Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-01-29

4 Hpptbs ana suspend, tho canal with oil ii.
improSements%ill royest in the Stato. al
the benefits flow to the State md all The
burdens in asinew enterprise rest on the
grantees MIR. Thompson goes homo ,withou,
dollar from the Statoor it's citizens, aftor
as no says, hayipg expended largely of his
means in preparing for this enterprise.
What higher evidence could wo ask of good
faith on his part, when no undertakes this
work under bond or with tho titlo remaining
in tho State and what greater caution could
tbc State exercise in the matter than tho Act
provides! AS to tho Spragues it is known
III tho great crash which occurred several
years ago they went down, became baukrupt
and could not carry out their contract. Az
to tho Chadwick lottery our pooplo, as indi-
viduals bit at tho bait on their own RESPONSE.
bbllity and have no ono to blame but themselves,
ana as to Harris the people of Anderson
trusted to his promises, loaned him money
and no vamoscd. How different tho proyi-
tsioAs Of the Canal Act with Mossrs. Thomp~
son and Magic, They get nothing until thew
have invested in liked machinery md labor
nearly or quite million Of dollars, and thoy
run tho risk of losing all thoir timo, labor and
money unless thoy succeed. If thcy do suc-
coed what benefits aro likely to result to the
State2 We published in our last issue an
article. from tho Columbia Register showing
by statistics tho value &c manufacturing
industry in Massachusetts and the probnblo
result in South Carolina, to q part of which
wo will briefly refer. Tho entire capital Of
Lowell is estimated at less than thirty three
millions, sixteen millions of which are. ems
ploycd in manufacturing 1t has ten lhous~
and horse power and the factories give en-
ploymcnt to sixteen thousand persons, a
number nearly equal to tho entire voting
population Of this Judicial District. It cons
sumcs between three and four hundred thous-
aud bales Of cotton, valued at from twelve to
sixteen millions Of dollars. If then Is 900
horse power DO Developed in Columbia and
machinery be erected to the extent Of tho
mower. then it would givo employment to
u, 600 hands and consume one-third moro of
cotton. The writer goes on to show the vuluc
Of woolen manufactures and tho largo increase
OF population and consumption of provisions
resulting from it rs we'll rs the largo increase
OF the taxable property Of tho State The
writer goes farther and compares the value of
land in Massachusetts with its value in South
Carolina. Tho former State has 2,730,2S3
acres valued at $ll0,432,7 ,754 or an average
valuation OF &I2.7O per acre, while South
Carolina has IL, l05,2S9 acrcs valued at S44,s
soS,7G3 or an average value per aero OF 1910.
llor climate is not more healthy than ours, it
is fnr moro rigorous, her productions arc less
diversified and in no way adapted to the
great staples of rico and cotton, aud hence to
her manufacturing interests alone can wo
attribute the large population and high prico
OF lands in that State. Gould wo dcyolop
like interests here, where cotton is grown,
and thus bring up our land and population to
an average with Massachusetts, our real
estate would DO valued ut $547 900 O00 OF
moro than twelve times itA present valuation.
10 do this We must encourage new enter.
priscs, and there is no place in tho State
where so great on impetus to the Development
of manufactures all over tho State can be
glvon than tho starting Of ono in Columbia.
Ii is central. It's climate is mild and salu,
brious and its water power is almost mex.
hnnstibln. With lnrgc capital invested thcro
and proving rcmuncratro wo would expect to
reap both direct and indirect benefits, in the
Increased wealth and population Of our State,
the enhanced valac of our lands and tho
utilization of the many water powers in the
Piedmont belt. Tho Camden Journal in nn
article under tho caption of "Our Resources"
has the following, with which wo agree:
"Fhe great resources of This Southern
country arc almost rs innumcrab!c rs the
stars. and ma grand as they arc numerous.
Uron tho cold and inhospitablc lands Of
Rhode Island, Maine and New lIampshirc,
where ice aud snow and chilling winds run
Almost from year to year. we find u degree
of prosperity and Development that must
cause tho check of every Intelligent man in
our Southern land to blush, if for one moment
he would look nj tho great differences the
God Of nature has male"
And again, speaking Of Mcssrs. Thompson
and Nagc, it says:
"Tho cmbarrassmcnts that Col. Thompson
has met with in Columbia in his efforts to
resucitatc and bring into life that favored spot
tand OF course wc do not say that he is doing
it for nothng) have been to US simply astons
lshinG. 1t is true that he has been Hospitality
received, and the good citizens Of that place
have shown lin every courtesy, but !.iry1
and "ands" and crossing Of us" and dotting
OF "Is" have been thrown in his way so often
that it was enough TO make him dc espair of
his laudablo work. This is not right. At
every step VIC should encourage We AFRO too
poor ourselves to accomplish The great desired
ends, and it is only by giving the warm hand
OF encouragement that Yo can draw to us the
great dosideratnm. Lot us, then, not BIO
hidc-bound and contracted but rather lot us
do our all for those who are to follow us and
for the good Of our State. Stretch out the
warm hand of welcome; encourage, receive