The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-04-13
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wsdeeeiys ourselves, and have mis- taken the
interest taken in this improvement by many
with whom We have conyefsed, the uhdoubted
necessity tJrit aud the extent of country dt.
recIy interested and to be benefited BY ii, and
from VII ca we may reasonably expect assist
ancs, we cannOtdoubt but that the amountDe.
cessary will be subscribed with great prompt.
Iude' Where can there be found people more
enterPrising or more intent in the pursuit ..
private gain, than arctic be found in the coun.
Ties bordering on the Big Black? Do we IN
duly praise them when we say they will be
iSnnd both ready and able to take hold of the
work. and complete tive think not, But as
men, whose capital is constantly active, can
not be expected to advance their money even
Tor IN object Of such paramount importance
%It''out some adequate return for it's use, we
propose to levy a tax upon each bale of cotton
sent by the way Of the river, sufficiently high
10 reimburse them with a good interest, and
also Pc back the principal in the event we
should TAIL to have this done in the quarter
where we expect it-by the State. As a cot
ton grower myselfs Gsm willing to pay this
tax, nor do suppose that a single objecsio
will be raised BY any one. The amount Of
tax to be assessed upon each bale has been va
rlousIy eetImnted-some placing it even as
nigh as twenty-five cents the bale. This,
perhaps, would be higher than is required
Let us reason about The mater alittle.
We will say that the amount Of cotton sent
down the river the first year after the work is
commenced, would equal the annual product
ofMadlson County--say 10000 bales. A tax
OF ten cents a bale on this amount of cotton
would be $4,000 nnually--sixteen per cent up
on $4,000 dollars, the whole COST of one tenth
81 the actual expense incurred in getring our
bales OF cotton to either Of the points of the
Rail Road or the Yazoo River. And Il. is bu
reasonable to expect that as the facilities for
navigation increase as the work progresses
the number Of bales ireighted down the river
Will also increase, until very small tax will be
allthat is required.
II this view Of the matter be correct, then
the expense to the planter will be a moderate
one. But to insure success this tax NAV be
raised to twenty-five cents in the bale and not
be felt as a burden, since by the present mode
II is 50 nue. h~igher-about seventy five cents
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on the bale. Men who have the money for
such inducements, will be found ready TO ad-
vance 1t. All that is necessary, 10 to max the
effort call public meetings and talk over the
matter, determine what is to be done frst and
who is to do II, And when the work is done.
and the country in the full enjoyment Of its
benefits, the State may be able, BY the sale of
her lands to come 10 our relief and take off the
only remaining expense-save that Of lreight
on the river-and give us an outlet 10 our oreaa
emporium TO be envied by those Of less favored
regions. Enhance the value Of cur lands.
which are now so readily exchanged for TEXAS
ptairies and California gold dreams,-stay the
tide OF emigration from a country SO desirable
IN many respects, bring the cotton buyer to al
most our very doors, and control the market
to Some extent instead Of being the subjects of
speculation Tor those living at a distance from
US.
The details Of the work can be best arrang-
ed when the work i%ts1Ifis begun. Experience
ana the ascertained wants of navigation will
aoa rom year to year to the plan at present
ot-which will now briefly mention;
Inc great obstacles which boats now e%ucoun-
'Cr lie IN the shor tness Of the bends. The i'm.
Der fallen into the bed Of the river, and that
overhang'ng its banks Either Of these do
give great iabort to boatsmen, and danger 10 the
boat, and when combined, present an arrav of
ulluSul'les which are now so Justly complained
oi' and cause insurance on our cotton go diff
ncult to be had. AS the work could no, he
S'hPieseo ~ one season, the whole should be
over, and the worst places worked irs,.
whether from logs, over-hanging timber, Or
snort Dends--perhaps all Of them by turns.
80 - hlSEA VI which l nave q Def-
sonal knowledge, is probably a fair sample Of
all that portion of it above the Rail Read.
mere there are many very short bends, while
the body Of wafer is sufficient 10 admit steam
boats Of . large size. Two Of them / will spe.
clally describe. The points Of lands on either
nand o. the river are very long and narrow, a
man might throw q stone across one Of gthem.
taking both together, they, gave a distance
q soy YARDS, while boutsmen say II 10 FIVE miles
hem. . Across most Of these bends there
are already artificial channels, and II The stand
ing TIMBER was removed from them, boats coulJ
readily ascend and descend them Ia ,hirh s,0.
geS Of water. By rem wing this and cutting
one narrow ditch a. the bed Of the river. these
would Don bescOme the channel Of The rivs,.
It has also been an object of interesting an.
lulry what should become of the timber ho,h
the channel and on the bank. That on ,bo
'ank shoull be drawn back from The river Nv .
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