Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-03-23

viz pSopic, All u sotle lew mecn3nlcS
from the North who / se immigratcd
here, and who are working hard
against the stream in laying the
foundation ofhome industry. Many
amongst you will say, eve get things
so cheap from the North that it would
be no use to try to compete with the
North This shows how little con-
iidencc we have i'll ourselves, and how
small an opinion we nave of. the rich
ness OF our soil, which in every way
is SO lavishly bestowed on us by
Mother Nature.
am young in years, but / have
seen the world, and in my fifteen
years Of travel, in which / have ram
bled all over this great Union, from
east to west, from north to south, over
Mexico, South America, Australia,
Africa, China, and over the whole of
the European continent, Ihave never
seen better, II healthier, and for
manufactures, amore suitable coun-
try than the upper part of South
Carolina.
WATER POWERS
Find Inc a country where there i.
such an abundance OF natural water
power, large and powerful enough to
run ali the factories in the Northern
States; and what are we doing towards
using them? Nothing, my friends
The waters Will run down to the
sca yet Tor years until you get con-
WINGED that not farming alone, but
home manuiactu. cs, too, will help to
make this State he banner State of
the Union. My friends, sha II the
waters, natures great gift, still longer
run idly Without paying us their tri-
butte? Is not our State gifted with
all the materials necessary to utilize
these waters?
FORESTS AND TIMBERs.
See our forests! The pine trees
arc waiting for the uxmcn to fell
them to he hauled to the saw mill,
moulding and planing machines,
there to be turned into prepared
lumber, with which to build and
furnish for us comfortable houses and
iuri,urc' Nnw; instead Of the luxu.
~ Of II comfortable home, we live in
log huta, and the soft side of a rough
plank is our bed There, too, are the
oak and hickory, also waiting to be
cut and manufactured into spokes,
irl!ocs, pick and nX handles, wagons,
&c. The willows on the creeks grow
and die where idle hands nigh. be
employed i'll ba,k ct work.
COTTON.
What are we doing with our cot
ton ? We sell it to the North nr to
England to be worked into different
cotton fabrics, and in the latter shape
1t comes back to us again, an we, as
good people, knowing no better, pay
ali the freight, commission, manu-
featuring cost and other expenses
wltha heavy interest, and admire the
wonders of the water powers of the
North, which, with the hcl p of fma-
chinery, arc made from the fruits of
our soil AMI with our money. How
many people could we MT employ in
such enterprise! Well, my friends,
the time is | hope not far away VIII ell
we will make our own prints and
other fabrics, and give our Northern
friends Il chance % buy from Us.
How much wool yearly leaves our
state, bought from Us ut ~ triile ? We
buy this wool back again at enor-
nous price in the shape Of wooden
goods, such us c'othms, blankets.
hats, DC. Many Of you wear to day
pound of wool in the shape of n
Hampton or Tilden hat, the original
cost of which was thirty GEMS, and
now perhaps costs you So. Is it worth
two, three or four dollars to make
such hat? | guess not.