The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-07-10

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Land is always cheap, where labor
is uncertain and scarce. When
ever laboring power increases and
becomes productive: lands. rise in
value accordingly. In the esparsely
populated regions Of America an
acre of land tlay be earned by one
days labor. whereas in Belgium,
Holland, Germany, England and
France it, will take the labor Of
nearly three months, only to pay
the rent for an acre Of land. and
!. the labor Of five years will hardly
be enough to purchase it. Our
State has. area enough for four
millions inhabitants; and lands
will not bring their tnaximum
price, our resources will not be
fully developed, nor will Cur golden
age appear, until our people arc
that numerous. And the nearer
YOU approach that degree ofpopu-
.lation, the nearer willyou approach
the maximum dtgree of wealth
and prosperity, and whoever helps
to effect such an end is q 6cnefac-
tor of his fellow citizens and 4
worthy. son Of his mother State:
You know the wealth, and power
and, influence of Massachusetts,,
the great enemy of South Carolina;
She has not quite>8 millions acres
ofarea, you.have 19mi!lions. But
she has one and a quarter millions
population to Your 100000 and
her income is 2S9 millions per
annum TO your 49 millions. What
difference. IS here. and yet, :. the
difference might have been al, in
I your favor: It is curious: that,
this principle and incontroTertible
fact rs demonstrated every dayiin
|! the United States under almost
every ones eye and set SHOULD
fail to be observed by any: but .
very few. In our OWN city. Of
Charleston the great fire of 1888
caused the erection of numerous
buildings. and. the influx therefo1e
of a: large number Of mechanics
and laborers. And~what was the
resntt?,> The. city property, in:
creased Iargely~in value: hundreds
t-of small houses. were erected On
greens and fairgrounds; and her
boundaries had to. be. extended:
Alas these times are gone, city
/, Of $4,000 has dWindled down to
$4,000, and The value Of, property
has decreased more than proper
{ tiolEbly:. Let the town: of New
berry. increase just double in popus
latien- and her lots will assuredly
double in value, andi am certain,
If our State could double her arhite
population, every acre of herlands
would be worth at least twice
| what it is, worth ROW; and there
fore, whatever sacrifices are made
now to facilitate so desirable. a
consumation, will be Investments
beyond value nd:price. Fke Hon:
! Rob't. W alker, former secretary
of the Treasury has made the
CALCULATION, that if the lands in
the slaye States we're brought up
| to- the valuc Of the lands Of the
free States, their additional vasse
wcnld be- $3.50, ,246,G16 dollars !!
Alas, South Carolina has helped
to people almost. III the new States
Of tho Union, whilst her own
white population las inereaseed
almost the slowest., OF any { A
! father might here have fve' sons,
but he was aversc to divide his
plantation, and therefore four of
them had to GO abroad and help
to make and increase: the riches
of the South west: It seldom en-
tered, into the, head OF any of your
! fandless younger sons, that by
remaining in their. mother: State
they: might make a fortune as fast
as anywhere else. And yet; how
many Europeans and. other stran-
gers have come here and >haye
found their utmost prosperity. X.
It has been suggested by many,
! that the Coolie should be imported
I t0take the place ofthe,hbor that
has been lost. Would, You go
through another abolition = after.
a~term of years? But the price Of
good healthy ,Chinaman is from,
80 to 800 dollars to~import, be-
sides his wages, which are over a
hundred dollars a year. They are
said to be good, steady laborers.
but vicious and. dirtily immoral.
And then there is this besides in
The way Of such a project, that the
policy Of the General Government
is 5totally:opposed, to- i, the intro
duction Of new races bound to
service and labor being contrary
Ito the true interest and laws Of
the e: S. It would certainly be
contrary to- the true interest ef
South Carolina to set more multi
ply: the variety OF races III her,
in babitants. -. -.
In Virginia great efforts are
made in encouragement i'm
migration, but it is said: a great
/ impediment is the circumstance,
that the~native residents hook with
eoldnessaand suspicion upon new
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