The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-24

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The ontsIds vssId. pArsscaIsssy u Esrsps.
hiss long eesn snssraeq ~ A0sstsA - ~
eafiocio pr exesiissee. An Amerfcaa, sr Yss-
kee repsesentatto rather, II With thew thU
synonym o. the seupsndoaD o. eo3feQesaal ro-
s1s saa a e eas se ss: :. sa !, n.,
conduc~ t0 oar adv sntAGe. II slsesO aog sRUne
grounds for Believing thss thss ouiston Il
more Just snsn many othsrs that slrasgsrs
stitntionss Does mot the very esnti0a q tAfn
article suggest t, the mind Of every rsas3vr
the proof that cavailtng or cens0rions o91n-
menIst0r upon our hAbt y and manw~es ,woaaa
seek 10 corroborate the charge he a ~
ness, or envy, or mOrOseness mtg ht advances
For three months past here AZ home js Toni.
siana, every sugar planisr was aiaeoa tented
gersted accounts Of the promise tnsOirpr Sv
the growing crop, the widest ant tci - tion 1f
the huge surplus that woula remain after
of the Confetterate 6tatss. had bers tuTisited
with the erystalixed juice Of the cane In
vain we urged the uncertainties OF onr oApri-
cions climate, the droue ehte, the urs = ona Ne
mero.,s other draw backs and dark ssladcs Of
the picture, drawn by lac too vivid fIaagina.
tiens Of our s1eehartne frier.is aud aarnirers.
they, like the rotten Eolitieiass, replied in
depreciation OF our rs, our butts, and our ltars
that we were never encourHyiu9 bat alyvays
casting out Con BITS, and sermOnissne = a. N siay.
break wonld never come. Well, The p<riod
OF gathering the harvest Of sweets has come
and now, after preparing the world to expsct
sngar Tor the ttkiag away il IL discovered
that the yield is deficient, that the tall
rank, green cane, twelve feet from root to
top, rs deficient in crystsllizable matter, and
that the most mature and promtsing 10 the
eye falls short Of furnishing IN good pro-
duct, six hundred pounds to the acre! rho
whole crop, u u nipping frost keeps OF 10
.st three years--we hore 1t may even exceed
that--hut beyond thai no sexes - can with
confidence be looked for. nor can any safe
m,re. The evil, however, has been dUns and
done, too, BY the Planters themselves. They
will force the world to believe that their
crop is worth only one-half what IL should
bring them aud human folly certainly can.
not be 50 blind as to expect In such cases not
to be believed 1t only RENAME for the plant
ers now to rush their sugar to the leyee here,
cover it with hos sheads and molasses barrels.
giut the market, make everybody sack
with its abundance, and thns reduce
the price to that turreinuuerative roint where
1t becomes u question whether they might
not have saved money by turning their cattlt,
into their caue fields. instead OF grinding il at
heavy expense of time, labor, and money!
The insanity which possesses planters Of both
sugar and cotton in these States, In this an
nual exultant pre- jubilation over the growing
crops, when no accurate approximate eSsi-
mate of probable yield can ever safely be-
made, Is altogether inexplicabie to MS, unless
cHdfBedDl 10 the nat1OuaI l0ufmlty OIL W0lCh
we have spoken, which leads us to boast
whether for or against our interests, lust
for the fun of the thing. We believe the
sugar crop now being gathered will, as
we are by no means satisfied that IL cer-
tainly VIII be SO, or that the chances ara
in favor OF a very sluguine calculation OF that
kind. Equally skeptical, too, are we that any
surplus will remain unsoid at the end Of the
| season, or be in warehouses as uncalled for
and unrequired surplus. Those who indulge
such expectations have never eondescendod To
| furnish the data on which they found their
opinion nor have we met with q reason
ably specious argument yet proving the
ability of Louisiana to produce sugar in
excess OF the actual requirements Of the
Confederate States alone. IL is true, as we
have often heretofore shown, that the taste
| for Louisiana sugars Is n1atnly In the free
Western States, where the great market
| for them was, before the Revolution, found
but now the people in the planting States,
| having no choice, will very seon acquire q
| liking for them, and their price in thes- hard
| times will commend them to favor over the
body of consumers. II this war continues
through the President tial term of Lincoln IN
we very unwillingly are constrained to be-
lieve, so far as the permanent interests OF the
sugar grower ale involved, he will be the
gainer; for the taste for his product existing
already in the West, and rendered more
craving from deprivation, and q similar
| taste being created BY the war In those
Confederate States where refined sugars were
| mainly used previously, it follows conclu-
| siyely that he will have AN enlarged field To
| supply, and u choice of markets for custom
| ers. 1t will be, however, we fear, useless 10
| tell him that he is himself the greatest enemy
of his product, first by bis ridiculous exag-
| gerations OF lowing crops, next by rushing
mush samples, for newspaper notoriety, to
market, and lastly by OVERRIDING the trade by
crowding our leyees at the most nm favorable
| time for sale, as regards d. mand, season, and
| pecaniary facilities. His prospects Of crop
| and price at this moment are not disconrag- 2
| ing; at the same time he need not make q fool
| of himself by the indulgence OF q puerile and
| reprehensible habit of boasting, nor by ths
uncommercial vice Of Cutting q reluctant
| market