Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-10-12
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timely extract:
But second imperative need of the
South, as we see it's diversified indus tru..
We are aware that Mr. Ruskin, quitting
the domain of Art Criticism, for which he
possesses the prcemincnt endowment of
keen aptiudes, wide observation, aud pa
tent study otnature, protractel residence
amongst the greatest scenes and works of
both art and nature, together with a won
derful command of eloquent, glowing and
picturesque language, has of late years
taken to preaching sermoas rpon politlcal
economy. As was to be expected, he
propounds some wild views upon the great
social and economic problems Of the age.
We find Kim contending that each nation
and each region should ascertain the
special pursuits to which it is adap ed by
soil, peculiarities of national character,
and bent Of natural inclination. To that
speciality he maintains hat all it's ener-
gles should be devoted, and that other
nations, not thus adapted to this rartic-
ular pursuit. should wisely encourage its
aspiring neighbor to its fullest and finest
productivity, by giving it a monopoly of
the commodity in question. and abstain
ing from any rivalry in its manufacture.
Thus he would say,perhaps, let Eng,
land give US iron, France silks, Belgium
laces and carpets, Germany clothes, the
United States agricultural implements
and Gotten Now this theory of a nl;ohty
joist-stock cooperative division of IN
ternatonal labor and industry, might
well answer for world upon which the
unshadowed splendors of milleuial day
are raaiantly shining. But it is too
advanced for the facts as they exist
When Napolen was in the height of his
military genius. planning the subjugation
of Europe and the establishment of uni
versal monarchy, a copy of Fourier's first
world on Social Science was put Tito his
hands. ''The earth must oe plowed by
the sword, said he, "before it can pro-
duee such harvests as this man dreams o {.
So of Mr.. Ruskin's 6ne-spun theories -
We must accept humanity as we Gud it
Nations are not yet ready to enter grand
Trades Union. Wars will come, and
woe to the State that by too exclusive
devotion to any one pursuit, has crippled
its powers Of self-maintainance in the
great struggle for national existence.
The South should seek other outlets
for its energies and other channels for its
capital, besides the narrow path along
which its unhealth;ly stimulated cotton
culture has rushed with the frantic speed
ofthe Mississippi through some crumbling
crevasse in its mighty banks, spreading
desolation in its weltering way. No great
community can prosper, in the race of
modern civilization, without the judicious
cultivation of the mechanic arts. Geolo-
gists and archaeologists trace the pro-
gressive eras ofhuman development in the
successive epochs Of the stone, the bronze
the iron age. Sir John Lubbock's
primitive man and Mr. Darwin's descen-
dant of arboreal progenitors, have equally
advanced along the line of the mechanic
arts. to the high estate of modern culture.
The city of Philadelphia, alone, gives
employment to 120, 600 men and women
engaged in manufacturers number larger
perhaps, than can be found similarly
occupied IN the entire South. Here is
one secret Of Northern success in material
growth. Everywhere we see factories aud
machine shops. The air is laden with
smoke of furnaces and the ear saluted
with whirr aud clang Of busy mach merry
The Southern people need similar enter
prses multiplied amongst them. The
few that have grown up there have prov
ed very successful
The main difficulty is to tear the rural
population from their lifelong devotion to
the one product of the soil to which they
have been always accustomed. Their ar.
gument is short and incisive, if not con-
elusive: "We know all about cotton
planting. 1t made us in the past, rich
and prosperous. We know nothing of
your mills and furnaces, your enginery
and shops. Therefore, we will none Of
them" This abusive logic needs correc
lion. Sound information should be
disseminated broadcast. Every manu-
featuring enterprise should be encourag-
ed. Capital should be invested in such
undertakings. To one unaccustomed to
Southern life. the subserviency oe that
section to the great manufacturing es-
adjustments of the world is absolutely
uncomfortable. A Southern farmer puts
hickory helve into his axe, the timber
for which was originallyc cut in the South
shipped North. there manufactured, ald
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