Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
THE SOUTH'S CLIMATE.
It Is the Most EquabIe in the World, Says
 Leading German Paper.

livery cdpltdl clty OI EuTOpe IS I1oflH OL
 Washington except Athens. The sub
 stantial citizens 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 natural
 ly dread to come south They think 1t
 lies in the tropics, and that the heat of summer is something terrible. After they
 have located there they find that the cold
 and heat of the northwest is more ex-
 treme than in the south. They learn that the south has the most equable and tenn perate climate in the world.
 The leading German paper or New York, Der Auswanderer, has gone to trouble and expense to prevent German immigrants from making the fatal error of settling in the northwest instead or the south. It has compared the tempera- ture of Germany with that of the south, and the result is surprise. It found that the climate of the south is more tenn perate and equable. This fact will turn
 the tide of German immigration from the
 northwest to the south.
 The editor of Der AuSwanderer sent
 copy of the chart to Maj. Frank Y. An
 derson of this city, and asked his opinion
 of the comparison. Major Anderson re-
 piled in the following pithy letter;
 Birmingham, Ala, 1896.
 To Emigrant Publishing Company, 72
 Times Building, New York, N. Y.-
 Gentlemen: I beg to acknowledge your
 favor of the 9th instant, nclosing ad-
 vance sheet of "The South versus the Great Northwest" which will be publish ed in Der Auswanderer. and which nave
 read with much interest.
 Take, for instance, the temperature as
 shown in this chart of Shreveport, La,
 and Hamburg, Germany. Upon com
 parison of these two important points 1 find that the temperature in January IS 37 and a fraction in Shreveport, and AZ
 sxr, tfa ot1lh Shreveport it is AZ and fraction, and in Hamburg AZ and fraction; and Tn July-the hottest month-it is ID ana fraction in Shreveport, and exactly the same in Hamburg.
 r This must be a revelation to those who ignorantly have supposed that the north presented climatic advantages over the south The tide of immigration Is natur- ally along the lines of latitude, hehce
 German emigrants should seek the south-
 ern states for new homes for the reason
 that the climate is similar, the lands are
 cheaper and the produce raised there from commands a higher price.
 I select Shreveport because, though
 well situated, its altitude is not high
 above tide water. If, however, the com
 par.son could be made with that portion
 of Alabama located between Chattanooga and Meridian with it's beaut1ful taple lands and rich valleys, the temperature would be found to be much lower Tn sum mer 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 durlhS the summer, and only small percentage of this can be marketed for. on account of the long winters, it takes most of the crops raised in the summer to keep the stock alive.
 In the south this state of affairs is re- yersed The summers are long ana 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. 1t takes but small percentage or his crops to keep the stock in good con- dition. 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 real ize much more from given number or 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 reader and | higher market.
 | Equally as good lanuS as those now SoIu 1 in the north and west at from $50 to $75 an acre can be bought in the south at l from S4 to $10 an acre, and this, too, on | long time, so as to permit the purchaser | to make the purchase money, by his la | bor 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 home in our midst. Very respectfully, FRANK Y. ANDERSON.