Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-14


staples Of the South-is, under the present sys-
tenn of free negro labor, the most uncertain tne
least remanerave and the most 5ns system
of emancipation been adopted, men would 1y
degrees have accommodated themselves to the
gradual change, and the industry OF the eoun-T
try would have received no such shock as now
prostrates the South and oyerwhelms her In
despair. Upon the agriculture Of the country
mainly depends the wealth and prosperity Of the
country. But few years ago, the cotton exported
from the United States controlled foreign exchange,
and held the monopoly in foreign markets. 's.:H9w'
is it to-day, and how will it be in the future? In
stead Of five millions bales sent forward 70 ex-
ercise the former influence upon, trade, we have
ing into market, and that at q price per pound, IN
c,urenat-the revenue tax considered-yery little,
If any thing, in advanceof what was realized per
pound for the large crops Of former years paid 10
gold. Why is this2 it may be asked: Tie lands
are the same-the seasons are the same-the eli
mate is the same-why then, the diference2 We
ans,oeT, the labor Is not the same Instead of in
dustzy, we have idleness; instead Of . system, we
have disorder; and instead of profits we have loss
The Sntnra "a va have in the nastS Sureiv NOT
Rnt Saw veors hafore tho worr ono ~ onr n,ost
;ntal;oan, ,iontors ranro.artoJ .S;S St.to ot tho
WnriE. Erh;h;t;o, Z, Par;s ,rd nd ,,,or h;s -.
t,r ,ono-toJ thot ha cow ,,,so ,bore
tSe cotans % al Aio;ers ss% AND f"u, the H.. wh;cR
uere in. eva,u nav aonsI to The nast ,,,o,ct;o,,a
of the United States. He asked why cannot these.
cottons compete with the American cottons? The
answer was, because We cannot produce the article
isbo- vb;cb rnr o,o,,'.nr,a ;S ,,,roshle ;dle and
costjv "vS;Ie vo,rs 4, mnSer cont,o sts.Jv, and
chean 'Eor these reasons vo,, iii oIvsvs e aha,
to driva NO ont NJ mo-iot Rnt ,vhot no,u Ia tha,
condition of the Southern planter? His labor Is
much more costly than that of Aleiers OF the East,
equally unsteady, and, probably, less under his
control, and he finds himself now, after an exhaust
ing war, driven from the market by prices which
his former competitors can afford to take. The
present low price of cotton Is but the evidence Of
the cause already stated And II NAV Be that, in
into tie United Statea instead n erno,tin0 these
creat oommodities. We are now est;no. IN tha III.
terior of South Carolina r;ce mnorted fnom China.
and we have been crediby Uniformed that East In.I
dian cotton has been. imported into New York,
How soon the State-craft Of Great Britain may find
it expedient to impose an import duty upon Amer
lean cottons, who can tell? But itInay be asked,
Is there no remedy for these ;calamities to the
Southern people R. We answer, most probably no
immediate remedy, Time is the great master of
the situation. If our people viii gye:up the de-
lusive hope of growing rich by the cultivation Of
cotton thereby probably working their utterruin4
If they will cultivate less cotton and more bread
stuff; raise for their own use and for sale horses
mules and stock of all kinds cure their own hay,
make their own butter, and se The surplus II; they,
will labor to fill the land with plenty they VIII, ina
short time realize aehsngs for the better ID their,
own condition and the condition Of the South; at
least they shall not have debts and disappoint!i
|mentsy added TO- then other calamities And in,
raiang our own food and1uppies ct the South, We.
should also manufacture our own cloths and mple-l
ments, upon our own soil There can be no more g
ausplcious moment than the present TO begin, ~,
the South, the manufactureof goods nom our Own
raw material This Was done toiag great extent due
ring the war; No matter on hoy small . scale;
let the work begin Tobe successful, we must be-
gin at the beginning, and work Qpwafd, as 0pr HQp
ulaton and wealth increase We repeat that we,
would not now re4establIsh slavery at the South
is too ate to correct the error OF it's sudden ex
tncslon IL Is 70 our in!eIsst 70 make tne most o.
We cannot recall the past Let the dead M past
bury its dead. - But let Us not pc entirely hope
less Of the future. & s.G.s.j.... -. 8
Little more than half century ago, the great
commodity exported from this State WIS indigo.
It ceased to be profitable here becanse couldLbet
more cheapya cultivated. elsewhere. Cotton WAS
introduced ip its stead and was cultivated with m
paralleled success Tobacco and nee contributed