The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-23
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dense in proportion to their areas,

fifty-four; that OF Massacnusetes aG one , lnli
lion four hundred and ffty-seven thousand
three hundred and ffty-one, and that OF Penn,
sylvania at three million five hundred and
tWenty-one thousand seven hundred and nine
ty-one. Dividing the number of inhabitants
in those States respectively by the number OF
s1nare miles contained in their areas We ma
that the population of Connecticut is at the
rate of lis to the square mile, that OF Massa-
chusetts 1856. and that of Pennsylvania 10;
Sopth Carolina has an area nearly tlve times
sas large as that of Massachusetts,, and less than
half Of her population, while the number OF
enr inhabitants is only 19 to the square mile.
In the State of New York the density OF pop
ulation is SO to the square mile, and In hhooe
Island 166. If the Northern agriculturists ana
mechanics, who are now uneomtortaDiy crow
lled together in their native States, can Dc IN
fluced to settle here in any considerable num-
her we will thereby add an element of immense
value to our population. They are the class
of men who make great cities out OF small
towns. and build mighty States in the wilder
ness. :,
In pursuance of the plan for the encourage
ment of domestic immigration as herein pro-
posed. I recommend the creation of the office
of Commissioner of immigration, with such
salary as in your wisdom you may think prop
er. and that the sum of ten thousand dollars
be appropriated for the payment of such salary,
and other expenses incident to the purposes OF
said Office, namely: The dissemination through
out the Northern States of correct information
in regard to our climate and agricultural re-
sources. The Commissioner OF Immigration
should be selected with the sole view to his
especial qualifications for the position, and one
of his duties should be to travel IN the interior
of the Eastern and Middle States, and invite
~,
setting forth the value and location OF our
most desirable lands, with exact information
in regard to the mineral wealth, vegetable
products. climate and sanitary condition OF
The duties now devolved upon the Commis-
sioner of Agriculture should be performed by
the Commissioner of immigration.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF MANUFACTURES.
It is a matter of vital and growing lmpor-
tauce that the General Asseslbly should en-
courage and foster the establishment OF all
classes of useful manufactures IN the State.
Especially is it essential to our material pros
perity that the manufacture of cotton goods
among us should be speedily aud largely IN
creased.
The more varied the industries of a people
are. the more general is their prosperity. By
a diversity of occupations all kinds Of labor
supply are utilized, and thus employment is
given. to thousands of men, women and chill
dren who would otherwise be unemployed In
any beneficial pursuits.
Authoritative statistics warrant the opinion
that not less than nine millions OF persons IN
the United States, or nearly one fourth of the
entire population, derive their support, directly
or indirectly, from manufacturing employ
ments.
The proportion of that class in this State is
exceedingly small /, rs is also the number who
own or rent lands, while the number OF agrl-
cultural laborers is enormously great.
According to the United States census OF
1870, the whole number of persons engaged in
agriculture in South Carolina, is as follows:
Agricultural 900
Farmers and 4z,o4o
Farm and nlantation managers. ........ 179
Dairymen and dairywomen... 10
Gardeners, nurserymen and vine growers l0S
Stock raisers.
Stock herderS... 10
Turpentine farmers. D
Turpentine laborers. 249
S Total. 651
Ass The whole number of our people employed
as operatives in cotton and woolen manufac-
lures is only 1,O34, or less than to 700 of our
population. =,
Yet we produce the raw material in abun-
dance-shipping abroad annually about twen-
ty-fve millions of dollars in cotton, which we
buy back, with an enormous tariff added, lnthe
form of the manufactured article.
This failure to manufacture any considerable
portion of our cotton product is not due 10 any
want of material resources for manufacturing
purposes: We have an immense surplus of the
requisite labor-supply, we'll adapted to this oc-
cupation, which can be cheaply obtained, while
we have a vast water power, which is the most
economical of all motive forces applicable to
the machinery for manufacturing.
It REQUIRES no labored argument to prove that
Che nearer the location of the machinery is to
the fields that produce the raw material, the
cheaper (other things being equal, can the
manufactured article be supplied to those who
are engaged in the production OF that raw ma
terial One patent reason of this result IS that
the manufacturer himself receives the raw ma
terial at so much cheaper price, saving the
cest of transportation, insurance, &c.
Yet our magnificent waters are running to
waste. within view of thousands of prolific
fields. white with the fleece of the cotton plant
Our yagrant streams that now-like Tenny-
sons 'brook"-"go idly on forever" should
have, the sound of their falling waters drowned
in the music of million busy spindles. These
streams are never locked up in the icy grasp of
winter, but they flew on perpetually, warmed
and Frightened by the sunshine of mild and
genial climate.
This splendid material resource has hitherto
been doomed to disastrous neglect by the un-
wise policy fostered in this State. Our people
have too long concurred with Thomas Jefferson
in his not sagacious hope, uttered in 1908, that
ttthere should never be in the United States,
and, least of all, in Virginia, any manufac-
turing establishments, but that they should be
confined 10 the hirelings of Europe"
The world, however, was wiser than the great
statesman. The pulses of an advanced civili-
cation are throbbing in every stroke of the null
tiplied machinery applied to manufactures that
minister to the comfort and the higher tastes OF
man.
With proper number of manufactures for
aur nrodncts In this State the rate Of wages