The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-07

some are doing now, disnnahtle their
mills and either move South, or engage
in other BRANCHES of manufacturing. Il
cannot be Long before machinery for
working ldngataple will be Introduced,
and Savannah. Charleston and Whining
ton, with their facilities for procuring
Cheap coal, will vie with each other in
the manufacture of our sea island cot.
ton; and soon the busy hum of the spin
die will be heard on every water.conrse,
from Virginia to Texas.
It is the belief of your Committee
that the planters may, with profit to
themselves, aid in producing this result,
by combining together in joint stock
associations, and erecting cotton mills of
sufficient capacity to work up their cot
ton crops. These mills should be ma.
naged, not by the planters themselves,
but by experienced and capable business
men, who will give their undivided at
tentioD, with experts in charge of the
mechanical departments. Manufacturing
comprises SO many details, that it's sue
ressful prosecution requires the most
careful and systematic management.
With NIL our advantages, inattention to
details and careless management caunot
but produce loss.
From $4,000, 900 to So, 100000 would
be added to the value Of our cotton crop.
IT we were to manufacture it into yarns
and woven goods. Of this, q large
amount would be paid out for wages,
and that to class that is now not only
unemployed in adding to the wealth OF
the country, but for tho most part, q
burden upon their parents or the public.
The enormous increase in the amount
of money received by the South would
be the direct advantage derived from
manufacturing. The merchant, the me-
ohanic, the rsriculturalist, the banker,
the real estate owner, and, in fact every
citizen OF our country. would be incl
dentaliy benefited. Business generally
would be stimulated, and property of ali
kinds enhanced in value. What bns
manufacturing not done for England?
10 come nearer home-what has it not
done for New England? Take the town
OF Lowell, for instance. Situated in o
cold. bleak, unproductive country, with
every drawback and no advantages, ex-
cept it's water power, and the indomitable
energy Of its inhabitants, it has grown,
within few years, from mere hamlet,
with one manufacturing company, (the
Merrimack, organized in 1922, iDto an
active, thriving city, with fifty mills,
turning over 450. 200 spindles, running
over 1000 looms, giving employment
to Ia, O0O operatives, supporting suven
national banks, with au aggregate cnpi-
tai of 81, $50, 600, and four savings banks,
with an aggregate deposit of about So
0OO,O0O, principally savings of operat
ives.
Of the entire products Of the United
States, exported to foreign countries,
tltn hos Of
high as fifty-tive per cent.-doube aud
treble the vulue of our products by manu-
facturlng before exportation, and we
cause flow of wealth from the North
and from abroad that must produce
almost unparalleled prosperity.
If we desire to fully participate in that
prosperity and hasten its consummation,
there must be no folding of the arms on
our part. We cannot afford to stand
idly by, while foreign capital and ener-
gy, attracted as it will be-indeed, as it
is-by the wonderful advantages we pos
sess, gradually occupy the field to our
exclusion. Then, indeed, would the
soeptre have departed from Israel. But
rather let us, while heartily welcoming
tho Northern business man and capital
list, join In generous rivalry in the great
work of developing our resources.
A new era is upon u.s. The policies
attending the institutions of the past no
longer control our actions. The indus
trial pursuits to which we were wont to
devote our energies no longer claim our
untiiuitied attention. No COUNTRY Ex
CLUsIvELY AGRICULTURAL EVER GREW PER
AIANENTLY RICH. We have shown the
world thnt wo could perform the full
measure of our duty to our country
during n long. bloody aud disastrous
war. Property and life were freely sur
rendered. No sacrifice was too great to
be cheerfnlly offered. Fathers and sons,
mothers and daughters, We'd with each
other, early and late in season and out
of senson, in acts of self-abnegation.
Let the same spirit actuate us now. Let
each one of us rise to the mission before
ns. Let there be no i,llers in our streets,
Let honest, mnnly labor I've clothed with
its proper dignity. Let agriculture,
manufacturing. mining and commerce
alike command our efforts. Let energy,
method and careful, close management
attend us in our various pursuits.
In buillIpc nm Our yuuata r,l,coo opd