The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-04-20

other coercion that can be applied
to idle mon. They must either
work or starve. Doubtless we
have to encounter much opposi-
ton from the West in our en-.
desvor to divert the tide of emf.
grafton, but we have more to offer
in the shape of reward than any
Western State. Our products are
nearer the great markets u { a ..soo Q
world our soil is Tar more fertile,
and the emigrant will come TO a
State already settled and possess.
ing the advantages of age II not
of progress. The came cause 9
which have developed Wi.consin,
Minnesota and Iowa, may be ap.
applied with equal, if not greater.
success in South Carolina. We
only require q multitude of farm
ers to raise tie product for which
we have heretofore paid the North
and West, and in my judgment,
the owners of large tracts Of valu.
able plantation lands will be glad
to dispose Of their surplus posses
sions, rather than attempt the cul-
tivation Of crops on the gigantic
scale which belonged to our form
er system Of labor. Experiment
has demonstrated, both here and
abroad, the value of email farms
and diversified industry. We
have about 4, 800, 900 acres of land
under cultivation, only one.fourth
of the area of the State. This
wonid throw into market 45,5OU
farms of 100 acres each. To illus.
tTate by comparison: New Jersey
and South Carolina are very near
ly equal in population. The value
Of the products of the first named
State in 1850 was $50, 900. 600; of
South Carolina during the same
year only $40, $500 True, the
capital Of one is largely devoted
to manufacturing purposes; the
capital of the. other is employed
chiefly in agriculture; but you
will readily see that il: all the IA
cilities at our command, our vast
water power and manufacturing
resources, were developed to the
same extent as in New Jersey, we
would realize truly golden dream
of prosperity. Even under pres
ent circumstances, we shall be bet
ter off pecuniarily, in five years,
with anything like favorable crops,
and will have more actual cash at
our command than ever before. In
two years We will begin to invest our
surplus capital in manufactures {;
but at present our people are
afraid to invest in anything. They
have money, a large amount of it,
but it has gone into coin, and is
hidden away. In q little while, as
coon as political affairs are settled,
and confidence is restored in the
administration of State and nation.
al affairs, You will see it come forth
and 60 into stocks and bonds. The
old evil of extravaganza, so fatal
to permanent prosperity, has been
effectua!ly cured, and hereafter as
men appreciate the officially Of
making money, they will manage
its outlay judiciously.
IN CONCLUSION,
remarked Judge Orr, the views I
have expressed to you this even
ing, while entertained by q large
number of the citizens of the State,
have never before, that I am
aware Of, been publicly uttered.
/ know what will be the result
when they are published. / shall
be roundly abused for telling the
truth and speaking what, in my
judgment, is common sense; but
the soundness of these reflections
will, am confident be demonstrated
in the future, when passion has
subsiGed, and reason once more
assumed sway.