The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-06
THE PIGTAILs CARRY THE DAY
A Hearty Welcome to Northern Settle
THE ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE.
Third and Last Day.

The Journal OF yesterday was read and ap'
proved
The president laid before the body communi.
cation from the president Of the Charleston Board
Of Trade, inviting the delegates to visit the rooms
Of said organization during their stay in the city
On motion, the invitation was accepted, and
the thanks of the convention were returned for
the same.
| The president also submitted communication
from General R. Y. Harris, one Of the vice.presi-
dents and chairman of the delegation from the
Cotton States Agricultural and Fair Association
of Georgia, stating that he had been compelled
by lnd sposition to leave for home, and request
ing the president OF the convention to tender TO
its members and guests an invitation to visit Au-
Qusta, Ga on the occasion Of the Floral Fair, to
| be held In that city on the 11th Of May next-it
| also being the occasion Of the annual meeting OF
| the stockholders Of the Georgia Railroad Com
pany. The request was likewise made that the
convention would appoint a delegation to repre-
sent the body at the meeting In Augusta, and
promise was given that everything possible would
| be done for their comfort and gratihcation-the
| railroads to and from Augusta charging but one
fare.
On motion OF VIM. M. Lawton, Esq, the invita-
ton was accepted, and the thanks OF the conven-
tion rendered TO the Cotton States Agricultural
Association for the same, and it was ordered that
delegation be appointed by the chair to visit
Augusta and participate In the. proceedings incl
dent to the Floral Fair.
The president subsequently appointed the fol-
lowing committee for the purpose: Hon. Charles
Macbeth, Joseph Walker, E. W. Marshall, G. r.
Mfoett, W. Ravenel, E. Seibes, J. D. Gaillard, DR..
J. Il. Furman, ]. P. Thomas, J. L. Coker, J. W.
Norris, S. 8. Marshall, A. B. Springs.
Reports OF Committees.
Mr.. J. z. Vance, OF Newberry, chairman Of the
Committee on Chinese Immigration, made the fol.
lowing report which, on his motion, after read
ing, was laid on the table for further action.
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
The special committee to whom was referred q
resolution on the subject OF Chinese labor, as K
leave to report:
That the limited time allowed will not permit
the preparation Of an elaborate report, but they
believe the subject well deserves the consideration
OF the convention.
Your committee are OF the opinion that the In.
PRODUCTION OF Chinese labor would be OF great
to large PSssn os sOds9 tSa
where rice and long cotton is cultivated, and
where 1t Is supposed white labor cannot be per-
manently or proftably employed, 1t would seem
to be great acquisition.
The CRinaman is reported to enjoy almost per-
feet health on the low river lands In the most un
healthy regions Of the South and Southwest.
Chinese labor Is not an experiment, because IN
and very much to the satisfaction OF those who
have procured 1t.
It is important, however, that this labor should
be procured from the rural districts, since the Ia
Dor brought from the seaport towns is likely. to
be very much demoralized, and not likely to give
satisfaction.
The Chinese lsborer has shown himself indus
trlous frugal sbedent and attentive to the inter.
est OF his employer. He Is by nature mild and
pacific. His shrewdness and wonderful initiative
powers enable him readily to acquire the % neSes @
sary information aud TO perform Win lacllhy
every kind Of farm labor.
Admiral Semmes, who has had opportunity to
see these people at home, says in his most inter-
man Is born to Industry" that 'he is the cheap
est producer the face OF the earth, because his
habits are simple and frugal" The same dlstln.
guished gentleman, speaking Of visit to All Eng
llsh merchant, residing in China, at whose conn-
try seat ne dined and spent the night says: "Hls
household was pattern OF neatness and comlort
there was an air OF cleanliness and neatness
throughout which one rarely ever sees IN o
Chinese-and males. Chihi and Hu.Chln, and the
rest OF them, ploughed his fields, moved his hay,
stabbed his horses cooked his dinners, waited on
his guests & wased ~ ms neh ers g haS been
baby to nurse, it would have been all the same"
We think that the Chinaman cannot be surpassed,
either as servant or laborer, by any other,
whether you place him In the house, the garden,
the field, the workshop, or on the railroad.
Il is gratifying to your committee 20 be able to
report, on reliable information, that the Chinese
laborer can be brought into our State at price
within the means Of most OF our planters-say
at an expense Of not more than one hundred and
TWENTY-FIVE dollars per head, the whole or
greater part OF which would be refunded by the
laborer In one instance, where number OF
Chipees lehorers have recently been brought 10
New Orleans, the cost per head was siXty-nve
dollars all Of which the laborer contracts TO re-
fund from his arst earnings. These people nave
contracted for ave years at 1fty cents per DAY,
and all lost time to be accounted for at the same
rate. They work from sunrise until sunset, al
lowing one hour for dinner, and agree to obey un-
questioned all orders from the owner or manager.
Your committee think that 1t Is only necessary
to use the same means to introduce the Chinese
as is employed for the introduction OF other
foreign laborers. Money and concert OF action
will bring them.
are lying waste and uucultfvated. We can give
employment to all who may come; and while
giving q hearty welcome to others, we nope the
convention WIN not overlook that source from
which am almost inexhaustible supply OF labor
may be- obtained, and which, perchanoe, may do
rs much towards developing she resources OF our
State as any other.
AL OF which is respectfully suomlttSd.
Mr. B. F. Crayton, of Anderson, chairman Of
the Committee on Industrial Resources, stated
that report had been prepared on that subject
and would be read, by Professor John McCrady,
as follows:
INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES.
Your committee, feeling assured that the very
comprensive character OF the duty assigned them,
viz that OF reporting on the industrial resources
Of the State, Is itself an evidence that no ex-
haustive treatment OF the subject Is expected by
the convention, nor even specific account OF
what has been done towards the development OF
those resources, limit themselves to lew general
considerations, as to their nature, and tile pest
policy for promoting their development.
From South Carolina to Texas inclusive, tue
climate OF the Atlantic and Gulf States Is OF that
intermediate kind which embraces the leatureS
h OF the tropics and the temperate zone anu
while exposed TO many OF the evils OF poth, like
ges OF each. 1t Is precisely In such climate that
The utmost diyersities OF industries can most
easily nonr.sh, provided only that the MARKERS OF
the world he open to 1t, and there be populatlon
sufficiently dense to make division OF iaoor poSsl.
Bile. Indeed, 1t may be safely said tnat no otner
climate but one Offers equal opportunities ior ol-
yersifying labor The natural PRODUCES ol QUE
country exhibit this diversified character. we
have here, side by side, the animals anu plants oi
the tropics, and those Of the temperate zone
pines by the side Of palms, wheat growing ~
sight OF rice fields, apples ripentpg IN ing same same
orchard with oranges crows and bears and foxes
inhabiting the same swamps with the ibis, the
vulture, the, par0keet and the crocodile, though
our fcrefathers, unacquainted with tropical
animals, gave them the names OF cranes,
buzzards and alligators, which make US Tor