburg, Germany. Upon com parison of these two important points !
 find that the temperature in January is 37 and fraction in Shreveport and 42 and fraction in Hamburg; in April in Shreve- port it is AZ and fraction and in Hamburg 42 and fraction; and in July-the hottest month-it is 75 and fraction in Shreve- port and exactly the same in Hamburg.
 This must be revelation to those who ignoraptly have supposed that the north presented climatic advantages over the south. The tide of immigration is natur- ally along the lines of latitude, hence Ger. states for new homes, for the reason that the climate is similar, the lands are cheaper, and the produce raised therefrom demands a higher price.
 select Shreveport because, though well situated, it's altitude Is not high above tide water. If, however, the comparison could be made with that portion of Alabama To- cated between Chattanooga and Meridian, with it's beautiful table lands and rich valleys, the temperature would be found to be much lower in summer and higher in winter than Hamburg, as shown in the chart.
 The farmer in the north and west is handicapped on account of the short sum- mers and the long and dreary winters. He can rarely make but one crop during the summer, and only small percentage of this can be marketed, for, on account Of the long winters, 1t takes most of the crops raised in the summer to keep the stock alive.
 In the south this state of affairs is re- versed. The summers are long and the winters short and mild and the farmer can harvest from two to four crops on the same land, and as the winters are short it takes but a small percentage of his crops to keep the stock In good condition.
 The result of this is that the farmer in the south can sell large per cent of what he raises, and is thus able to realize much more from given number of acres in the south than he can in the north or west.
 All the cereals that can be grown in the north and west can be raised in the south, with the addition of cotton and tobacco.
 In fruits and vegetables, the south has great advantages over the north; they grow more luxuriantly and consequently are more easily cultivated; they ripen earlier thus demanding a readier and higher market.
 Equally as good lands as those now sold in the north and west at from S30 to S75 au acre can be bought in the south at from $4 to SIC per acre, and this, too, on long time, SO as to permit the purchaser to make the purchase money by his own labor out of the land.
 Educational advantages are found in every township throughout the south, and a hearty and hospitable welcome from every citizen of the south awaits those who wish to come and make their homes in our midst. Very respectfully,
 FRANK Y. ANDERSON.
 IN THE RIGHT TEMPLE.