The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-05-25

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" ton, the same great rivers, th
J. same warm oceans, current lik,
D the Gulf Stream flowing North
|, ward along the coast, the sam,
= system of hurricanes, which tn,
seamen of those seas know as ty
phoons.
And what is the aspect which
industrial pursuits present in thai
> country, physically so like orl
own? We see there, the densest
|, population on the globe, whose
existence in their crowded state
is only rendered possible by the
, diversity Of their INDUSTRIES
I There is not land enough in China
? for it's hundreds of millions to cul-
tivate, and the consequence is
that millions are engaged in man.
ufactures Of many kinds of rare
excellence, and when even so, all
cannot find the means of living,
J the rivers and the seas are made
to yield their harvest, whole VII
lagos are built upon the water,
J and on the water whole popula-
tions are born, live and die, as
, their neighbors are born, live and
die, upon the land.
Now such is the similarity of
climate that it is not too much to
say that there is hardly an impor-
tant product of China which may
not be equally we'll produced in
the Southern States. We have al
ready surpassed the Chinese in
the culture Of cotton, rice and su-
gar-cane, and without doubt,
whenever, with the proper means,
we set ourselves seriously to the
task, we will surpass them in the
culture Of tea and silk, both which
it has been demonstrated we can
produce.
That the white race is both in
tellectually and physically the su:
perior Of the wonderful Mongo-
lians Of whom we have been speak
ing, has never been doubted. If
in their hands the climate Of Chi
ma can do such things, in the
hands Of the white race, the SINH
lar climate in which we live can
do much more. The difference
lies in this, that in China, increas-
ing density Of population has ere
ated industrial diversity by ncces-
stating it, while we are striving
after a diversity ofpursuit but are
foiled by scarcity ofpopulation.
1t may be laid down rs a uniyer-
sal economic principle, perhaps
without an exception, that no
scanty pcoplcd country, whatever
its advantages, ever exhibited a
really diversified industry. The
problem we are striving to solve,
if it is not insoluble, is at least one
of the most difficult in the whole
circle of human endeavors, and if
we do solve it successfully, we
shall be greater than success in
war, however glorious, could have
made us. Being without that
density Of population which could
Of itself create diversity. of occu-
patton, and which our Northern
have had so long, we
are striving to exhibit such a di.
verslty Of resources and capacity
Of development as will attract cap
tai and the streams Of immigra-
ion poured ont year after year !
rom Europe into climates more
ike than is ours to that Of the
nome Of the white race. Your
committee do not mean 20 report c
hat the thing is impossible, but
% point out its true difficulties as '
he best preparation for surmount- Z
ng them. If ever we succeed it
will only be by the union and con-
Of all the intellect and i
Ill the capital there is among US o
'pon the one great problem. And
t is this very union and concen- b
ration which is so hard to main J
ain, when the few thousands of r
ur population are scattered t!
vcr so wide an extent Of coun- t!
ry. +
Your Committee would then .
uggest that there is no way in :!
1hich our people can so we'll pro- IL
lde for the future development of u u
be almost inexhaustib!e resour- y
es Of the climate, the soil and the y
'aters, bestowed upon them by o'
Providence, as by providing for a Sc
onsistent and permanent unani-
lity of purpose and concert of &C
on, by frequent gatherings, like W
1e present Convention, by form hI
'g and sustaining local Clubs and tt
ocieties, and by maintaining pc 81
edlcaI publications, devoted to ce
le discussion of the indurtrial re- ar
'urces Of the South. The attri- a
on Of mind against mind attained tn
such means, while it tends to tr
'oduce unanimity of purpose st
induces also to a division Of Ia. fe
'r, and diversified industry is an
lly the full development Of di. az
sion Of labor. They must also al
Urn to value those scientific M
ethods of investigation which th
one can be sure Of eventually
aching precise and worthy