The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-04-04

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Editor Gkmtfe Nus -whiR isSd6r citys
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in your paper of the 10Th inst. did not see
tho article of "H. E..'; but was amused with
"H!" inform. "H. E,Easa hsSash 10. Rs
the public, that the general impression that, in
the discovery Of tho phosphate deposits in The
streams on and near the coast of our State a
mine bfIweotth has beSn found Sufficient to pay
the State Debt, und. possibly to buy the State
of Georgia for rea,iag farpesss,-is all y farce,
and TO prove il I'll ,, Informs a. IL. T." hst some
of these deposits have proven SO worthless, or
III his own words, $50 Improbable that fhe
charters in one or two instances have been sur.
rcnded." 4! =, older. ,i,r n,:, I'm g.,
Now, in the language of; "H." TO 'sH,, En-,
lei me. say to II. that II cannot say where
your correspondent Iiff'I Co; his Information, !,
but I am quite sure that he On is mistaken
so far'ss the price Of the rock in Charleston is
concerned, that is to say,ift H. aludes TO rires
rock, which is the bone or rock, of copten-
ton. -,
In the first place "the dear people" .wlio IRE
licensed to dig rock by the Companies,r afler
furnishing their own eeuipmenisjr fats and
tongs, are compelled TO sell TO the Companies
At such prices as the Companies, may die
tate, while the Companies have nothing but
granting them the right to dig and mine in cefl
tain localitiess and that the price now paid rs
$500 per ton, and that at no time within, the
past two years have they been paid more than
S4.5O per ton, ("and the writer has had occa
sion to know.")
charters have been surrendered, permit me to
say that know of bit one, and that was the
Beaufort niver Company, about which SO much
fuss was made at the time, and that was sur
rendered upon the ground that the time allowed,
ten years, was ntt enoughto to guarantee the Com
pany to put in machinery, &C., and the day that
the Board of Directors resolved to! surrender
the charter, one of the Directors said to the
writer that if the Legislature extended the time
to twenty years, that it would be matter Of
consideration with them, &C., SC. There was
the trouble-1hc time. They wanted more time,
and thought they could get it by surrepderings
Is III and the. people aware, that of the
nnllions Of tons of rock lifted by, tue ':Coosaw",
and Bull River" Companies, not an ounce Of
ii is used ia the United States Are they aware
that ovory pouud OF this rock Is shipped TO
Europe by an English frnf Is "H'' and the
people aUdre that Hs CoOsdO Conpanys stock Is
morM to-day SSOO.0O for $4,000, and that, the
Coosdw Company pays QUARTERLY LIv1pEED Of
70 per cent. and does not ''n'' agree with us,
that at this rate, there ''has been discovered
mine Of wealth sufficient to pay the Stats
debt, and possibly buy the State of Georgia for
renting purposes ?'' If the State had practical
and enterrri officials with an eye single to
the benefit Of the Commonwealth, u great deal
might be done. p" -
Let me refer you, Mr. Editor, to the commu.
nication from Charleston to the New York Sun
of the 2lst inst, and the editorial copments
upon that article, and in this connection ask
you to publish that article and the editor s
comments, for the benefit f'.H." and the '.dear
people" Oh what pity it is that the people
of South Carolina do not read and think for
themselves. Then they might learn ,chat Icru
had done for hsrself with her Gudno and what in-
povcrishcd South Carolina might do for herself |
with her vast deposits of phosphate rock in the
beds Of the streams Of the State, eVep after stl-
sag to or o,cn turner's at cost, but, alas we |
follow in the footsteps of the despoilers whom |
we have, by the blessing Of God, driven from |
our land, and, like SO many Shylocks, execute |
the lesson which they taught u.s.. They had |
Radical rings, and we have Democratic rings
They carried on their villainy, with IN open
high hand IN the broad glare of day VIC DO it |
in Il very polite and chivalric manner, under !
cover of night, and there is, after ALL but little
to choose between them, and there will not be-
until We get rid of ambitious politicians.
Respectfully, yours, -
CHARLESTON Rock.