The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-28


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 it was
manufactured in the North, but hereafter
he thought he would buy largely of tue
south Carolina manufacturers. The
Florida commissioners WIS ?. scented with
quantity of the South Carolina fertil.
izer, shipped to New Orleans for distri.
button, and it was used on his orange
groves, and he reports that the results
have been so satisfactory that he is spre
many Of the owners Of groves ir 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
If the introduction Of theeo fertilizers is
satisfactory i: viii De 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 aim ost as much attention az
the phosphate display. Lumbermen
from all sccsions of the country have
visited tho Exposition and have been
pleased with the exhibits from all tho
Southern States. In the South Carolina
department there are about 14O speci.
mems of native woods, all 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. Tho
exhibit of manufactured goods and tue
maps Of the water powers of the st:te
have attracted attention to the advan-
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 tho State
illustrated by the exhibit have given o
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 tho means
Of inducing an
INFLUX OF PROSPEROUS sMALL FAR.
MBRS
from the Northwestern States and else.
where to South Carolina. The display
of ores and building stones will, 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
aud 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 anv State.
South Carolina has never been more
favorably before tho people of the world
than she is to day, and I do not exag.
gerate the
IMPORTANCE OF THE EXHIBIT
when say that the good impressions re.
garding the resources of the State are ir
q large measure due to the stand we have
taken at the Exposition. Some of the
States could have remained away from
New Orleans and not have been greatly
injured by their absence, but South Car.
oiina has been 80 long and 30 persistently
misrepresented that it was absolutely
necessary for our State to disabuse the
public mind of the Impressions shat have
been created by these false statements.
do not hesitate to say that this has been
accomplished and 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-
h1htt has given our. own people. Old
South Oarolinians who left the State
ySSr6 ago visit the department ct New
Orls2ns lnd aro sstsnished at the variety,
quantity and qus!ity of the exhibit.
Our own people are little less surprised, !,
and they leave the Exposition with q
higher regard for their homes than thew
ever entertained before. They examine
tho 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 hc:ne that any other
section does, and they return to the State
with the determination to devslop her
resources and to spend their lives upon
her soil. If. therefore, We waive all the
possible benefits to come to tho State
from outside, We have been amply repaid
for all expenditures on the 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 then, better under.
standing of the varied resources of tho
State, and this will result in better sys.
iea, of agriculture and the development
of new iaeas, and this will, in itself, 10 q
long way in tho advancement Of the ma.
terias progress of the State.
A Contract.