The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-21

owners of groves, who had heretofore used
Northern fertilizers, would hereafter use
nothing but the Carolina products. An
owner of one of the largest sugar planta.
tions near New Orleans said that he used
about two hundred tons of fertilizers
every season, and nearly all of II was
manufactured in the North, but hereafter
ne thought he would buy largely of tue
South Carolina manufacturers. The
tlor!aa commissioner was presented with
q quantity Of the South Carolina fertii.
izer, shipped to New Orleans for distri-
button, and It was used on his orange
groves, and he reports that tho results
nave been 80 satisfactory that he is euro
many of the owners of groves in Florida
Will use it another year. Many farmers
from the Western States who have never
used commercial manures of any kind
are anxious to make some experiments
with them, and it is possible that some
orders may be received from them, and
II the introduction of these fertilizers Ia
satisfactory it will be followed by large
business The South Carolina fertilizer
exhibit has given such boom to this
industry that manufacturers all over the
Union will be benefited, but of course
not to the same extent as our own COM
panies.
THE WOOD EXHIBIT
has attracted almost as much attention "a
the phosphate display. Lumbermen
from all sections of the country have
visited the Exposition and have been
pleased with the exhibits from all the
Southern States. In the South Carolina
department there are about 14O speci.
mems OF native woods, oil of merchanta.
Bile size, and they attract much attention.
Inquiries relating to the timber resources
OF the State have been frequently made,
and these Investigations will no doubt
result In a rapid development OF the
lumber industry at no distant day. The
exhibit of manufactured goods and the
maps Of the water powers of tho State
have attracted attention to the adyan-
tages afforded by the State for factories
OF every description, and this should
result in bringing capital here for invest.
ment in such enterprises. The varied
agricultural productions of the State
illustrated by the exhibit have given q
correct impression regarding our agricul.
tural capabilities. and the interest that
has been shown by visitors in this divis.
ion convince me that it will be the means
of inducing au
INFLUX OF PROSPEROUS SMALL FAR.
MERS
from the Northw esteru States and else.
where to South Carolina. The display
of ores and building stones will, I am
satisfied, cause the development of our
resources in that direction. Our special
exhibits, rice, naval stores and fish, have
been of immense benefit to the State in
showing the variety of our productions
and our natural wealth, while the exhibit
OF birds and animals from the Charleston
Museum has not been excelled in the
quality of the specimens even by the
splendid displays Of the Smithsonian
Institute, and have not been equalled by
that of any State.
South Carolina has never been more
favorably before the people of the world
than Dhe is to day, and do not exag.
gerate the
IMPORTANCE OF THE EXHIBIT
when I say that the good Impressions 70.
garding the resources of the State are in
a large measure due to the stand We have
taken at the Exposition. Some of the
States could have remained away from
New Orleans aud not have been greatly
injured by their absence, but South Gar.
olina has been 30 long and 30 persistently
misrepresented that it was absolutely
necessary for our State to disabuse the
public mind of the Impressions that have
been created by these false statements.
do not hesitate to say that this has been
accomplished, aud that hereafter we will
stand before the country in our proper
position. But great as the good may be
that our State has derived in this way
the greatest benefit has been In the
knowledge Of our resources that the ex.
hibit has given our own people. Old
South Carolinians who left the State
years ago visit the department. at New
Orleans and are astonished at the variety,
quantity and quality of the exhibit.
Our own people are little less surprised, !,
and they leave the Exposition with
higher regard for their homes than ehey
ever entertained before. They examine
the products of the other States, and
then their own and they realize that
South Carolina offers them every oppor-
tunity for the requirement of wealth or
the delights of O home that any other
section does, and they return to the State
with tho determination to develop her
resources and to spend their lives upon
her soil. II, therefore, we wnive all the
possible benefits to come TO the State
frou, outside, We have been amply repaid
for all expenditures on tho exhibit by
the elevation of the State In the minds
of her own citizens. In addition to this,
the work done by our people in assisting
the department in the collection of these
specimens has given them better under.
standing of the varied resources of the
State, and this will result in better sys.
tenn of agriculture and the development
Of new idoas, and this will, in itaelf, go q
long way in tho advancement of the ma.
terial progress of the State.
A Contrast.