The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-30

| pi9 only!
Not at all-the change has already
begun. We are even now in e tran
sition stage and the change will work
some hardships to both classes for a
time. Farmers are complaining of
the scarcity of lsbor-our cotton mills
can't fiDd help enough 90 run every
machine. What we want is q uni
form, symmetrical development. We
need people, perseverance, and pluck.
The old adage that all things come
to those who wait should be amend
ed by adding, 'but the best thing
that can come to them is q good,
strong push.
"The State Of New York is the best
illustration of a well-developed COM
monwealth / know Of. Every natural
advantage has been fully utilized.
Her farmers, the most prosperous and
progressive-her manufactures the
most varied and manufacturers the
most alert, her cities the largest
her country districts the most habi-
table, showing the interdependence of
agricultural pursuits upon manufac-
ture and vice versa"
"Whst manufacturing enterprises
besides cotton mills can be proftably
conducted in South Carolina?"
"That question is hard to answer
specifically. Local conditions and
many other things have to be taken into
consideration. Communities are fire.
quently advised to foster and encour-
age the smaller industries diversity is
the watchword-don't put all your
eggs in one manufacturing basket and
SO on, and the advice is sound. en-
dorse it, but for them to succeed some
caution is necessary. Every proposed
enterprise should be maturely con-
sidered from all points of view.
Where is the supply Of raw material
to come from? It is not enough that
this exists in forest or field scattered
here and there over the State. Can
steady supply in requisite mercan-
tile quantities be counted upon? Then
find out if you can get it to the door
of your plant as cheaply as some com
petitor in that particular line is al
ready doing After the product is
made what rates can be secured from
your railroads to help you in market
ing it? Unless these ate on parity
with what other, perhaps more dis
tant, manufacturers already haye in
our field, natural advantages may be
more than Offset by artificial trade re-
.strictions. What capital will be need
ed? Like building house allow 80
per cent more than promoters and well
meaning enthusiasts say will do.
know town in South Carolina that
some years ago decided to establish a
canning factory and they did 80, for
any corporation with the necessary
funds can 60 out and buy the ma
ohiney needed to make anything in
South Carolina. They ran a while,
but failure soon overlook them. Pro.
vision had not been made for a sufi-
cient supply Of vegetables, tin cans
and other things needed had t. be
boughtin Baltimore. After his goods
were put up the small South Carolina
manufacturer found himself competing
with the productive fields Of New Jer-
sey and Maryland. Where cannery
is located in the middle Of broad acres
Of tomatoes, with spur track from
some trunk line railway system at the
back door to transport the finished
product to the great distributing cen
tres Of this country at q 1.-THE only
of the rate South Carolinians would
have to pay to reach these same CEN
tres"
"What do you think Of creameries
and cheese raaking?"
Ihis lndustry le all rlght-we
need them and they can be made to
pay here, but those will do best where
the frst step taken is to secure a
sufficient herd of mixers and the food
and pasturaye for them. Don't build
g factory first and think all the far.
mers in the neighborhood who have
been planting cotton year after yeaT
are going to stop this in order TO sup:
ply yonr4 factory. with milk They
won't do so-not all at once. Only
by degrees. do people ohangs thsir
ways Of earning alivelihood. BE; pre-.
pared to take care Of your own needs
until scms sne else oilers to DO it FOL
you cheaper than You ean-then close
q trade with him"
What about the South great al.