Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-12-14
THE VALUE OF LAND.
Mr.. EnIToR;

Mr.. EpIToR;
Permit me through your newspaper TO
offer few remarks with regard to the
valus of Land, in this section of coucsnrS.
compared with its value in different.
of Europe, and compared with i
here:
LAND, the greatest and best gift of Cod
to man; and the best friend to the Human
Family in general, from which all derive a
support, from the greatest men, to the
smallest insects on earth:
THE EMPEROR OF Russia, the QUEEN
OF ENGLAND, the KING OF THE FRENCH,
the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
and all of US, all are dependent on the
soil for support, and TO the labour of all,
it yields annually a large interest, and
pays it promptly: And yet Land IN the
new States is low enough for almost every
industrious person to procure enough for a
comfortable home, which cannot be the
case many years longer, as the public do
main is fast passing into the possession of
agricultural lists:
When we take into consideration the
high price of Land in different parts of
Europe, which sometimes sells at Five
Hundred, and a thousand Dollars per acre,
for good, rich Land that will retain its
value; and can seldom be purchased at.
these prices:
And that the emigration from almost
every part of Europe, is greater than it
ever has been, and is yet on the increase,
as will be seen by reference to the Census
of 1910, which shows that our population
has doubled in about twenty three years,
and we now number more than four timeN
as many as we did fifty years ago, and
increase must, and will, settle in the
States; And when we take into CO
Grafton that this is the most desirS
climate in the world, here we can grow
the produce Of the south, as well as the
north, and that the United States have &C.
quired all the Indian Land they can ac-
quire in this latitude, and that large por-
ton, may say, nearly all that will sus-
tain population,o that can be cultivated
proftably, has beer sold by the United
States.
The Tabular Statements printed at
Washington City, anda copied into other
Journals, ShOa0 a large amount Of unsOla
Land in Mississippi, aud alabama, acit
oWt commenting on the quality, but they a
only calculated to deceiUe the people dsl
the government:
! And when we take into consideration
the importance of the cotton crop Of the
| United States, not only 10 the Planters,
but to the manufacturers, carriers, Fac.
tors, and even to the Governments OF
the United States and other manufacturing
countries; and that the growing of Cotton
in the British Possessions in the East
Indies, has proved so near a failure, we
may'defy competition from that quarter,
and. that land is rapidly increasing in value
in Illinois, Western Miss ouri, Arkansas,
and even in Texas;-lt must be apparent
to every rejecting person who wishes TO
provide good home for himself, and fam
| lily Cf he has one) that this is the time to
do so; for be assured that good Land that
will retain its soil, must, and will gradually
rise in value, In proportion to the increase
Of population, until it approaches Euro
| IIC0I itiASOo' OliiCof ItiS vi Ilcttl
should invent some other method of raising
prodIce TO sustain nature, other than from
the soil; (which is not probab,e.)
1t is gratifying TO learn, that while much
of the Land in this, and other States, has
become sterile, there is yet much good
Land in the Prairie Region, above, and
below Columbus; and in the valley of the
Mississippi River for sale, many acres of
similar Land have produced from thirty,
to forty Dollars worth of Produce TO the
acre this year; and do conend that good
Land that will retain its value, is we'll
worth as much per acre, as the value OF
the produce it is capable of yielding in one
year after it is put into a good state of
cultivation, as the owner or cultivator
wculd have the use Of it forever after, and
that would be putting high price upon
abour, as the Land forever, is intrinscally
worth more than the labour of making
and saving one crop, provided the Land
is good, yet strange to tell, it can yet be
purchased for one third fits intrinsic val.
ue, or less. Respectfully,
A SPECTATOR.
P. S. Editors of newspapers, will please
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