The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-02
A Word on Immigration.


t. . hold of other purely business
propooitious, in business way, to
achieve results in that direction as
distinct aud permanent as have been
the fruits Of their enterprise in those
lines Of industry which arc making
that section famous.
Peopling section which has capa-
city to support p vast increase in it's
population is not essentially different
from the exploitation of great cot
ton manufacturing interest at point
where the supply OF raw material is
plentiful; the establishment of great
furniture factory in section which
yields sn abuhdance Of the various
kinds Of woods needed, or the open
ing Of mines where minerals Of the
desired charaotc are available; it is
simply case of fitting the opportunity
to The man.
At the time when the disparity be-
tween the. cotton manufacturing in
terests Of New England and the South
and it was only a few years ago
was as marked as the present dispar-
ity between the West and other sec-
tions Of the country with respect to
the movement Of foreign immigr alton,
great cotton mill owner in the North
was induced, much against his judg-
ment, rs he afterWard confessed, to
hazard small investment in cotton
mill enterprise in the South, in order
to get rid of o very petinacious solici-
tor. The rest was easy. The oircum-
stance that this man afterward ao-
quired substantial interests in upward
of 40 great cotton mills in tho South
is Of secondary interest; the important
feature was the start made.
A furniture factory was started in
Southern town-or, rather, the fac
tory started the town-in o cotton
section, where cotton had been the
sole reliance of the people. Success
always exoites emulation, and the
capacity Of that particular town and
section for conferring success may be
inferred from the fact that there are
in tho neighborhood Of 40 great furni-
ture factories at that place. The sole
difference between that town and
scores of others places, primarily, lies
in the circumstance that it possessed
men who had courage 10 take the ini-
tiative. There are hundreds Of other
places where the supply Of raw ma
terial is just as abundant and varied,
and where the same facilities for
transportation are available, but no.
body has besn found to make start.
They are still waiting for men and
capital.
A correspondent Of the Land and
Industrial Department in o South
Carolina town, replying to inquiries
recently, said that in his section there
was only one commercial fruit orchard,
devoted to the Elberta peach; that it
had scored splendid success during
the past season, and that others in
that vicinity we're making prepara-
tions to plant upward Of 10000 trees
Of the same variety this winter. Then
followed list of nine substantial far
mers who had decided to embark in
this business. The neighborhood in
the course Of q hundred years secured
one commercial orchard; success is
achieved, and prof table line Of busi-
ness is finally launched among the
local fsrmers-the harvest from one
example.
So Il is With immigration in the
South There are small towns on the
Southern Railway which are surround
Cd on all sides by good, thrifty, oapa-
bic farmers from the Northwest. For
example, one community may have
perhaps 200 such families around it,
while o neighboring town, just as good
in every way, and surrounded by ooun-
try identioslly the same in character,
may be without any. In the one q
start has been made, and the number
Of immigrants obtained has become
the soliciting force which is psoplipg
the section and diversifying the pro.
ducts; the other is awaiting the initial
impulse.
In word, the important work in
the South to day, in connection with
isin the small beginnings
made by oommunities-o constantly in
oreasing in number-whiuh are at
tracing few immigrant families to
their neighborhood as ''seed'' for the
crop which almost invariably follows.
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