Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-02-09
For the Advertiser.
More Stock Law Figures--An An.
sKer to aBarnRell.Y

;;:II SC, Japy5I, 1857. :

Il
I'm which the-writer attempts a re.
view or criticism of some figures on
the stock law, that l had the temer.
ity to contribute to the columns OF
! the Chronicle and C5nstitutionolaSt.
It seems to me, however, that Barn
we'll has written an able article in
favor Of ofincrsaaing the acreage IN
grain, and decreasing the cotson. pro
duction5 Iagfee fully with HMM t:la
this, and thiak that we will never be
| permanently prosperous until our
people produce what they consume
In the article alluded to by Barn
we'll, I did not attempt an argu-
ment in favor of the stock law, but
merely placed tha figures before the
people as shown by the various re-
/ ports toned; and they must have.
been convincing, for "Barnwell rs
sumes that belong to that certain
class" that have advocated the pas
sage Of the law to "oppress" the "cer-
tain class" who have opposed it, He
says that my DETER was gtesmiDe1
with statistics" Well, it occurs to-
me that his was taeming with asser-
tions easier to make than to prove.
Any one can go into the field Of sup
position and make any reasoning
plausible, but ttis said that figures
don't lie;" therefore | am perfectly
willing to risk my Figures and
pounds" with. the "iittle earthquake
that ''Barnwell" raised Perhaps il
would be cruel in me. to answer any
of "Barnwell's" assertions by more
statistice, as he found the Others 50
"nauaeous;;" but l will give him an
| other small dose, and ask Lin to
"take it as it will cure him, pro.
vided he does not heaveit up before
it is digested. 80 70
He asks me to prove thatthe small
farmers of the stock law counties get
as much hog meat, beef and butter to
eat, or buttermilk to drink, as Of
yore. Well, confess l cant answer
this by figures, because 1 haven't the
statistics "of yore,'' but the people in
the stock law counties say that they
have an abundance Of these good
things Of life. While I can not prove
are making more q ft6ssa i7s things than |
formerly, except by "Barnwell's"
method-asserting it think l can
prove that they are producing more
beef, butter and buttermilk than the
anti-stock law counties. LII con-
tinue the comparison between An
derson anil Barnwell:
Anderson slaughtered in 1879, |
l,469 head Of cate for beef; Barn.
we'll l,0S3. Anderson had 1851
head Of cattle; Barnwell COSTS.
And yet Anderson made beef OF $50
head more than Barnwell. because, its
the only reasonable solution, the cat
tie in Barnwell were too poor to kill,
or had strayed OIL into the swanps
and could not be found when beef
was wanted. Anderson made 2G4,-
l24 pounds CT butter; Barnwell 3S,-
l95; and it must be remembered that
Barnwell had OIL more mich COWS
than Anderson. 1 suppose It is
moderate estimate to SPY that it re-
quires three gallons Of milk to make
one pound of butte; therefore An.
derson had 1882 gallons of butter.
milk, and Barnwell had to lie salts,
fed with 1855 gallons, because the
people preferred fences to buttermilk.
"Barnwell" says: "But there are
thousands of pounds OF butter and
cheese produced in Anderson County !
What Of that, if only certain class
produces them, and another has to
purchase or do without; any price is
q dear one when paid for what should :
be raised at home. Exactly. Then,
"Barnwell," why dor t you DO like
they do in Anderson-"make it at |
home 2" But perhaps you mean that
all the butter made in Anderson is
made by certain class "-landown.
ers-snd is sold to the landless, who
who otherwise make their own butter
if the stock law was not in force
Supply and demand regulate the
price Of all articles. Now do the
landless make their own butter in
Barnwell? :? Assuredly not, unless the
census is incorrect; therefore, if they
use it, they are forced to buy, and
they could certainly purchase cheap,
er in Anderson, where 100000
pounds were made, than in B4rnwell
where only $4,000 pounds were mad..
"Barnwell" says 1T is not fair to
contrast high, broken, clay soil,
adapted to grains and grasses, with
the flat sandy soil of Barnwell, bound
hand and foot to the tvrant cotton,
where the natural grass of the pine
barrens and the cane oil the, branches
and swamps is the best and cheapest
grazing"
Well, let rs enquire into this and
see if Anderson 10 so much better
adented To the orainu and 1racses