, 1865-09-03
HOW TO RAISE COTTON,

1
Northern and Southern philosophers ar,
blatant just now IN discussing various mode
of raising cotton. One .ries 4sassociatet
labor another says there must be a reorgan
tzation Of industry, another says Joint stocl
company, and still another moans for the los
Of the whip as the only effective instrumen
tality that ever would raise cotton. On
theory has no such learned scadold ding nrouni
1t. We believe cotton Is to be raised If at al
by simply planting the seed ut the proper
season, hoelne It carefully as it needs cultiva
tion, and picking It when ripe All the res.
Is cumbrous b1ather.
There are two alleged obstacles in the way
| of raising cotton at the South today these
are first, the negro is not to be trusted, and
second the white man Is not 10 be trusted.
The azs is alleged BY the white man, the Inst
by The negro, and both arc largely true. The
white man never having taught the negro how
to work steadily for fair wages, and be prori-
dent and saving of his earnings, doubts
whether hc will work II paid for 1t. The
negro never having taught the white man
that he could not have his work without pay
ing fair wages for 1t, doubts whether he will
pay him for his work when done.
The Shareholder believes the negro is too
lazy to work The negro believes the slave
holder too dishonest to pay. Of The two We
thinkthe negro's estimate Of the white Is
rather the most contemptuous, No outside
machinery can remove this distrust which
each class feels for the other.
The negro would be as reluctant 10 work
for m association Of planters whom he did
not believe to be honest, rs for one On the
Other hand an association, no member Of
which would hire the negro and treat him
fnirly, would not collectively hire him and
treat him fairly, and hence the cotton would
not he planted, hoed or picked.
Bnt some white men are exceedingly smart;
sometimes We think they are almost as bright
as the average Of negroes. We should expect
to meet such party II We were invited out
to ten by Albert Brisbane, the Fou1iesite, and
were informed that the Editors of the n r.
Tor1d would be Of the company. ME. Bris.
banc has ventilated through tic n. 7. World
a plan for growing cotton by joint stock
companies. The planters Of given section
are expected to turn in their plantations for
so much stock, md the balance of the stock
is to be disposed Of IN New York, Boston,
Liverpool, London, Paris and Hamburgh.''
With the capital thus supplied they are 10
put up buildings and hire negroes Or white
labor.
How absurd TO practical mind Is such
twaddle! For the relief Of planters whose
credit will not enable them to hire negroes,
plan Is devised which involves the necessity
Of their haying credit IN New York, London
and Hamburghl For the relief Of planters
who don't know enough about business to
rehfrc, and pay wares to, the slaycs they have
reared and perhaps bred On their own planta-
hons, q remedy Is devised which requires that
they should have sufficient business credit,
tact, experience md skill to conduct the dlf. |
icnlt md complicated system of Joint stock |
company For the relief Of planters v who have
never Nred honestly In any true sense of TINT |
word, but have always stolen their bread from |
The sweat of poor mems faces, q system is de-
yised which requires business men In Europe
10 entrust them with The management Of cx-
teusiye companies based on and involving !
their capital! The South has always been
destitute Of credit because Its system Of soci-
ETY. was not based on the principle Of paying |
[or labor, which is the producer Of MI ya1ue,
but of stealing It. There can no more exist
sny complicated system Of credit In cosnmu-
aity Of labor stealers than Of money steale1s- !
And yet the Nodd sagely laments the loss Of !
credit caused by. emancipation, since slavery
made the negroes basis Of credit on which
advances could a1Ways be hadl
Having proposed q complicated credit sJs-
lem utterly impracticable, owing 10 the want
Of credit capital and business intelligence
among the cotton raising class, Mr.. Brisbane
next proposes 10 treat the negroes of the