The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
ing towards using theme Nothing, my

ing towards using them? Nothing, my
friends.
The waters will run towards the sea yet
for yeers until you get convinced that
not farming alone, but home manufac-
lures too will help to make this State the
banner State of the Union. .iy friends,
shall! the waters. Natures great gift, still
lonoer run idly without paying us their
trinute? Is not our Stnte gifted with all
the materials necessary 10 utilize these
winters?
F'orcsts and Timber. See our forests
The pine trees are waiting for the axmen
to be felled to be hauled TO the saw mill,
moulding and planning machines, there
- be turned into prepared lumber with
3hich u build and furnish for us com
portable homes. Now, instead Of the
luxury Of a comfortable home we live in
log huts, and the soft side of rough
plank is our bed. There too are the oak
and hickory, also waiting to be cut and
manufactured into spokes, felloes, pick
and axe. handles, wagons, &c, &c. The
willows ga the creeks grow and die where
idle hands might be employed in basket
work.
Cott0n-What are we doing with our
cotton? We sell it to the North or to
England TO be worked into different cot
ton fabrics, and in the latter shape it
comes back to us again, and we, ~ gOOd
people knowing no better, pay all the
freight, commissions manufacturing cost
and other expenses with a heavy interest,
and admire the wonders Of the water
powers of the North, which with the help
of machinery are made from the fruits of
our soil and with our money. How many
people could we not employ in such en-
tcrprises2 We'll, my friends, the time il
| | hope not FAR away when We will make
our own prints and other cotton fabrics,
and give our Northern friends chance
to buy from us.
W0ol-How much wool yearly leaves
our State, bought from us ut a trfle !?
We buy this wool back again at enor-
nous prices in the shape of woollen
goods, such as clothing, blankets, hats,
&c. Many of you wear to-day pound
Of wool in the shape of Hampton or
Tldcn hat, the original cost of which Was
thirty cer;s, and now perhaps cost you
IS. Is it worth two, three or four dollars
to make such hat? guess not.
Hides How many hides are yearly
shipped to Baltimore and New York To
be returned again in leather or in the
shape of boots and shoes? And what
kind Of al article do wc get in exchange
Why the mcanest in the world Instead
of boots and shoes Of full stock, we get
them manufactured of the worst kind,
such as are made from split leather with
shOddy work. Have we not water and
oak timber i'm abundance for tan yards
guess we have! Why then do we not
make dsc Of them, turn our hides into
t-.l Il
shoes? There is timber enough in
Oconee County alone to run fifty large
tanyards for years and yet how many
have we there? Only iive The tanners
OF the North pay from Si2 to SIS for a
cord of bark. I've can buy it and get
any amount of it, too, ut from s., to sc
per cord. The tanners South arc obliged
to sell their rough leather to Baltimore
or New York, where it is finished, sold to
Northern shoe manufacturers or returned
to- us South ~ Northern leather, harness,
boots or shoes. Many Of you wear .o-day
II pair of Northern boots or shoes made
of Southern leather. The general opin-
ion here is that leather and shoe material
manufactured here il of no account. In
this you are blind. Encourage your tan
ners. Sell them good hides (don't hang
your hides on rail in the SUM- | war
rant you they will give you good article
hack again.
Iron by hunting around your PREM
ises, | warrant you that you can find old
iron enough to make farm Implements
and mill gearing to last you for fifty
years. Gather your old iron before it is
rusted and becomes all worthless. Start
foundry-you have pine trees enough
to keep large foundry in Goals for many
years-and bay your ironware for one half
the cost you do now.
How many of you are lovers of good
cigar, or pipe of good smoking tobacco ?
What becomes of the tobacco which you
make? Most of it is shipped to the
North and Genes bac!1 to you in the
shape of Havana cigars, or of Durham,
or some other brand of good chewing to-
bacco. You get from 8 to Is cents for
your weed, and after it has been sent
North and been favored a little, you buy
it back attrom go cents TO 81 .25 pound
for smoking tobacco, or pny for it in the
shape of cigars from to 25 cents apiece.
| believe it is time for us to have our own
cigar and tobacco factories, and so be
able to give employment to many poor
girls.
Thousands more could find employ
ment in another enterprise, and that il.
canning fruit by the Wholesale. Just see
the large amount of peaches, tomatoes,
berries, peas, &c., which you ship to the
North, and for which you scarcely get
anything. and then when winter comes
you pay enormous prices for the fruits of
your own soil which have come back to
you enclosed in tin cans. My friends, |
could go on for a whole day in showing
and telling you what we can do that we
do not do, but know that you will all
say, GLOW can we start such enterprises
when we don't know how to do it?" !
will tell you how. Encourage immigra-
tion. Through it you will encourage
home enterprise. Induce the right kind
Of immigrants to come here, and in less
than no time you will see home industry
flourish, and our beloved Palmetto State
enjoy that prosperous condition to which
she is justly entitled.
l have given you the facts, let us now
go to the figures, which l hope will be
:o.ns! 70 lie. There arc about 710, eco
inhabitants in South Carolina.
FoT clothing, $50 $50 each per an
mum, will give. .$2l, 900. .OCl
Two pairs of shoes each at 50
per pair give... $500, 600
One hat each at SO gives....... 2.l0O.OO
One hundred thousand tobac.
co users at $40 each. ........... 1000, ,oOo
Allow for farming implements 100000