The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-12

We shoald have qnr markets in our
own. ssction OF conntfS. in our own
Counties. X possi6l Ia the san of our
cost6l 10 the Htsfs "a Georgia there
are Yotty-two cotton iAills TO work MP
$50, 900 worthIof raw material,
and yet She factories which have hsen
(essa6iiahed heretofore are prospetine
y. 9 dsgtee which 10 not allowed to any
other Industry ii the land, and I wish
you. gentlemen OF the North, to see
that while your cotton mills are stop.
ping and working on half time, the
cotton mills OF tue South have never
known greater prosperity. It costs you
TOO much to get the cotton to you.
The cotton mills must come to the
cotton, and when they do como here.
they will fnd their profits increased to
degree with which they have not
been heretofore familiar. The South
ern people are poor. but I think that
they can establish these factories.
There are means by which We can tiud
tha capital we Of the South have
always been too impatient; We have
been unwilling to creep before we
could walk. We must be content with
small beginnings. know of cotton
factory in Georgia which was con-
men ced before the war with capital of
S25. 900 only. That factory has now
invested a capital of 5000, 600, derived
from no outside source whate yer but
the profits accruing. aud in the mean
time the stockholders have lived and
prospered; and can scarcely believe
that there is Q large cotton county In
the South that could not, with this
small beg ming. build up such an in
terest. The system OF agriculture
pursued In the South is such (I mean
EXCLUSIVES cotton plauting) that it costs
more labor TO the productive acre than
to any other people in christeudom.
Ii we could aot as other people act,
our results would be far different; but
in onr agriculture, as in our other pur
suits. We have fallen into rut, and do
not know how to get out of it, espe-
cially with a jaded team. We must
see how Others have done and are
doing. with no greater advantages than
ours. to make their lahds. profitable.
There where profitable agriculture
prevails. all portions OF the land are
made to pay the price of the labor;
that 10 to say, some portions are al
loved to produce those products which
requiE4Qo excessive amount OF labor.
II We, Netesto take of one, half of our
cotton crop A1dS dsvate our attention
to tho cuItlfSttons oSigEasses and the
ssising Of iS6 stock They do at the
North. Se; could Hats9 one half Of our
expenses. bnbh E nSbsy and labor,
land that .meney vhidkswe thus save
1--we could putin,a' cdteon ,fsotory and
give us aaEafket atshome for all the
products of"our farm. beg that this
point will be carefully considered. I
think it Que material to the interests
Of the North and South and West. It
is, perhaps, not the only remedy, but,
in my opinion. it is by far the best
which has been devised. by which to
make the markets. for our farm pro-
ducts directly within our reach. It
has beenssupposed by some persons
that the Grange is an aggressive insti-
tution-that our design is to attack all
the rest OF society. don't know that
our position can be- better illustrated
than by the anecdots of the Quaker.
who. being passenger of u vessel
which was being chased by pirate,
was auked by others Of the passengers
il hs was not going to arm himself?
No. says he. l never carry deadly
weapons. The pirate approached the
vessel, and one OF the crew was jast
leaping on board the merchant ship,
when the Quaker seized him in his
arms and dropped him overheard, aud
said, Friend. thou hast no business
here" The Grange says this: We ut
tuck nobody, We strike nobody, but
We want it we'll understood that we are
excellent hands at fcndiug off The
means by which We hope to reduce the
cost of our produce is 80 we'll known
that do not propose to dwell longer
upon it. Our general rule is to sell
where there is the greatest advantage,
and buy at the greatest advantage,
aud. in every CASE that it il possible,
to do without middle.men. We can't
do without middle-men entirely: bot
We can lessen their lumber and their
charges.
The Grange is a social, educational
and moral organization as we'll as
economic. I confess that, when nv
attention was frat attracted to the
Grange, there we're prejudices in my
mind against it, and they prevented
me from becoming member Of it for
q considerable time. One objection
was its secrecy. I had never joined q
secret society OF any kind. and had
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