Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-07-05
Males S62.
Females 1855.
6,547.
Total

After deducting the price of the cot
ton at fair deduction, ] find the pro-
duct Of the labor annually little over
5000 TO each operative, and it should |
be borne in mind 81 Of this is female |
abor. In y o liens the product IS over
$500, the labor being half male and
half female.
The same results, or nearly so, will
occur in all the articles manufactured
there, Of which the Missippians consul
med for clothing-in their household ar
rangements-farming utensils &c. &c.
Ours is all the product of manual
labor-to be reared from ihfancy-fed
and clothed-nursed in sickness, and
cared for in decrepitude and old age.
Can we then grow rich in any compar-
alive degree with them-and is not here
one Of the causes, nay the principal
cause, why exchanges are so much
against US. Ought we then 10 be en-
vious of our Northern brethren fol
availing themselves of means 10 &C
complish ends, which are equally avail
able TO us.
have not entered on this examina
lion from any invidious preferences
10 The manufacturing States, from
t-my intentions are the anripodes &c
such resuIt-my desire is TO encour-
age on my fellow citizens to the man.
ufacturing of their own raw material
for their own consumption, in their
own borders. The character of our
climate l am aware is not propitious,
nor is il desirable to enter on manufac-
turing for export. But there are sew
eral articles which am satisfied may
be produced with great profit TO the
State.
1t is a we'll ascertdined fact that ma
ehinery propelled by steam, TO be used
in manufacturing, is equally profitable
with water power. It's not subject tc
freshets or drouth, and, in many In
stances, in the manufacturing districts
they have laid aside wafer gearing and
introduced steam. In this section Of
the country, where wood of the besI
quality is so abundant, that the expen.
ses could not be greater than there.
Suppose manufactures Of bagging
rope and negro cloth were erected on
scale only sufficient for the consump-
ton of the state, there would be great
saving.
l have already shown, that in bag.
ging and rope, the crop is taxed with
S24O,566 about what it produces from
ITS sale with our cotton-~for negro
cloths, probably, as much more is alb
sorbed, making nearly half a million
annually. The manufacturing of these
here would take off much of the inferi
or grades of cotton, and inhance the
value OF the remainder of the crop.
Hour cotton bore the price il former
~ did, this might not be deemed ex
Pedlent; but when we see every yea
rapid declension in price it is worth,
OF consideration to what causes it MAJ
be attributed. My answer is, 10 owe
production, let US for moment view
this subject. twenty-five years agt
little cotton was grown beyond the lin
+ its of the old States. Now we have il
this, 297 ,009 bales of 500 lbs EACH
Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas ar
also producing largely and rapidly in
creasing their plantations. Texas to'
: is going forward with rapid strides.
find statistical account published il
The Columbus Democrat Of The 25ll
inst. that the cotton growth in the Uni
{ ted States was within 20,000,000 ID
J of the estimate growth of the Who'll
world in 1884 and that the increase i
the six Interesting years in then ha
t nearly doubled. In Egypt and th
a East Indies large amounts is grown an
: is yearly increasing.
: However fondly we may desire th;
e the efforts of the English 10 grow thei
; own cotton in India may prove abol
Tive, yet fear it is delusiye hope.-