The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-18
Manufacturing.

The citizens of Anderson are making anoth-
er movement in the direction OF manu1actur-
ing, and are talking Of reviving ".Fhe Peoples
Manufacturing Company" which has been
living inactive since 1871. Mr.. Reed, in let
ter published in the County journals proposes
raising capital of $250,000, and the establish
ment of three mills in the County, one to be
devoted to weaving, to be located at Anderson
Court House, and two to spinning, one at high
Shoals. and the other at Centreville. The
prospect of a good crop this fall, and the sub
seouent surplus capital which will be IN the
hands of the people are considered as aftording
q propitious opportunity for this step IN pro-
gressivie wealth. It is proposed to propel the
Factory at the Court House by steam, and the
two others by water. ..5 ~ ~ 80 I.
Whatever may be the result of this wave of
true wisdom, this awakening to the true inter
ests Of the County, and of the up country gen
erally, it certainly deserves practical success,
and we trust will not again be suffered ei to pc pc
lost sight. of. gr,,.,,i,
That upper South Carolina is well adapted
to manufacturing is universally conceded Ihe
cheapness Of wood and water, the mlidness OF
climate. the exceptional Hygiene of the coun-
try, the present and increasing railroad 1acll1 III
ties. and the cheapness of the raw material, all
combine to render manufacturing highly profit
able. The people are becoming inbued with
these ideas, and whether or not the present
movement of our neghbors meet immediate
success. we have never doubted but manufac-
turing would in the no distant future become
general in the up-country. Periodical move
ments like that at Anderson. demonstrate the
bent of the public mind, and their failure tor
the time only proves the want OF sufficient &C.
cumulated capital to carry out what the good
Judgment of the people approves Since the
war. the true energies of the Southern people
have been well illustrated Instead OF repln-
inp at the loss of the accumulated capital of a
century they set to work to recuperate their
hroten fortunes and re-establish more durable
nrosnerity. Though but few years have
elapsed with propitious and unpropitieous sea-
SONS interchanging, they have constantly grown
wiser and richer, and will soon be in condi-
tion to extend and develop new sources OF
wealth. The chief of these are increased rail-
road facilities and the establishment OF manu-
factories. The first of these is constantly gong
on. and the other is taking root in the hearts
of the people, The movement at Anderson,
if carried out, will encourage other similar
enterprises, and each factory in keeping at
home a portion of the money now annually
expended in the North for the spinning and
weaving of our cloth, Will make the otate
richer, money more plentiful, our population
more numerous and thrifty, and the result must
follow, that other and larger factories will be
built and run until our people will enjoy true
prosperity: oou nou,u hooon,o .
oonulous or wealthy town or county in the true
sense of the word, while we create the raw
material alone, and annually pay to less favored
sections all our profits tor manulacturlng m lo'
ne What we could manufacture cheaper tor our
solves ~s,N' IF the money made in this County on
cotton cotton for five years, could be kept here in
cH1 circul Stion, we would be amazed at the amount
Of it. suppose we should manufacture or even
bic its value and hence, double our a9nua NJ m
income, besides ahording market TO tne aaat iarn
er for his surplus provisions III !ne li1oaIao;
nonnlation which would flow in and obtalr
employment in these new enterprises.
| I'VE wish Anderson success. Her people are