The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-04-24
Cotton Raised BY the Labor of Whisen.

a correspondent of tho Toledo Com.
m'rc.al who has lived thirteen years in
South Carolina and Georgia, and whose
means OF becoming acquainted with the
country and its people have been ample,
maintains that the best cotton resioos Of
the Southern States possess a climate we'll
suited to the constitution of the white
race, and capable Of giving it, By the aid
OF the labors Of the field, ins hardy do.
velopment. H. says:
"Ihe herbac"ous or annual cotton plant
has probably il, best climates in the
Southern States. 10 them appear to b.
united the proper degree Of summer hsa.
and spring and summer rains, With the
best proportion Of atmospheric mixture.
tommencin. in North Carolina, the
, adaptation of climate aud sell to the sue.
ccSsful growth Of the cotton staple seems
to improve regularly towards the south
vest, until it eliminates in middle Texas.
Here the best and largest acreable pro-
duct ls grown The best part Of this
cotton region embraces the middle Dor.
tlons of the States cf South Carolins,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, :,
and Texas. In the first named States il
embraces most Of the descending slope
from the mountains to the level plain.
This plain reaches back from the ocean
some hundred miles in breadth. This
slope is high, well watered by rapid streams
and gushing springs, is moderately fertile,
and has a healthful climate.
"ln this region two hundred and 6fty
pounds of clear cotton to the acre 10 .
good yield A field hand will cultivate,
by the aid Of a mule or horse, FIVE acres
Of cotton and twenty acres Of corn tho
corn yielding some eight or twelve bush.
els, on tie average, per acre. On rich
river bottom five hundred pounds Of cot
ton and forty bushels of corn to the aero
are sometimes produced, In nearly sll
this region white labor was pre- dominant
IN tn early settlement Of the country,
most Of the settlers having been poor and
depending on the labor Of their own
hands for support 1t was the general
belief among them that there was then a,
greater exemption from disease and q
more vigorous enjoyment Of health than
"ttcr the introduction of slaves, when
most of the labor was imposed on tho
co!orcd race
"Severa Of the best settleme Is in tho
up-country Of South Carolina, ia 1925,
were composed of Scotch Irish Covenan.
ters, who were out and out Abo,itionists.
They had their churches, in which no.
STAKEHOLDER was considered good Chris.
tlan. In these settlements there was
more civilized life, more industry, more
comfort, aud more good morals than in
any others in the State. Up to 1916,
most of the labor, 10 what is now the
cotton region Of South Carolina, was per-
formed by the whites. The elder Wade
Hampton, afterwards General Hampton.
Of the war of 1872, got his fine coustitu-
ton BY blowing and hoeing in the field
when growing up to manhood So did
Andrew Jackson, aud most of the really
great men Of that State, including Lang
don Cheevcs and Robert Goodloe Harper.
at may be truly asserted that more.
than half Of the best cotton growing 70.
sions is better adapted to the constitu-
ton Of the European than that Of the
African race. 1t is region Of extremes
in temperature, Of hot summers aud cold
winters In it the healthiest an d strong
est white men are those who perform most
cut Of door labor.
"lours, &c. J. W. s."