The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-02-13
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SlLk CULTURE r. tue SOUTHERN
STATES.
Caaht cal'areef2 t,els lat Gun.
rg'
does Ike sai RI reaAy das s.rma aftsator
Both lhess questions ~ctg pyoaolnled To
tie 2Hh Congress agd coUslcr,d o, tia,
bojy Of suGicieu, Importance 70 clirii a re
port from the commute. on Agriculture
The chairman Of that committee q as zen.
tlemln from Virginia. whase experience
aud PRACTICAL tulotnatOn gave increased
Authority q the OPTIONS advanced. HIS
positions acre ~ Substance, that the cul
lure was necessary - matter Of economy,
that II was practicable ifom the nature Of
our s)l, our climate, aud the bGb;is e oor
people, aud, lhereiofc, ought 10 b. e,.cuut.
atej as bgauch Of uatiomal industry, lie
6rdexamined our commercial llst aud con
pared our imports and exports for a series
Of Yeats. Il aas found that the single mr.
lici, of s,k introduced l,ou abroad had
gradually increased irpm the rarlicS, stab
lisameut of the government 20 d ratio DIS
piopohlou,d 70 TIN, Of every other article
u c1rsjmp'un. ~ ~ hpsalue ID silks
imported 40, 50 li7,sl2, IL l-37 Il had
reached t4l ,.lfnlus Amount OF 50 o33,
goo "a sun ua,e than equal 70 one fourth
0. he eante cotton crop % lie utl
Tbs ulm Of ey an!tt1tc continues 10
dts--u iae', tuuug The pas, yclt, under
al %, peclnLu em5ittas,nrn's, as a.
item iu eur tll ~ consumption il lgll Little
short Il twenty seven millions u dollars -
lhe ca ~ u Nbic. pcrgrfel - the com
mites ani Ub.ch m4I be D. aboftta. 10.
trfestl0 c,erl ffl cuu- mind were - Can
lhs psttiau 81 uur lnlou, BIZ peu,eJ
stlh oeina mslrrli Dr. teettdGcei Can
the proceeds Of our exports Nbich NOW go
y pay tbs 1uefuus tax upon lore "a labor
b. returned 10 specie, Instead Of pershablc
Materials without 20 abslrac'iug fcom the
ptcsrnt labor 81 our country as proportion
ably 10 decrease the amount Of our produc
tlou, In other w. d.. wit my advantage
arise from diversion of iaaor from the
present pursuits OF cur citizens and Us en-.
ploymeut ~ the culture Of ,Ik These
questions were, and ought 10 h4se been,
answered "a the affirmative, 80 far Il least
as lhe SuIh Is Concerned.
l. Because the culture woud employ
species Of labor and hring INTO culliyauona
quality Of land, bolh Of which arc at pre-
seui unavailable.
2 Because /, would thereby furnish
ne" article Of consumption wi,hau, nater
a'ly reducing the amount Of our present
predictions.
.. because The labor, il any, which
might be diverted from lac cN.-ung pur
suits would only tend to cuhnncc Tie yaluc
VI 'aa products nos arising lhercitom.
These positions We conceive cover the
whole subject, AMI, if they can be sustained,
must be sufficient to convince the mos; III,
cIedulous Of the propnety oilhe conclusions
ol Tue committee, aud the .mportauce.o Of the
culture In Georgia, and ia fact 10 oil the
region throughout the South immediately
aolacen 10 the section 81 country Which
Produces the small grains, there are thous.
aNd'ol acres Of land Vhich ara not sufficient.
y fertile 10 produce cotton Coz any number
% Consecutive years. Ia fact, we hud that
even the alsuyIa Of the streams are soon
exhausted under The steady culture Of our
great staple, and cannot be fesu8cllated ex.
ceP' at ga expense so enormous as TO deter
prudent man from the undertaking.. At
pflseni these lands are left either totally
oh'ubahed, " II their cultivation is attempt
eu al AL, are eoen deserted by the dlsheart.
ened hasbandmau. Hence The constant
fluctuations ~ our opulatlun--benco their
INVERSION TO permanent Improvement hence
'''o iailuro TO cluster about our residences
'he comforts aud Injuries winch might be
80 easily obtained aud so constantly euioy.
co. llIhese binds, according to The opn.
'ons Of scientific men and the experience Of
'o'oe practical culturahs', are admirably
a.uap'ed 70 The growth OF the mulberry
'He production OF silk likewise will require
4 much less extent Of land to be cultivated
~ order e. yield the same amount Of pro
MS Consequently, II Will be more easily
MANFRED aud will sustain more dense pop.
QIailon.