The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-10-10
fHE CROPS OF 1890.

THE CROPS OF 1900.
There can be no solid and enduring basis
Of national greatness which is not founded
upon the harmonious developments OF ayari-
ETY. of industrial capacities. and upon the
ability TO produce large quantities Of all the
important agricultural staples. as well as to
manufacture every thing which Is absolutely
necessary for the well beng Of its inhabitants.
A nation should always be able to sustain its
population by its own inherent resources,
independent Of any productions it may derive
from its foreign commerce, so that in all ma
tional emergencies It may be entirely self
sustaining. 1t by no means follows that it
should shun or cripple commerce in times Of
peace. On the contrary, all Intelligent ma.
ti0ns profit by their intercourse with other
States, and in all ages, other things being
equal, Those countries have been the wealth.
lest which have had the largest amount of
foreign commerce. Trade is often mutually
beneficial TO the parties who engage in it, hut
| if either suffers it will be the one who has
the least amount OF shrewdness in driving a
bargain and we have little reason to fear
that America will be unable to protect her
interests in her intercourse with any other
country. ..Sa
In our own country the tide Of fortune GIBBS
and flows among its manifold interests, aud
il is almost impossible that they should all
be simultaneously in suffering condition.
When agriculture lsngushes in one region
| it flourishes in another; or when there is a
stagnation 10 commerce, manufacturing may
prove highly profitable or when the manu-
featuring interest is depressed, the aggregate
wealth of the country may be receiving a
large increase from the success OF those en-
gagged in commerce and agriculture. II our
sole reliance we're placed upon any one oil
these great interests, our present condition
would be infinitely less fortunate than il is,
even though that interest should represent as
large an amount OF aggregate wealth as all
three combined; because our security against
an overwhelming and universal calamity
would be swept away, and we should be sub
jected 10 fatal dangers from events which the
experience of the world has shown are but
too likely To occur.
The panic Of 1857 swept like a tornado
over the commercial houses of the North.
carrying terror and destruction in its path.
i The great Northwest, too, where the specu
latiye mania was al its height. was complete
/ ~ parslyzed. bur, fortunately, the large
crops and high prices Of the great staple 81
the South enriched that section Of the Union,
and enabled il TO assist in re establishing con-
fdence and restoring prosperity 10 the North.
During the present season the great North
west. and indeed all the grain growing States.
/ have been blessed Wit most bountr0us craps.
/ 1t is estimated that the wheat crop Of Illinois.
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky. Michigan. Mis-
souri,, New York. Ohio, Prnnsy l,ania, Nir.
/ ginia, and Wisconsin will be al least 49,.
OO0,000 Of bushels, valued at $3.50, ono, 600
/ IN rs home market. Their yield in 1850 was
81 100000, valued at aboot s90.00O.000.
i'he corn crop Of the corn exporting states
Of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri,
Ohio. Tennessee, and Virginia was, ~ 1880,
$50 900. 900 bushels. valued At about Sl.6,.
0OO.00U. This year il is estimated at $780,.
900. 900 bushels, valued at s250,000, ZOO.
lhe,r prolific haryesis are particularly ac.
cepiable AZ a time when there has been 4
failure IN the crops Of sumo IL the Souihern
States and in Europe. because they enable
the Northwest to supply the large demand,
likely to be made on her bursting granaTies,
and to restore her shattered fortunes. They
serve, too, 10 admonish Us how all sections
u our country may become mutually bench
cIal TO each ather. aud TO Marn ~, in these
DAYS OF dangerous agitation. of the strength
of Union aud the weakness Of isolated States.
Philadelphia PSes