The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-11-21


the average farmer, bat / will refrain
from going further in this line, aud will
ask is it any wonder that with the existing
evils it should require such an effort to
move forward this great interest? That
capital should seek other Investments and
that our young men of promise and brains
should be drawn from the farm to other
and more lucrative industries, where they
can breathe more congenial atmosphere
and reap the product of their labor 7
These evils lie with our national repre-.
sentatives for correction, while 1t will
require the full scope Of craftsmanship to
correct them and make the burden for the
maintenance of the government equal
upon the respective sections in their va
rious industries. Let US hope that they,
being prompted by an honest desire 10
promote the general welfare of your
country, will reach an equitable solution
in the discharge of their public trust.
will mention few of the evils which
retard the progress of agriculture chat are
not depended upon rational legislation
for correction !: One is that of national
representation. A nation to be prosperous
should have all it's interests and industries
properly represented. While have not
examined she record closely, yet from
farmers standpoint / will make the
assertion that the agricultural interests of
our country have not been represented in
the halls of Congress in the past as its
Importance demanded. Hence the evils
of which 1 have spoken exist to day. A
government to be prosperous where tue
right of suffrage exists requires that every
interest should be fully represented, as its
Importance demands, and just and equit-
able laws enacted for all.
Another evil is the great want of diver.
si6ed Industries 1.-The effort which will
develop the hidden resources ot our COM.
monwealth. That will not only increase
the productive capacity of our soil, but
will render productive the barren places
that exist; that will level our hills and
terrace our mountains and cover them
with vineyards, and our valleys with the
golden harvest; that energy that will Dry
into the bowels of the earth and bring out
its treasures 10 furnish force and power
for the teemipg millions of the future,
that energy that will catch, the silver
thread of the little brook as it winds its
way down the mountain, to use it's power
and let it 90, and catch it and let it go 8
thousand times before it shall have
reached the mighty ocean, dotting our
streams With prosperous towns aud cities,
making the hum of the spindle the music
of the valley, disseminating labor and
capital and increasing the product of
both.
Another evil that exists against the
prosperity of agriculture is the want of a
home market; market for the sale of
such articles as are the most profitable to
produce, but being perishable in their
nature will not admit of transportation, q
market for. the product Of labor, where
the farmer may. realize the full measure
without the margin of profit being con-
sumed in transit. These are some of the
evils to be remedied within cur ranks.
The remedies are feasible, and I regard
them practicable>and will place before
you for consideration.
Then remove the barriers just referred
to. Throw open the windows, let in the
light, and this. beautiful city of Columbia,
which has SO recently sprung from the
ashes of its wanton destruction, with all
ofits vim and might, will become more
beautiful and prosperous in the develop.
mentiof its gigantic enterprises and justly
make her the great city of the South.
Then will,the din Of her shops and the
whirl,of her spindles be the chime Of her
glory, and you will add new life and en-
ergy to the various industries running
Through every nook and corner Of our
commonwealth, and the cry will be heard
from every palace and hovel, from, the
lakes olthe gulf. that contentment and
happiness reign supreme, and We will then
become the happy recipients Of the free.
dom so dearly purchased and sacredly
transmitted to us.
These remarks may have been in diff
ferent channel to what you anticipated,
but with the best wish for the promotion
of every interest Of the State at heart I
submit them for your wise consideration,
and in your effort to remove them aud
promote the great interest of our State l
willinvoke the richest blessing Of Heaven
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