The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-18

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IN ~ enlightened social compact. no
parent should have the right - with
hold from his children the rrir..lq,
boon Of school advantage. Every
classification OF our people should IT,
educated to the extent or qualification
10 perform his part il tie achievement
OF a high christian c.yilizat II. In Or
der to this, an important feature III our
school training, must -, tac practical.
the industrial, agricultural, mechanic.
chemistry, organic and inorganic.
?. In order 70 the wealth. prosperity
and power OF q state, next to educa-
ton, and in tome degree dependent
upon 1t, are manufactures. No State
possesses, naturally. advantages in this
department Of industry and thrift,
over North Caroiina,-cotton, wool.
leather. lumber, tobacco and wheat.
may all be produced and manufacture
ell into their respective products IS
successfully here a. III any State ii the
Union.
It i this, indisputably, which has
piled up the capital and almost omnip-
otent bondholders IN the North and
East, and when our natural advantages
OF these portions Of our great national
family are considered, u poverty and
dependence become q reproach which
we should no longer consent TO bear.
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lima, even in the front ranks, Is our
history VIII clearly show, in every
struggle for freedom and right, in
which our common country has been
called to act, should permit to lie around
unused, the richest treasures-intei-
lectual and material-to be found any
where on this globe.
Our genial climate, our vast and
varied water'rowers, Il forests, min
cral beds, and productive lands, afford
facilities and inducements TO manu-
featuring enterprises unsurpassed, if
euualed anywhere; and yet they lie
~inexcusably neglected, whilst the
whole State groanS under the ineyita-
bic penalty of such unnatural short
coming. Manufacture is the strong
right arm of agriculture. Our farmers
sh Guild therefore clamor and clamor
and never cease clamoring and voting
III behalf Of manufactures Of iron
wood. wool. cotton, tobacco and
leather. until in all these and many
others. we shall excel in a degree pro
p~ortional to our natural advantages.
One of the most lucrative ana impOr
tant industries, the production and
manufacture of wool, IS seriously neg.
lacted by us. North Carolina is indi5
disputably one Of the best sheep pas
lures in the world, and that SO littlt
attention is paid to this fact by oul
people is reproachfully marvellous. III
deed it does seem that we have made
up our minds, that sheep were only
designed for dog food, and that very
little cost and care viii be sufficient
for this want. IN spite of our lndlf
ference on this subject outstanding
| stubborn facts in the history OF all civ
ilized communities unmlstakablN
show the folly of such inditferences.
If the races Of useless ours, which
have preyed upon this important III
. dustry, must be p~erpctuated and mul
tiplied, let the working classes OF gu
people arise in their might and decree
that it shall be at 4 cost, that shall II
some degree compensate the losses t
productive industry by this canin,
nuisance. Our poor, and the Elasse
who toll for their daily bread. hay
vital interests at stake III this depart
, ment of productive industry, ans
should heartily mite with the cult
: vators of the soil. III effective measure
: for the production and protection {
! wool and its manufacture.
! 3. Whilst among some OF cur pee
t pie, the Improvement Of food pre-
> ducing stock, is receiving a common
7, dable degree of attention, there j
: deplorable neglect and unthrli
> Astounding every where on this sui
: ject.
: That peculiarly filthy Gentle til
{ hog, with all his Importance in tn
: economy of life: may be seen staikin
: around III droves, with a facial cor
!, tour rivalling that of the pike fo
length and sharpness. and sides mon
u like .~soic-leathcr thaa receptacles {
= choice food, q sort Of ~pestiferous CO
/ mountaineering a hundred Pc
. cent. more than he produces. II
should 1t once lie exchanged I.
y breeds that coull be kept At half Il
u cost, and quadrupled profits. w
= congratulate our people on the sign
> OF Improvement III tlis direction.