Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-05-10
A PROPHECY MADE GOOD.
Mr.. Hemphiirs Address to the GreenviIIe
Board OF Trade.

The quarterly meeting of the
Greenville Board of Trade was held
in that CITY Thursday night. BY
special invitation j. G. Henphill,
editor of the News and Courier,
made an address on some of the in
dustrial questions of present moment
to the South and of this State. His
address is printed in the Sunday
News, at the request of the Board of
Trade, as follows:
"The greatest source of wealth in
South Carolina is in utilizing her
water powers and manufacturing
cotton and wool. We have every
conceivable advantage over the
Northern States and Great Britain
in manufacturing cotton. The raw
material is grown here, our climate is
better adapted to manufacturing
purposes; water power, which is ex-
pensive at the North, and scarcely to
be obtained in England, will cost
little or nothing here; labor is
cheaper than it is in the Northern
States, and all we want is capital and
skill. They are destined to come here
at no distant day from England, as
well as from the Northern States.
"In my mind the future wealth,
prosperity and happiness of South
Carolina are inevitable. She must
soon, from her advantages in climate,
water power, cheapness in labor,
living, building material and growth
of the raw material, become manu-
featuring State. This will more than
double the value of her cotton crop,
already worth twenty millions of
dollars, and give employment to hun
dreds of thousands of operatives.
Charleston harbor will soon be opened
to the largest vessels, and railroads
will be constructed to carry importa-
tions to every portion of the great
West. The immense swamp lands
the middle and low country will
be drained, and the rivers embarked,
which will double the production of
of all the cereals. The agriculture
of the State will be varied and en-
larged, and more attention paid to
the growing of all the grasses. The
old broom sedge fields and the ex-
hausted lands will be reclaimed and
enriched by phosphates and other
manures. Vineyards will be planted
all over the State and wine will be-
come an article of expectation. Sugar
and molasses will be produced from
the cultivation and manufacture of
sorghum sufficient to supply home
consumption. The tea plant will
likewise be extensively cultivated in
the course of a few years. 1t grows
well in our climate, as mas been
proved by various experiments. 1t
is stated that the importation of jute,
from which cotton bagging is made,
costs the United States more than
four millions of dollars. This plant
will grow we'll in all of the Southern
States and might be made profitable
crop. The mountains and the old
fields will become sheep folds, and
wool will be produced in the greatest
abundance for manufacturing pur-
poses. The cultivation of the grasses
and the increased production of corn
on the reclaimed swamp lands will
necessarily lead to more attention to
raising horses, mules, cattle and hogs.
Instead of moving to other States
our people will be content to live and
die where they were born and brought
up, and they will learn to nurse that
love which everyone naturally has
for the land of his birth. Thousands
of immigrants will come here from
the Northern States and from all
parts of the world to enjoy the ad-
vantages South Carolina will offer
them. The facility with which wealth
may be accumulated will inspire
habits Of industry and enterprise.
Young men of education will no
longer think that they must pursue