The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-06

their geological structure, their great rivers and
the seas by which they are washed, o9er every ia.
| centive which climate can 0rer to development
Of the utmost diversity OF physical and intellec-
| tual labor.
But it is, perhaps. feared by some that climate
| like this may be incapable Of supporting such
diversified industry In consequence OF tine very
variety Of Its products. that what Yields every
! thing With facility will yield the best or notnlng.
| Such conclusion, however Is forbidden Dy
simple array of facts. The cotton and the rice
we produce are the best in the world, neVerthe-
less the wheat has likewise been recognized as
| having no superior. And, in the opinion OF your
committee there can be no doubt that the diti.
cuties OF obtaining the best or any grain product
ly such difficulty as is necessary to incite the hu
man intellect to the exercise OF patlent ana
minute observation, coupled with reflective IN
\ genuity.
| capable of developing and supporting this diver
| sity Of occupation, may be established In announcer
| way. There Is no climate in Europe exactly com
parable with ours we t5ave reas eastWSar @SaG ba IN
| whole Of the old world, until we reach CHINA ana
Japan. There alone do we find all our CHIEF
characteristics, repeated, though OF course, IN
forms which, belonging to the old world, are 80
far different from those OF the new: But our ex-
tremes of temperature; our cold winters and hot
| summers; our commiRgled tropical and temper
ate forma and fiora, are as familiar 10 the cni.
nese s to ourselves. The United States and the
Flowery Kingdom are what the physical geograpn.
ers might call homologous parts OF the contl-
| nents. The same relative situation TO tne equa.
tor; the same coast confguratlon; the same great
| rivers; the same warm ocean current IKE tle
| Gulf Stream, flowing northward elong the coast;
the same system Of hurricanes, which the seamen
| of those seas know as Typhoons
And what is the aspect which industrial pur-
suits pr esent in that country, physically, 30 like
| our own We see there the densest population on
the globe, whose existence Ii their crowded state
Is only ren dered possible by the diversity OF tnelr
/ I1 ,af nn1
| for its hundreds Of mlllionst 70 cultivate and the
| consequence Is that millions are engaged in man.
ufactures OF many kinds and OF rare excellence,
and whenever all cannot find the means OF livlng
! the rivers and the seas are made to yield their
harvest, whole villages are built upon the water,
and on the water whole populations ore born,
live and die, as their neghbors are bern, live and
| die upon the land.
Now, such Is the similarity Of climate, that 1t Is
| not too much to say that there is hardly an Inn
portaut product or China which may not be
equally well produced IN ihe SouShera S,atts, tSs
culture OF cotton rice and sugar cane, anu, VIII
| out doubt, whenever, with the proper means we
ourselves seriously to - the asx ~ We sS % hoth sur
OF which, 1t has been demonstrated, we can pro-
duce. u,
iians Of whom we have been speaking, has never
| been doubted. II in their hands the climate OF
China can do such things, IN the nands OF tne
white race the similar climate IN Whlcn we I'VE,
can do much more. The difference lies 10 tals,
that in China, increasing density OF population
has created Industrial diversity by necesstating
It, while we are striving after diversity OF pur.
may be laid down as universal economic prtncl.
pie, perhaps without an exception, tnat no scahty
| peoped country. whatever It's advantages, ever
exhibited really diyersiaed lne1stIy ;s ,s Inc
problem we are striving to solve, II It Is not ln-
soluble, Is at least one OF the most dlHcu!L ~ Inc
whole circle OF human endeavors, and II we DO
solve 1t successfully, We shall De great
could have made us. Being without that
density OF population which would OF ltseI create
diversity OF occupation, and which our Northern
| neighbors have had 80 long, we are STRIVING 10
exhibit such diversity CT resources and capacity
| OF development as will attract capital anu the
streams Of immigration poured out year after M
year from Europe into climates more ike IMAM
ours to that OF the home OF the white race Your
committee do not mean to report that the tnlng
Is Impossible, but to point out Its true dlHcuties
| as the best preparation for surmountlng tnem.
II ever we succeed, 1t will be only by the union
and concentration OF all the intellect and all the
! capital there Is among US upon the one great
| problem. And 1t Is this very union and concen-
| traitor which Is so hard to maintain when the
| few thousands OF our population are scattered
over so wide an extent Of country.
Your committee would then suggest that there
| is no way in which our people can SO wen pro-
vide for the future deveopment Of the almost IN,
the waters bestowed upon them by PROVIDENCE,
as by providing for consistent and permanent
unanimity Of purpose and concert OF acton oy
frequent gatherings IKE the present nd aoca
ties and by maintaining periodical publications.
devoted to the discussion Of the Industrial re.
sources Of the State the attraction Of na mana i
tends to produce unanimity or purpose conduCes
also to division Of labor AID diversified industry
Is only the full development OF division OF laoor.
They must also learn to value those sclentlnc
merhods OF Investigation; which alone can be
sure OF eventually reaching precise and trust
worthy results. They must be Wiling too 10
risk something in the Investment OF capital upon
experiments. Knowledge and money are TWO
different forms OF power, which go on nccumuat-
ing, much faster when they work together, tnan
when each Is left to trial alone we must learn
to organize, for common purpose, the admins
trative skill OF the successful man OF business,
and the skill In research, which Is the gilt OF the
successful man OF science anu l0I tnls put sc
we must combine scientific education, as lar as
possible, with education In business
One OF the ways by which people may oe
forced into full development OF its resources, Is
by foreign con6uest shutting out nom It every
other avenue or progress; and it may emerge
from such subJugation, the conqueror Oh its Gull
quer0rs.
B. F. GRAFTON,
For the Committee.
On motion OF Rev. T. S. Boinest, 1t was ordered
that the report be received as information and be
printed with the proceedings OF the convention.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr.. Seibels, 1t was ordered that
the reports OF the committees on immigration
and Direct Trade be considered together.
On motion OF VIM. L. Trenholm, Esq., they
were taken from the table and considered i'm
medlately.
Mr.. Trcaholm stated that he had been request
ed to explain more at length the views OF the re-
spectlve committees, especially with regard to
the relationship existing between the. Two sub.
ects OF immigration and direct trade. They
were in fact inseparable. We might have immt-
grafton without direct trade, but 1t was impos-
sible to have direct trade without immigration,
for the reason that no trade could exist where
the carrying was in but one direction. twas
easy to load vessel for Europe with the products
OF the South; but for the permanent success
OF line OF steamers. it was absolutely essential
that the return trip should convey at least Two
hundred immigrants to pay expenses. Whatever
cargo might be brought in addition, would then
constitute the profit. immigration vas, there
fore, the one element wanting to make direct
trade between Charleston and Europe feature OF
our prosperity. five have immigrants from the
North or West said Mr.. Trenholm, they will un-
doubtedly occupy our lands. and increase our
population and industrial force, but In CONNER
cal point OF view, looking to the establishment OF