The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-17

may be given OF this condition or al
fairs. Wherever land is oTned IT,
large bodies, or owned and farmed BY
an ignorant teus:try, there is usually
oaly one or two staple crops made to
the exclusion of most other products
And with our system Of often renting
for so much cotton, the landowner is
desirous Of seeing good deal Of cotton
plaated to make his rent secure. And
the laborer knowing more of cotton
raising than anything;else. and of not
sufficient capacity to iutelligently di
versify his crops, confines himself al,
most exclusively to the one crop, and
thus needs large area Of land, which
he can only obtaI" where land is held
: in large bodies, or is cheap, and thu
ne naturally gravitases to where this
condition of planting exists.
This aggregation of the two races
in different localities 10 the same
State, you would 6od more notice
able IN the Southern States of Flor.
ida and Texas than it is with US.
where there is already a steady tide Of
white immigration settling up the
country And there you find the
white man seeking small farms and a
diversified Industry, the colored labor
er that section where be can hold co
to cotton aud corn, and plant but one
or two different kinds of crops.
For the immigrant with no predi,
lection for cotton, probably fancies
something else better, looks around to
see how. be can make living easiest.
He is ready to try grain, cattle rails
ing, fruits, vegetables or anything
that will bring him in money. He
has not been accustomed to living all
the year in expectation, selling crop
of cotton in the fall and getting in d
month or two the pay for his years
work. He wants to be selling some
product from his farm all the time,
and this induces hin to diversity his
crops and his labor.
This dividing up our lands into
small farms and diversifyiug the pro-
ducts of the farm, would, if it could
be carried out, result in incalculable
benefit to our farming communities.
Aud the immigrant with his ideas
differing from ours in many things
would assist greatly in practically
putting this system into operation
and thus the good results attained
would encourage much Of our labor
that lacks heart Ia its work.
For we can see in some of tn
Southern States what change thi:
diversity Of crops has already effected
For where much of the white labo
was discouraged, in that labor CON
meuciDg with the year in the prepara
tion, continuing through spring ant
summer in planting and cultiVating
and gathering in the fall, was only tt
be repaid after long, weary months o
toll. waiting and anxiety it spruus
at once into new life and activity
when opportunity offered quick re
turn in the cultivation Of varied crops
Around Charleston and in Florid;
now has many man. who was fail
ure at farming, because he often lack
ed the energy and will to induce hin
to work for a crop that was to b.
gathered months afterwards, take;
hold Of q vegetable farm, where in th'
near future he could look for retur!
for his labor, and be nerved thus tt
work, in way, that the pocket nerV'
alone can induce man to make none.
''by the sweat of his brow"
Now, whether this diversity Of farm
industry with its most tempting in
duceuents can ever develop an indi
viduality in colored labor is problem
for the future. The present with it
pressing needs is upon US. We can
not afford as State to stand waiting
upon an uncertainty. We want a
once suficiency Of that labor which
has power and individuality withir
itself, ample for its own support, ane
able at the same time to build up th'
State. This We can find alone Ii
white labor. And our natural increase
cannot secure this rapidly enough
there is but one resource, that is i'm
migration.
This, gentlemen, is the factor, tha
alone promises US a solution Of those
Industrial, financial, political and SO
cial problems that confront Us, and i:
able to dispel the doubts and auxietie:
that beset the future of our State, anc
place her upon the high road to peace
and prosperity.
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