Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-16

and planning machines thero to he turned into
prepared lumber with which to build and
furnish for ua comfortable homes. Now,
Instead Of the Luxury of comfortable home
We live in log huts. and tho soft side of q
rough plank Is our bed. There, too, are tho
oak and hickory, also waiting to bo cut and
manufactured into spokcs, folloes, pick and
ase,l'andlos, wagons, 30, So. Tho willows
on the creeks grow and die whore idle hands
might be employed in basket work.
Cotton-What are we doing with our cot
toni We cell to the North or to England
to be worked into different cotton fabrics, and
in the lattor shape it comes buck to US again.
and we, as good people knowing no better
pay all the freight, commissions, manufactu-
ring cost and othor expenses with heavy
interest. and admire tho wonders of the water
! powers of tho North, which with the help of
machinery are made from the fruits Of our
soil and with our money. How many people
could could We not employ in such enterprises
We'll, my friends, tho time is hope not Ear
away when we will make our own prints and
other cotton fabrics, and give our Northern
| friends chance to buy from us.
Wool-llow much wool ye9rlY leaves our
State. bought from us at trides We buy
this wool back again ut enormous prices in
the shape of woollcn goods, such rs clothing
day pound Of wool in the shape of lamp
ton or Tilden hat, the original ccst of which
was thirty cents, and now perhaps cost you $5.
Is it worth two. thrco or four dollars to make
such hat2 guess not.
lIidos--IIow many hides are yearly shippod
to Baltimore and New York to DO returned
again in leather or in tho shape of bnnts and
shocs2 Aud what kind of an article do We
get in exchnnge7 Why the meancst in tho
world! Instead of boots and sh"cs Of full stock,
We get thcm manu- factured Of the worst kind,
such rs aro made from split leather with
shoddy work lave wo not water and oak
timber in abundance for tan yards2 | guess
we hazel Why then do we not make use of
them, turn our hides into loatl,or, and mako
our own boots and shoes2 There is timber
enough in Ocnnee County alone to run fifty
large tnnyards for years. and yet hoY many
have we there? Only five! The tanners Of
the North pay from Sl2 to Sl8 for cord Of
bark. We can buy it and get any amount of
it, too, at from So to $S per cord. The ton
ners South arc obliged to sell their rough
leather to Baltimore or New York, where it is
finished, sold to Northern slloo manu- [ucturcr<
or returned to us South ~ Northern leather.
harness, boots or shoes. Many of you wear
to day q pair of Northern boots or shoes
made Of Southern leather. The general
opinion here is that leather and shoc material
manufactured hero is of no account In
this you are blind. Encourage your tanners
Sell them good hides (don't hang your hides
on rail in the sun warrant you they
will give you good article bnck again.
lron-By hunting around your premises,
warrant 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 rustcd aud becomes all worthless.
Start fonndry-you have pine trees cnongh
to keep large foundry in Goals for many
yenrs-and buy your ironware for one half
the cost you do now.
How many of you aro lovers of good cigar,
or pipe of good smoking tobacco? What
becomes of the tobacco which van make?
Most of it is shipped to tho North and comes
back to you in the shape Of IIavanna cigars,
or of Durham, or some other brand Of tirc
chewing tobacco. You get from 3 to Is cents
r,r your weed, and after it has b,,on SEM
North and been favored Il little, you buy it
back at from 60 cents to S..25 n Mound for
smoking tobacco, or pc.y for it in the shape of
cigars tror: to Is cents apiece. believe
u Is umo tor ns to have our own cigar and
tobacco factories, and to be. able 10 e ', en-
p'Jyment to nDny poor girls.
.lnahnSSinds more could find mploymcnt in
another enterprise. and that is, canning fruit
BY the Wholesale just SEQ the large amount
of peaches. tomatoes. berries, peas, So. which
you ship to tho North. and for which yuu
scarcely get anything, and then when winter
comes you pay enormous prices f1r tho fruits
OF your own soll which have come back to
you enclosed in tin cans. Ny friends. | could
60 on far u whole day in showing and tclling
you what We can do ,hnt wc do not do but |
know that you will all say, "lIow can we start
such enterprises when wo don't know how tn
do it?" | will tell you how. Encourage ims
migration. Through it you will encourage
home enterprise. Induce tho right kind ol
immigrants TO come here, and in less than no
time you will see home industry flourish. and
our beloved Palmetto State enjoy that pres.
porous condition to which she is justly entitled
the figures, which hope will not be found to
lie. There arc about 100000 inhabitants in
South Carolina.
For clothing, $50 each per an
nun. will give. $2l,000,000
Two pairs of shoes each at S2 per
pair givo. $500. 600
One hat each ut $i3 gives, 2,lO0,0OO
Ono hundred thousand tobacco
users at $40 each. 100000
Allow for farming implements, 100000
and wo have grand total Of $27,700.O0O
which leaves our little State annually never
to return, for ncccssaries of life. which homo
| industry econnmized would enable us to man.
nfacturo for ourselves.
Mr.. Wanner was repeatedly interrupted
with applause. which was heartily removed
at the close OF his reading.
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