The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-01-11
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That the people of the South have long neg
lected some of the most profitable pursuits of
commerce, Is we'll known fact; that they
have depended and are still dependent on the
| North for almost all the implements with which
she tiIs the soil, for her reapers, mowers, head
ers and threshing machines; for the iron which
lines the track Of our railroads, for the rolling
stock, for the engines, and for almost every
| thing else used in railroading, is an incontro-
yertible and disgraceful fact; and when the
sclf-same people are reaping so rich harvest
! from our Inactivity our lack of energy, and our
want of enterprise, visit us, and see the natu-
raj resources Of our country for all manufactu-
ring purposes; see the vast mines of minerals
scattered throughout the length and breadth of
our land, lying undeveloped for the want of q
little energy, little enterprise, little push;
see the untold water power of our streams 60.
ing to waste; see the millions of acres of land
that are lying idle, bringing no revenue to the
country, but source of expense, for taxes
have to be paid on them; is it at all remarks
BILE that when they return home, they should
say the people of the South were the most IA
vored, and at the same time, the most indolent
and thriftless people on the earth.
Tennessee pays out annually In the neigh
borhood of $4,000, 900 for manufactured goods,
the raw material for the most of them being
produced in the South These goods can be
manufactured as cheaply here as at the North.
People of Tennessee, stop and think for one
moment of the amount of good that could be
among our people, to be by them invested
amongst us, to add to the material wealth of
our country, so that all might be benefited
thereby, instead of being sent away never to
return. -ue..,rq 80.
It is folly to say we cannot help it; we have
no capital. Commence small, and increase
your capacity as rapidly as you are justified in
doing so by your trade. Awake from this
Grip Van Winkle slumber" that you have
been indulging for the past three-quarters OF
century, and go to work. If men OF capital
will not invest their money for their own pro-
fit, the development of the country, and the
good of their fellowmen, we call on our work
ing men to take hold and show these croakers
and old fogies what can be accomplished by
energy, skill and well directed labor. Let
them form cooperative unions-unite their
mites, their labor, their brains and their skill,
and put the ball in motion. Two such instan-
ces have come under our observation, and have
proven decided success. In one of our wes-
tern cities, the proprietors of large iron fonn,
dry proved to be bankrupt, and were to be SOLD
out at sherif's sale. Before the day OF sale,
their former employees formed themselves into
q Joint stock company, or cooperative union,
u united ai their capital, bought the foundry with
its machinery, stock on hand, ETC., selected
their business managers, their foremen, and all
went to work with will, and to-day it is one
of the most fourishing foundries in that city.
Another was o cooperative printing office a
party of journeymen printers that had been
thrown out of employment on Strike" uni
ted their little capital, bought material, partly
on time, selected men to manage the business,
and have declared from one and q half to two
and a half per cent. monthly dividends on the
entire capital invested, after paying themselves
the the weekly wages which they demanded from
their former employers. We cite these two in
stances to show the laboring men that they can
start in business for themselves. and that by SO
doing they will advance their own interest and
the interest of the whole country, and prove to
"old money bags" that he has missed good
investment by his old fogyism. Let all work
The Enterprise. f.t