The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-01
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It's we'll remarked, il the recent pub.
lfSatisaa lfSatis OF the Charleston Chamber of
Cba.merce, that the extent and import,
d9esSt, the trade ID seoana,mescial fsrtil-.
iAers, manufactured from the South Ga.
rolina phosphates. are not fully appreoi-
ateain this State. Az q matter Of con.
siderable general interest, We present
some Of the most interesting facts and
statistics upon this subject, gathered
from this publication. This trade has
been developed with surprising rapidity,
all the accompanies engaged in it are doing
an Five and9inoreasing business, and
the use Of their products is constantly
extending. There are Blk factories in or
near the oity-the Wsndo, the spIphurio
Acid isnd e, sspespAoaphate. che epss:ss
Guano, the Atlantic. and the Stono Com
panies, and sardy's Wappoo Mills. The
first FIVE mentioned have aoid chambers
OF the largest and most approved Pat.
terms. The capital represented in mills,
machinery, dredges, pumps, washers,
fats. steamers, tug boats. wharf pro-
perty and material for manufacturing,
amounts to $4,000, 900. and has been ac-
ogmllated or diverted, into this channel
SINCE 1858. The Requirements OF : this
growing trade have Induced many vessels
to seek business at the port, and carried
much Of the raw $naatefiel away as
freight. Direct shipments OF Peruvian
Guano and crude sulphur are now re.
ceived, and manufactures are thus kept
supplied with the best articles for max.
ing their. products, ahcompeting rates,
equalto any Of the Noftherh oitfes..
The demand for the fertilizers has 80
far not extended much beyond the sSouth
'itselL Isupplying it,iit has checked
The heavy trade that formerly existed
With Philadelphia, Baltimore. Boston
and NewsYotk in comma eruial smanures
and guanos from the Ohfh&ha hlands.
The prospect is not tnnfavHoorable that, in
few years, the North west, and even
New England. may!lobk to this quarter
for their supply, just as we hope in time
to turn the tables on the last mentioned
entefprising community in shipping
them, not the raw material of cotton, as
we do now, but the articles Of yarn and
cloth manufactured from Tlis. With
plenty OF the crude phosphate and oot-
ton everywhere, we do not see why We
may not do it. Enterprise and capital
are all that are needed, and the one is
rapidly developing and the other steadily
increasing. The first shipment of the
crude phosphate was made in 1867, and
from that time to July,1; 1872, no less
than 242. 415 tons were shipped. The
six companies mentioned have manufac-
tured 1864 tons of, ssulphurio gacid.
valued at $3.50, 200, and hsve shipped.
by rail and water. up to. July I, 1872,
nearly 10000 tons of manufactured fer
tilizers. Notwithstanding the large pro-
portions into which this interest has ex-
panded, the field yet invites laborers,
and will afford them ample and profta-
BILE employment. Skilled labor is espe.
cialy called for to devise more eoonomi.
cal means Of obtaining and handling the
rock. We do not know where, on this
planet. finer fields Of enterprise, indus
try and skill ere to be found, than in the
phosphate mines and cotton crops OF
this State, in mining and manufacturing
the one, aud in making and manufacture
ing the other.
Rev. Joseph Harvey, who may be
called the founder of Amarionn :r,iauion