Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-06-20
INDUSTRIAL REcoNsTRUcTIoN.

There is danger that our people, In their appre-
citation of the evils which they suffer from political
annoyances and disturbances may forget that those
are not the sole or most pressing disadvantages Of
our condition. There is danger that in regarding
reconstruction, on whatever TERMS as the hing
cure-al Of our troubles, we may neglect due atte-
ton to that without which even proper recon-
struction would avail but little. Reconstruction
will not feed us. It will not ell our corn houses
with grain. 1t will not give US wheat and corn and
cotton to sell. Without these we should be hum
cry and poor, if we had thousand recons1uctiona
We cannot prosper until We create wealth by labor;
until we produce an abundance for use, and sur
plus for sale. II, therefore, those who are looking
for reconstruction" to pay their debts, and fn
their pockets, would 60 to work-if they would re-
construct their fences and plough theirfelds-
Of the last harvest more than the Shelabarger bill,
which makes our farmers poor to-day.
We would not underrate the distress due to the
hostile legislation which we suffer. It dampens
ardor, it chis enterprise, and it Is an excuse for
lazness It's chief evil is in inspiring capital with
distrust, and in repeling immigration. But even
these effects may be exaggerated. It is non-pro-
duction North and South, that makes capital
timid. Immigration, too, Is a thing Of gradual
growth. The tendency Of emigrants is to 60 where
emigants have gone. One attracts another. The
SUCldl ScuILucuC HAS dS uluCu W UO
an emigrant's destination, as material advantage
The Northwest teens with Yankees and with for
eigners Of all nations; and to the Northwest, for
that reason, the tide Of emigrants still flows It Is
this, more than nonreconstrucion, that has de-
prived us of share. In order to get them, We
shall have to devise means for turning the current.
We must be content with small results at first
The great difficulty is in making the the Start
Astor said his first thousand dollars were harder to
acquire than his subsequent millions So it is
with immigrants. Get few thousand In some
way Make them contented, help them to pros
per,-and the rest will cost but little trouble.
five pay proper attention 10 the considerations
we have suggested, it will be far more to the point
than to be restless about reconstruction. Hrecon-
structed tomorrow, it would not tend to keep rust
out of the wheat or crows from plucking the corn.
Let US be at work, diligently and hopefully. Let
US encourage immigration, and be content with
thousands or with hundreds as beginning, five
cannot get more, Over these things we have
control over political matters we have none. In
dustry in our business affairs viii give Us bread to
eat,-political activity little besides "dirt" Do
not defer industry until after reconstruction. 4"
Do not delay to work your lands, until tide of
immigrants shall make them command higher
price. IF we wait for immigrants to bring capital,
they will wait until we are obliged to sell at song
To make our farms sought after, we must make
them productive. = Richmond EnQfrer.