Excerpt from Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical; 1887 The. Attitude of jefferson County toward American manufacturing has suddenly assumed a determining influence. Its wonderful resources, and their possibilities, even now command general recognition in that division of the world's manufacturing industry wherein wages are highest, labor -most dignified, and profits most certain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.