The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-03
COLUMBIA..sa. G.
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We are essentially an agricultural po01
pie in this ssate.! Vup, property consists
mainly in land, and our means oi living
come principally irom the cropsli. yields.
These have beenagenerally satisfactory,
or at least were IS betose, theiseFFaious de-
rangement of our labor sydtem! It is
true that, many years ago, ,thasiiah cotton
and sugar lands Of the Scplh!Hfest drew
away from us large plumbers of our
planters. South oaselin Ina has ber repre-
sontativess In Georgia, Tennessee. Flori-
da, Alabama, !, Louisiana. Arkansas and
Texak They havo done much for those
Ssates.by the vsaltii and RESOURCES which
they carried with them, ,by their active
intellige6oe, sturdy enterprise aud liberal
feeling. and by the social habisa'and ro-
Haszsa:s wh:eh :he5 introduced and
cultivated wherever they went. Our old
State would to-day make different
showing, in the census as to its area in
cultivation. It's products, and it's pqpala-
'tion, il to the exertions and labors OF $hs
sons who remained on, Its soil could be
added those of them who sought their
fortunss Tar sTay in the West. With
the changes arising from q new organiza-
don OF labor. from, the, reduction OF
working capital, and from the greater
risks OF planting in the West, owing to
foods. drought. worms, rust, So, So. It
has resulted that the soil here. all things
considered, yields as fair and as sure re-
turns to industry. and systematic cultiya-
tion, al those fnorehighly favored 10 fer
tilE.s SThe motives for em'sration$from
this cause have. Therefore. largely ceased
cooperate. u has been ,found that those
who leave do no better than those who
stay. We hare country to live fox; and
onq worth living for. II is as good as
any other, except in certain particulars,
political and social. Time, patience,
united and conscientious efforts, con-
slant. intelligent and nnoomplaining in
dustry and perseverance,. may remove
these drawbacks,- and bring to us, in
spite Of Our present fates, a happier.
more oqntented and, more prosperous
Ks'sne q Asmsansito Ills end. itBe5s
oon3 & by Avhry;meaus hr6urpower:
to Develop .tha capacity. Of, onrr soil, to
encourage and adopts Improvements in
tho mode of it's cultivation, and to give
strehsehI ltSans aa and haaftnqn9ll to our great
commanding agricultural interests. It
is well thatwe have local and State sooie7
ties for exhibition Of products. for en!
cesYisesheptIot stoaA saistng, ana ior
Improvement in the implements neosssa.
~ 70 profitable and agreeable cultivation,
and for, the introduction Of new ideas.
Friendly competition in these respects.
the desire OF premiums and distinctions
designed as rewards for excellence, have
done and will continue to do vast good.
Aud the social advantages OF the re-
unions they bring about ars, by no means
incopsidefable.
But more remains to bee done, Our
agiladlt6rsl .oiassneeds { broader found
alton upon which to rest. better organ.
izAtieFf fH more coppia ksicn.E amoasI
themselves, and closer and more init
mate connection with other friendly COM
munities engaged in similar puisnitt..
The tendency OF agriculturists in. old
times was to disintegration and to per
sonai independence. A planter on his
landed estates, with his family, conneo-
ticns, laborers and employees about him.
was not much dependent on the outside
world. He had everything within him.
self. His domain was his kingdom. He
ealed, the monarch of all he surveyed.
The system which made all that possible
has paescd away. We live under another,
which requires concert Of action, and
touches the outside world at all points.
We must overcome our predictions for
the old and conform to the Requirement.
OF the new system. Agriculturists are
no longer princely planters, but thrifty
farmers. Great properties have been, or
should be. sub.divided; crops require to
be diversified. and ell cognate interests
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