Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-01-14
Planters Aw ke!!

IAN L YIN ~ JASNoo.N mil iNNIfAi|
a We have converse with seve.a YER
!. Intelligent and enierprising gentlemen 6
. this CONT recently, who speak in yer.
!, sanguirc terms of the great probahIli y Q
IN cAtens on Of tbs Vickshurg Rail Roai
> 10 this | c.. We are 10 lite c"nvofsan
wilhthe resources or spirit Of The pc pr
of tie county to assert that the Roai vii
f be extended to this pace in two years; Lu
we 90 II think theIe is good reaSon tc
doubt il. The planters OF this county
Leake, Winston and Alfalfa, hlve very
deep in est in it. The property hol !er>
and men of business at the county site
must knrw and feel, that without this con.
nectinp link between Canton and Vicks
burg, th's place m list sink INTO decay and
ruin. and the small hare of business hans-
acted here must be surrendered up tel ck-
son and Yazoo City. 1t is matter OF prl-
may imp 1r,ance t. the planter, because 1t
will at all seasons Of the year affori HIM a
safe, certain and speedy transit for his pro-
ducts TO market. As at present situated,
the planter must either haul his cotton 10
the Yazoo River or to the VIcksburg Rail
Road, the dsan to either is such as 10
impose an expense, that at the present de.
pressed prices of cotton, must finl rem
edy or result in ruin. esiles, the nlvi.1
gati n OF tic Yazoo in the autumn, is too
predetermined 20 rely on as a means of
reaching the market carly in The sea on,
when colt IN gene ally comman Is the best
price. The planter has suffered an in al
clu lbIc lDss this season from the suspen-
sion OF navigation in the Yazoo River, th1t
wou n be.allen him if his cotton coul
have been g ,tcn TO market cary. There
was cotoo in Yazoo City not month ago,
(frIm this unity tDo,) that WIS delivered
there in S,pcm yer; if that cotton cpull
have went at ONE, without delay, 10 Mar
ket, it would have produce 10 the planter,
pro a ly n to 81 cents par pound; would
it produce now, Tor would it have d'ne s
a month ago. an averaye Of 5 cents we
apprehend not. The merchants and pro-
perry holders in this town hive even a
deeper intercs in the matter than the plln-
ter. Let the Road be extended to this |
point, and at once this place becomes, 80 far
as we can have domeS'ic market at all,
the cot,n m,rkct for Madison, Alfalfa.
Winston, Leake, Scott, AMI port n OF
Neshoba; if Business men want a prlcli-
cal excmpili 'ai1n Of the impo tlnce of
such work, let them visit jackson, and
witness the astonishing ougmen alton of
business there, since the Nicksbu"g Raj
Road his been completed. 1t might lie
oil Co. a. hoil q sp1
Canton, 10 inquire into the rel tive value,
and rents, of property in the two plsc,s;
they will fad that while their houses have
no tenants, or a~e bringing but nominal
rents, eve, y shanty, in Jacks IN, his ten
ant, paying a rent that would acquire the
fee simple of better properly here. A
house here that rents for fifty dol ars a year,
in Jackson would Lring nearly as much
for month. There is no reason for this
disparity. Canton issmore ellig IDLY stu.
ated for commerce than Jackson, it is the
key to as extensive, and vas ly more fer
tile cpuntry than Jackson, all that is want
ing to constitute Canton the great rival of
Jackson and Yazoo City, is Tor the people
to unite their energies, and st mi up as one
man for the welfare of The county and the
county site.
We are not informed of the problbe
cost of the work, and we hope the citizens
Of Madison will not be frightened from it,
By estimates founded upon the cost of sim
lar works in the days of Pet Banks. Ev-
arything has fallen, labor. as we'll as corn
ind meat that sans il, evety planter
an who is interested, and uiu take ,me :
took t. lie pa ID in m ,ney, or labor. The
,itizen| of the 'towl must, if lheyw I'D j
lot see their tenements given 10 the ".noles
md the bats" We would Therefore sug-
,est, first that the citizens of Cant hold "A
meeting on The subject, interchange opin-
ons, then fix upon me future day anil in
lite the planters of this and the surround.
ng counties t. meet them, for the plrp ,se I
+ devlsing means t. carry this great mea- .
IRE into operation. !
We have We hastily given our views
f the Importance of continuous Rail :
Road communication Letwcen here and the II
lissssippi River, in this we know we
re not mistaken, as to the means or the
isppsilion of the cui.enS intereSted,i 10 car n
y it lnto effect, we are not well inform =
j. We woull lie happy t, publish the y
Jews of any gentleman VIII, has letter !.
ur;cs of information than we have, and !,
most Cordial tender our columns to all q
M teel any interest IN res tDring old q
ladison to her ancient prospcrity.-Miss. q
creole. Ii
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