Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23

Il While the number OF agricultural IA
horers is enormously great. ., " n.
According to she United State
4 CENSUS. Gf 1870, The whole tYmbGr 9
!, persons, engaged in, "a agriculture i
South Carolina is as follows .'.,ir..c;
Agricultural '1abolroerssS, So. ...t... '" 1882
! Farmers snd'planters, ..... 1854
! Farm p and az plantation, p A p, mafl;7, sl {, 'a.5 @
i ayers, ....,...,...r,.. ..ii.J = II!
Daipymen and dairvwomen,.u.,. IL
G5:abAr{dis5sffrs,i Gar nnrserymen and ,i., ..
vinergrowers, ...-..... .J. 11Os
Stock-raisers,~. .......l....,r-
Stock-herders, :. 81, - IL
Turpssntine farmers, -. .'', ..,.'.''1 '1T3 20
'Tnrpentine laborers, ...v..'at "a!
| a, ..l.,c ~ r" - hal h''if'1 ---- -.--
Total. I ,.,.; :'',: ~ ..2oe,65l
r' The whole number ;of,our,. peopl.
employed as operatives in cotton and
.wo6lleh', hanufactoEies!. is: only 1864
or. less than one.in 700 Of our ,popu-
lation. ifii-...t,u, Mi.'" :,tS,., ~ ~ y
=" YET. We. produce the, raw ia material
in abundance shipping abroad about
twenty-five millions Of dollars, in
COTTON S,whifh" We buy back, NTH an
enormous tariff added, in the form oi
the manufactured articles. III !.
'''fhis faitura to rhaanafacture,' any
siderabla., portion of lourirrott ton
! tproduct'isrh due, ito any want oi
Il1n7atetial resources tpr 'manpfac tdltiring tdtiiI
purposes We have an immense SUR
plus ofAthe requisite labor supply,
well adAptedyptHis occupation. Which
can be acheaplyf. obtained, while, W..
have'a'Vast water power, which is
Ithe most ecoho clinical Of all. native
FORCES applicable to the machinery
for manufacturing ns't'!oc!9H III !"
''N requires no ,fab6fed arg1nsfhltt tc
prove -tlat$he, lnearer,the. Occasion o;
the, e,manufactoryi isito the feldsthat
produce the raw material, thH Cheap
or (atheri things being, equal J can the
manGacturedioarticie be'osupplied tc
those who are engaged in the,produc.
si1n s6a of Of saa that T. raw material One pat
manufacturer himself receives the
raw material a., Sc. much. cheaper a
price, saving the cost of transporta-
tlon, INSURANCE, &c. -.
i. Yet our magnificent waters are
running to.lwaste, within view of
thousands Of prolific fields white with.
the fleece Of tie cotton plant, Our
vagrant streams that now-liIe Ten
nyson's "fbrools" =" go idly on for
ever shonld have the sound of their
falling waters, drowned : in. the music
OF a million busy spindles. These
streams are never locked up in the,
icy grasp of winter, but, they Aow on
perpetually, warmed and frightened
BY y, the sunshine Of a. a mild, and. genial
climate, 80 -.'' ''s'
II This il, splendid material resource arc has
j! been doomed to disastrous
neglect by the unwise policy fostered !
~ this, STATE, Our, people have too
ong copcurred with. Thomas. Jefer-
'9n IN his: nas, sagaoieus hope, u IT, red /
Il lsO5s that =. there should never be
n the United States; and, least of all,
NJ Virginia, ANY manufacturing es-
ablishdnent,s but that, they, should be
'onhned to<the hirelings OF Europe"
The. world4 however, Was wiser than
hat grea:, statesmsa.: The pulses Of
IL advancing civilization a,re throb..
ing IA every stroke OF the multiplied
aaehinery applied, to manufactures
hat minister to- the comfort and the
iSher tastes of man. oi.ri, ,f.
With a proper number of !manuu-
acbores f1ornour products in this
tate, the rate OF wages now given to
griculturl laborels will he. rrea a.lv
nhanced, while, at the same time,
s,rlculturaf employers VIII be be ne !
tied BY tile SSp.;da advance. a in their
'adiBg productions, resulting in the
s%rvased demand, and they will be
FINISHED with more certain and
3hlv!snisntmarketI Thea3erage fate
wages for agricultural, laborels s in
lis State: including only adults, is K
OF more than six dollars per month,
hich seldom. If eyer, Leaves, the Ia
arer any, surplus. ...1,,u ann- /;
this rthe'inevitable law ofsupplv Z
i'd, 1,,s demand Vary. the inda$tries, 9
I'D employ in mspufactores one half s
! the stalwart lsborers now tilling :
le feldss;"and eds; the wages; Of the re.
ainder would probably, bs,loub bled
'ioncet'". - r,7.;' mt pI"Hi l't
With a view 10 Che especial en- n
y iragepsEt of: manufaatories Of cot Il
n an sna Yl0pol Yl0poll in -th}iis State, ! recon- :
END ? tAAe speed, Y, passage ote, law il
ie!yyiifd1ilp that all SUCH ppfsctdries
at may be esta6lishedt within the 81
nita 0f this. is State, on Or before the lip
st day Of November, 1875, shall II
cejye, from, tbs treasury of the State E
bonus equal, to the State tax assess d
upon the necessary buildings, land 2,
q machinery OF said manufactures, Il
Oh bonus to be paid annually. and n
90 continued for i've years after Ia
ch, manufacturing company. claim w
g the same, same, shall I, haaYeu uput IS fac &C
y into ,actual operation, ,..f,n. ol
AAsi 9 matter Of equity 4 recon. 1IgI
md that the same .bopua bs all lowed oI
law to manufactures Of COTTON and tt
'olen goods already. established for III
Ike period,I commencing atthe' close es
the preser. fiscal Year.,,t...,yl. in
a7t1i The State Militia. nl 80
recommend that the present mi 81
ID law be leftuntouched. This law T
ovides for the orr gauization of the !"
litial under such rules and regula- ri
MS as may be prescribed by the tt
nmaH der-in9Chfef and the Adiu- igl
It and Inspector General. Thfstdu. Il
RilLl.be Performed with cautionand. til
eretion, aha upon consultations with
general officers 81 oof tkee. National di
ard of the State. - ii. /.