The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-05-13
Extract from Hon 8. T. Perry Ad-
dress, delivered before the South
Carolina Institute Fair, in Noyem.
Der last.


The general impression is, that agricul-
;are yields better and more certain
profit than either manufactures or COM
merce, AMI yet every days eXper eucc
proves that larger fortunes are made 10y
men engaged in commerce and manUluc
lures, than hv those employed IN tiIliur
the earth, Fortunes are made, too, more
speedily in commerce and manufactures.
1t is true they are not SO secure rs invest
men III lands and negroes. They are
more liable 70 3e lost, and in that respect
only has the agricullurst his ADVANTAGE.
The cotton factories in the ucrhborho5d
OF Augusta pay from twenty to ,Iirry
per cent; the GrauitcviIc Factory paws
from IL Sht 10 eighteen per cent. Where
Is the ngr;cu!tursi, farmer or planter, " lao
realizes these profits On Lis capital .nycs.
led
\! illustrating the idea, that Planting
is morc profitable than any other Iursui,,
1t has Loen beautifully said, ,lat the earth
la great machine, made ready to the
hands OF the agricultural, ANA he has it,
sol and the seasons ALWAYS work ur iur
him. But it must Lc remembered r};,r
t'ItS inlrIiIIp .tII !.nu.,i L..
10 ,l', hands ,t IN. o,ri,rr,,,.,, ,,,-;,
him. in lis rurch,,r. from un. - o,,,.
hauJreL dollars ,cr ar,n Tif, =, L,,.,o
inycstrnp,., rn ,Lr IYr,,nr ,,rgr,,r L,.,@,,
lc rcn.cml cred. too, lha, this nr..,, ~,
c'l.uc is .1i ircl to floods and rmp,,,,
s,orm> aud drnuoh;s, which ohcu dr,,,,,.
or seriously iiuc, the cro~>. |, mus,
lr b. rae in mind, a'sn, that this r,,.u
rua,hiuc is almost the only one Which
the n.rcul,urist can use. E,cr,,l,:u
h t. hr done iv h:m with mammal L,nr,
i! tie cultivation Of his cIup, Willis, Il r
manu!ac,mrr does alm.,>t even, ,lrnr l.,
IRA .n'ucrv. Tai> enables Lin ln MAX.
profits which the planter caunu, ,caliz.
The effects If mnchiicry il, all H..
mcrS...c arts have l.rndnc,I AN cu,i,e
rv,"luii"u ia labor, IroG,s amt mod. O,
VIM! lhrouyhout the civilized worII ,,ir.
in. The last century. The COTTON n;r
il.r snnuim, irnu,y and the r,v.c ,,,,i,
now eualle le one to do, in one ,hv. IN Ia.
manuiac,nre Of cotton, wla, !, r.o,.fr.l
three thousand mrn to- ,,u in luLia. L.u
l.nIianL purchased the cotton mnnu.ac.
-'"'"s ''f thHu-ruunrry lie ul>ruvcrr ~
Tam power IN" '"" aPphsa''"" "' !, L"
rN'-Ni III "'m haN"i' "hn"''S man I"
make N'i'S" OF } n'mcy II" wv" or '!''r
""Ns' ""'e" .e'ore H'S'" nave r'4WiGi
~ '', = N'"h' =: ""hNnS "eh0W nave
Mu''N '"r "",h% almost every hing,
"r 'h l" i"'" required manual labor. He
at 81 ll" >'"I""r A"d mat OF 'Ae pa"
''r ""'i' i"''"v'l r'qn"c' the hlg,'"N'
S'"'"S '"t '''e '''oS' i'"'"S |'N''S r"">
"!; ""N' "eeI S'."'" =" " "'"'''u'.!'
'"'' ",'''St ""'" out y '"c """"7 81 '""
""S' o'o'""'1 10 "o' o"'' "''"W'N,'uF
80" "H "'' '"'"e'i y o"' ''''"' w 'H NV
'I' cry i"S'eau o' using '"c S'"" lf"''s,
" '"' '''"'' ''''o' "'"''o" - ~" '"'''"'T"'
80" :. =! f"S''P"' WIZ! "'' SI','' "'
I-"'"'S "V'"'S ''' ''"''','' ''' u,
"I i'"I,t''S''s ~ nave "'t" ''''''S :" N'''' u
"'' H'''c anu ~ '''
'e ''',o'" VI ~. '"' t'''''''T ''l''
- 80 COG t''.'S VI ',,". "''' a." we
'|'' =" 90 80 "i''''' o.
y. - !'''s''''' . "1" ''','.I" - E''E' """
,.'"'H '",''' 80 "''G ~, ~
r'',' Wv - , ""''"'." ,',''I "'
''',' T"o ,' '''', '",,'" cav! ','I ,'''''
''>"',' ''',o|e'N' 1t ''e '''s' ~ ',',''H
''I'' 49, ":'' ''o' e"Jo! 80 ''''"! " we
'"N"''er -. "' '''' - t"1 poor '"@o'Gr 10"
"o'>' f"e,2' M"''' l'e'''S ""I pr"
. ,',>,' "',' ''v! , i',uu, 10 wear, are now
'"'''"'" ~ ''S'! '"S '' "''',y IL u" ."'''
~ 80 '"' oe," ""'e =! ''"'"'h''H
"''" Improvements =, "'' '.''"""'' aus
irI '"' "'' ""' G""''' N''o'''' "'"''
" '"',' ,'"'S
II" or!er 10 i"r,her illustrate the "d'""
'"S'" OF " nation di'eiN'I!'Gg her indus,
u! ana '"por' 'et Us 'Toh 10 N"G'a"" """
SPAN, MI" compare these TWO kingdoms
III thcif we",h: c'v'izai'on a"" general
prosperity. We shall see toy tins com
l""scn' the great advantage" aud proud
superiority "h'eh u nation has IN n"'ung
commerce aud manufactures "ii' aEfictt''
t9re, over one purely agricultural. The
Cnled h'ngdom OF Great hntan and
Ireland Gas an area ol l22,31l square