The Black Republican., 1865-05-20

prd zTorIed bv slaves. Leaving the labor
question alone for the present, the S4 Sone
knows very well, if the North does nor, snas
many of the most successful-that is, money
waking Dlanters-haYe been men from tne
North Who have made fortunes In southern
| cities have purchased plantations ana nave
carried their enterprise and business ss 4aot IA the
as well as their money, from the city 20 o1 lne
| country. We have the testimony Oh OlnI
| stead and others, that the small GERMAN German
nlanters in Texas, working with free Wnite
labor. actually raise more cotton " Wy sUrs ~
than the large slaveholdlng oouGheih Pio
| rrietors around them.
THE SUGAR CROP
The Southern sugar crop OF lsoO alnounSsn aa
to 3Ol 1922 hogsheads OF one tnousanu po41au n1au
each and of this amount L0ulslahh a alolo
| nro1uced 297 SI6 hogsheads. The collSunp
Hon has been entirely in the United states,
md our own crop has furnished small hro h
| ,~nr+ion of the total amount consumed. Inc
POI eiGil 1ore uncertain than cotton, its cul,
fura involves more care ana expense, anu
Wbether hereafter the South can compeIe
} With Cnba in the production OF TINS staplo
for home consumption, remains 4 70 o. ~ t,a aee or
Louisiana presents the best neld 1oI "a tis 80 "a
e neriment. There are now in that state nun
= drcds of abandoned plantations, ahe eat OF
i some of them there Is alreaoy Tue nne
c machinery. rusting, now, for want OF use'
S fi' ne pod River on the BraZos and on num-
/ | har1ess bayOus in Louisiana ana IeXtss, eheAc
T are millions of unredeemed acres tha1 ta.
he converted into splendid sugar estaIss,
and
y etanle is practically lnltless and When VIC
e ooa States above the ''sugar belt" 1ndustTl
DUSTY attempting to supply themselves ,o VIII Il
e oorghum and other substitutes Tor sugar, y
Is worth while to find out II the sugaae. cIgP
10 F +ba United States cannot be prohtaDiy
~ and immensely increased by nee lapol vi
y What considering its cheapness as conlp@aLeu a
II With its value, may be called, almost Iree
Is land.
20 10 COTTON CULTURE. 44o
- "a With regard to the cultivation of COTTON
Cf there are no misg1ylngs no uICGL VI. 5asaas 49,
n Cotton has ceased to be king put !: a,1
ue a most valuable as we'll as interesting " supr
II iect . when we reflect that our export oi
IT, fthis staple the year before the war amounteur
~ ~ at less than eleven cents per poulu.9, W
r ,re nearly one hundred ana nlne11Mo ~, n,i +bio
-lo dollHfs and that an export duty on LIE
oI- quantity of only FIVE cents per pound Woudr
10 produce q revenue from this source alone OF
ell nearly ninety million dollars, when Woulu
esS cancel our national debt within thirty years.
re- We are tired of hearing about blessings LII
iai disruisen but the rebellion has done SONG
DC tbinor for cotton besides sending 1t up, as IL
aLe did last August to one dollar ana ninety
are cents ner pound. 1t has stimulated hall
Wn cas- Southern Illinois and Indiana TO COT
not tom culture and under not speclaly "a
voring circumstances, the crop can DeL pro
ftahly cultivated; it has revived tne TRllenl 1.e
'Fl9S hrance that Delaware and the eastern snoIc
ara of MARYLAND once raised cotton fpr nome
'ssl- CONSUMPTION till the cheaper supply 1roin u
70 10 the South rendered it unnecessary; pI anu =
,g551 gS1 has prompted India, Chlna EgyPI paaat q,
Wnl Nt1 and lesser cottonbearing countries 70 az
lely 5yS tempt to supply the demands OF Urea
laue Britain, only to prove that this county on
7 an compete with all the world in the qualitlly
@ and quality of its cotton and tAe e - :
'nl, un ty in strength, length and nneneSS u slo ~
.n"i fbre Of our Southern staple.
