The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-05-09
THE SOUTH MUST BECOME a MANU-.
FACTURER.

m0uu w hlS, % We HoP' ~ VIZ usso's
m,ny years shall elapse-when Southern
agriculture shall reach that high point OF
development Of which il is capable when
the Southern staples OF corn, wheat. rice,
sugar, tobacco, and those numerous other
products 10 which our soil is adapted. shall
be produced 10 the abundance so easily at
tainable under ar adequate labor system
and iudlcious management--a new uccu-
patton, scarcely less profitable than agri-
culture, will be opened 10 us--manufac-
lures.
Eitherto our planters aad farmers have
been III the habit Of investing The profits Of
agriculture IN negroes and lands. The alb
clifton uf slavery has rendered the former
mode Of investment Of capital impossible.
aud TIA, renders further investment in land
undesirable. How will. how should. the
profis u agriculture be invested: 0byi.
ously III manufacturing facilities.
I'm to the interest of every people TO
make all they can out Of the raw material
.ley produce. We. II course, do not mean
that ihe farmer shall himself turn manulac
iurer Ore pursuit IS enough for one man.
We slmpls mean that when the producer
has perinFmed his function, and got the raw
material ready for market. Il would be de-
sirabe tor the manufactures 10 lie ~ hand.
and work il Up on the spot. IN the various
fine fabrics suited to the markets oi the
world .fhe perfection OF an industrial
Commonwealth is, that il shall make all
that can be made ont Of it, Grade prodUc.
ton. Why sell these products 20 New
Yorker or an Engllshman, 10 be shipped 10
the North. or 10 Europe, and there manu-
fae,sfed, and 10 be retasned ~ thnse hne
and costly fabrics that are in almost uni
sersai usc When thus returnrd and pur.
chassd by The original proilucer. he has TO
pay. a. par, uf The price. toe crst OF trans
porisuon 10 and irom the point Of manu-
iaciure. With manufacturing establish.
mems IN our soil. and AZ our dnnrs, ihis
Z important element oi cost will be saved
no, only To him bot his neighburs. his whsl'
commumIIs and seclun. aud al the immense
manufacturing profits will 20 70 swell ihs
Golfers 81 that community and scri,oa, and
10 bUud up private fortunes. The indus
trial syslem ol that country that makes cot
ton, Tor instance, and sells that product I,
foreign manufacturer. and then buys hl'
iabric. AZ hugh price. i immature AM i'm
perfect. Ii involves an unnrce.sary saeri
fee Of gains that should be reaped by itself
There Is bu; nnc Southern staple out .
whirh the South has made what i ought {
make--iu0accD. That has not only beet
made, 0ul il las been manufactured ~ "
various iorms at the suuih--bui only, 4
any considerable extent, for chewing anl
smoking purposes.
u manufacturing slnuit. a j, ought 70
become ! leading Du.iness II the South, 4
~lll duplicate and re.duplicaie its wealth
population ard influence. To suppose tha
iiis ~.bld diminish expnfis j. 10 ,uppos
al absGrdily. The condensation ni saiae
which j gained by reducing he oalk :
fhc raw material mte Tie more portable
lnrms u marketable ifbrie.--ior instance
uitompres.ing ui hogsheal ni loba CO leare
into cOmpac aud convenient boxc, II chr.
ing ,obacco; ur Df reducing i pdc III cot
TOT t0 cotton clntll; ef i bushr III ahea
foiis proper measure q haur--i, grea
pptnt gained in international commerce
besides tic profits ftsik q and retained ,
llDm: by tic performance y every lunc ioi
netcssars Il put tie raW material u tues
shapss. This condensation u values ~
cresscs exports, tor II enables US 10 sen'
abroad what would otherwise be too bulk.
for transportation The smaller TIC bull
The less tie cost oI transportation, ard macl
reproduction has been. anil val eon'inu
10 be. lost 10 the commerce VI tue world D.
reason Of It's not being put in portable shap
At tie point d production.
The great exporting nation Is England
Why5 Not because il is tie great produ
cling nation, but because il draws the raw
saaterial from oil parts Of the world, manu-