The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-01-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
MANUFACTURING IN TEE soUTH,

The great advantages Of milo
climate and the variety of crop'
grown in the Southern States, arr
beginning to attract attention. Judge
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, in an ad
dress recently delivered before &
great agricultural society in Illinois
told his hearers that they could nc
longer count safely upon the South
as IL market for their grain, flour.
bacon, lard, hay, &C.; that the South
must of necessity cease the cultivation
of cotton to 4 large extent, engage
in the production Of cereals. for which
| it had the best soil and climate in the
world, and in manufacturing, to which
it was equally adapted. The char
actcr of Judge Kelly is disfgurcd
and tarnished by the silly fanaIcism
and reckless want Of principle, which
having gained temporary asccrdency,
have brought upon TIC country the
evils which now allict it; but his ad-
vice to his Northwestern friends is
sound and sensible. Mr. Henry Ca
rcy, of Philadelphia, a writer of
thought and research, is even more
emphatic in the expression of similar
views, as reproduced in our issue Of
Friday. We ask ourreaders to rccur
to his language and ponder it we'll
1t contains truths of wholesome sig
nifcance to US.
We glanced. some days. since. at
the Importance of our people, in their
present condition, to more diversi-
fed industry and more rigid ccomo-
my. We complained of the small
uses to which our admirable water
power is put, and urged upon our
men Of enterprise and capital to take
the matter seriously in hand, and set
this power, now running to waste, to
the emusic of machinery" whirling
spindlcs and driving wheels. 1t is
cheering sign to us, and a sure
progrostic of future success, that
just as the great controlling interest
of manufactures shows distress and
prostration in communities which
have been enriched oy the war, here
where the desolations and losses
from the same cause were unprccc-
j dcnted-this same interest, almost III
its infancy, should show remarkable
vitality and energy. Senator Sprague,
of Rhode Islaud, has made some re-
markable statements lately, to the
effect that the manufacturing interest
! of the North is almost destroyed,
and fully PROSTATE as the cotton
planting of the South. He attributes
this result to the taxes and ulwise
! legislation of recent years. Mr..
Spraguc is the largest cotton manu-
facturer North, and since 1862 has
also been engaged in cotton planting.
Heis, therefore, thorougly acquaint-
ed with both interests, and his state
ments may be confidently relied on.
/ From every point in the South
where manufactures have been cs-
tablshed, We receive encouraging ac-
counts of their success. In North
Carolina and Georgia, they are doing
a fine business. The stock of the
Augusta Company lately sold as high
as $125. We hear of companies be-
ing formed for manufacturing i'll Ten
nessee, and the stock rapidly taken
in New York. In our own State
the establishments at Graniteville
Saluda, and in Greenville and Spar
tanburg, are all prosperous. They
seem to flourish when everything cls'
declines. We arc pleased to see thu
Saluda yarns in our stores, and tt
hear that the enterprising proprietor
are rcaping a rich reward. We shoult
!, be glad to get definite information
from all quarters bearing upon thi:
subject. Our people need light, an'
, they crave something to do that vii
repay their tolls, and secure comfor
and independence. Abundance o
intelligent labor can be produced i
our midst, and at moderate prices
r Capital and skill should avail them
: selves of these advantages, and col
, sumo our raw material at home, thu
Y saving the tax on cotton, employin
G the willing hands of our needy popt