The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-30

ulttu. LII 61l JacSo COatIuClS ny DOETOW-
ing and lending, where government is
this fact, that there are two parties to
it-there is the lender and there is the
borrower, and an injustice is done to the
lender when he does not get back what
he lent, and to the borrower when he is
made to pay moro than he got. If you
will bear that in mind-that the Govern
ment in its transactions, must be guided
by the same laws of honesty and honor
that are to guide the Standardization
you have got at the key of the whole
question, and all the re& is easy. -.
Henry Sparnich, Esq, Commissioner, dc.
SIR: Your remarkable communication
in the Cincinnati Commercial, of the 18th
September, republished in the Columbia
Phenia, of the Oath of the same month,
demands on exposure of its absurdities
at the hands of some practical man, who
shows, which evidently you do not,
something of the productions, and ave-
rage hacvests of your State. Without
questioning the motive that prompted
such an extraordinary epistle-whether it
were an attempt at Munchausenism, or
whether it was to inform the readers of
the Commercial, that South Carolina had
a Bureau of Statistics. and that ego was
Commissioner, or whether you believed
the present "black and TAM General AS
sembly had 'lively appreciation" of
our agricultural wants, not heretofore
entertained by our Legislature-I simply
inquire, where did you get your statis-
tics? You assert that your only reliance
has been the census reports of the United
States. Gan you, from those reports,
get single idea published as fact in
your letter? [N'5T.'\
You say, ''over 100 bushels of corn
and 60 bushels of wheat have, with or
dinary cultivation, frequently been made
to an acre in this State" Has your ore
dulity induced you to publish your total
unftness for the Office you presume to
fill? Where have you ever known such
yields to be harvested in this State 'sfre-
quently," even owith "extraordinary Ia
bor" Several years ago, one gentleman
In Winnsboro produced fifty bushels,
perhaps, of wheat, on a single expert,
mental acre; another in Cokesbury grew
100 bushels of corn, and third in Co
lumbia produced, by irrigation, 200 BUSH
els OF corn. But that similar crops have
ever, at any time, in any portion of the
State, been produced upon more than o
| single acre, with most extraordinary pre-
paration, and excellent seasons, is all
news to the planting interest of South
| Carolina.
You further state, that since the war.
| "by good ploughing and O moderate use
of manure, 800 bushels of corn have
been gathered in the same area. Under
my personal observation, 212 bushels
were made on one acre, within the cor
porate limits of this city last season, on
land that can hardly be classed ordina-
ry." Pray tell us who grew this wonder
ful crop? Have you not been VanWin-
kleized? Ten years ago, think, DIR.
Parker grew this identical crop in Co.
| lumbia.
But you proceed: "Prior to 1860, our
average harvest, per acre, according to
the official reports of the United States,
was GOO pounds of cotton, 25 bushels of
wheat, 40 bushels Of barley" &C., &C.,
and this too. despite the carelessness Of
slave labor" &C.; and "since tho war,
this average has been largely increased" ,"
Is this shameless ignorance on your part,
or is it q wllful Misrepresentation? Such
an average yield has never been made on
any two plantations in any District in
the State, and if it is 80 reported in the
oluCihi IepOIIS VI tuo OulIou OLuC6S, IL
only proves their utter irreliability.
Tho planters of South Carolina will
agree with you, that 1--WE arc blessed in
the distribution of the seasons, and that
our climate and soil enable us to grow
any crop produced elsewhere on the
earth's surface, within the temperate
zone. But they beg you, when you re-
present abroad the interests which they
cherish so dearly, that you will do SO
truthfully. Do not invite the energetic
immigrant to see what you never saw in
South Carolina. His credulity is of q
different stamp from yours, and he will
be driven off rather than induced to
come, by your exaggerations. He comes
to make q living by honest labor, you
make your's-well. it matters not
how. The land owners of South Carroll
No appreciate the advantages presented
by her soil and climate to the immigrant,
and with open hands they hold them
out, and invite the children of every seo-
ton and clime," (save Africs sunny
sands to come and enjoy them. But at
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