The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
Ex-Gov. MacccrkIe on Our
Agricultural Conditions.
RAILROADS AND FACTORIES.
Liberal Laws invite Capital and
Capital is One of the South's
Greatest Needs at
this Time.
this Time.

tional reputation for the great work
which he did in the development OF
West Virginia while governor, con
tributes to the January Number OF the
Southern Farm Magazine Of Baltimore
an unusually interesting and striking
discussion of southern farm conditions,
and how the agricultural interests OF
the south can alone be made prosper
ous..
Governor MacCorkle says: The far,
mer is not in a good way in the soNth.
The totals of his labor, taken as a
whole, are enormous, but the farmer is
not the gamer, and the south does not
profit by her enormous yields as she
should. She is another example Of The
proposition that country cannot be
come rich and strong through agrlcuI-
ture alone. The loom, the reaper and
the anvil must go together. Severed:
they but furnish the raw material Tor
other and more favorable communities,
Transportation, the factory and the
farm under wise and established ia%s
can make the south an industrial en-
pire and the southern farmer might!
power in the worlds affairs.
Discussing the sitc.uon, ne says;
"We cannot live under suci. conditions
as have existed. The southern produ-
Ger must change the mere raising OF the
staples and seek other products fol his
farm. He cannot do this as things
stand with him today, for with long
haul and NO close home market, ne can
not do otherwise than raise the staples
Of heavy farming. Il needs no argu-
ment, but simply the re-expression OF
the statement that the glory Of the
southern farmer is to come through a
change Of methods looking to the diver
siication Of his product. How will We
do this? There is one way, and that
is, enlarge our horizon, hberahze our
laws, turn our faces to the east, vel
come eastern and northern capital, es.
tablish by the side Of the waterfall ana
in the midst of our cotton telos, en-
throne on our iron mines and locate
amidst our magnificent forests, the rail-
road and the factory.
Discussing the farm situation IN New
England and the lessons to be drawn
from it by the south, Governor Mac
Corkle states that while in New Eng
land this summer be made a careful IN
vestigation of the situation. By rea-
son Of cheap western land, vast changes
in the economies Of transportation.
greater fertility Of soil, there was pro-
duced in New England some years ago
a tremendous farm depression. Great
numbers of farmers, who had not been
able to understand the change that was
taking place, abandoned the east and
went west. They did not grasp the sit
Nuation, and thought that II ehey could
not proitably raise the cereals in com
petition with the west, there was no
life for the New England farmer; but
in the last Is years marvellous change
has taken place in the agricultural dis
tricts of New England. They have
found out that they cannot compete
with the west in the growing OF the
heavier grains, in the raising OF beef,
hogs and sheep, and wisely they have
turned to new fields Of agriculture.
The teeming manufacturing towns de-
mand poultry. eggs, butter. fruits, veg
etables and the thousand small fruits
that can be pro6tahly grown adjaceat
to great population. The resuI; is
shown in a few Illustrations. In 1863
the beef product of Massachusetts was
sS. 1SS, 564; in 1888 it was sis, 932-
loss of over 81 900, 900. But these ts-
ures. which seemed to Indicate great
destruction Of the agricultural Interests
Of Massachusetts, were Offset By the III
crease in milk, to which farmers ,uraed
their attention when they found the
change that was taking place: and IN
1885 the value of the milk product was
$40. .312, ,762, while in 1868 it was only
81. .956, lS7-a gain Of IS, ,326,9 max
ing up theloss on beefaud having 81. Go0,-
o00 TO spare. And lastyear, or IN 1897,
the milk product was worth SO, 900,
600. In 1897 the value Of Tic veg, I
able product, due almost altogether 20
the growth Of manufacturing c!ueS, was
more than $4,000, GOO, while strawEer-
ries.a cranberrics brought over 8,
100000.
Notwithstanding the naturally poor
soil of the New England States, tie
highest acreage value Of farm products
of improved land is found N HasSa,
ehusetts. Rhode Island .nd New Jersey,
three States in which you are never out
of the sound Of the wll:r OF the wheels
of the factory, while the Lowest Ta!ae q
farm products per acre OF improved lana
is in the purely agricultural States.
Governor MacCorkle thecn illus,
trates his point with one case, Q: 'TAicn
hundreds could be given, BASED on 52e
establishment in his own State Of q fac,
tory employing 400 men. lnthat con,
munitv the result was an absolute
change in the whole agricultural sltua'
ton. The boys, instead Of going west,
became operatives IN the factory,
town grew up, every class OF small farm,
ing gave the best results, at least SlOt
year of farm products was required tc
feed the operatives. or $40, 900 as q to-
tai. The variety OF products raised iu-
cluded eggs, beans, peas, fruits, veset,
able, melons, small fruits and many
other articles. One farmer made 81.
500 clear profit last year from his mel,
on crops, more than he madc IN all %I:
S;fe as wheat and corn producer. Au.
ether turned his attention from =" lea;:
and corn to poultry and sold la>5 year
500 chickens and SLIGO worth d
trncL He points out tha- 70 secure
these great benefits the southern farm
~ mrst unite with legislation to attr2c'
the attention of capitalists anc enis
their cooperation in the bu1l9lng q lac
tories. the development Of mines ane
the construction of railro'. IS