Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-06-19
TIL: PRODUCTIVE 1swra OF TIE SOUTH.


Coniedcracy who cnterlains i doubt Of orr
ability to feed ourselves anl our army. VIC
refer him to the statistics Of our export Of
wheat nnI -four, in former years, which
will scarcely f.! to satisfy lin. Tho
present wheat crop, now nearly ready for
the sickle, covers Il larger breadth of ground
than was ever before planted, and it is
admitted bv all 20 be tho most promi-
sing cruI ever known in the Southern
country.
An abundant yield is now beyond any
contingency, and wi !, in all probability, he
suflicicn, to furn;sI, bread to our people at
hCme. and to our armies in the field, and
leave Il surplus for export. Independent of
wheat, our former cotton fields are now
producing immense crops OF corn, peas,
rye, oats, and other produce for man aud
beast, besides sweet and Irish potatoes, su-
gar cane aud Sorgho.
We will have more hogs to fatten this
year--fivr or ten times more-than We're
ever previously raised and pat on our
markets, and will doubtless have quite
enough OF pork aud bacon to supply ali
our wants.
There is scarcely tan yard in the Con-
fedcracy that has no: been enlarged and
extended. and most Of the planters are
tanning FIR tilemsc vcs. SO there is no
probability OF our suffering f1r leather OF
shoes.
We have plenty Of arms, AMI can max"
our own powder, and the production Of
iron is rapidly increasing. Then, wha'
Indispensable article do we lack to r"nder
US entirely independent? II as Mat Of
clotA'ag, aud, strange to say, very little
attention has been paid, by our public au-
thorities, 10 its encreased producli'n. Our
old stock Of clothing is fast wearing ont
the production is not half equal TO the de-
mand. and it has become a positive and
pressing necessity to increase our means Of
supply. II this war continues, we vii!
need new factories and the old ones must
be extended and renovated; the hand Of
industry must be induced TO take hold of
the spnning-wheel and hand-loom, in
every hamlet and cottage IN tho country.
The question is, not how chcap we Can hc
supplied, but how are we to be supplied
at aU. 1t will be safe to assume that We
will have to rely mainly on home pro-
'''''' " t''e INJURY 10"
' T. wy ~ '"''e'ee INC mean, OF supply:
latve restrictions on prices. High rates
must be looked to as moving cause.
That our safety should depend on high
p ~ 'Nt'' '''""'e P'"es' !" Il" 1h-
,o''''"''"'''o 'eI'ec''"h' Out |" IS an ofhca'
we are doomed to pass through, and the
difficulty ought to be willingly met and
'e"'e m ~ e'e'y 'o'er o' ms c"',h-
u.I, e, '"",t ~ "P 70 " ro'"' 'i'"'
's''''''''''' INC "'"'-'o"''' ih'! sihh-
WV o' W. '''''' NC without Il sam HcEt
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''''"''.:H '''''i'.'N les ere Is pros
l"'' "' =S'' 2" H. ana !r'crS h''; rot u"
'''S!' "'', ~ '1"' e''; c''''''''' or our tat
"'''s "''' "' S"',.!'' !" wear out ;s''! '"lfn
w '''' u "' ',',', !" rene" '''e'h ":,!
i, - 10! "'" e. 'o''S''"c' 10 uri'2 reared,
.".' - ""' OF ','r 4'''''' on "'n '''s exist
az u - '''' S',"'''''t'' III IA" 4"t o'
'',"a''SS' -. az" "", '2't'e i'":''SH''"es-
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~" ''e cups = ming NC o.'ch,'ne' "i"'
wv" ~ 'Aif'''c'' ~ 'i''''"''e'y '"r '''e manu-
"'.",e ".s -, - '"c necessary articles. We """'d
w." o' =" - '"''"'" 70 c's''H ." me war
". "'n'. 1. ourselves a'.'' 10 put INC a"K"es
G' l'''' WV u'''. '''''.'e,J ."' w. pap
M ',I oi''""," HAS s'''ct'"'e' me 'r' '"a' ne
""o eN'"'"S'S me 'aSl e"'"eh o"''"r' ANA
:"I''S :. "nNee 'e'-'e'',s calico a'''i Se''S
" u r'f ''''e ""''"rS ya'd' Is ben' i'ct"r
1 , at % n"s !, Ir,ns5 Mg .It w Gs'"a ,,I pr" nI M
nodo .r,;nl, ia. u ',,'. PC "o'''-
"''''' ""' Ct """'
. a. ous ,l experience 's !" '"e salt production
am"'"S m "a 'a:ua''e lesson on the stimulating
ti'sI's ,,;s,, OF n,gn prices. ihe nnre''''cted
u" "sn , price Q. % sa'' uu''"s tie last summer
60 a%GOs ,niOt, i''pea & to Ave our nn'ry-"nd
c"e t"'ng' is certain that our meat could
n'' nave o'en saved without IT. And so
IL VIII De win clo'n. 1t prices be kept
un"n 90 ny 'esa' restrictions the hand spin
oa" ana ,"o." VIII be restrained and dis