The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-05-11
hereafter, be far more rapid than it
has been North.

nereaIterS Oc IRr more raplU tnan IL
has been North. .|
Attention is already directed to our
country as the proper field for the
cotton manufacturer. Indeed, we be-
love no astute business man will en-
gage In it elsewhere, and within few
years most of those already employed
at the North in this branch of indus
try, will, as some are doing now, dis
mantle their their mills and either
move South, or engage 10 other branch
es of manufacturing.
1t cannot be long before machinery
for working long staple will be intro.
duced and Savannah, Charleston and
Wilmington, with their facilities for
procuring cheap coal, will vie with
each other in the manufacture Of our
sea island cotton and soon the busy
hum of the spindlcs will be heard on
every wAter-courss from Virginia Y
Texas. ). :!
1t is the belief of your Committee
that the planters may, with profit to
themselves, aid in producing this re-
suit by combining together in joint
stock associations, and erecting cotton
mills Of sufficient capacity to work up
their cotton crops. These mills should
be managed, not by the planters them
selves, but by experienced and capa-
Bile business men, who will give them
their undivided attention, with ex-
perts in charge of tho mechanical de-
partmcnts. Manufacturing comprises
SO many details, that its successful
prosecution requires the most careful
and systematic management. With
all our advantages, inattention to de-
tails and careless management cannot
but produce loss.
From two and one half to three hun
dred millions Of dollars would be added
to the value of our cotton crop, if we,
were to manufacture it into yarns and
woven goods. Of this, a large amount
would be paid out for wages, and that
to GLASS that is now not only unem-,
ployed in adding to the wealth of the
country, but for the most part, a,
burthen upon their parents or the
public. 4a< lsr
The enormous increase in the
amount Of money received by the
South, would be the direct advantage
derived from manufacturing. The
merchant, the mechnic, the agricul-
turist, the banker, the real estate
owner, and in fact every citizen Of our
country. would be incidentally bene.
fitted. Business generally would be
stimulated, and property of all kinds
enhanced in value. 81
What has manufacturing not done
!e- England ? To come nearer homo
What has it not done for Now Eng
land Take the town of Lowoll,
for instance. Situated in cold.
bleak, unproduotive country, with
every drawback and no advantages
except its water power, and the
indomitable energy of its inhabi-
habitants, it has grown, within
q few years, from a mere hamlet
with one manufacturing company
(the Merrimao, organized in 1892
into an active, thriving city, with
so mills turning over $50 600
spindles, running over 10000 looma,
giving employment to $4,000 operas
tives, supporting seven national
banks, with an aggregated capital Of
$2,350,000, and four savings banks,
with an aggregate deposit of about
$1,000, 900, principally savings Of
operatives. ,a'.'" & f ~, z,
Of the entire products Of the
United States exported to foreign
countries, the South has ut times
contributed as high as IS per cent
Double and treble the vsfte Of our
products by manufacturing ibsfoye
exportation, and we cause q flow Of
wealth from the North and from
abroad that must produce almost
unparalleled prosperity. al ap,fsg
If we desire to fully participate in
that prosperity and hasten its con-
summation, there must be no folding
nrlns on our part. We cannot afford
to stand idly by while foreign capital
and energy, attracted as it will Boz
indeed as it is-by the wonderful
advantages We possess, gradually 90.
cupy the field to our exclusions.
Then, indeed, would the soeptro
have departed from Israel But
rather let uS while heartily WELDON.
ing the Northern bnsiness man and
capitalist, joiu in generous rivalry in;
the great work of developing our re.
sources.' "a q Il ,Y3f9tt 3sIet,33 r.
Anew eraifs upon us. u The policies
attending tho institutions Of the past
no, longer control our actions. The
industrial putsuits to which We were
wont to devote our energieBnol long.
or claim our ,snaioiaed attentions sa ~
NO COUNTRY EXCLUSIVELY AoRicUL-
rUHxL. EVER eREw' PERMANENTLY
/ HIGH. St ,sasss 81 ,F-fp pfEF>i =,
We have shown tile world that, we
could perferm the full l.m ca sure .of our
dutH 10 our catlDt pu dnsino a 1ap0