The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-12

at my old bomo in Wake, expects in,
shortly to be ,out,up.aI ,..d }. - .
! ..a1 "@ CHATTER H. Z * !
| believe whom Mr. fuckers ol,erl
broke the thread of. my dis5ourse,
was making calculation. / ha.
told how the following persons realiz
cd profits on me dj a., v. Fl.
!. The, Raleigh Cotton Factor.
2. The Railroads, and Stean
lines. ... ..t.21 4.5.:
3. The Insurance agents.
4. The Baltimore Merchant.
s. The Northern Railroads.
6. The Northern 'Ipsurance Com.
panies. ... .. So
~. The Manufaoturer.t
8. Tho Wholesale Merchant.
8. The railroads on return freight.
10. The Insurance men on return
risks. f!... .i...i iuI ~
H.. The retail dealer. 81"
These parties all show q deep in.
terest in me, and l wish TO say | en-.
tertaip no uukind feelings toward any
of them. The profits they realized
from mo were Legitimate aud proper.
But l feel very kindly for the man
who raised me, and when I eonside red
that he paid all these accumulated
profits added to the original cost, l
did not wonder that he dressed poor.
ly and was bard pressed to su pport
his family. have travelled around
and listened to calculating men talk,
and intend to whisper a word to
him through the Crescent. What l
want to cay is: -"
Raise your own hogs. Don't buy
Western bacon at a high price when
cotton is liable to be at low price |!
Sow an aore or two in clover. 1t will
save corn and enable you to feed your
teams better, and will cost you loss
than Northern oats and hay. 1t will
enable you to feed your cows better
and they will give moro and better
milk. Your calves will grow larger
and make finer cattle. Raise your
own own corn and wheat. Don't
plant all cotton. If your land is
p"or, SOW peas and improve il. Save
all your barnyard manure, compost
Jour vegeta Bile mould, and don't buy
worthless fertilizers.
And when I get through whisper
ing to the farmer, I want to say q
word to capitalists.
Cotton must be raised in the South.
There will always be dema nd for
the manufactured article. We havo
waterpowers in abundance. If Nor.
thern manufactures can pay tranpor-
talion and insurance on the raw ma.
terial, and manufacture it on the
frozen streams Of New England and
realize handsome profits, why cannot
the Southern manufaoturer, who can
purchase at his door without freight
and insurance charges, compete suo-
oessfully " 18th the Northern manufac-
turer Z Our waterpowers are as
good 3; streams are seldom frozen our
climate is better, wo oan work more
days in the year labor can be had as
cheap. Besides making large profits
on tho capital invested, you will give
employment to our poor women aud
ohildren, and the cost Of manufaotur.
ing instaed of enriohing mon thou.
sand miles away, will be spent with
our own merchants and trndsmep,
and thus improve sthe condition of
our own State.
l do not wish to be misunderstood. .
do not desire North Carolinians to
invest their capital in factories be-
cause / entertain any unkind feeling
for Northern people. have had
! enough sectionslism. was once
known as King Cotton, but my GROWN
if not entirely ruined, is badly
damaged by sectional difficulties. /
only mentioned tho North because
most Of our staple is manufactured d
there. wish to SEQ all our people
North and South, prosper, but l oar'
SEQ nothing like prosperity for the
South - for North ,'arolins--until her
people learn to raise their own food,
manufacture their own staple, apd
give employment to their own me.
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