The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-04-03

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The present conditions Of the import. and ek-
port trade do not prossise a, speedy solution Of
tn E:.s Sss..==s ss.=ss NJ y ~, against us, and Is
increasing. Az pfesent prices peither bopis,
nor cotton, nor grni,s win pay aproat q ship.
s4he foreign n,arkafs4 4dss goaip. OF, gold viii
be lin demand for shipment when the present
supply Of sterling isexhaussed. Specie and
grccnbacks will approximate when our exports
increase in value, and orr imports fall off to
point tha. foreign countries win send specio'to
buy our products. There are no Indications
Of returning fruynlity. toi help.to this result,
The capacity Of Che country to produce Tho
articles which will psy remuneratiug price
abroad is limited. The limit Of cotton psoduc.
tiop Is reached. That crop caniiot be ihereased
until more labor adapted to Il Is brought. iuto
the country, - .,''''''7'''-- r'a o'e ''iari ,
wha. viii be the effect Of the ] opening Of
railroad communication with the Pacific? It
will stimulate enterprise and production in
this country, by the introduction Of tha cheap
labor of Asia. It will increase the Internal
trade of this country, and give 50 many new
channels for our Deprecated currency, that il
will cease to be redundant But it will no,
add to our exporting capacity or values in
proportion to tho facilities and temptations to
increased imports. China has pursued the
traditional policy of selling as much to, and
buying Ms little from other nations rs possible,
and for centuries has been drain on Enropc
for silver. OF late she has begun to draw
gold from California TO what extern. railroad
transportation for eighteen hundred miles
across the Con incnt Will be profitable will
soon be demonstrated. The probabilities are,
that only very valuable good can bear the cost
and that all bulky articles will continue to go
around the Capes. While therefore not dis.
posed to undcrrstc the brilliant dcs,inies of
Now York and San Francisco. and iutcrmeli,tc
points, We, view the prospect of abundant and
cheap labor as promising tho most important
results.
The sugar and cotton producing States nf
the South should seize this their opportunitv
Caucasian labor cannot be relied on for
these products, except to a limited extent. and
on the healthier table lands On the rich and
niaiarl"us bottoms, once so productive, where
the freed negro now refuses TO work, the white
man will not risk his health under the blazip,
sun for the chances of heavy crops Nor will
he contract rs under the old slave system
where the laborers worked in gangs on large
plantations. He aspircs to own his farm and
work on small scale, making little cutton
as an Incidental cr"p. Cotton production by
whites will settle down TO this definite shane.
Any increase must come from the introduction
OF the M"ngolian race; for the blacks are
dwindlins in numbers and becoming YEARLY
more " and in;in.f:..;e-.4 sd,
of commercial fertilizers, improved implements
ard skillful till.sc may for time make good
the deficiency of labor. But unless that
increasing deficiency is supplied BY other labor
the most ralu,Sle lands must again become
-Pcstilcntial swamps or grow up in weeds and
thickcts.
If the South will exert one-half of the toll
energy, and ltdcnial to retrieve her los,
wealth displayed by her sons in their vain
struggle for independence, the sccptrc of civic
power will be restored to her grasp, once
welded so creditably in the national councils.
Let the South cschcw the costly luxuries i'm
ported from abroad to CRAFTY cxtravagant
tastes and ostcntatou. vanity, and she will
escape to that extent taxation to pay gold in
tcrcsts on the national debt, and leave burthen
to that, section which created it, and holds
large share of the bonds. Ifshe will apply
some of her surplus to the erection of factor
les and convert the raw cotton into yarns and
fabrics, she will triple the annual value IF her
cotton crops and make her the richest section
of the country. IIOYT & GARDNER.
"A SUBSTITUTE FOR TIE IRoN-CLAp OAru.