The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-12-29

condition about sl5, or SIS per acre. Il j.
sown as early a' possibe in spring, and cut
with a h1oE 0r hemp cradle 10 August, a.tef
gram harvesting IS over. There Is no crop
more certain or grown with less labor. But
it must be admitted tia! rope can be made Of
fax cheaper than hemp, aaI :, IS quite as
good. Flax fore costs less than hemp, fr
the reason t.at the seed alone pays for the
crop. Ia growing hemp. the lint alone il
sold; hemp seed Is only produced alvan.a
geously when il Is pltnt4i al cu,iiva ct
ike corn, the lint Ia this case, beiag t3o
coarse for use. Bat 50 far as oar pTe5sns
purpose is c)acerneI. !. it makes 10 difference
whether rope be- made Of fax or hemp, since
the products OF either come in direct compe
titon with Slave grown products.
There in the United States over 1,000
cotton factories. II We had hall As many Tor
linen. as we ought to have, each with cap
tai Of only $50 90. twenty five millions Of
capital would be invested, safely and profi.a-
bly, Forty or fifty establishments ior max
ing bagging and rope, each with capital Of
about S30,OOO are required, making, in the
aggregate. over one million that would pay
at least one hundred per cent dividends, un
I'll the number OF factories were Increased be-
yond this amount, So as 10 bring down prices
by competition. Can any one show any other
investments equally promising? Of the four
hundred millions that have been invested in
railroads. but small portion, indeed. have
ever paid any dividends The stockholders
have generally been compelled to seek salts
faction in tho thou hit that they had done
something tor the good Of the c0ultry - aud
railroad officers. OF the seventy four millions
invested in cotton mills, but small proper
ton have paid per cent, and mach has been
sunk altogether
1t cannot be expected, nor is it advisable.
or desirable, that there should be a sudden
rush into the manufacture Of flax. Ii only
very few could be started, and foanl sue
cesstuI, others would speedily follow, The
subject should be Immediately taken hold OF
aud examined, not only by those who may
be actuated by feelings Of philanthroPhy bat
by those havlny money t. invest. with the
view Of testing the matter on a large scale
Let Jointstock companies b. organized, and
let persons be invited to take stock mainly
Tor the public advantage Of having trial
made Let him who has So. 900 to invest,
take say $ 900 or even 500. holding the
remainder III a condition % b. easily conver-
ted, il this We're found profitable. This sug-
gestion Is one OF prudence aud safety Tor the
most tmid. risk not all in one bottom, Is
Il wise Commercial maxim Men may begin
to examine, consider, nvestiga.e, talk and
write about this commercial, maui nc urns,
and moral quesliou--this viii cost nothing.
linen may we expect action.
Many who a,e constantly agita'int the
question of slavery. sustaining underground
railroads, saying offensive things about slave
holders, and contributing money II sustain
sundry gentlemen in white neck cloths. living
in paatlal five story stone houses IN the east
ern cities, in keeping up svaselesS agitation,
that does more harm than good,-such men
NAV call these views UiSion 5rY, and th'S is
the most that can BE- said of them. 1t Is ca
sier to call great questions by hard names
than to examine them. 40 oppose IS easier
than to think.
Nearly all great enterprises have been call
ed visionary schemes at the outset CLINTON
was called visioaRry whan he projected the
Erie Canal, and Slater when ha Introduced
cotton factories INTO Rhode Island. Whitney
was a rision narg when he failed to make money
with his cotton gin. Achwright was callad
a visionary during the twenty five years IN
which he was engaged in establishing his cot
ton spinning inventions, which he claimed
would give England the mastery OF the
world.
The writer will now conclude these articles
bv a mere reference 70 the culture OF Chinese
Sugar Cane and Tobacco at tue North, III
competition with slave labor. In this placs,
during the year Just closing, more tn two
hundred sugar mills have been sold, and our
rrocers already notice considerable falling
of IN the demand for moltseu>. Can any
one doubt thatthe day is not far distant when
the North can produce its own sweetenlns,
without reliance exclusively upon Louis.
lana Shareholders to whom this country now
paws twelve millions OF dullarS to sustain
their monopoly? Sugar VIII yet be made
from the Sorghum.
| The North. too, IS beginning 10 grow To
bacco, which constitutes the mala stay OF
slavery in Virginia and Maryland, aud with
hemp in kentucky and Missouri. Let er-
ery one. IN place of sending up vacant shout
/ for freedom. grow a patch of tob9cco. IA very
profitable crop. by the way.) or fax, or
hemp. or sorghum, and thus DO something for
freedom.
The subject OF practically bringing COM
mercial causes TO bear upon slavery, Is one
for men, ''who have head upon their shous-
ders." TO ponder upon and act upon. Moral
suasion merely has been folni not to have
much effect upon slas seho;iers, whose con-
sciences, like moSs other meas. lie III their
pockets Commercial causes have bull. up
aud strengthened slavery. and only CONNER
cial causes can bring i. down. .. 5. L
RICHMOND, Dec. 1889.
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