The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-11-08
ANDERSON S. c., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER s, 1888.


food crops increases largely, but is sur.
passed III progress by the increase in the
yield per acre. Labor saving machinery
is being rapidly introduced into the State.
The census of 1870 stated the value of
farming machinery to be S2.2S2 ,946 and
in 1882 it had risen to 50 ,2027iO. BY
intelligent culture aud judicious fer,ili-
zation some of our lands have been made
to produce enormously; especially is
this true of the eastern part of the STATE
MANUFACTURES
"The State has made marked progrcss
in manufactures in the last few years,
and from the present indications the in.
crease in the number aud Importance Of
manufacturing establishments will con.
tinue. At the last session Of the Legis
lature nine new cotton factories with an
aggregate capital of $l,72j,00O were
chartered. The water power of South
Carolina has been estimated ut 5000. 900
horse power, and in All official pub,ca
ton of the State Department Of Agri
culture, just issued and which has been
prepared with great care by competent
compilers, it is stated that from the lower
line of the hill country nor,hward in
South Carolina, there is more than 900.
|
ing in size from 80 to 10000 horse. pow :.
er, easily and chcaply available under
conditions peculiarly advantageous, not
counting the presence Of large amount
oi raw material in the shape of cotton
TO be manufactured. This is sutcien,
power tc move 81! the cotton f.c,uriea,
grist and flour MILF and saw mills now
worked by water throughout the entire
country. II This power were used in
manufacturing cotton goods, it would
call Tor 100000 operatives; in grinding
flour and grist, 75,0UO; in saving lumber,
2OO,0oo. 1t appears, therefore, that the
supply tor some time to come might be
i'll excess of any demand likely to be
made on it. If, however, the present
rate of increase in the employment of
water power in South Carolina should
continue, the time when all this power
may be utilized is not so remote rs might
be supposed. The amount of WATERPROOF
er employed i'll manufacturing in South
Carolina was 33 per cent. greater in
1880 than in 1870. BY the census of
1850 only 3,39S horse power water power
was employed in the manufacture of
cotton goods. l}y an enumeration made
ny the State Department of Agriculture
III November, 1882, it was ascertaincd
that i, l3 horse power water power were
thus employed-an increase c" II per
cent. IN lit,le over two years, or 10
times greater than the rate OF increase
shown between the ninth and the tenth
United States census. Water.powe il
made available in South Carolina mt
much less cost than ut some Of the prin
cipal manufacturing centres of the
country, and the difference in the cost is
20 great as TO convince the most skepti.
cal of the advantages we have in this re-
spect over the sections mentioned
Capital invested in cotton factories is
exempt from taxation Of all kinds, ex-
cept the mill school tax, fu. reriod of
ten years. Let me hand w" follow
ing statements which pro-
gress we made III Il 1870
to 1880: In 1870 there manu-
featuring establishments IN. Caro-.
lima; in 1880, 2,07S; in 1870 ne capital
invested was S., ,400,4lS; in 1880, $ll,-
O05, ,S94; in 1870 the average number Of
hands employed was 8,l47 in 1880,
q, l2S; in 1870 the amount paid in wa
ges during the year was $l,543,7l5; in
1880, 81, ,63G, 2S9; in 1870 the value of
material was $5,S55, 1856 in 1880, $9, 1885,
53S; in 1870 the value OF products was
.9,85S.9Sl, in 1880, $lG,73S,00S This
includes manufactures of every kind and
character. But while this exhibit is
very satisfactory, u comparison of the
census returns with statistics collected in
1882 by the State department Of agricul-
ture shows wonderful progress in the
erection of cotton factories in two wears.
The census of 1880 only reports Is mills,
but there were at that time. including
the Westminster mill, Clement attach.
ment,) IS mills in operation. The mills
not giving any census had 157 looms and
$3.50 spindles. The census figures ere,
with this explanation, again repeated in
the following comparison: In 1880 there
were % mills in operation in 1882, &c,
counting Granteville and Vauclusc an
one; in 1880 there were ,776 looms and
", 78S spindles in the cotton mills in the
State; III 1882, 4,i20 looms aud lSU,70l
spindles; the mills paid in wages, in
1880, $3i0,lG and employed 2,l95
hands; in 1882 the wages paid were
$72S, 800, and 4, 1852 hands were employed.
Capital invested in 1880 was 50, ,76S, 500 :;
In 1882, S4,547 900. This does not in.
clude Pendleton factory, from which no
information could be btained neither
does it include the number of hands
employed and wages to be paid by the
Charleston Manufacturing Company, it
having just begun operations. The Pei
zer mills having suspended operations
until February 1883, for the purpose Of
enlargement, and the number of hands
usually employed and wages paid by
this mill are also omitted. 1t has been
found impossible to obtain some impor-
tant facts regarding these factories, but
the foregoing statements show the most
important features, and all the points
omitted arc correspondingly encouraging.
The value OF the stock of every company
except five, is above par, and the stock
Of these five sell at par; the stock of one
company, Langley, sells. at $l73; Gran
iteville and Vaucluse, $40; Piedmont
$3.50; Reedy River, Clifton and Camp.
erdown at Sl25; Farryville and Pelham,
Sl20; Cedar Shoals and Valley Falls,
Sll0. The dividends paid, az far as re.
ported, ranged from 10 to 20 per cent,
the Cedar Shoals paying the largest per-
centage' and the Saluda Mills the next
highest, IL! per cent.
RACE RELATIONS.