Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-09-30

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such as schools, courts of justice, parks,
museums, art galleries and architectural
monuments pay little if anything at ''the
gates" but remotely they pay most rich.
! ly in all that makes civilization of the
highest value. Men, too, are beginning
TO realize that such agencies have II COM
mercal value beyond computation, and
| that, without them, we would only be Il
race of propCrtyleSs semi-ciyilized beings
| Whether millions are made or lost at the
! gates of Il great exposition, the whole
country reaps an incaculable benefit
| thercfrom i'll new and uuickened i'm
pulses ana IN a larger grasp OF construct
| i've and peaceful pursuits.
The Great South.
One who has not visited the South can
| form but the funniest idea of its magni
tude and resources A few illustrative
comparisons, therefore, cannot but he
| helpful in this connection. Inclusive of
| New Mexico, the Indian Territory and
Oklahoma the area of what we term the
| South is LODI, 100 square miles. This
area is twenty-four times that of the
| State of New York, or is large enough to
make twentyfour States the size of New
York with more than enough territory re-
maininG To make three States like Massa-
chusctts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
| This great Southern area is also equal to
the combined areas of England, Ireland,
scotland, the entire German Empire Aus
tria-H Hungary, Holland, Belgium, Swift
crlnd, Denmark, Spain, Italy and
| France, with Il surplus sufficient to make
two States like Delaware and Rhode
island. These European countries above
named have a population to-day of go
0uO,0UO, or more than three times the
present population of all the United States
and Territories, or nine times the present
population of the South The population
If the State of massachusetts is 800 to the
| square mile. \ population of like density
in the South would number 32S, ,000.0 900.
| If peopled as densely us England the
| South would have Il population of co.,
OoO,UOO, a number equal to two-ffths of
| the human beings now ON the globe.
| SaXony is the most densely peopled coun-
try of Europe, having 633 persons to the
square mile. An equally dense popula-
| tion in the South would give that section
Ci93 millions or twenty-nine times as many
rs it now has, Il number nearly equalins
half the population of the earth.
| Resources of the South.
''Iho SOUTH as we use the term, en-
braces the States of Alabama, Arkansas,
| Delaware Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
| Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, South Carolina,
| Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Nir-
| ginia, and the Territories of New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Space
does not permit us to speak of the re-
| sources of the South, except in general
way. The fair will adequately set them
| forth, and the several States will issue
deSeIip'Ne pah'pIlets anu pooks "hich
can pe opt'iiie" pS NlSi'orS' TOT cen
tuilH5 EsHPt was l!e Grthafy OF the
NoIiu' Aet ITS pIoa"cilNc urea the NalieE
ol tle Lower Nllc' nus never exceeded
"lle oic huhul'" ailu iiilitth patt ol the
area oi lne Sout"' oh !eSS than one
tehth VI 'nc "'ic"Se "uihliapi% "oapled
u ,.'' l"'HlnS y! co''1ii' anu WIN an iilS
prileet c"i'iNa'ioh Wii,ch uoes not prlhS
from t!e i'nu ohe,,i'ii ol "lat II Gun
! e"9h! l'i"' 'hc 'o"ln WIN plo"uce ',ooo'-
ooo o"ies on cot'oii ,ilS sthSoh' OF thfee-
d"urtHS OIL the "orlu en'ire Folloh crop.
lne coa! n'i'itr''' iulloer' asIlcullufal
anu norticuitur'i resources Oh me oontl
uIc slraliS lIipAn""Selole' ana II Woulu
require 'he iapor oil Il populati3n zen
fully deyelnn those resource, rho v,rifo,
bama and merely reitcrates here what he
said and wrote twenty eight years ago,
when this iron was practically untouched
Iron can be made there more cheaply than
anywhere else in the world. Limtless
quantities of iron ore, coal and lime stone
lie together, and while few may be i'll
cIincI to credit the startling statement
it is nevertheless true that pig iron can
be made in Alabama to-day so much un-
der 81 ton as TO astound one capable
of estimating the cost of that product.
The writer has taken pains to prove be
yond Il doubt that steel of best qualities
can be made of this iron, and in the near
future, steel will be made in large guam.
titles in birmingham and neighborhood
Il prices which will ustonish this iron age.
In 1890 Alabama stood second as an iron
producing State, and PENNSYLVANIA stood
third, Michigan, of course, being first
The world is now making and consuming
yearly about 10000. 900 tons of iron and
Alabama alone could easily furnish that