The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-04-18
a Western Farmers Talk 70
the Farmers 81 the south.
From tile Rural Carolinian.
(Coaclntled fron ozsr k4st

occupied VIII great h6lus OA cot
ton dank swamps cleared and
bearing wealth Of nntriciOus rice
cities and towns teeming with +
human beings the noble AZ
ray Of soldiers and statesmen
whose names shed their briiliantf
lustre on American history, and to /
their wonderful natural resources.
But however much has been all |
ready accomplished, the present
citizens need not, like Alexander,
weep that there are no more worlds
to conquer. Splendid as IS the
past, to which you look back, the
future, to which you are looking
forward, is full Of opportunities far
more brilliant.
The natural resources Of tile
CaroIinas are comparately I'M
touched. The many mountain
streams that now go bnbblihg,
laughing and singing in idleness
towards the sea, wasting their
strength in dancing and hiding
their beauty in solitude, are to be
harnessed to the water wheel and
taught to tirelessly and patiently
toll for the artisan. They will
| turn thousands of spindles and
| throw thousands Of shuttles, chang
ling the raw oottons from your
plantations to innumerable, nseful,
! beautiful and costly fabrics. Every
turn Of the sternlY going water
wheel adds steadily to the value
/ Of the raw material, until finally it
/ comes forth from the mills a higly
1 finished product and the world
withstand ready to take your cloths,
prints, threads aud laces at prices
which viii bring dollars to the
country where the raw cotton only
| brings dimes.
/ Those boundless forests are q
mine Of undeveloped wealth. On
mountain and plain they should
sound with the music Of swiftly
turning saws, cunningly devised
maUhinery, and the voices OF busy
men. Every crop Of the farm
l.all the wood Of the forest, All the
products Of the mine should re-
| ceive here at home all the labor
which can be protitably put In
them, and 60 forth from your
midst finished, and ready to supply
the wants Of the worlds markets
Only thus can d state obtain the
fnllbeneIit Of her resources
In the Carolina Of the future
the Carolina of which Carolinians
may be doubly proud the planter
from the soil. thelumberman from
the forest. and tile miner from thG
mines, viii raise the raw material
The mechanic will receive, elabo
rate and perfect it. There will b.
villages on the streams musica
with the hum OF busy industry
J the houses of intelligent, thrifty
contented artisans. They will b,
] surrounded bY highly cultured
, fields TILED by thoughtful and pros
porous owners. There will bl
rich cities on the sea, from whicl
win 70 ont white-winged ships
bearing tie fine products of Caro-
linian industry, and bringing bacl
1 ia return the wealth Of Ormu
Q Oh of Ind. The cat swamp
3 shall wave with crops Of rice, th
plains whiten with cotton. the ID
tervals yield The golden maizes th
mountain aides shall reyel in lis
! beauties Of vineyards, orchard
and shepherds focks, aud every
where, amid this teeming p0pula
ton. the school-house win 0ecup
4 foremost place, affording q th
, youth 81 every degree that ments
training which alone can fit th
people of q commonwealth ia il
telIigentiy perform their duties d
= i s0verelgnS.
For the accomplishment 81 9
this, and more, nature, with LAWS
hand, has placed the means abov
around beneath you. lt remain
for the citizens to develop thel
% 20 the glory and prosperity Of %
State The task IS no p0eefme. ~