Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-08-27
From the Georgia Constitasionalist
FOOLISH PLANTERS.

Permit me, Mr.. Editor, through the
medium Of your columns, TO notice what
I consider very silly and most pernicious
proceeding, on the part Of our planting
ffiends-,o which my attention has again
been drawn, from noticing the usual ar
iicles. " The 6rst new cotton in market.
from the plantation Of Mr.. -, -
county. sold for = cents ~!
1t is not my Intention of enliShtening
the world as TO the "modUs operandr' at
times resored 10, Of achieving This most
astonishing feat; whether the bols were
well summed TO cause them 10 open, whetn-
er old cotton was slightly mixed, TO make
up quantity, what amount of labor was
bestowed upon the laudable and useful
undertaking, how long il remained packed
before beiug opened TO prevent its rotling,
nor the extent Of qualification enjoyed by
the enterprisius planter. These are but
uifling and local matters.
wish TO deal with the practical effect
of this folly. II certainly cannot escape
the no,ice.of any man Of intelligence, that
the cotton trade has a host of people en-
gagged in it,, whose every thought and aim
IS to depress prices. The Banker, hoidi~g
the available and active wealth of the
counry-for be gets better bill, the low.
er The price Island the manufacturing
interests, for the cheaper the cotton; the
greater the profit-and the agent Purcha
sing, for the bwer the price the more or.
ders can be executed-and a host of de-
pendants are alive TO every thing relating
10 This trade, sparing no cost or labor in
procuring every possible information as to
the amount planted, state Of the seasons,
&C., SC.
One of The reliable modes of calculation
by them, is from the time the first bios.
som is observed. to the first killing frost
--again from The first new cotton being in
marker, to the first killing frosl-rhis is re
lied upon for length of season-if an av
erage period The crop is considered an av-
erage une-iE all unusual period. large
One.
Now, instead Of permitting nature to
fake its course, gathering with care the
harvesl where it is'ripe. we (for vain
boast) must anticipate this event. and arm
our enemies with an irresistible argument
TO rob US of our labor.
The fact of the early receipt, is al once
heralded in Augusta, or the marker il is
brought to. A full price must be given
The industrious owner of the one or two
bales hauedio' market perhaps IS miles.
over sandy road, by hard worked
team, while the Thermometer at 95 to
100 degrees in the shade :: some merchant
must have the FIRST new cottnn ~ New
York, for he may then see his name, and
his friends in the newspapers Of that city!
Of il goes, and so on I'LL il finds its way
10 Liverpool month earlier than The
represented state of the growing crop led
parties to anticipate. Calculations from
this fact, are at once made, The talk of
late spring and dry season--is pur down
"a usual hnmbug," aud the market of
Liverpool governing all other markets, be-
comes al onue languid and depressed.
That this has been, and is likely TO be.
the case, .will only STALE what look place,
few years ago: a planteriu South Car
olina sent In July. two baes-of cotton TO
the Augusta market. they were at once
sold, sent by Rail Road to c Charleston, and
by steam packet to New York, there they
were purchased ny the ageut of a mer-
chant spinner; shipped per Grea, Wesr.
ern" and on the 10th day of August
Landed iu Liverpool.