The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-07-10

A GLANCE AT oUR aHoME- DEPART
MENT.

A GLANCE AT our aHoME- DEPART
MENT.
n we consider the individual wise and
prudent who every now and then pauses
ia his career 10 examine his social. world
ly, and moral condition, and, 70 use mer-
raniilp phrase, take stock account or
his business capital. his social propensi-
ties, and his moral habits, il must be
equally pnrer in nation 10 lake OCCASION
al views Of l,s position, m order that il may
improve hitherto neglected advantages, re-
medy errors and deficiencies, eradicate the
p wrong which may unnoticed have crept
into is policy, and lend . helping hand TO
the spontaneous good which may be strug-
CLING Into existence. A few words. then,
rs 70 our national position in these res
poets. s
One peculiar advantage In our position
as nation is the vast extent OF our hiiher-
60 unculliyated soil, and Ire generous re-
turn which a very large proportion Of our
land, when cultivated. makes 10 the indus
Try and skin Of the cul6yzior. With res
pect 10 Dread NrSs. il j. evident that the
amount Of their produce will be bounded
by the denand Cor home consumption and
fog such additional quantity as can he dis
posed ofadyantageously 10 other countries.
We, on an average, raise at least an ade-
quaie amount for these purposes. No
more isnd, therefore, is wanted Cor their
growth Al present. or cotfsn, Rice. and
Tobacco we probably raise as much as we
need for home consumption and can dis
pose Of abroad. The same may be said
of land cultivated Cor Hay and other VIM
Ter food for cattle, and Of pasture land for
cattle, and Of land for gardens, orchards,
and nurseries.
The demand both at home and abroad
Tor our Sugar is increasing. and proba-
bly, viii increase; bat the land adapted 10
she gr0wsls of shc sugar cane In found on
" withiA limited portion Of the Union.
We have imported annually Of hemp, up
on an average Of Ave years, 3,400 tons, al
cost Of s4s5, 900; and We have during
the same period, imported an annual a
mount Of OIL $50, 900 Of articles manufac-
tured from hemp, much Of which we might
produce al home, and thus bring into pro-
itable cultivation considerable tracts cfour
nnimproyed land by the growth OF the raw
material. The same TO considerable ex-
tent, may be said Of Flar, and Six, and
-gTooi. attention 10 the manufacture Of
which would increase the demand for The
raw materials, aad cause the employmcn
of more land in the production Of them.
There are great number Of valuable
products which we have hitherto not at
tended 10, for which we pay larg.
amounts annually which we might rails,
from our own soil, not only for home con
sumption but for expectation, and thus en-
courage domestic industry and skill, anC
develope the resources Of our country.
-~ Dger's Madaer is one Of these articles
Our printed documents give us no infor
nation respecting the amount Of maddel
which is imported. Mr.. Ellsworth esti
mates the amount " at 5000 tons, which
at the low price Of ten cents per pound
makes the sum Of one million Of dollar.
paid annually to foreign counties for al
article that can be produced as good an.
cheap at home" (See page 3ll Of III,
last Patent Office Report.) An acre o
land will produce from 1900 TO 3,00t
pounds weight Of madden; thus employment
might be given for four thousand acres o
our uncultiya.ed territory and for large
amount of our labour and capital, ever
to supply our home consumption.
Indigo is another article which nigh
be advantageously cultivated. Our annu
al Importatlons are about $40 tons, costing
nearly OIL, 100000. Mr.. Ellsworth says
'indigo was formerly an article of expor
from the United States" and adds that" j
is crop to which the attention Of por
tons ofthe Southern country may yet b.
probably directed, as it formerly was
from the over-production OF cotton
There is no doubt, that the Woad Sa
mach, and other plants used as mordant
and dyes, might be successfully and pro
fitably cultivated in various parts of tn
United States. We have seen it state'
that the i" ripe seeds of the Okra plan
burnt and used as coffee cannot be dstin
guished therefrom, anu that many person
OF the most fastidious tastes have not beer
able to distinguish it from the best Java.
Now, il there be even any approximation
10 this assertion, we have an abundan
source Of employment for much Of our I'm
cultivated land, for our annualimportatio
ofcotfee is more than one hundred and tel
millions OF pounds weight, costing us from
eight millions to ten millions Of dollars
The Okfd plant i very easily cultivated