The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-15

| Nickel"
We have now q little over IL 900, ,OOO
spindles in the United States, aud have
at my Office u list Of new mills which !
either insure now or expect to insure, all
of them north of the Potomac, which
will contain nearly million more spin
dies when completed; some are built nj
ready, others VIII be built next season.
AT the date Of the Census we had lO. :
10000 spindlcs. The product of about
100000 was exported, and the export is
increasing; the rest served our own peo.
pie, 100000 spndles to each million. The
spindles added since June 80, 1880. and
those now building or projected for the
next season must suffice for the three
years ending June 80, 1883, and, although
the increase is large, do not think it is
yet excessive, if we do not have rail
way pauic or some other temporary check
to our prosperity. In the three years
named the normal increase of our popu-
lation will be not far from 1900. 900, to
which immigration will add 100000
more-G.O00,O 900 in all. The normal in :.
crease of spindles required would, there.
fore, bo 100000, without counting on
new uses for cotton fabrics, or increase of
export. Such will cost not far from $50.
|
dwellings apd auxiliary buildings, and
they will require about 235 900 Bales of
cotton in each year at the present average.
That you will share in this increase, is
the wish OF every man, but that you can
nsyet, share even in measure that will
much more than compensate for the in.
crease Of population in your own section
Is not much to be expected taking the
whole three years into account, but YOUR
prospect will be vastly better in the next
three years. when the normal increase
must be 100000 spindles."
! There ia, perhaps, no single standard
| by which the intelligence and prosperity
OF q State or nation may be measured
than by the proportion which its miles
OF railroad bear to its area. True, it is
not an absolute standard part of n
State like Maine may be almost unin-
habltable, or canals may serve n FREQ ma.
tion, like the Netherlands, better than
railroads; or mountain ranges may for.
| bid rapid construction rs in some Of our
western territory; yet, after making all
allowances, the standard is good one !;
and now am proud to show this chart.
My own native State, old Massachusetts,
IN spitc of her steril soil, in spite of her
Berkshiie Mountains and her rocky hills,
| Notwithstanding she could not board her
self for week on u years product Of
| grain, yet possesses the most adequate
railway service of any State in the world.
Mark how the long lines Of adequate rail
way service follow the footsteps of free
conditions or of the common school :;
after making all necessary qualifications
note tho ce-Massachusetts, En-.
gland, Belgium, New Jersey, Connecticut,
| Rhode Island, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylya-
mia, Delaware (saved, however, only
by the position Indiana, New Hamp-
shire, Switzerland, New York, Iowa,
Germany. have said that there is no
better single standard than the proper
tion of railroads to the square mile of
territory of anv State, by which to guage
the condition "ad prosperity Of the peo-
pie. | ask yOu, gentlemen of Georgia, if
you will lag behind. ask you men of
the South what you will do in this mat.
ter. You say to me, perhaps, Massachu-
sets is small State, close to the sea-
bord, and may therefore attribute tho
| excess OF her railway mileage to that
| But look at Ohio, Illinois, Iowa; consid-
er these lines which represent the pro-
pOrtionate mileage Of ell the great States
of the West shall they lead you much
longer? You have the larger part to do
OF what we may call very big Job,
which must be done before this century
is ended"
eve have about s75,ooo,ooo invested
In cotton mills in Massachusetts, but the
capital of our railroads is moro than a
| hundred millions; and that reminds me
that the deposits in our savings banks of
our working people, of our servants, of
QPhnnl 1istr Of
| Of our ministers and doctors, of those who
are not rich, but who mostly work for
wages to earn their daily bread, is more
than 1925, ,00O-more than the whole
capital of all our cotton mills and our rail
roads combined told you last year you
needed the savings bank more thnn any
Other business institution there is n
vast unused capital in your Southern
States in the hordes Of the working peo-
pie waiting for use, but there is ono con-
dition predecent even 10 the savings bank.
When Mr.. Kimball asked me how to pro-
vide against fire in the exhibition, | told
him after he had all his pumps, pipes and
hydrants in place he must put In some
pals, and then some buckets, and keep
them full Of water. and then add some
more pals and few buckets then put
in some buckets and add some pals, and
when he had enough, double the num-
Der. Now, if you would protect your.
selves against the wastefui and consnm.
ing fire of poverty and ignorance, you
must set up schools: first somc primary,
then some grammar, then some high |;
then some more primary, double the
grammars and keep up with the high ;
and when you have enough begin again
and establish some more"
"Where are your dairies? You farmers
from the hills of Georgia, from the noun.
tains Of the Carolinas and Tennessee ave,
from the North Cumberland Valley, from
the French Broad River, even from the
great blue grass country of Kentucky.
Where are your darics May venture to
suggest that there is more profitable 10.
gend than that which is sometimes called
bourbon and sometimes called moon.
chine T::o oow thha: yields ii,ut iiuuor
whisks no toll, but does whisk kew
which had better be turned on the in.
side"
"There are other potentialities in the
future ofyour Southern land which have
as yet been hardly touched. The world
has heretofore depended on wild products
and on barbarous or semi-barbarous
methods in respect to very many of the
most necessary articles used. In our ovu
country, our principal supply of beef al
the present time comes from almost wild
cattle which range over the broad plains
of the West; but it is clear that other
methods must be adopted and that we
can no longer rely upon this rough and
semi.barbarous method. The heay,
steers pastured continuously within &
limited although wide area are treadinf