Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-08

means. 1t is always the weak con-
Germs which suffer most when profits
are curtailed ; 30 that the loss would
fall most heavily upon these and
upon tho growers of cotton seed, the
sale OF which now brings into tho
farmers pockets millions of dollars
annually which they Can lily afford
to be deprived of. 1t might ulti-
matcly bankrupt the trust,' hm the
people of the South are not of the
kind that are willing tto cut off their
noses to spite their faces. Here is
one case where the interests of The
people and a corporation called a
trust are identical. 1t would also
seem that when this treaty shall be
ratified our Southern cotton mills
will be enabled to sell to the French
scvcra. million dollars worth of the
coarscr grades of cotton cloth now
imported into France from England,
Germany, Belgium and Switzerland.
"ln the item Of lumber the French
treaty will make possible an increase
in Southern exports of lumber pro-
duets to France, and if the treaties
with the British West Indies and
British Guiana, now before the SEN
ate, are ratified, it is thought that
these colonies will get their entire
supply of yellow pine from the
Southern States, and that it will
there supplant white pine, now i'm
ported from Canada. Iron products
Will likewise constitute an important
cXportablc item under the operations
OF these treaties, and a number Of
other things produced in the South.
SO soon as | have time to study the
schedules showing the existing duties
and the new ones under the mini
mum rate [ shall gladcly take ad-
vantage of the columns of the Manu-
facturers' Record TO communicate to
the Southern people whatever may
succeed IN discovering Of interest to
them.
"rhis question of wider markets
ls one that deserves right now the
thoughtful attention of the Southern
people. Another matter Of vital i'm
portancc, now that mills and facto-
ries are springi"y up SO rapidly, is
the danger of misdircctcd enterprise.
1t is worth while to impress upon
the public mind that the mere con-
structions of mills and factories does
not necessarily mean a bcttcrmcnt
Of local conditions. In the organi-
zation Of industries the ques ions of
location, capability Of mc nagcmcnt
and steady market for their pro-
ducts should be intclligcntly con-
sldrrcd in advance.
"CnSalablc manufactured products
arc Of no more value than were the
iron deposits of the birmingham,
lAla.,) district before the iron-buy-
ing public was educated, first at the
North and later in Europe, to realize
the high quality and fitness for their
needs of Alabama pig, which was for
years discrcditcd mainly through ig-
norancc and partly through miscon-
ceptions created and kept alive by
the ironmasters Of other districts
Hence am in favor of national en-
couragemcnt Of some system like
that now employed by Germany for
the Introduction Of our cxpor.ablc
products into the four quarters Of
the globe. The lesson taught by the
expectation Of Alabama pig-iron,
which was laughed at when first sug-
gvstod, is one which ought 70 arouse
all Southern men who think, and
upon whose shoulders rest RESPONSE
bility, to give vigorous support to
every measure that may give promise
of its repetition in other lines. This,
in my Judgment, is the best way
to prrpctuatc the existing general
prosperity"
The foregoing opinions of Senator
McLaurin, rejecting the views of
the widc-awakc, progressive element,
fayoring this pending international
contract for the extension Of trade,
90 to show that for once the business
thought and the political thought Of
the South are in harmony.
The above is taken from the
Manufacturers Record, and that
paper commenting on the same says
AS is said very forcibly by Scna-
tor McLaurn in an interview which
appears in this issue Of the Manufac-
turcrs' Record, the people Of the
South at this particular time are be-
ginning to realize the Importance of
ways and means to find more mar
kcts for what they produce. This
same idea is also touched upon i'm a