The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-09

We iiiuSt quit COTTON.
Mr. Noise. Of Sumter, did not coincide
In the belief that cotton had brought us
TO the condition of starvation. Marion
County was II lasting refutaiion to that
proposition. We have wealth and han.
plness in these Southern States, while in
fuSsih the people are in ignorance, con
s'antiy looking for n Republic and some
condition better than they now have.
without the culture Of cotton what will
be done with the laborer? The negro is
the only laborer we now have. and we
must provide for him while we have him,
lhe true solution of our trouble is the
cultivation OF our land in small farms.
France by this means has been enabled
10 pay the enormous war levy Of Germa.
ny. The time for the planter is gone.
The time OF the farmer has come, and
not until the farmer owns, or hopes to
own, the land will we have that prosper.
itty for which we hope We must make
the best o. at we have. Sell YOUR
lands to the laborer we have; show him
how to cultivate it.
MIR. Sessions, of Williamsburg. said
that our farmers cannot buy high priced
machines. Their fields are full of stumps
which won!! prevent the u:c OF such
Implements
Senator Butter replied ,hat "A neigh Dor
OF his had blown up stumps by dynamite.
The Rev. MIR. Dunlop said we had
tried the renting of land to our present
laborers; some was rented for one.tbird
and they did rot make it, In France
this system was a success, but VIC have
different class of people TO deal With
If we could get good foreign laborers and
cut up our land for them VIC might see
success in that line.
at the afternoon session Col. McMas.
ter, of Columbia, hoped that the labor
discussion would be resumed, because it
was one of great and vital interest to all
farmers. The question Of labor was one
ct great moment. The mills of the gods
will grind out the solution Of the survi-
val of the iittest, and in good time the
future OF labor in this couptry will be
solved, but for the presen, we must deal
with the question as we find it. No one
is willing 10 surrender his large landed
estates. We carry out the idea of our
meeting together by giving such advice
as will benefit all. The Anglo Saxon
will always lead in the great race. Let
us go on MS we are now doing. The pro.
grcss in this country shows that we can
utilize this labor. Pay good prices and
the labor will be improved. When the
negroes see that it is To their interest to
improve themselves they will improve.
Let us make use Of all the means in our
power and God will bless our endcavors.
Mr.. John Sellers, of Marion, said that
this was Il subject of vital Importance,
and We must look it squarely in the face.
Our present labor is good and it is to our
Interest to use it. The production of
cotton had been increased $50 per cent.
We have failed III this country with
German labor, and i'll every instance this
labor had left us when we most needed
their services. The negro understands
US and we understand them Chancellor
Harper said that when slavery was ab0l i.
lshed the production of cotton would
cease. We find that this is not the case
IT we get rid of this labor what are we
to depend on in this country? We must
not apply ante beiium ideas to this free
labor. Ii We Recognize the changed
condition of affairs we can make this
negro labor effective, as in other part. of
the State.
Mr.. j. ID. McLucus, of Marion, said !:
| advise the Introduction of white labor.
That has bcen the cause of the large
increase of production. Colored men
two years ago made two bales of cotton.
now they make one bale. White labor
was Uice rerSu, and much of his success
was due to The use of labor-saving ma
chinery.
Senator Butler said; | wish 10 elicit
| have zone all in my power
al, i.nf I,,-t
the conclusion that negro labor il not
reliable nr,prog:essive. Has it advanced,
as 1t should have done? The Lien Law
was passed to meet the exlgencies Of the
occasion. No people got 80 much bene.
tit from this law as the colored people.
We have kept them going at our own
expense. Can we afford to continue this
ruinous system? Will they never be
able " stand alone? They are as bad
off to. day as when they started in 1865.
1t is not question Of sentiment, but one
of interest, which concerns us and our
children. II is not a question of how
many bales Of cotton this or that man
can make, but there is no parallel in
history where people has stood by an
inferior race as we Of the South have
done. But we must do simple justice to
ourselves, and must strive every year
more and more to make ourselves indie
pendent of them. There is no man but
will admit that such labor is becoming
more and more inefficient. How are we
TO meet this question? To my mind We
must do as some or our friends have said,
that Is, put homogeneous race in their
places. But half of the cotton the
South has been made by white :.bor.
What becomes of these people when we
take the protecting intelligence Of the
white man away from them? They
retrograde TO condition that no one
could have dreamed Of Let that labor
take charge of this country and you have
q bowling wilderness in the place of
plenty. The colored man has not made
the progress which your speakers have
noticed so forcibly here to. day. do not
decry negro labor. but want to see this
country independent of it. We cannot
rely upon them alone. The grea. pro-
gress in this country is due to the white
Iaborer and not TO the negro. Que who
has labored in the cause Of education Of
the negro said that he could go to
certain point but all beyond that made
him top.heavy, and that be has not made
one step forward morally" have been
forced to admit, against my will, to say
that the time has come for us to look for
some way out of this difficulty. We
have progressed in spite of fate. If
thew want to 90 10 Indiana let them go.
You will never have any material in.
crease in your white population until
you get material diminution Of the
colored man. When you put the for
eigner into competition with the negro
he does not stay, he goes, and so would