The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-02-12
For the Herald.
Sources of Wealth.
MEssRs EDITORS


Sources of Wealth.
MEssRs ED1ToRs- 49,.
We propose to write occasional articles,
not Of a political nature, because We be-
lieve the less We have to do with politics
the better for the country, especially the
Southern portion of it. Politics aud pol
iticians have already brought. it to the
brink of destruction. ---:>7 =.
South Carolina contains within her,
as inert as she seems to be at the present,
great sources ofwealth., They were neg
lccted in days gone BY ; they were scoffed
at by men Of contracted views and high
fa'utin bombast. Some years ago, only
few woolen mills and cotton mills were
in this country, and they were all located
in New England. So feeble was this
manufacturing interest at that time, that
the inventors Of machinery looked to
England for remuneration. But recently
tae great Northwest entered into com.
petition and their manufacturing enter
prises have multiplied with surprising
rapidity, developing their dormant re-
sources tofa wonderful degree, and point
ing the way to successful prosperity, in
dependence and security. -.
The climate, the soil and the water
power ofSouth Carolina, as: well as the
products she raises, renders her peculiar
ly fitted for manufacturing In. the up
per portion it is neither too hot or too
cold. Operatives could always work.
The three great sources ofweaith-ag-
riculture, manufactures and commerce
are harmonious in interest. - Our fathers
grouped them on the country's shield in
loving accord, emblematic Of their recip-
rocai dependency. In days gone by We
repressed one, We said manufacturing
people were all slaves, and by so doing
werepressed alt. By repressipg manu-
factures neither agriculture nor com.
merce was advanced, but rather deranged
and depressed. Let US for once from the
experienaa. Of The, ,aast t--na.enr~er--''~1
and do we'll. Let us,aid if we. can, but
BY all means encourage the building up
of manufactures, no matter. what, descrip-
,tion; aad new class of consumers, who,,
at the same time, are producers viii be
created, comprising an. important addi-
tfon to the farmers customers, and Civ.
ing an increased impetus to commerce at
home and abroad: - = =. x :
If tle, people, of South Carolina and
the South in toto, desire to prosper let
them combine agriculture, commerce and
manufactures, Let them go to work at
it sin earnest, and soon such a,'wtlir Of
machinery would arise all over the land,
such an opening OF mines, such,a~smelt-,
'ieg # ores, such a telling of forests, such
q fabrication of commodities, such an, ,>ex
tension Of railroads, such an increase Of
population, as would set this magnificent
section on the highest pinnacle of pros,
:perity independence nd>security. Inven-
tive taleat as abundant here as elsewhere
would be stimulated into action, and
this, added to the competition Of indus;
tries, would cheaper prices, while the:
wants of the people, growing with aug
menting thrift, would incite the produc:
ton of various articles of comfort and
convenience.
:. No class of persons are more interested
in manufacturing implements than the
farmer and laborer and now all have to
become such. Manufactures is emphati.s
caHy the poor mans friend, for it divers;-
fes pursuits, furnishes new employments
to industry, relieves other occupations
from unhealthful competition and grad
nally eheapens commodities. We hope
at no distant day, although the horizon
seems dark and dismal, to see every part
of the South, clothed with not only in:
Vulnerable farms, and school houses, and
colleges, but with cotton mills and wool
en- mills, forges,. furnaces, machine shops
and factories, one of the great sources of
wealth that will aid in advancing our
prosperity, independence and security.
KY.