The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1858-04-13
0EglN Af lIBUTIONS,
Tvs African slave Tr;,dc---o3jec-
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Te .sdepreria,iou OF slas. labor" was the
last bjertion touched upon. More could be
said pom it.. but, rs suggestion sitting to
tile btlom is he t, of the aye, we fnrbc:.l.
without one addcndum: 1t is urged that
plauttiun expenses will be greater, after re-
upen,c the trade, and the bet profit upon a
crr,.n amount Of cotton gown two degrees
less. This error is founded upon the mis-.
takeed idea of the depreciation of slave
labo." Plantation expenses will not injure
-sle, crops are doubled ortribed and when
protective agencies increase in vaiIe. But
suppse crops did npt quite meet expenses, still
the lfferenve in the price fihe labor then aud
now-one $500, the other sk000-would cover
expnses on eacl. hand. lie latter part of the
proposition is absurd; The nett profit, taking
the ratio given, would betwo-thirds greater
tie profit would be equally AS great as the
supposed disprofit: for, an increase OF force
gron lands produces larger profits, than a want
d sufficien. force upon soIile lands Tie wider
the field Of exprtion the greater is the actual
profit. Large forces can govern and-small
ones csuuot. The necessary proIucts, with
an Additions OF force, wlbe as much greater
as the addition-the surplus productions dou.
bIe. Nearly every plantation "a good Year,
makes corn, etc, over enough to support more
hands, who will add largely to the surplus pro
iduction, which is he nettproft OF every well
managed institution a..
From slave labor we come to its product
cotton. "'rwill " deprcciatethe price Of cotton,
ahe market becoming ful7-the nett profit upon
5000 900 bales will be the same as upon 3,
100000" Precisely; if3,OOO,OO bales only
were needed AN over supply would not then
enhance the price, but diminish it. But, where
the demand is far greater than the supply, there
is no danger of Il depreciation in the price when
the supply increases, Vets E:f Inadequate -
Supply tends to increase demand for, the pen'
tifulness Of a necessary article, create, buyers;
and, where the article is grown by particular
section and demanded by the world, the sup
ply, though plentiful for a few nations, is made
anate for the demand Of many nations, whoare
awakening to improvement Now, the South
j. tie cotton country she furnishes most OF
the supply. The demand upon her is moe
than she can ever meet; so there il no danger
of overstocking the market 6,O00,O00 bales
then will bring as fair price rs 100000 now;
the revenue Of the country too, will b" don
bed. Increase the supply Srd r'te, increase.
Manufacturers prefer buying up a lugr. rather
than small quantity: for their profit /, greater
the more cloth they sell ;he greater is their
gain, little more labor producing a large
quantity. Many manufactures will run mp the
price. lis c"mpetitrn that enllruccs value;
competition will lmcre ase according as the sup
ply, aid become not personal, but naro"al.--
The North and EnsIahd ar" competitors. Ia
each county there afc .mulluIps who d, not
engage, for want Of material They are essen.
TALLY manufacturers, and will buy up at a fair
p,ice, Ill the cotton we can grow, be the amount
ever solarge. Whh sueha field, we need never
fear concerning the price.
II the supply Of cotton increased, men at the