The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-07


represents tho annual product of the
labor of this once servile population, so
seyiously impaired that the commercial
world at large is as ,z1ch tlo sufferer as
the planter.
SO seriously has the utility Of this class
of labor deprecated, that the cultivation
of rice on most Of the finest river lands
has entirely ceased, and where its culti-
vstion is still persisted in, 1t is only
snare and deiusion, leading on 20 bank
ruptcy and ruin. With regard to cotton,
the case is different in some respects, for
while as much of the staple is produced
as formerly, the expense for fertilizers
and inefficient labor Is go great, that 1t ia
q rare thing to find q planter who does
not belong, body and soul, to his factor.
The demands of this plant in the process
of cultivation are in the highest degree
imperious, the expenses enormous, the
risks from stealage, Ere, aud other con.
tingencies, increasing from tho time it 10
picked TO the time it leaves the factors
hands, at ten or eleven cents per pound,
and the amount is credited TO the poor
planter, against long debt on the fac
tors books.
THE EVILS OF TO-DAY.
The old plantation hands are generally
dying out and the generation that is talk
ing their place are vastly inferior
whether considered as TO habits, skill, or
docility. The negro of tho present day
regards himself as superior order of be-
ing, who should Leave hard work for his
pale faced brother, while he in the
majesty of his sovereignty as an Ameri-
can citizen should not be fatigned by any
furfhar dam ,,D0n ~, <t,,o - l.:.
muscle than what is necessary for yehe-
ment discussion. of the politics of the
hour, in his daily lounge around the
streets of the villages and towns. But If
he does not work by day, he Ia certainly
busy at night, and so dexterous and in.
discriminate is he in the indulgence of
his inveterate propensities Of klepto.
mania, that tho chicken roost and the pig
pen, the store and the private dwelling,
and even the Church of God itself all
fare alike. While these short comings of
the negro have operated very injuriously
upon his own welfare and future pros
poets, and been seriously detrimental to
agricultural interests, they have not been
without o beneficial effect upon the white
people, in this, that it has been the cause
Of sending many o scion of Cavalier and
Ruguenot ancestry whose fathers count.
ed their slaves by the hundred TO the
plough handles, the work shop and many
other avenues of honorable labor not
hitherto adopted by this class. In other
words, the necessities Of the situation
have been the means Of dignifying and
eie-cting labor.
IMMIGRATION.
It has been owing mainly to the fact
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work alongside Of the negro laborer, that
the South has been Stunned by the tide
of emigration, but the day is not far dis
States will no longer turn their faces
Westward, but induced by the new as
poets of the labor question, By our mild
and healthy climate, and productive
lands, will come to South Carolina, and
work side by side with their Southern
brethren. 10 such bona Jfde settlers we
say in Gods name come and participate
in our natural advantages, and help to
diversity our agricultural system, and
establish factories and foundries. Il
hearty welcome and a helping hand
awaits yon in whatever part of the State
you may settle. It matters not what may
be your politics or religion, Caroiinians
are tolerant enough, and brave and gen.
efous enough, to open the floodgstes of
their hospitality to any man who comes
to assume bona fda citizenship and live
by some legitimate business, however
small may be his beginnings. 1t is only
the political tramp, vino comes carpet
bag in hand, scorning honest toll, but
bent only upon making politics e trade,
who has nothing friendly to expect from
us. Our plunaered and harasssed people
have had bitter experience with this
genus homo; for after stealing from lis
all that they can, we generally have to
feed and 'clothe them for time in the
penitentiary.
In spite Of all the trouble aud annoy.
ances incident to the culture, we cannot
afford to reneunce cotton entirely. The
cotton crop of the South is matter in
round numbers of two hunderd millions
of dollars, and neither the people of, the
North or the South can well afford to do
without 1t.
DIvEasITY OF pRoDUcrIoa.
Bat the high cost of production and
the low price obtained for the staple,
renders it imperative, that Carolina and
every other cotton State should not only
curtail the cultivation, but that they
should Ttrain every nerve and bend every
| energy to raise every article Of prime ne
cessity. We must diversity our products,
Encourage grain culture, bee culture,
sheep farming and cattle raising. In
other words, our people must learn to
i've on the farmB, with all the comforts
Of life around them, and not be depen.
dent on other peoplG for bread and meat.
For several years past the bitter lessons
| of adyerBity have been forcing them by
| allow but steady steps towards this desi-
| rable and een5ible way of conducting tho
farm. More grain and more meat are
raised, and the white man works harder,
| and the negro less, than ever before in
tho history ofthe State.
THE SPLENDID WATER POWER
to be found in various portions of The
State is being utilized by the erection of
cotton factoriee, which affords employ
i ment 10 thousands OF our population, undi
which will enable us to retain wSthip pr
borders immense gums of money. Ii
has hitherto gone to enrich Easte mill
owners. All of these factories, whether
located in the middle or up.country, pay
good dividends. The goods are Of fine
S..ei:.,- e=:i "a .i:s .l...;5 na,o o1-
ders months ahead Of their production,
and they always wei, on full time. It
would open the eyes of some of those WHO
think that every one down this way Is
asleep, to walk through the Graniteville
or Langley mills, of Aiken county, and
see the beautiful system and order that
| prevails, and examine the quality of the
material produced. The Graniteyille
| E,,opars> Z, br;tS;t.,- ,k ty.o ,S.a,o,s a.,