The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-23
whole South has in tho manufactures

| whole South has in tho manufacture
and mining.
There arc in all tho Southern State
the essentials to mako this u great an
prosperous land. Manufacturing an,
mcchanical industries h&vc put Eng
land at the head OF nations. The iirs
and great essential for the cnrichmcn
OF any nation arc iron, wood, cotton
wool and coal. and these we have al
over tho Southern land in abundan
quantities at a minimum cost. There
Is coal enough in Alabama to furnish
the world for 100 years if there wcr,
never another bushcl Of coal found, sa,
gcol0gists.
He took up the essential articles 70,
prosperity, and said the world had ran
sacked the world to find any place cx
cept the South that can give the cotton
needed Tor the worlds spipdcs. The
south has an absolute monopoly Of cot,
ton production.
Mr.. Walsh took up tho economic
question OF the accumulation of wealth
IN the Northeast and tho tarif system
This exposition, he said. is the best
opportunity to advertise her products
ever offered, and he would be surprisrd d
II the South did not spontaneously ac-
cept the proposition. The Atlanta Ex-
position had done great good, but it is
insignificant compared with an cxposi-
tion at Chicago. Tho Atlanta Expo
sltion was u marvellous display, but
when You go to Chicago You take it
TO the best city Of the country. Now
ork was great city, but we want
competition. The time has como when
The South should invite the people OF
the West TO come here and invest their
money and settle with us. There is
to-day less sectionalism and more fra
tcrnlty and moro love and unity than
at any time since tho war Of 1912 closed.
There is more interest, there is moro
desire to be acquainted with tho con-
dltlons OF our country than ever before,
and he related some Of tho ludicr0us
opinions regarding the South. For
eleven years after the war you had Il
literal htdes here, but when the people
rose IN thcir manhood they abolished
the Mongrcl Government forever and
from that you have prOspercu. Before
the war you never invited any one to
come here. The reason OF it was a
conflict between slavery and free labor.
NOW the time has come for the utiliZa-
tlon OF tho natural resources OF the
South. This convention shows, too,
now you can come together as broth
ers and consider the best interests of
your State.
This being the case, there is no reason
why the South should not manufacture
all its cotton. The evidences are All
that the mills are coming to the cot
ton. Fifteen years ago Mr.. Atkinson
said the South could not compete with
New Eng land in cotton manufacturing.
Schold the result New England man
nfacturers admit they can no longer
compete with the South in coarse cot
ton goods.
II Is now case OF the survival OF the
httest, and as we have distanced the
East In manufacturing coarse goods. so
Will we lead IN the finer goods. Here
10 your own county is q most striking
Twenty-Five years ago
YOU had about $4,000 in yarn mills,
and TO day you have over s. 900 600 in.
v'St'd, and you pay out here over $40,
0OO, 900 for supplies and labor. You
uhvc diversified your industries. and
you have made q home market. He
went ON to admit that South Carolina
leads IN cotton spindles. His friend,
MIR. icmphill, Of The News and Cour-
lrr, hhd taken him up on his claim
that Georgia led in the number of cot
ton sDlnd!cS, but he was defeated. and
the authorities say that Mr.. HcmDhill
was correct, that South Carolina led
the South rs TO the number Of sDindlcs.
On substantial and conservative lines
there is no reason why the South
should not progress proGtaby in this
There is no use to talk
about ovcrcrowding. Having all the
let the South make profit.
Let the competition go on, and the
South will not be worstcd. God never
gave New England anything you have
not here in the South. In 1860 South
Carolina was perhaps the richest State
in the Union.
In concluding Senator Walsh stated
that his work for the Chicago Exposi-
lion was with him simply labor Of
lovc. NO matter how much wc glory in
the achievements OF the past, we will
be dead to our advantages if we do not
seize upon this opportunity to advance
the development OF the South Senator
Whlsh's splendid speech was loudly ap-
plaudcd. Major j. G. Hcmphill then
the following resolutions which
were adopted after some debate:
Resolved, That committee consist
ing OF one delegate from each OF the
Congressional districts in the State be
by the chairman to prepare
Il pian Tor the organization OF an eX-
hlbit of the resources of this State at
the Southern States Exposition in Chi
cago and Tor raising the necessary
amount OF money to cover the expenses
Of such State exhibit.
That this committee be instructed to
make its r1port to this convention at
3.O'clOck Tomorrow morning. On this
committee there were appointed }. G..
chairman a. G.. Shaifcr, of
Waterloo; w. a. C0urtcnay, OF Newry;
w. IS. Smith WhaIey. Of Richland; x.
II. White, OF York; II. w. Finlayson,
Of Chcraw; w. d. Evans, OF Bcnnctts-
Vile; Altamont Moses, OF Sumter.
MIR. Hemphill explained the rcsou-
ton and said that he wanted South
Carolina to take first honors at Chi
cago as she had at Atlanta and it. was
adopted, after it was cx-
plalncd that all delegates could return
to their homes by to m0rrOw's trains.
The delegates have talked among
themselves about the matter and arc
determined to see the exhibit madc q
success.
SPARrANBURG, April l6.-Thc con-
Vcntlon rcasscmbIcd at 10 o'clock this
morning to hca" the report OF the com