Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-10-11

proper place. What right bad we to expect
morality or business integrity from the ne
groes? Their political furry is over, and now
they settle back into idleness and laziness
The race, brought from barbarism to slavery,
kept there for generations, with no chance
to improve, and nothing to improve either,
was normally weak, idle and corrupt. They
had end have no idea of meum and tuum. II
massa had his chicken yesterday, the negro
wants his to-day, and will take it wherever
he can find it. These lazy fellows must De
supported, and atadds to the demand. Gap
ital, instead of being locked up in slaves, Is
invested in cotton. The cotton crop Is phe-
nomenal. 1t is simply tremendous, and the
Southerners control it. That is great fea-
ture in the trade of to-day, as differing from
that of the ante.war days. Then they bor'
rowed ahead and lost all control Of their
crops, and they we're obliged to take whatev-
or the factor and commission merchant al
lowed them. Now they do nothing OF the
kind. They ship hundred bales OF cotton
to New York or Liverpool and say: Hold
this subject to nay order If they want
little money on it, they can easily get it, and
thew can send the bill of lsding along with
the cotton, sell, and realize at once. We hnd
that they keep their grip on the crop. That
makes them strong, gives them ready cash.
and for cash, they can buy at the best rates
in the market" .-....
Then the war was blessings" -..
"Of course it was It seemed rough on
them at the time; but mark the difference IN
their pecuniary prospects at present. The
white man accepts the situation. he was
ground to powder, trod on, and abused to a
fearful extent He learned the bitter lesson
of absolute poverty, and now he re-enters lie
sound and reliable. The South is doing
splendidly."
"How about the West D.? r... ..-.
"The West, too, is getting rich very fast.
Such crops were never known before why,
in seven States alone the surplus income over
that of last year will be between seventy and
eighty millions of dollars. They are flush.
Flushness begets desire. Desire forces trade
and trade benefits the land. The West Is
flooding New York for goods: They 6uy
closely, have plenty of cash, and feel hnely.
"And the East|
swell, that's hard to tell. The East Is full
of capital. Capital is invested in coal mines,
railroads. mills and banks. When We know
lust how all these stocks stand. we know just
how the East stands. In coal alone there has
been shrinkage in income of many millions.
Look at the railroads in the hands of receiv-
ers. Look at the banks. And who can tell
about the mills? The grain crops and the
cotton crops we can see and handle. These
stocks we know very little about. =,
DO you End any improvement in real
estatef"
"Well, he is bold man who answers that
question. Certain real estate looks better
than it did three months ago; but whether the
look is deceptive or not is problem. We
must stick to facts if We wish reliable guides.
Now, we don't believe the war on the other
side is making very great differences here;
When wheat jumped up to over dollar and
fifty, and spectators thought they had agreat
bargain, we advised our friends to sell out.
The grain still waved in the fields about the
Black Sea- England had enough to supply
her for at least one square meal. Itwas soon
found that We hadn't all the wheat in the
world, and prices fell again. To be sure, only
the speculators lost" ..,.,....v