Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-21
DAILY COMMERCIAL.
RAITIM MD.
TIE NEXT COTTON CROP.

The following article, taken from the Bos-
ton Journal, enforces with vigor the views
heretofore presented in our columns, on the
importance to the country of securing a full
cotton crop the approaching season:
The resolutions of the Board of Trade of this city,
at its special meeting, convened for the purpose of
considering the best means to be used for securing
the cotton crop of the coming year. have been widely
noticed by the press throughout the country, and
Commercial has published very able and earnest
series of editorial articles the subject and in its
Commerce of Baltimore Philadelphia and New York
to take action similar to that of the Boston Board
Referring to the statement recently made in Liver
confirmed by Mr. Secretary McCuoch that the cot
ton now on hand in the United States both of the old
and Of the new crop does not probably exceed
that the most supine and careless in this regard
should ava Ike to the present condition of affairs, and
some immediate measures, calculated to assist the
Treasury by giving to the people the ability to pay
taxes, and to relieve the money market by furnish
ing that which will pay our foreign debts.
Our imports are enormous, and. according to all
present INDICATIONS will continue and yet so far
as we hear, little or nothing is doing to supply our
selves with the only article which is sure to be in de-
mand for export, and which VIC have always depend
cd upon mainly for the settlement of our balances
with ether countries. Surely in view OF its financial
bearings. there Is question which so leetimatcly
comes within the notice of our commercial organi-
important the subjects now pressing upon the
attention of Congress, 20 one is more worthy than
this OF the most careful consideration and of the
most prompt and vigorous legislation. We have no
desire to disparage the claims of other measures
before Congress and the country: but which of them
ali, ike TINS, involves the industry of millions OF
people and the lives of perhaps hundreds of thou
sands! Not now to mention the welfare of the
white population of the South, which by every call
of duty and of interest we of the North and the Gov
eminent especially, IRE bound to promote in all
proper ways the happiness and prosperity; yes. the
very existence Of the coored race require at once
that the relations OF labor he organized and defined:
that ideneS and vagrancy be cOunteractCd and that
industry be encouraged and sustained The estimates
of the mortality among these poor creatures who but
just rejoicing in their newly acquired free
dom, are most affecting and alarming In some por-
ttCns of the South twenty-five per cent of the manu-
uitted slaves are said to be dyingg in Georgia the
proportion is believed to be still larger Is il tOOmuch
to suppose III view OF all the information now coming
10 hand that Throughout the Southern States ten per
of the freed population will have gone to their
graves before next spring? This would he four hundred
thousand; equal TO thenumbe inhabitants of Boston
and all t7 suburbs Can we fold our bands and be in
different while this dreadful mortality is going on?
Are We not responsible in measure for the lives
of those men, women and children, whom have
virtually taken under guardianship; and who,
throughout the war, looked so Loyalty toward the
Government and cXpectaptly and trutfully to us?
1T was noble utterance made in our hearing not
many weeks since, by the highest authority in the
land, that tie trucSt Humanity The sGtest political
economy. by helping TO save the lGboring classes
of the SOulh from needless and untimey death, we
shall assist in saving untold wealth to the South and
to the North; and we shall contribute largely to the
speedy and satisfactory solution of difficult political
problems which threaten to become more diff
cult and unmanageabe by the aggravating circuln-
stances OF poverty and perhaps of anarchy.