T, I'll IN The entire Southern crop of 1850 Announces
Inc to I9e 7A4 bales the State of Mississippi pro
and @ @uuoeu niot Aiaban,a nearly ono-ffth and
irba- Georaia and Louisiana more than 700, ,00(
d as bales each. Texas, with its enormous area
% O0 produced that year but 4Oo, 100 pales'
census statistics show that it gave the great
clear est average product per acre ana tne Cycaac
will media of Commerce says the tacllitles 10
Is his ccotfon-raising in Southern Texas are 8
catch favorable that the plant ooes noe Fs !
any cure renewal more, than once
nlaW fEree or four years to yield crop superlorl
orner nnantity and quality to that OF LOUISIANA
sassin Il Is probable since the rebellion, tna
It find with the vast deportation OF slaves, th
Even newly oDened plantations, the compaT'
would tiveH undsturbed region and the faclnWue W
to it, for exnortation afforded by the Rio Grandt
asso- Texas has become the principal cotton prt
might ducinr State The rebellion has thus don
,tradi- much TO develop the wealth of the oni
to in State that has ever encouraged tne n Ilnin
untry grafton of foreign free labor, and Wnef
Wer of German settlements and German Iiantme' VI
from | have successfullV competed with ahu nav
igland sometimes surpassed the native proprietor
be the The British estimates of receipts OF cotto
escap for this wear 1865 let us into an nterestla
posi- little British secret The recelpS VI nIasa
could can cotton are set down at tGo hundre
thousand bales, and doubtless Iexas dul
considered this outside denfnd when sh
rz7r7rr1 | mt in her crop in February, for the II
oaGuu oa+i1oafc was made Great britain did n.
as re- look for the release o. saoS sgfp teace
npsyl- io'0O ~ -e r.ror, rkar,on.
The area Of the Southrn States compris
ID the | fve hundred million tres. Ten years ag
again | the cotton crop was rdsed on five mi1lic
as the acres bv the labor of one million eight hu
course dro5 tbonaand elayfs The best lands ha,
led. / alfTaVs bnen chcs, and millions of u
0gue;" touched acres needed only leveeing, drai
ent the ino and cultiyatioa, to produce SIX or mo
life for bales to every lsborer The outlay for lal
of the sns in,nroyeraT Tnts was 80 little that e
oosing omantiv q sin u ssuccessfu1 crop-the plant
dema- selling his cotfen sometlmes at seven cen
dema- nor round +4ould repay the entire Coz
G and Zach landa lie almost limitess, but the sU
que. ] Dly of lab5 has been limited.
we're SO The abeltion Of slavery throws open T
sed. f1est sTicultural country in America
IF your tbe co1fJetitlon of capital and industry
that OF ca0itaPshat need not be expended IN t
ocracy. | 1I.rny,gse Of "handan and industry frC
Ioouo Inc II rth and from all Europe that is In
aade by tod bad urged to come where lsnds 9
wn the rheao snd where labor viii meet with
the at rierest returns.
roy the rae freedmen will be but small part
rnme1t | the new industry that will pour in asd
roy the tbe geuth when free white labor is no Ions
III must hurniliAted by contact and competition W
or the bought slave labor. The negro viii take
OF care chances as q labOrer with others.
Govern THE oPEr DOOR,
must be And finally il should be remembered u
ring up gyrar. cotton and the other commerc
en- they crops are not the only, nor indeed, grea'
mt. the Inducements to emigration TO the son
m, they The reoccrpation OF old plantations ana
portion redemption of swamp, brake ana ioress
tac Op- new cotton and sugar fields, viii CAL 4
ever op rlasa of farmers and swine and cattle NIL
shape. 10 feed the laborers on the piantati
bat has | wholly devoted to the commercsai Ct
! my re- Moreover, the abolition Of slavery opens
cracy of do0r at Las. for the entrance OF the ski
aristoc- | uhite mechanics in every branch Of tr.
ng upon Mo- IN tbe new order Of things, viii 4
ng upon loS.p before the new south learns the lie.
Ldustrial thaR the increased value OF all commodl
mmencs come Largely from tTanspofsas1on' M AnA
pport in M Haaaif part of its cotton and csher
In con aWcts NAV be manufactured and ccAau
Z that | "a veil "a produced on the spot; ana
!. II nay tainly with the coal aud other mlaeEa
can oaly sources Of the South all the needs Oh pi'
sived the sos from hoea and ploWs TO cotton
q friend; and sseam engines. can be nisnuiAct
there as well 20 elsewhere
The requirements of this rich and 81
.slap~auh E1itless agricultural region will call
Arlington existence new and tn1lvihg $3.50 - =
the late lagos. ana WI prescns ncM o:t!ss
the per industry ot tne oVer-C1oW101 eao.
Treasury. North and Europe.
= ~ tSa Thna. ID g commercial visy, the reD
~esraIl;o, uga oniv a raieerable means 70 mO8t
y~ivila1g end. II entailed al enormous p0oilc
q r,a1Ylss h,lt developed the means for paying Il
S,Iresssirf, 81 the same time displayed new nel
stataa mat Individual AID national enrlchmenf.
hoggeyer gtroyed an exclusive, unjust labor sys
rTa vent make way for q perpetual exhibition
yga YER industry OF all nations. and 1t shut Ii
: come To while, q section of the country. only
now entjc- omen the finest agricultural region
continent to ell tina world