Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-26
PRosPECf OF rue corroN PLANrERs-

PROSPECT OF tue COTTON PLANTERS
In the southwestern region Of our eOan-
try, We are constantly bringing new Isads
under cultivation, and covering them wish
plantations of cotton. The earth has n
where soil or climate more eongenial
to the growth of the cotton plant, and 10
where does At weld more aLundant hag-
vests. The product OF our eolioa planta-
tons proceeds, from year 10 year. in 4
steady and a regular increase, each year
bringing into market about hundred
thousand bales more than It's predecessor
Is 4 just N the Legislators Of our TePuo-
| lie TO starve a cotton planter for the sake
of pampering the owner Of a cotton mill
Yet, this IS what We are dong. The
laws which shut out from our ports the
cheap cotton fabrics Of other nations. tend
to discourage the consumption Of the cot
ton generally, narrow the market Of The
planters, and bring them into fatal com
petition with each other. The present
tariff gives the owners Of our cotton mills
a princely reyenue-a profit Of ten, twen-
,y and thirty per cent. upon their cspitai.
All this IS paid, 10 some form or osher. ~
the cotton crop Of the country; IL Is = tx
| on The use and growth OF the short and
long staples. The consumer pays Il IN
the first instance; but the high prices les
sen his means Of purchasing, ana be must
purchase less; he must economise, he mus,
wear his garments longer before they 20 10
the paper mill, be must devise substitutes.
The consequence Is, that the CONSUMPTION
of cotton fabrics is prupor,ionably less.
and the planter finds his bales 10 longer
bring their accustomed prices IN the market
The following, taken from iaie Sa-
vannah paper, will show the annual an
crease in The cultivation Of cotton ia the
United States:
The crop now coming into maEke. Il Is
expected will show even more. than the
same rate of increase. Ii the trade IN
cotton fabrics we're burdened only ~ 4
moderate duty, we might expect that he
cotton crop Of the year would be freely
purchased in the European market, 10 be
manufactured and exported. But As nat
tiers now stand, there can be no such ex-
pectation. A Liverpool paper OF the "a
test date, after remarking that the eouoa
market is in { very depressed state. and
after giving ! statement Of the quantity
imported into Great Britain, compared with
the quantity taken for consumption, SAYS:
Ii is thus shown, that the stock Is >.
present 10000 bags more than last year,
and the new crop Is arriving freely, 50 TIA,
no great dimiaution IN the STOCK can take
place, and consequently an improvement,
IN prices may be considered ogg Of the
question:
Looking at tie y. o. Price CuFreat, d
December 18th, we see that The whole s,ack
of cotton on hand, al the different ports q
the United States, Is but sighieen thous
and bales less than il was last year II the
same date, notwithstanding thai the expoT-
tatiOn Of cotton has beea much more ac-
live this year.
It is melancholy to see this conhici BE-
tween the legislation of country and
the enterprise Of Its citizens. The people
60 on to produce, and Congress 20 en- .
obstruct the sale of the commodiiy pro
duced. If the present state Of things Goa
tinues, how long will il be before the cul-
tiyation of Gotten viii cease in the Caroii
nas,and all along the Atlantic Coasll EoA
long before the sandy and comparatively
unfruitlul region which al first supplies
the cotton crop, win no longer repay ths
expenses of It's culture, when II must pas.
TO the richer and deeper soils OF the south
west, and the planters ct the AilantC
coast must consider, not without some Gauss
for embarrassment, what they must Su5sli
lute in its place. n. Y. Ereaiag Post