The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-04-02
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

The people of South Carolina realize
annually s33 100000 from the products
of the different manufactures existing in
the State, and space proportionate to
their Importance has been accorded to
the manufacturers in the State exhibit
wherein to display their work. Ten OF
the cotton mills of the State, the Colum-
bia Hosiery Mill and wagon factory in
Greenville, have availed themselves OF
this fine opportunity to advertise their
business and RI fleet credit upon their
State at the same time. Eleven compa.
MES engaged in mining phosphates and
the manufacture of commercial fertili-
zers unite in making one of the most in.
teresting and instructive of the many
wonderful and important things to be
seen at this Industrial Exposition. They
show, by samples of their productions
and photographs of their mines and
works, the whole process of mining aud
manufacturing the South Carolina phos'
pilates which has done so much for the
State. Not only has the royalty paid by
them to the State lessened taxation, but
the sale of fertilizers has enriched the
owners, and at the same time the appli.
cation of them to the WORKOUT lands OF
the State has enabled the farmers to in
crease the amount of produce per acre,
until comparison of the crop raised in
1884 with that Of 1860, the most prosper.
GUS year of ante bellul1 times, is simply
astonishing.
The annual product of the lumber and
naval store business exceeds the value of
the products of the cotton mills in South
Carolina, and exceeds in value over 2OO,-
900 bales of cotton at $40 per bale. Both
branches of this forestry trade are we'll
represented in the exhibit of the State.
The lumber exhibit is said by lumber
men who have examined it to be the best
selection made by any State. The 40
varieties of wood shown have portion
of the surface of each piece polished to
the extent of the wood polisher's art.
The work was done in the workshop of
the South Carolina Railroad in Charles
ton, whose artisans are accustomed to
using the beautiful native woods in the
interior decorations of their cars.
AS truthful exponent of what the
State contains, there is no State exhibit
in the Exposition which surpasses that
of South Carolina. Other States may
exceed it in specialties. Some of the
Western States expend their whole effort
on grain, others make their minerals the
point of interest, but South Carolina
does not allow the phosphate or rice to
eclipse the cotton, grain. lumber or man
ufacturing interest, but shows the whole
State for what it is worth, and convnces
all who examine the exhibits carefully
that the resources of the State are as
valuable as they are varied. After all it
is impossible to show in an exposition
the chief charms OF This State as place
of residence. They consist of a climate
at once healthy as mountain air from the
North, meeting the ocean breezes from
the South, and the most perfect natural
drainage possible from mountains to
ocean, and a society composed of ear
nest, educated working men and women,
who blend with the elegant polish OF
manner which generations Of culture has
made second nature, the progressive
spirit of the age, Necessity has brought
forth every power within them, and the
present status of the State rs compared
with the best days of its former great
ness, speaks volumes for the enterprise
of the South Carolinians of the New
South.