The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

upon investments, either IN labor u
money Is much more assured.
As illustrative O. this We invite 81
tention - but one branch q industry
which has CONE under orr observation.
we mean the naval ssore business
Running back from the 50 cs&st for
more than a hundred miles into the
interior Of the State. arr thousands II
acres Of pine land which can - bough,
for a mere song indeed sales have
been frequently made n twenty-five
cents per acre. The soil j. light. nut
susceptible Of great Improvement ~
proper cultivation, a large portion u
the lands having \ clay sub~oil. and no
portion Of the State j. more free from
malaria and epidemics than the pine
lands IF eastern North Caroiina.
These lands invite emigration for the
reason that they can b purchased AZ a
very low figure, and for the additional
reason that they can IL made very
profitable. Any one possessing 4 ~ma
capital. and who j. industrious and
sober, can make money III making
turpentine. II i "A business that has
beef steadily increasing IN this section
of the State year by year. and a. an
evidence of its immense value. the fol
lowing statistics showing the exports
end receipts at the port Of Wilmington
alone for the year 1s76-17. Is sub
mitted
In 1916 the exports OF naval stores
from Wilmington We're As follows
Spirits ~Turpentine,
Domestic ports. %. 433 bhls..
Foreign ports, 81. Ij9 81 .592
Resin.
Domestic ports, t10.970 bbls
Foreign ports. 319,5o5 49O,555
Tar,
Domestic ports, "a, loo bbls..
Foreign ports. p, 1S5 81, s91
Crude Turpentine,
Domestic ports, $500 bbls.,
Foreign ports, 1875 5,435
649,473
In 1877, the year just closed. they
were
Spirits Turpentine.
Domestic ports. 23,221 bbls..
Foreign ports, 1S,6O5 1ol ,s32
Resin,
Domestic ports, Sc. 400 bbls..
Foreign ports, Al, 291 !" 3D. .693
Tar.
Domestic ports. "a, 943 bills,
Foreign ports, 35,O4S 60. 991
Crude ~Turpentine,
Domestic ports, 5,04s bills,
Foreign ports, los. 6,135
1851
The receipts for the year 1876, were ):
Spirits Turp'tine, 94.2.3 bbls.,
Resin, 49S, 765
Tar, 64,441
Crude Turp'tine, 1857 111.096
For the year 1877 as follows:
Spirits Turp'tine, 1O5, O65 bbls.,
Rosin, 534, 246 "
Tar, 6.S9s
Crude Turp'tine. 143, 40 $40. 664
1t is an immense business, there
"are millions in it." and when this IL
s o evident it seems to US that it offers
advantages for emigration to our State
which cannot fail to be readily en-
braced if proper attention is called toit.
We repeat what we have already
said, a man with a small capital to be-
gin with. who is sober and industrious.
can make money on our turpentine
lands. When he taps the tree the
healtliful sunshine assists him in his
labors, and even while he sleeps is
gently dropping into his Golfers the
certain means of comfort and of wealth.
We have the soil and its products, but
want the means of development. Give
us but the strong arm of skilful labor
to develop our resources, a healthy.
honest. sober emigration to our State.
and we care not from what CLINE they
come, for with extended hands We
will welcome them into our midst and
greet them as friends and brethren.
Well Expressed.
The colored Convention held in this
city some time ago, appointed a com
mittee to draft a'public address. From