The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-04-04
OUR TRADE so YEARS HENCE.
Secretary Wilson Looks Half a Century
into the Future
Ne,os and Courier.

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and we will furnish all the labor. We
shall not want foreigners to have q
pound of our cotton in raw state,
nor 30 much as an ounce of our cotton
seed. TO such crude products we shall
attach every day 8 work possible before
they go out Of our hands. Starch, su-
gar, butter, alcohol-all of them pro-
ducts ce manufaoture-we shall be
glad to find a market for abroad, but
not potatoes or corn. We shall want
to employ American labor in convert
ing raw stuffs of all kinds into products
of skill.
"The other day, out in Omaha,
wanted pair of gloves and I got
these. They are dogskin-the genu-
inc article-mado out Of the skin oe a
real dog. They grow dogs out w st;
practical people they are out th re.
To turn them into gloves eventually
is to find very satisfactory use for
the animals-particularly the superfu-
Gus ones, which are regularly killed
off in every large community. Here
is an opportunity for an industry
hitherto neglected. Dog-skin makes
excellent leather, and is especially
suitable Cor gloves. I do not believe
that in 1850 dogs will be raised for the
sake of their skin; there will always
De fools enough to grow them for 9th
er purposes. I don't mean good dogs,
but the ordinary sun of pups, which
are of no use except to bark.
1--WE can produce hides enough in
this country to supply unlimited
leather of every kind. Take the mat
ter Of goatskins. The Rocky Noun
tain region of the United States is ca
pable of producing, at a minimum
cost, enough goat skins to supply the
world. and yet here we are to-day im-
porting $40, 100000 worth of the pelts
of these animals. We have unlimited
territory most suitable for goat pro-
duction, which now yields just
about one r'.otlesnakc to every three
or our acres. Just think what pros
pect there is ahead in the goat bust
ness
Speaking of skins, we are just now
only staring what is going to be very
big busin ness in raising Of foxes up in
Alaska. Folks in this country have
leased lumber Of islands Of the
Alaskan coast, where they are rearing
black foxes. blue fnSes and fo1v5 Of
other colors. The skins ATTAINED from
these animals are sent to London,
where they are disposed Of at auction,
the prices they bring running from %
cents to S160 apiece. Last year the
, average price vas $23 You see, they
differ very much as to quality, some Of
them being almost worthless, while
exceptional pelts are extremely beau
tiful and proportionately valuable.
Only some Of the males are killed off
each season, the stock being steadily
| increased in this way. The breed is
being steadily improved by selection,
SO tlat half q century hence, or prob
ably much earlier, all the hides will be
about equally valuable. Now, how do
/! you suppose they feed them? Yes,
fish in anmme. mostly. But in win
ter? just mush-corn meal mush.
They ring bell once q. day and
up come the foxes to feed, just like
pigs.
Fifty years from now we shall be
exporting great quantities Of wines
and brandies. Everybody knows that
at the present time We make the most
honest goods Of this description in
the world. They.are taken abroad by
thousands Of barrels. to be. .reimported
into this country with foreign labels.
However, Of late, wholesalers are find,
ing it cheaper to import the labels and
paste them upon the barrels OF bot
ties over here, thus saving transporta-
zion.
I do not believe that we shall export
wheat or cotton fifty years hence. By
that time the population Of the United
States'will have increased 80 greatly
that we shall be consuming oil orr
own grain, as well as other raw ma
terials. The objection to exporting
raw materials is illustrated by our
present trade in cow food. The
Danes ara huying from us immense
quantities Of corn and oil coke for cow
feed, which they convert into the.
finest dairy products, s33, 900, 900
worth Of such goods being disposed of
! annual; 81 b them 10 grear Britain