The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-07-25


hind the western portion in railroad facili.
ties.
Now to the citizens Of Lancaster District
again. have already assumed that this
road would make your Village great in
land town. Well, if it does, you are to be
benefited by it, from the fact, that the lar
ger your town is made, the more competi.
ton it will invite. For instance, if we had
half dozen cotton merchants to bid for
our cotton and other produce, we would
get more for it than We would If there
were only one or two. Here is the grand
reason why every man and widow lady in
this District ought to take stock in this
road, both rich and poor, according TO their
means and the distance Fl om the road. For
the distance from Camden to Charleston is
las miles. and the distance from Lancaster.
vile to Charleston by the great Central is
only ISL miles, n distance of six miles
more, and the distance from Lancaster to
Camden is 40 miles.
SO it is n very clear point that co tton
merchant in Iancasterviile can give ne much
for cotton as they can in Camden, whenev'
er the railroad is built. Every person will
admit the fact, if cotton merchant would
establish himself in Lancastcr,lle to buy
! cotton before the rail road was built, he
would have to buy it cent less per TO- than
the merchants would give in Camden, or
ntb b.r h., L., Al
So il is very clear case, that the mau who
takes no stock in the road, would make two
dollars on every bale Of cotton he would
sell, or get cent more per lb., or, IN other
words, he will save hauling his cotton 40
miles, and some persons above Lancaster
SO mrles, and it cost cent by the pound
to Camden. So YOU may put il up either
of the three ways and he will be certain
and make cent per ID. more on his cot.
ton and pay out no money. 1t does appear
TO ne if railroad il built TO l.ancasterville
aDd had taken no stock in il, when
would bring eight bales of cotton into Lam
BASKERVILLE and sell il and get the money,
would feel huHorably bound To 60 To the
stockholders and say to them, "genilemen
here is SIC of your money. take it. for you
Invested your capital in an enterprise that
brought facilities 10 my dour, 3y which
made this SIG, or then ] would feel bound
to hani it to Camden. These arc my siu-
cere and honest convictions.
] heard n gentleman in this District say
not long since, who had taken three thou
sand dolla:s of stock in the road, "that he
had been averaging 100 bales Of cotton
every year for some Years back, aud the in
trrest on the $4,000 would pay Tor the car
ragr of his every year in advance" Aud
he said, il he "never got any dividends on
his $4,000, he would no, loose any thing, but
would be well payed by having hi. cotton
carried OIL lie is what | call rail road
iuau from the depth Of his heart. lie is II
! liberal aud pubic spirited gentleman, and
his purse Is always open 10 the necessities
OF the age and the general welfare of his
fellow beings. Tins is enough Ia induce
any man in the District 10 take STOCK in
tend that for every twenty bales of cotton
a man makes, he can take six hundred dol.
lars IN the road, aud ii he never gets a
dime back in the way Of dividend, he would
make money by il. For the hauling Of hi.
20 bales would be about ihe interest on his
| 5000, O,-bcsId,, he would have The advanta.
| ges H. the up-ireight. He would save in
[ the single article uf salt more than 100 per
cent. For when a SACK of salt IL worth in
l.ancasicr,iIie, without rail road So so
| and with rail road, i. would only be w"rlh
! Sl.5O. Another advantage he would de.
! rive, # he wanted To 60 Ia any other sec.
ton OF the country, he could 60 and return
in few days.
| have heard it asserted since the apta.
lion OF a railroad in this district, that the
cotton men were The men to build the rail
road" Now ! want to prove 10 those who
use this argument that they are very much
mistaken; for can assure them that ,he
cotton planter can do better without III,
facilities of railroads than any other tiIler
OF the earth. Suppose the cotton planter
hauls bales of cotton to Camden, he gets
$40 per bale, ;la, brings him 1920 lie is
gone four days To market with two hands
and team of FIVE mules, they are worth
SO per day, that would bring The cotton
down S296 nett Then suppose corn was
very plenty in this District and only worth
from 60 10 rs ceuts per busheI and in
Camdcn il would command 81 rs. Such
has been the case ia this district when abun.
dant crops have been made and 80 far from
a railroad.
Then we will suppose the same team and
hands ould take 60 bushels Of corn Ia
Camden, that would bring him at 81 %
per busheI, SIS; then take off the same fol
hauling aud he only has S5l 10 money
while the cotton planter mas S296 nett, 70,
tho same amount Of labor 10 hauling.
boldly assert the proposition that those who
make gain and other articles Of produce