The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-11-04

a greater incaraci,y. than we do in attempt
lar 10 ind,tc an article about the crops
II i. natural for the public 10 look to the
pres. for information on this subj Tor
the reason that they have 30 other resource.
How important is 1t, then, that this '"'or'
nation should be correct. and IN overy res
spect rcliabls Yet, We find that so lar
from dis being the case, that little or no
dependence is to he pa, IN the statements
Of the Newspaper press OF the country
This. in our opinion, il not to lee ascribcd
to desire upon the part Of the conductors
Of newspapers to misfepreseni, but arises
from the fact that they themselves are do
cciyed. II ia certainly their intorcs, as well
as their duty to tell tio truth on this SUBJ
ieei. and we belie:e that. with but lew e%'
captions, they cndeayor TO do so. Int
lhcir sources Of information are unreliable,
and for ihis reason they cannot justly he held
accountable. To elucidate the matter In
I~52. when we had an extraordinary large
crop-ths largest ever raised in the United
sia,es-eyery planter that we saw, and
many Of them men Of urimpeachable vera
CITY. assured us lhat their crops Of cotton
would lall short a fourth or third Similar
representations we suppose were made eve
4 ir.r.l.u. ftta NpuflnFu
country. and the consequence was, that the
press represented i, as n short crop. Eusi-
ness caused us TO visit New Orleans early
in the fall, and what was our surprise, TO
find the cotton factors of that city under
the impression that there was an unusually
large crop. We could not nut inquire why
it was that they held such an opinion in
opposition to tho statements OF the entire
southern press. One Of them answered us,
by say ing that they placed no confidence in
newspaper reports because they had been
found unreliable; buI that the merchants
Of the city had agents who ffaver'ed the
whole Southern country, and furnished tho
necessary data upon which they were able
to form correct opinion,
Having promised thus much, in order to
show how difficult IL is to get truthful infor.
nation on this subject, we shall now give
our opinion, leaving the reader to form his
own conclusions.
About the state and condition Of the cot
ton crop, the conductors of the press may
bo deceived, and consequently impart incor-
rect information; but about the weather
their statements are reliable All of our
newspaper reports 60 to show tina, we have
had an unusually favorable iall for picking
nnd il they were silent upon the subject,
the very low stage OF wa,or in all our
streams would assure us of that fact. We
have always noticed that whenever we have
a dry fall and late frost, that there is an
unusually large crop Of cotton. Such has
been the case this year, frost not having
made It's appearance. 1t is true that there
were mnny draw. backs this year-a wet
spring and an unusual drow.l during the
SUMMER yet. notwithstanding these and
other disasters of minor character, which
will materially shorten the yield, the crop
will be good doal larger than many anti.
cipate in a word, taking into consideration
the large quantities OF new cotton lands
which have been opened, that it will be
fully as largo If not larger than the crop Of
last year In this county, there has been
as much or more complaint than in any
other portion Of the State, and we regret to
say there has been great reason for IT. yet
the Weld here will be greater than has been
4 thousand pounds to the
acre is the average quantity gathered
This year there will he An average Of about
seven hundred poands, such, at least, is
our opinion. The corn crop here, we are
satisfied, has been greatly moderated, and
we believe that farmers generally are be
ginning to think so. Many Of them are
now selling corn at 10 cents per bushel
and we may safely say, that there will be
nlenty to sell at that price. Ia other com.
ties in Eastcrn Texas, the crops are gener
ally as good as they are in Harrison. In
all of them a supcrabundance Of corn has
been raised SO much for the crops at
home.
TO return. The next question that ad-
dresses itself to the planter is, wha, ia to be
tho price OF cotton - will i, be high or
low
Experience has demonstrated that the
simple fact Of a crop being large or small,
does not control its price Cotton adj
vaneed after it was ascertaincd that the
crop OF 1882 was larger than had ever been
known This originated, as all are aware,
from the abundance Of money III Europe.
Il is also well known tia, !, is not our home
market which controls its price--it is the
European. This much ascer,ained and
we are no, slow in coming 10 the conelu
sion tina, cotton is bound to command q
very fair price this season. The war in
Europe has created a great demand for
money IN that quarter, and the consequence