Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-02
j. S. WERNER, Secretary.
immigration.

"Wo arc glad to note TINT tho press Of tho
State is giving increased attention to immi,
grafton. W. arc especially glad to see that
tho great daily Of the State. tho Charleston
| NeUs and Courier, has taken hold of tho
matter in dead earnest" and is making it's
importance too plain to permit it's being neg
lcctcd by our Legislature ut its next session.
| Wo hope to 500 ovcry papor in tho Stato
| engaged in tho advocacy of this grout cause
and such public sentiment in it's favor
aroused, as will force our Legislature to take
action. We must havo q Bureau of Immigra,
ton with money enough, not ouly to obtain and
and disseminate information rs tho advantages
of our State but also to send agents abrond
Money spent in this way would soon bo
rcpad thousandfold A lido Of immigra-
ton is now flowing from Europe, of superior
quality to all that has preceded it for very
many years. Wars. and rumors of wars
financial depression and the decline Of great
industries. aro driving to tho new world tho
bcst people of Europe. intelligent farmers.
| skilled artisans, educated men aud women
with money in their pockets--a class Of
people, 20 whose coming no eane man can
find an objection 10 obtain some portion Of
those immigrants, other Southern States,
notably Texas, are bending every nerve.
will South Carolina do nothing? In the past
she was conspicuous among her sister States
of the South for energy, enterprise and fore
sight. Did tho war; when it laid low tho
noblcst of her sons. bury in tho samo grave
tho qualities that had mado her famous? In
tho race that has begun for material prospc-
rity will South Carolina be laggard2 Will
she be tho Inst of her sister States to riso from
the ashes? How many years longer are we
to rcmain poverty stricken and spiritless3
How much more timo is to be given to abuse
of Iladcalism, praise Of the Wallace House,
reward Of the heroes Of 1876, and to u
wrctched scramble for petty State and county
| Offices? When will we have u Legislature
bold enough md patriotic cnoug to devise
and adopt measures calculated to build up
the waste places, develop our SPLENDID re-
sources Of soil and climate and restore pros
pcrty2 Wo are very poor, our State is thinly
settled, u large part Of lower South Carolina
is waste bowling wilderness" and our
coast lands, once 80 rich, arc given up to
thriftlcss and ignorant FREQ negroes. The
give them n stone.
wv say again us we have said often before,
tho one thing more needful than al else in
our present condition, is II healthy immigra-
ton. We need il to solve peacefully and
pleasantly our difficult political problem.
We need it to mako our State populons. We
need it to develop our resources. We need
it increase to value Of our lands. Wo need
it to build up our waste places. Wo need it
to establish now and profitable industries.
We need it to make South Carolina once more
wealthy and prosperous"
We take the above article from tho Oar
lington News, aud call tho attention Of our
readers to it. Not Only arc wo interested in
immigration, but in other matters conducive
to our prosperity. Our idea is that n Bureau
of tho Interior" ought to be established in
the State. The Superintendent Of this bureau
should have control of the phosphates of tho
State, Of immigration, railroads, agricultural
statistics, &C., sc. Everything in fact, per-
tanning to our material welfare. Now,
thousands Of dollars Are expended annually
for inspection of phosphates, &c. The bureau
suggested could DO put into operation with
out additional expense. In low years the
results flowing from the Inauguration of such
n movement would greatly moro than COM
pensato the State for the email outlay re-
qurcd.