Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-02-17
Iuscrcs,im. to Cotton Planters.

Interesting to Cotton Planters.
We copy the snbjoincd interesting communi-
cation from the Savannah Daily Georgian Of
the llth inst The Georgian remarks that 1t
comes from planter who is thoroughly conver-
SAINT with the subject he discusses
WORD TO COTTON PLANTERS ABOUT PRICES.
INcssrs. Editors: Allow NE a corner of your
valuable paper, that may confer with my plant
ing brethren on the subject OF our great staple.
Another year has been added to the history Of
the production and consumption Of Cotton. The
account has been closed and the report submit
ted for examination. 1t becomes lis TO invcsti-
gate it caretullv-aSccrtain how far our interest
has been promoted in the general transactions,
and what cncouragements are held out to lis Tor
the future crop.
The Cotton year in the United States, COM
mencing September 1850, opened with stock
on hand in our own sea ports OF 4S,400 bales :;
and,on the lst of January, 1851, the commence
ment of the Cotton year in Great Britain, the
stock declared in the ports and III the INTERIOR
was 631, ,l20 bales making an aggregate OF 169,-
6l9 bales, which, at the then rate Of consump-
ton Of the two countries would have been equal
three weeks; and it is important that we should
bear in mind that under such relation Of supply
and demand fair cotton was on the lst of Jan
uary, 1S5l l, worth in Liverpool Sd pound.
The present cotton year in the United States,
commencing September /, 1851, opened with
stock on hand in orr own sea ports OF 99499
bales, and on the lst of January, 1852, the COM
menccmcnt of the present cotton year III Great
Britain, the stock declared in the ports, and in
the Interior was $4,000 bales, making an ag-
crcgato of 94,090 bales, which, at the present
rate Of consumption in the two countries, would
be equal to the wants Of their manufacturers for
only sixteen weeks and if the relation of sup
ply and demand was contraStcd for the two pc
rcds with reference to the two Continents in
stead of two countries. the difference would be
far more striking. Enough is shown, however,
BY this limited comparison, to satisfy every man,
that without the Intervention Of some very cN.
traordinary controlling circumstances, the price
should have ruled higher on the lst of January,
1852, than it did on the lst of January, 1851 :;
and vet we find hc1uotation for fair cotton down
to 7-9d. Instead of an advance attending de-
clining stock and increased demand, VIC are met
by decline Of over six cents per b. an amount
~
which, if charged upon an entire crop of full
size, (as is likely to be the case this Year, would
make q difference in the planters income OF more
than slNty-hNe miilohS Of aol'afS.
II there has been an adequate cause 1or Such
state OF things, the planter has no rlght TO
complain, and to tins point our inquiries should
be directed.
general war on the Continent OF Europe
would doubtless have justified 1t. Great COM
merclal d@angement, by which the value OF mo
ney was greatly enhanced ana the aoiiIty OF inc
labcring population to consume cotton goooS
impaired hiSht nave Proouc,'' II. D"t nei'i'er
OF these has occurred. Oh the contrary peace
has prevailed, money las been unusually aDuh'
dant and cheap in the great markets, provisions
have been easily obtained, and at low prices; the
laboring population of the world has been unu-
sulIly well cmploycd-manutacturcrS have Tor
great part OF tne year oer' "oFhH's 10 "ru'rI
no "ccu''"a''ohS OF s'oe.s e,!her o' spou5 0. ol
yarns, ana the consumption l''il''ea onH oy 'he
supply OF lne af''e'e ""n'eu ,'uc,i '''l'''''''
natloh OF CIRCUMSTANCES rac"E'c" U, ''it''''ce
the price OF cotton has seldom occurred, and yet
. decline coral to forty prr cent. on the gross
eolns nr obnut one half of the net price to the