The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-21
The Needs Of the South.

The public journals North and
South have been recently discussing
the question of the primary needs o.
this Section, and among others the
Now York Tribune offers suggestion
According to the Tribune, though We
raay need money, or other capita
easily convertible and available, we cs
pecially want the means of making
available. the large amount of unpro'
duetivo capital which is in our posses
sion-the hundreds Of millions o'
acres of unused lands which are. Gov
cred with valuable timber, and
abound in precious minerals lands
which might bring now threo thous'
and millions of dollars but which are
really worth much more. AS a mode
of bringing these into market 1t re-
commends a system Of surveys like
that which has been applied to the
public lands of tho United States,
which would add twenty five per cent
ito the value of. our lands, and increase
their sale tenfold-also an extensive
system Of advertising which would
bring q knowledge Of the location,
prices and. capacities Of these lands,
home to every freside in Europe and
this country, and which would likely
effect q sale Of ten millions Of aores
pcr AMMAN.
There is doubtless much force, in
these suggestions. The South has in
ealculable advantages, which need on
~ to be developed; immense capital
lying unproductive which are requir-
ed to meet the wants Of varied
industry. With D genial climate,
fertile soil, and as many other sdvan-
tages industrial and social ss most
other sections can offer, we need only
tharthese should be.known to be ap-
preciated. To develop our resources
we want more people. With terri
tory equal in SIZE, and double in pro-
ductiveness, to that of the rest Of the
Union East of the Rocky Mountains,
we have only one third of their pop:
ulat7on. Give US tho samo popula'
tion and we Will have the same diver
sity of industry, the same enterprise
and thrift, and in time the same ao'
cumulation of capital. We invite I'm
migration, and as means, we accept
the suggestions Of the Tribune, but
that journal must not forget that the
most serious obstacles we encounter
arise from the governments which
have beon imposed upon US by the
North, and also from the persistent
Misrepresentation and abuse which
we have received from the Northern
journals. Let the South receive but
Justice at their hands aud be allowed
to work out; her material renovation
under the protection of wise and
equal laws, and she will ask nothing
else. 20. -,
contemporary, Tile South, urges al
means of Southern development
"a limited production of cotton--di
vcrsified industry-cheap and rapit
transportation. The experience Of
every day demonstrates tho necessity
Of the ,irst-we must plant less cot
ton, or be reduced to bankruptcy.
The complete vassalage Of. thu
South in every department of indus
try.,is shown in the following state
mcnt:
"a Southern farmer puts hickory
helye into his axe, the timber 70,
which was originally cut in the South
shipped North, there manufactured
and turned to him for his use. He
cuts down the forest with Collins
axe, turns up the sail with a North.
ern plough, chops out his cotton with
a New York hoe, gins the staple upon
q gin of New England manufacture,
hoops it with Pennsylvania iron,
haufs It to the warehouse on q Con-
cord wagon, and ships it to market
upon platform cars, while his small
grains are cut, tkreshed, and prepared
for sale by means Of Yankee imple-
ments, Nor is this all. Enter the
arena Of household economy, you
find the Sontherner cooking with an
Albany stove, eating from Boston
earthernware, cutting his food with
Meriden knives, lading his soup with
Gorham Company plated ware, by
the light of q petroleum lamp, made
chimney and all, under the murky
canopy of Pittsburg smoke. Come
to personsl apparel, Ind our first fam
lilies are decked out IN Yankee mus.
lins, with Massachusetts ribbons ip
their hair and Rhode Island ear-bobs
in their ears, while their dresses are
hold together by Connecticut buttons,
Waterbury hooks and eyes,, or
Cohoes pins. Thus from shoe.latch.
cd to hair-pins there is q mortifying
Aaoaodopoo unon Nnrfharns hv;et IN