The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-17

Inortgso oed 70 secure such debts {? The day will
come, if wise counsel is needed, when the pro-
ducts of cotton will be aU surphts, other pro-
ducts paving the expense of the farm. have
received, officially, abundant testimony from IN
dividual successes and failures, OF the superio'
profits of mixed husbandry with cotton. an,
positive in the conviction that the permanent
prosperity of these States depends upon more
diversified agriculture. While it is true that
large cotton crop may produce actually less
money than small one, no sane man will ques-
ton the political economy which adds to this
source of revenue many others, which, together,
make an aggregate many times larger.
For some wears to come the cotton manufac'
t,,res of the world cannot contribute to the in"
dustry of these States more than two or three
hundred millions of dollars per annum; while
the total production with the variety. required
to realize the highest capabilities OF soil and
climate, should command thousand millions,
and two thousand might be obtained within
| period of ten years, If the whole population,
with recruits from otherStates and from Europe
should unite all their efforts and their industry
for the accomplishment of so grand an object.
The combined value Of all other products is
even now materially larger than the value OF
cotton, but the proportion should be increased
till it shall at least stand FIVE to one. The
cheapest beef and cheapest wool produced IN
the country are now the product OF the grasses
of the gulf States.
The annual sales of animal products should
soon be made to exceed greatly the value OF the
cotton crop, The wine industry of France pro-
duces three hundred millions of dollars annu-
ally, and supports population of SIX millions;
then why should not your sunny slopes, best
suited to wine production of any section OF the
continent east Of the Rocky Mountains compete
with the foreign vineyards, at least IN our mar
kets?
There is no reason why We should send abroad
for pound of sugar though our home produc-
tion was last year but ten per cent OF the con
sumption, when Louisiana alone has suitable
lands of sufficient area to supply the present
wants of the country. Your fruits in wonder
full variety, including those of the tropics, the
products of which figure largely in our imports,
should annually add millions of dollars to the
wealth of the country. Scores of new and use
full plants should be added to the list OF those
already in cultivation. / am yearly adding
many, through the Department of Agriculture,
among the most promising of which, the pres
ent season, are the corchorus Tor jute) and the
cinchona, which yields the quinine. shall
continue these experiments OF accllmltlzatlOn,
hoping to render you material aid IN your efforts
in diversifying your agricultural industry. In
close connection with this idea OF variety OF
production, permit me oprescnt my third item
of counsel.
MANUFACTURE YOUR OWN COTTON.
If England, by the magic of labor, can make
dollars worth of your cotton produce two
dollars, and if France by still more delicate
manipulation, can make it yield three, why
should not your people, with willing hands to
work, and abundant water and fuel for power,
manufacture a large portion OF your crops at
least into yarns and coarse fabrics? and thus
add to the annual value of your industries
hundred millions more. Thus you may save
freight storage, commissions, the profit of man.
ufacture, and, d,build up local markets to consume
more of the edible products of your agriculture
/ Here in Augusta you have furnished a nota-
BILE illustration of the feasibility and profit of
manufacturing, in an enterprise OF magnihcent
proportions, two-thirds of the capital of which
has come from its own net earnings You have
already other similar works, and should estab-
lish them in every direction, enlarging them
from their own profits, until large share of
YOUR cotton shall be manufactured within your
own borders.
Manufacture is allied to Agriculture, while
commerce is an expensive non-productive go
between. There are few interests Of agricul-
ture which do not involve manufacture. In
dairy farming, milk is sold with no aid of man
ufacture, except as it is extended" by aid of
the pump, but cheese and butter are the pro-
ducts of manufacture, which last year yielded
the value of two hundred and forty-six millions
of dollars. Flax and hemp can only reach the
market through certain processes of manufac-
ture: wheat must be threshed, corn shelled,
hops carefully kiln dried; so with many other
crops indeed the farmer must necessarily be a
manufacturer. High farming is always and
only found in connection with manufacturing
skill in extending the raw products of agricul-
ture; and no purely agricultural nation can ex-
pect to attain wealth, a high state of civilza-
ton or great political power. These are facts
which should be carefully pondered and
promptly acted upon.
Whv is not the South to-day the great man.
ufacturing section of the country? 1t is far
better adapted to such an industry than any
other section. The answer may be found In
paragraph from former official statement en-
anating from the Department of Agriculture
relating to this section
"The path of progress has been equally open
to all laws supposed to favor diversified In
dustry have been applicable to all States alike;
the best water power and cheapest coal are in
States that make no extensive use OF either;
milder climates and superior facilities tor cheap
transportation have furnished advantages that
have not been transmitted into net profits; and
vet such communities, daily nAicting irrepara
bic injury upon themselves, by neglecting the
gifts of God and spurning the labor of man,
are wont to deem themselves injured by the pros
perity flowing from superior industry, and a
practical political economy"
AS closing suggestion-one in which the
whole future prosperity of your States is in
yolvcd in an eminent degree-permit me to i'm
plore you
GIVE PROFITABLE LABOR 70 ALL YOUR PEOPLE
Depend not upon the coolies of China, or
the people of Europe until ali your people, of
whatever color, condition or capacity, have full
employment for mind and muscle in develop
ing the wonderful capabilities under your con-