The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-17
NEWBERRY, S. c. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1881.

for Immigrants, the reply would
!; be yes I'VE looked over hun
dreds yea thousands and tens of
thousands OF acres that arc wait
! ing for the husbandman.
If we will only take the trouble
! to look over The late census re-
turns we can find facts there that
{ will even demonstrate this more
! pointedly to you than tho ocular
demonstration you have had. The
area of South Cardinals computed
at "a, 600 square miles, or 2l,76O,-
900 acres. Now our population
numbers 995,622 which will give
you about 80 inhabitants to the
square mile, or say ono inhaoltant
to every % acres. Then in 5vath
Carolina there is over 20 acres Of
. land to each man, woman, and
child within her limits. Now If
we take into consideration the
! population Of our cities and towns
| and villages, tho professional mon,
I the teachers, the mechanics and
the men Of all trades through
the country, and then allowing
for children and women in the
| agricultural districts working as
farm hands, We shall have o
laborer to about 120 acres Of
land.
This shows We are not crowded,
for when we look over to Belgium
and sec that there IS only ! 2-5
acres to each inhabitant, 10 En-
gland with only II acres, to Italy
with only 2 20 and to Germany
with only 81, while here we have
%, a good deal Of elbow room, so
much so that we could well have
several Immigrants sandwiched
between every native, without
there being any danger Of their
elbows touching, or Of their tread
ing on each Others toes. But we
need not 60 to the old world !;
we find in Massachusetts, one in
habitant to 2 6-S acres, in New
York one to 5, Ohio one to 8
acres.
Now these figures as TO our
scant population in comparison to
these populous countries should
arouse our landowners to look at
this subject in it's industrial lights,
as we'll as its pecunlary results.
The price Of land necessarily de-
pends on the demand for the same,
and the demand comes from the
population. Double your popula-
tion and you will 6nd that you
quadrupIe instead Of doubling the
price Of your land. Population
increases in two ways; by the nat
ural way and by immigration.
Our increase by natural means has
been slow; 1t has not equa!led the
demand, and there is only one
way in which it can be quickened,
that is BY immigration. Now our
farmers and landowners should
see that the only way to bring
into market and make available
these 120 acres that they have to
every laborer is TO take steps to
increase immigration. ifyou wish
to sell your land increased popula-
tion increases it's value. If you
ooly wish to rent, you will be
better off with two, three or four
tenants than you can be with one.
And there is this law of population
which may be put down as infalli-
bic, that as population increases
indrstry is naturally diversified !;
and the farm feels it as much as
any of tho other departments of
the industries Of life. Aud the
farmers of this State would find
with an increased population such
a demand for diversified farm pro-
ducts that the size Of their one
horse farms would diminish at
once, for be would be engaged in
raising crops requiring so much
more attention than the same
number of acres in cotton and corn
require, that the laborer could
only cultivate much smaller
number of acres.
Now we come to consider the
question how to induce immigra-
ton. And in attempting to turn
out Of it's accustomed channels a
portion Of the tide OF emigration
towards our own State, there are
no doubt many difficulties and
obstacles to be overcome.
And it cannot be done without
work, intelligent methodised effort
under a sagacious management,