The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-12
McLaurin'S Good Work.
From the Hampton Guardian

Congressman McLaurin's admir-
able presentation of the advance
ment made by the people of South
Carolina in manufactures as we'll as
in agriculture must surely accom-
pliSh much good Various modes of
advertising have been tried, with the
view to present to outsiders the ad-
vantages Of South Carolina as field
for profitable investment. We have
sought the notice of investors by diff
ferent methods. To a great extent
TO a most encouraging eXtent-we
have added to our industries, and
have induced the incoming of very
desirable immigrants. Our facilities
for manufacturing, our admirable
climate, our varied soil, all these
have been, to a very gratifying eX-
tent, come to be known and appre-
ciated by people in those particular
sections of the country, from which
we may expect settlers or investors.
Congressman McLaurin, however,
chose field which had not been
used before-the halls of the Con-
gress of the United States. In thus
vancement and our advantages, Mr..
McLaurin has undoubtedly done the
State most valuable service. What
he so we'll said has gone from one end
of this vast country to the other.
Already some of the leading papers
have noted his statement and thus
pointed out the advantages and at
fractions of the Southern States.
This sort of advertisement must
surely bear fruit though it may
take time for the good effects to be
actually felt.
There can be no possible doubt OF
one proposition-that if the actual
advantages of South Carolina could
be understood in the North and
West, we should have no trouble in
competing with our neighbors for a
due share of the capital that is com,
ing to this section and that must
continue to come. 1t is true that
our farmers have gone through a
long season of depression and diff.
Guilty. They have witnessed the
constant decline of the prices of their
products. They have found it hard
indeed to sustain themselves and
continue their brave fight against
adverse conditions. Their condition
to-day is not one of ease or indeed oi
satisfactory progress. But, recog.
nizing all this, the fact remains that
our people have withstood the
strains of the past eight or ten years
quite as well as those of other sec.
tions of the Union, seemingly fa1
more prosperous. We have had nc
actual sutferings-no cry for bread
without the bread to meet it. We
have had no serious conflicts be,
tween capital and labor-no serious
disturbance Of the relations between
employers and their employees. We
have stood the strain better than the
people of the North or even the
West, where there might seem the
same opportunities as we have fol
averting actual suffering. All this
speaks we'll for our section. Added
70 these things are facts and figures
such as those which Congressman
McLaurin presented in his recent
speech.
The people Of South Carolina may
we'll take heart from a consideration
of her natural advantages and OF
her fine progress in the recent past.
No people ever had greater Difficult.
ties to contend with-no peonle ever
met their troubles with more cour.
age. 1t is surely a source of en-.
couragement, as we'll as pride, that,
Notwithstanding all drawbacks, the
State makes such an excellent show
ing along the lines of material pro
gress. The present is not without
its difficulties and discoUragements
But there is enough in the evidences
of the real achievements of our peo.
pie to encourage and sustain them
Let them but continue the brave
efforts they are now making, and
their brightest hopes will soon be
realized.