The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-11-10
OUR FUTURE GREATNESS.
ADDRESS OF HoS. GEO.
Is. LORING.

H"MihAbLE ADDRESS OF HON. GEO
Is. LORING.
/ words OF Wisdom Addressed to the Arri
cnlturists of the South-Roview OF III,
possibilities of Our Future Production,
The Elements and Means OF Wealth Dis
cussed.
Ihe following is the full report Of III,
valuable and eloquent address of Hon
uecrgc Is. Loring, United States Com
missioner of Agriculture, as delivered i,
Judges Hall at the Atlanta Exposjtior
on the 2nd inst:
GENTIEMEN The national importance
OF tLis Exposition, which has been col
! iectcd and arranged with so much energy
ana ski, cannot lie overestimoted. Or
ganized as it is, in one of the great pro.
auclng sections of our country and re-
cciVlng Its namc from one OF the most
important and valuable Of all our com.
mercial staples, it has naturally drawn
together acollection of products in which
almost every industry is represented. and
III which the ingenuity Of the American
people is admirably illustrated. 1t fur.
nishes, moreover, an opportunity for the
discussion OF those practical questions
/ upon wise solution Of which cur pros.
perity and success depend. Standing
mere and surveying this vast accumula,
lion OF IN lstrial wealth, our minds turn
-araliy to those practical investigations
which develop, and to those economic
problems which guide and influence the
Industrial work which lies as the founda.
tion OF our civil power aud our social
comfort and refinement. 1t is in con.
vention Of intelligent cutivntors. and
great inventors, and sagacious organizers
that the policy best adapted to encourage
and strengthen the hand of toll may
properly be discussed, and it is in such n
convention that the lessons taught by ex-
perience may most easily be learned.
Inc wisdom, therefore, which designed
the patience, which developed the skill,
which arranged this impressive school of
industry, have secured for it place
among the great efforts Of our dav TO
rouse and encourage man by an impos-
ing display of the fruits of his labor.
Believing, as do, in the vast Importance
OF industrial associations of every kind.
count myself fortunate in having an
opportunity TO take part in this organ :
iZcd endeavOr 10 exhibit what has been
done to develop the industry of this sec
lioh Oh our country, and to discover. if
possible, what may still be done to pro.
mote It's progress in material prosperity,
aud In mental and moral advancement
III the arrangement of that brilliant in
dustrlal display which marked the close
ol the first century OF our national cx.
istence. and i'll which America won the
admiration of the civilized world. l had
the honor to perform an official service
when now recall with peculiar salts.
iactlon. Not many months ago took
part III the opening exercises OF an In
dustral Exposition in my native State.
IN which the achievements of manulnc.
turers and mechanics surpassed ANYTHING
which words can describe. And J now
congratulate myself that can ioin in one
more gratifying and significant illustra.
ton OF the growth of American industry.
and OF the wisdom Of that policy which
has encouraged and protected it.
Before entering upon discussion of
the special industry which has called us
together, | am sure you will allow me to
remind you of the growth of our country
IN products of every description, as q
powerful argument and useful lesson
for this hour, and to call yonr attention
to that wonderful development of which
the cotton industry Of the South forms q
conspicuous part. In agriculture, the
increase has been astonishing, and ac-
counts for that vast internal and foreign
commerce, out of which has grown so
much of our financial success. 1t is not
necessary to go back half century or
even twenty five years to obtain the most
gratifying evidence of oar progress in the
work OF tilling the soil. But starting in
ls!o' at which time we had reached an
enormous production in proportion to
our population, and making our compar-
isons with the returns of 1880, we NAV
learn what can be accomplished in sim
gle decade by people constantly in
creaslng IN numbers, and occupying new
lands. In 1870 the amount of cotton
produced was 1,352,3l7 bales; in 1880,
more than 100000 bales. In 1870 the
amount of Indian corn raised was 76O,-
944,549 bushels; in 1880, l,754,449, ,435
bushels. In 1870 the wheat crop was
2s7 ,745,6 bushels; in 1880, it was l5S.-
661,O43 bushels. In 1870 the crop of
oats reached 2S2, 2,l07,157 bushels in
1880, 4O7 ,s59,033 bushels. In 1870 the
tobacco crop amounted to 62,735, ,341
pounds; i'll 1880, it amounted to 473,-
1O7 .573 pounds. The increase of agri-
cultural products was nearly one hun
dred per cent. in these ten years. And
in the last year of this decade, from 1879
to 1880, out Of this vast increase of our
crops and products, our cattle exports
rose from $13,000,000 10 Sl4,OOOOOO ::
corn from 100000 to S5O,OO0OOO !:
wheat from Sl67 SOS, 900 to $3.50, ,546 .0CO: !:
flour from S35000,000 to $45 900, 200 |;
cotton from $209, ,S52, 900 to $245, ,534, ,39I (;
beef from $7,OO0,000 to 81 ,O0O, ,00O lard
from $2S,000,000 to 5000, 600; and
pork from S5,000,000 to $8O00,O0O.
Mark also the growth of American
manufactures in half century. In 1890
the amount invested in cotton mapufac
lures was q little more than $40, 600 900.
The number of spindles vas million
and quarter. The number OF males
employed was 1859, and tho number of
females was 3S,927. The amount of cot
ton used was 77,759,3l6 pounds. Fifty
years have passed away, and the number
of spindles has increased to 1O,769,147.
The amount of cotton used in 1880 was
793, 3,240. 500 pounds. The number of per-
SONS employed is l81 ,628, and the amount
OF capital invested is more than 1926
600, 900 in mills and Subsidiary work. OF
our WOODEN manufactures the statistics
are more imperfect. But l have ascer-
tained that in 1910 the capital invested
in this enterprise was $l5,765, 1874; the
number of pounds of wool used was So
sos, ,524; the number of hands employed
was q ,342. and the value of the product
WAS S20,696,699 In 1880, the value of
produced was $234, ,597 Cyl the amount
or Il