Show The Southern States ale catching up I with New England very fast In the way of manufactures They are catchIng I catch-Ing up with Pennsylvania and l Lake Superior In the handling of Iron and isle I-sle < 1 and coal The Savannah News I I says that tho present profit on Southern South-ern iron approximates 510 per ton and 2000000 tons from Southern foundries are in sight this year That with the I homo demand has caused orders to be booked for a full year ahead At the same time 0000 more men are at work In the > Iron and coal business than there I were a year ago1 We have before spoken of the colon manufacturers I there The mils are Increasing at the I rate of one a week and the consumption consump-tion seems to keep full pace with iho supply When all up and down the Al leghaulcs the air is clouded with tho stnokp of furnaces and forges and when all the riven that run down lo limo seaand gulf are attested and made I i lo turn wheels to create tleelriclly 1 I I necessary to run the mills In hue I In I oriqr the South will have the advantage advan-tage of having all her material right I I under hand and the saving In freight j i i alone ought to give her a splendid < i profit over New England competitors |