Excerpt from Remarks of Hon. Wm; D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, April 17, 1888
A diversification of industries is essential to the highest welfare of the coun try. The Southern States have long been impoverished by an unwise devotion to the cultivation of a single staple. There is no truer economic maxim than that variety of employment is a productive factor of national wealth. The culture of jute and ramie meets an imperative requirement. The tillage of these plants would not only richly diversify Southern agriculture, but would employ labor at seasons when cotton needs least attention. And would bring returns at times when the income from cotton is not available. Industries Open ing such copious sources of public wealth, and so happily supplying the wants of both labor and capital, are worthy of legislative encouragement.
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