, 1863-07-28
FUTURE CROPS OF COTTON INTHE
UNIFIED STATES.


press, that with the destruction Of SLAYER,
VIII end the production Of large crops Of cot
ion hi tie u2ss.t..d States. Even the advocate,
Of emancipation are accustomed to admit tha
the crop must very small for many years tx
ctme, and prices, consequently, very high.
Tie writer predicts rapid increase n ths
annual crop from date Of two years iron
the end Of the war, admitting that in the firs1
year or two after the war very small cror
will be raised; and also predicts that withiff
ten years larger e e5ops than m;E we're ever produc
The argument is based upon the ascertained
facts in regard to the State Of Texas.
Texas possesses the best cotton land in the
country her cape city to produce cotton Is
estimated at e. .0o0, 900 bales. Her climate i
uneQnalled for health. Much the largest parl
Of her agriculture is performed by whites
the cultivation of cotton, however, being the
most simple, requiring no intelligence In the
laborers when performed on the plantation
system by large gangs under oTerseers, is Al
most entirely carried on BY slave labor.
The standard for IN able bodied negro in
Texas is ten acres OF cotton aud five Of corn,
sell and family. The average product Of cot.
ton per acre Is 400 pounds, giving as the sale,
able product Of each field hand 900 pounds
| Of cotton.
In 1860 the crop Of cotton in Texas was
4Q5, 100 bales Of 400 pounds each, requiring Us
many acres Of land, or less than one.quaFter
Of one per cent. Of the area Of the state.
This quantity Of cotton, being 1-50th part
of the capacity Of the State, represents twelve
and one.haf per cent. Of the entire crop Of
The country, hfty per cent. of the consump-
tion Of the North, and twenty per cent. Of the
consumption OF American cotton In England
| in 1850.
The rude labor Of q slave, with heavy, H.
".'apted tools, produced 1000 pounds Of cot.
>un per anunm, which was worth In 1859 and
/ 1850, ten cents per pound, or 400.
Free and Intelligent labor, using light and
well adapted tools, would double the product
| It the slave, provided extra assistance could
this may not be, It is unsafe to estimate the
| product Of free laborer at over 5000 pounds
ptr annum.
It. is not believed that the price of the
snail crops OF cotton raised immediately after
The war Will be less than twenty five cents
rer pound.
The first crops Of the free 1aborcr in Texas
NV, therefore, bring him in cash income Of
81 ,5O Optr annum, With less hard labor than is
required to raise crop Of corn IN New Eng
LII q, and In more healthy climate.
The average return Of slave having been
population of TeIast
r. 1850 the slave population of Texas was
%, 16l; IN ls60 It was 182, ,56G. Per cent. in
creaee, 213 50 100.
The per cent. of increase In tue whole
ural increase.
TIE surplus increase Of Texas was 110.77
known to consist almost r,.tirely Of prime
held bands, worth on an nVrsage $500 each,
mostly placed upon the cotton fields, and re.
Presenting n capital of s55. .357, 900.
Nuw, Il easl receipt Of 800 per hand has
slaye'brt eding states, requiring the payment
Of five md half milf 5ns Of dollars EACH
year, what will be the emigration caused by a
cash return Of 81 500 per annum upon emi-
grants representing in themselves no invested
EMILIA, la hnt needing only the prospect Of such
Surely the products Of free labor must In
crease In the next ten years in as rapid ratio
as the product Of slave labor ilas Increased in
the East ten years.
TIE increaae in the crop of cotton In Texas
hns been greater than the increase Of slaves
J. Because the profit has already Induced
Its cultivation to some extent by free labor;
Becauec the building Of railroads and
other improvements In inland transportation
las opened large amount Of cotton coun-
t'y; 49,. go.
posed to be fit only for grazing Is found to be
cation land Of the best kind.
- Tie crop Of cotton in Texas 10 1850 Was
5s,0'2 bales; In 1860 it was 405, 100 bales, or
st.en times as much as in 1850.
j.. II free labor IN ten years from the end of
the II war thall only develop the cotton land Of
Texas as rapidly as slave labor has done, her
crop Of cotton will be nearly .OOO, 900 bales,
requiring for its cultivation less tlan two per
cebt Of her aleA.
LIT these principles be applied to the rc-
1:ainder of the cotton states, and it Is belicy.
ed that before the year 1870 The crop Of cot
1o:so1 Ion the united States will he laTger than
The average cron nf rcffor n 4ha hnp;1