The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-02-01
From the NJ Y. Evening Post.
OF THE COTTON PLAN
TERS


Inthc so l'h-wastarn region Of our country,
we are Constantly bringing new lands under Gu
tvalior, and covering hem With plantations OF
Coiton. The earth has no where cod or a cli
u.ate more c ngem5 to tbe growth OF the cot
tun plant, and no where does yield more aGun
danl harvests. The product otour cotton pan
tau0ns proceeds from year to year, IN STEADY
and regular increase, each year bringing 10 o
msrkei about hunvred thousand bales more
than lts pred cessUr.
l. II ju-t IN The Legislators Of our republic 10
81 arve . cotton panIef for HE sake OF pamper
log the owner OF cotton mil! Yet his IL what
we are doing. The laws waiCh shut out from
.out potis the cheap cotton f4brcs OF her IA
lians, Tend TO discourage the consumption OF
ton generally, narrow The market OF the plan.
Grand Gring them into fatal compeuuon WI |
each uher The presen tariff gives the owncr
OF our cotton nlii- "a prlnceiy 'resenue--a profit
OF ten, ;wealy and tnIr,y per cent, upon ,hcI
capi al, All this Is pad III aoue form or otter, b.
lie cotton crop Of the couary; It IS lax Oh tut
u-e and crow h OF he short aud iOhg staples
The consumer pay 1t Ia the fist instance; nu
he h gh pr,Ce5 Iesteo his means o purchasing
and he must purchase les; he mas spare, lac
must ecouumI>y, he must wear his garmeut
'opger bel re tney 60 TO the paper mtil, he mus
ceere SUBSTITUTES. The cons quence is, thai
he cunsulnq ION Of cotton labres il proportion
ably less, aud be planter Gods his bales no lon
ger ntHg ''teir accustomed prIces ~ the market
The following, lakcn rom late Savannah
paper, WI! show t e ANNA increase ia the ca
uvaioa Of cotton IN the UIIied States:
Total crop of
1921 5 bIs $50 900 1891 5 bis l 2i4,325
loA Is 1lGOW 1875 9 +" 1880 rs
1896 z 9370U0 lSSG T l,422 go
f-=T --7r= 67e -f-3y'-'3 ~ ,-otf97
ie;2S Q e577i4 1893 . 1880 532
1929 80 go s45 1883 40 2l77S3j
1880 i LOSS StS 1870 i 63l9j
ls:! 2 937477 lS4l = 1868 57A
1892 3 lG7U ABA 1872 3 237S S75
1888 q l,2t5 39l 1913 4 203D,409
The crop now coming into market it is ex
DCcled viii snow even more than the same rate
Of increase, Iitbe trade IN cotton fabrics were
burdeued only bg moderate du'y, We night
perhaps expect ,aat the cotton crop Of the year
would be igeeiy purchased in the European
market, TO be manufactured and exported Bot
as matters nav stand, there can be 40 surh *
petla'inn a Liverpacl paper of the latest date
al or temar6ng thatthe cotton market is in al
very depressed staie, and after giving a state.
meat Of The quantity imported into Great Brit
ain, compared VIVA the quantity taken forj
consumption, says:
az isihns Shove, hal the stock is at present
l90353 tag more than last year, and the new
crop Is arriving nicely, soihal no great dmln
utpa IN the stock can laEe pare ami cone
quently an Improvement IN prices may be con
esdered OFT o The question"
Looking at the New Orleans Price Current,
Of December IN we SCI thai tn whole STOCK
COTTON % taoi al he if9rent ports Of The |
United ) 'ates, IS but eighteen THOUSAND ba'es !
Ie $ than it was last year az the same date not.
Withstand Ug ,hatIhe expectation of Gotten
has been much more active this year.
!! is melancholy to see this conflict between
the legislature Of a country and the cnierplse d
lis citizens. The peope 20 on TO produce, and
& 4nHress 90 on to obsruct the sale Of th7 CON-
modify produced 1.-THE present state of ttings
continues, how ong vii il be before the caltiva
ion of cotton Wi cease in tn Carohnas and al
along the Atlantic COAST How long before the
sandy and comparatively unfruafu region which
at fret supplied The colon crop, viii no longer
repay the expense Of lis cullus. when 1t mus,
D IS 70 the richer and deeper soils Of the south
west, and the planters of the Atlantic coast must
consider, not wi houl some eau c for embreass
mant, what hey must ubsiitu e Ia Its place!