The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-01-08
o0'' Evans Reviews the Situation
tor a Trade Journal,
'oR NATURAL ADVANTAGES.
am, account of What Has Been
""" Is Now Being Done for soutn
Carolina. south
ihe following is from tho ,r,
ers Re1sord of Jan ni INC Manufactur.
- ExEcUTIvE CHAMnrp

t-ivo ~ impossible for mo I
;J, your readers in 1000 wo,,ls ~
.1' ea OF the material resources or tbo u, "
! "s.ri;'l WI and business procro,s 80,
Nospects of South Carolina
90 rapid has been bor ;,,.
bnnI esS @ i9r tho past six years tbot ;,
ann, wouid be easily filed Will, ~.
pic,l ~; i'ion OF the numerous ond '
anJ inc tihLi,'nStrles. The results Of tho ' wa, va
noli,,, r SeIerer results of the financ;ai "i
not Ee., ;e une national government bovn
people an,i ii'io"t n Their effects upon orr
nf : ana the material deveIn,,n out
~ ""n Industries They have tan,,ht tom. ,,a
I'M, ,"e.ice economy, live Mt bnuS ~ 1 u1
up our own Industries 'ho
oouth Carolina is more fovoro, :.
nthor geography and climate tbon NM, III
20 th, o";.o ; IN the Union, and it is dnge
tbnt Lo i'iehces more than any other
while thn,o ,nuHSirles have prospered
nI InSulShed. The State has bocn 1;n;I HHJe
w ny nature into three distinrt Wv sn.. nu
WIN natural boundaries. 'oo'
f,,,;I:iI iI mn, or up country no = =;
E;ImiN known, begins at the RIno |
SanG ;hioahtalns and continues to the
frnm' we extending across the State |
This xn',; 10 chesterfield counties |
,;, section abounds in minerni 10
.t' "M,'Si IRON, gold and silver and lh"e
IIic ncllS found to the most nrnft',
~ 'N'eh. Its water bowers M. .,,s
'ieI,' I" turn the wheels of thn f,.t "a
les Oh the world Tho stream, ''u'or. @
al lung rom the mountains. and tho
n l: so great that dams are unneons
mnintmN' Instances. The cost for
.r",n''iahco per horse bower i. I aoi
.n''l so This section has ,ro scss
Watn naturally with more wonIe'i, noi !
- 'H man he rest of the State NH
n,S .'' truly designated as tho n,,n /
, 'trinS section of the State Cottn,, /
tr."",aHtnrlng t,, "i is our principal inInnl +
.nn,; "m" ,here Is not factory in tL, p
rnnm;n,. ,'n''' t mas not paid dividends )
'h% from to 30 Der cont ~ ~. T.
stockhoidcrs, while the mills of .i 's -
ohH! @ ana other States have hron on VIC :,
pti!e't 10 shut down on arcount ~
Si."' repression in such products Thc ~
,iT"S'S Oh tins section are nun,rnnt
con @ "'iIat!lS never freeze, the labornr. ~
n "L H. Mofk IN their shirt sleeves II honrs "
rounI ",,n nul perfect comfort all the wear hi
the t;rIGn i.n" d; ;ne cotton is brought from Ii,
cn,. 'c.'T directly to the mills Thn mr.
coS' on living is cheaper, and nn, np T., ~
s:ay "cttcr than that gained NV ay y g.,
s, s,.'S iiiVlhS IN the east. Our oDerot;r"s n
sre an native patriotic citizens a,n ,l
riK"f .t4. G5Scn Known -m-1G7M ~ y,
ate In the last six years South Car in Il
ma has increased tho number of Aris
;o,,, a. IN IN "'''"oo 10 l,3OO, 600 and canC
JOYS me honor of ranking first in the and
M. ,r on i''thuiactnrlng. Our with
,tmr; .,7"Sco prihclpally IN manu- the
Our, -, ~ ''"' ~ Ir' grades OF cotton driv,
".'r'' arc putting In mach;n,Iy e. ~
! 'h"i !, j.; "';ti'"re of tho finer GRADES wn,
Q ~ - only i question of time wLcn tmr,,
,d 5v ON. snctin, 'c HlonopO- conn
sc we can In i - WY VIC country, be- snip,
rage Yankee has very littI" e 'te llto
mt when the onns,;,sr lntie senti- turn,
cents iutprvnrn, vi "oillrS and three
here is n rrrot t;I, mullt
,.',' ,I 'ioIlcS' not yard of the i'm ',rt :.
'hn 'ruIlct or our mills is bcacbcd tHn =
is only cyploinnI fro -. .n'ioihaiolS, - rice, q
on manuf,rtur;, i INC iact That ing Il
dc that our na, ms peSh SO pro- ~ thi
TO employ their capital in ~, @ hnG i
mel alone III 'hiS ana {
,at Surh an o,,.,. tame.
,I G"eS without saying if ONLY Nc L.,
'iInS 'hc home market We ,nnn. rnnmt'
.n'o our cloth, ship to New York ';I;tio, cutHo,
a.-aiu I'm. "n" "n" .hch buy 1t live st
, whereas - Ln! iIS iTelSht two butter
this cypcpsc onI 'o''chcfy would This
'tS'cfh one ont of the market MI. ''', n'.N II
MS | cure.
yer, and wn o55,,,:', n'',tred way, will so
I'i'' we continue to paw tia | flo ,,,
Our cotton ,niiIa n""'crn brother with pl
l. or own people, and it is n mnI,uf,
Dpmrnt ie d,,n ~ 'ii' iapidlty or other
OF the mills are built ON whati !. A. III WI
: ware cornnr. nmI Ii, i,i'l, mus en- Charles
stockholders and Interested in iho i'l;l hoi;''nl
Is OF the enterprise. Many of the imnnhS, ,S
,cen fms cnnvorto I"sinSs banks highest
'iG ne, great advantage of the i'm. ,ban =, -
he conversion of our electr;. , ",i a. ~
pl"S ialr to further Increase nnr 'fti' ,iu' e ~
itc'"'ie% within the next wear nr S,,n u"'.'. -.
! /, ro n'ro is nearing completion in fnn1,,i
pit citthciarSeSt electric powerp plant crnna,I
- niagara rails, and | believe 0nr g. y
y COTTON factory plant run en- nrasoaI ,I'
y .cIcctric power is in this conn dai%ta
q IS owned largely by the somo Top,s Tn 1ooo a. !.
'ld"r". In 30 days this IO 0o0 ,,a iooV oI,
over station will be rmnin~ rnI', maS -; % J..
thl% city. There is another nor ,orto'io' "ant
~ dcye!opinS the immense p'i In 'oIs, iun
ave already bcon an', CON State was
V the mills of H. t" t" iilto 600; in Il
''"rk liil are to be run by elcc. dmr;n M imrr" c.
south Carolina will soon bc t;nna e
"'o'o sense than The incr
1893 was
rich % ar III tins section. al of Georg
n mroG,, % worked on small decreaS
vn,, IL will surprise The anl
your readers to know that 1890 were
Etat iT"dnceS more gold fifths of Y
mn; r;, IN inc uhlon east of the products.
+, nIor. nI we are willing, tural prod
.iI, "'tn""h tins enterprise 600, OOO-I
~ Two gold mines nre bined i'm |