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

the Committee on the Industria
Resources Of South Carolina, sub
mitted before the Immigratio,
Convention, BY Mr.. B. F. Crayton
for the Committee, and read by
Prof: John McCrady, as follows:
Your Committee, feeling assured
that the very comprehensive char
acter Of the duty assigned them
viz: that Of reporting on the in
dustrial resources Of the State, is
itself, an evidence that no ex.
haustive trea :ment of the subject
is expected by the Convention,
nor even a specific account Of
what has been done towards the
development Of their resources,
limit themselves to a few general
considerations, as to their nature,
and the great policy for promoting
their development.
From South Carolina to Texas
inclusive, the climate of the At
laDtic and Gulf States, is of that
intermediate kind which embraces
the features both of the tropics
and the temperate zone, and while
exposed to many Of the evils of
both, likewise enjoy in combina-
tion many Of the advantages Of
each. 1t is precisely in such q
climate that the utmost diversity
Of industries can most easily -four
ish, provided only the markets Of
the world be open to it, and there
be population sufficiently dense
to make division of labor possible.
Indeed it may be safely said that
no other climate but one offers
equal opportunities for diversity
ing labor. The natural products
of our country exhibit this diver
sifed character; we have here side
by side, the animals and plants of
the tropics, and those of the tenn
perate zone, pines by the side Of
palms, wheat growing in sight of
rice fields, apples ripening in the
same orchard with oranges, crows
and bears and foxes inhabiting the
same swamps with the ibis, the
the parokeet and the cro-
codile, though our forefathers, un-
acquainted with tropical animals,
gave them the names of cranes, |
ouzzards, and alligators, which !
make US forget their equatorial !
character, and prevent as fee.sa i.,--
1ecting when we read of such
'hings in books of foreign travel
hat they arc, in truth, nothing
out what We see about US every
lay. In our waters is found equal
The herring, which is
peculiarly Northern fish is sold
n our market by the side of the
lsnes or the Carrlbean Sea, and
he muscle, the clam and the oys-
er, all useful as food, are found
ven where the Peninsular of Flor
da is built up Of coral reefs, like .
he South Sea Islands. Even in
he domain Of the miner there is
omething to remind US of this ,
ommingling of temperate and {
ropical features in the aspect of ,
ature by which we are surround I
d. For does not the guano of 8
be equatorial islands find it's '
ounterpart in our phosphate {
eds? And does not the coal, i
'hich is rather characteristic of t.
climates, show itself f
OF far from these highly priced |
eposits? /
In short, the climate of the c
outhern States, their geological t
ructure, their great rivers, and t
lc seas by which they are wash t
|, offer every incentive which ii
innate can offer 10 development v
the utmost diversity of physical c
I'd intellectual labor. a
But it is perhaps feared by some u
at a climate like this may be in it
pable Of supporting such diver tt
fed industry, in consequence of t;
9 very variety of it's products o
at what yields everything with o
cility will yield the best Of no. tt
ing. Such a conclusion, how
er, is forbidden by a simple ar S,
y of facts. The cotton and the W
;e we produce are the best in vi
e world, nevertheless the wheat I'll
s likewise been recognized as ce
wing no superior. And in the. W
inion of your Committee there P
n be no doubt that the difficulty &C
obtaining the best of any grain m
oduct in climate Of so catholic I'll
character, is precisely such diff tt
!ty as is necessary to incite the in
man intellect to the exercise of Sc
tient and minute observation, ri
lpled with reflective ingenuity. tn
But that such q climate as we so
'sess is really capable of devel- tic
ng and supporting this diversi- by
of occupation may be estab- pr
led in another way. There is co
climate in Europe exactly COM bo
able with ours. If We travel on
'tward in search Of a counter Wis
t, we shall pass over the whole les
he old world until we reach me-
ma and Japan. Here alone, do ale
find all our chief characterist- res
reDeate0 thnnch Of corrca in rae