The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-13
PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH.
The Views OF u Philadelphia JournnIi,t
After Observation.

PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH.
The Views OF u Philadelphia Journn,i,t
After Observation.
Col. a. X. Mcclure, of the Philadelphin
Times, Ind, has recently travelled through
the South on professional tour of in.
spection, and thus narrates lis imprcs.
sions:
Prosperity South means prosperity
North, and the South is prospecting now
ns 4ho never nresne.ed before. Her
crops are the largest in all her history
ana a.n1d she Is beginning to quivcr with new
lie and energy, social, political and in.
dustrial. The Old SOUTH" MIR Nc.
Clure remarked, was described by Sena.
tor Chestnut, of South Carolina. in a
memorable speech in the Senate before
the war, in which he said:
There are two classes in the South
Those who rule, who have made her H.
iustrious III Statesmanship, and the seryiie
classes. who have mado her prosperous
beyond anything in the world, while Won
OF the North," he added, care made uD
OF close listed farmers, greasy mechanics
and mercenary traders"
"That," said Colonel Mcclure. "was
the old South. Senator Ches,nut's pjc.
,uro WAS accurately painted, true TO the
life." VIZ
"As a companion picture TO tho one
painted by Dir. Chestnut, we have it in
the equally forcible, clear cut and eiu.
quent words of General Joe Brown.
The world he says substantially.
moves, and we must move with it. La.
Dor is wealth."
THAT" Mr.. Mcclure went on TO saw.
IL the policy OF the South to-day. Tie
old ruling classes have become workers
the old seville classes are working better
than they worked in the days of slnyery.
ard the close listed farmers and the
greasy mechanics Of the North and East
and West arc everywhere welcomed.
This is the great social and industrial
revolution vhich the late war accom-.
piished. In tn days when tho plant-7
was king the South had nc need for these
classes. And they did not 20 there.
The civilization amid which they grew
up was the very converse Of the civiliza-
tion then in the South. In the ono section
labor was honorable, in the other it yas
dishon0rable. To be workman
was to be O serf. All this has been
changed. The pursnit oS commerce
and trade which in the past carried q 80.
cial stigma with it, is now the pathway
to distinction. In fact the South is en-
deavorinP to convert itself as rapidly 8
possible into nation of mcrcenary I, =.
ders close fsted farmers and crens :.
mechanics. The rattle aud clatter of the
factory are beginning TO be heard all
over the South. The South to. day seems
to me to present the most magnificent
field for industry and investment in the
world. She has raised 100000, 600 bales
of cotton, this year, and there can be no
doubt that the annual production, so far
from diminishing. will grow every wear
larger and larger. The great problem
before her now is to convert it into the
manufactured article instead of sending
the raw material q thousand miles to be
made in cloth. That problem she is
working out and with the most profitable
results. 1t is almost impossible to pic
'nre the prosperity Of the South when
that day shall come. She will be richer
than ever India was. Just consider the
advantages she possesses. The climate
can not be surpassed. Labor ia CHEAPER.
and, owing to her climatic superiority, it
always must be cheaper in the South
than in the North. Then there are her
unrivalled water facilities. The streams
that now run idly to the sea arc capable
of running all the spindles of New Eng.
lard end of Old England from. cne eca &c
the year to the other withou. n single in.
terruption. In ten years, firmly be.
lieve, the South will convert at her own
doors one half her cotton crop into cloth.
ana in quarter of century she will be
the greatest manufacturing centre in the
world III this particular line. The pres.
ent condition oi affairs is an anomaly; it
il against all the laws of trade, and it Is
impossible that it should last. Capital
always seeks the most profitable field in
which it can operaie-the field in which
it can find the largest returns. But
except in some rare instances there is no
oppression of the black man in the South
to-day. He is paid fair wages and hn
has all the work he cares TO do. His
work, however, is altogether in the field.
lie is not success-at least the present
generation is not success--in the iacto.
ry. He has not the steady application
that is needed around machinery. The
next generation may be better in this re-
spect, but l have no hope for the present
one. Hence it is that in nearly all the
Southern factories the persons employed
are white. 1t is a curious fact that the
abolition of slavery has had rs great a
beneficial effect upon the poor whites as
| 1t has had upon the blacks. Their con-
| dition mas impro-ed wonderfully, and in q
few years they promise to become what
white men everywhere ought TO be-en.
lighiened, intelligent and selfrespecting.
There Is, however, one great evil so far
"a the negio Is concerned, and it seems
almost impossible to fnd way to remetS
or removo it. The negro is mercilessly
cheated b. class of people who. as q
rule, have gone down there from the
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