, 1865-09-04
. HOW TO RAISE COTTON.

:. Northern, and Southern philosophers ar
blatant just now In discussing various mode.
| OF 1aising cotton. One :ries "assoclate6
labor," another says there must be reorgan
kation Of industry, another says joint stock
company, and stM another moans for the loss
Of the whip as. the only effective instrumen.
ts1ity that erer would raise cotton. Our
theory has no such learned scatfolding around
1t. We believe cotton Is to be raised If at all
by simply planting the seed at the proper
.caeon, boeiDg II carefully ~ It needs cnltiva-
tion, and picking it:whcu ripe. AL the rest
IL eumbrous blather.
Tbcre are two alleged obstacles Ia the way
Of raising cotton at the South to-tay these
/ are first, the negro is not to be trusted, and
second the white man Is not to be trusted.
The fyst Is alleged by the white man, the last
by The negro, and both are largely true. The
white man never having taught the negro how
to work steadHt for kair wages, and be proyi-
dent md saving Of. his, earnings, doubts
whether he 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 it, doubts whether he viii
pay 1lim for lis work when dnnc.
The stakeholder believes tho negro Is too
lazy to work ; the negro believes the Slave
holder too dishonest 10 pay. OF the two We
think the uegro's estimate Of the white IL
rather the most eontenptuous. No outsiae
machinery can remove this disttust which
each class feels for the other,
The negro would be as reluctant to work
for an association Of planters whom he did
not believe to be honest, as for one. On the
: other hand m association, no member Of
which would hire tho negro and trent him
fairly, would not collectively hire. him and
treat him fairly, and hence The cotton would
not he planted, hocd or picked.
But some white men are exceedingly smart;
sometimes We think they are almost US bright
rs the average Of negroes. We should expect
to meet such party Il VIC were invited out
to tea by Albert Brisbane, the Fouriczitc, and
were informed that tho Editors Of the N. y.
World would be Of the company. 3h. Bris-.
banc has ventilated through the N. Y. World
a plan tnr growing; E;-costuu py Joint stock
The planters OF given section 4
arc expected to turn in their. plantations for |
10 much stock, and the balance Of the stock ]
Is TO be disposed Of in New York, Boston.
Liverpool, London, Paris and Hamburgh.n
With the capital thus supplied they. &re to
put up buildings and llrc negroes or white
abor.
, How absurd To 9 practical mind Is such
-wndde! For the relief Of planters whose
:retit will not enable them 10 hire negroes.
'lan Is devised which involves the NECESSITY
II their having credit IN New York, London
md Hamburgl! For the relief OF planters
rho don't know enough about business to
ehire, and pay wages to, the slaves they hare
cared and perhaps bred on their own nlsnta-
Ions, remedy Is devised which requires TINT
hey should have sufficient business credit
,ct, experience and skill 10 conduct the dtf. I
cult and complicated system Of joint stock
For the relief Of planters who have
-7cr lived honestly in any true sense of that
ord, but have always stolen their bread from I
Ie sweat Of poor mer's faces, system Is de-
ecd which requires business men in Europe .
ehtrnst them with the management Of cx- /
nsiyc companies based on and involving
cit capital! The South has always been | l
stltute Of credit because It's system OF soci- :
: was not based on tho principle Of paying /
: labor, which Is the producer Of MI value, t
1 Of stealing IT, There can no more exist
; complicated system Of credit in eommu- =
y Of labor stealers tlian Of money etealers. 4
ID Jet the Wold sagely laments the loss of b
edit eansed by emancipation, since slavery i,
ade the negroes basis Of credit on which | n
yanees eonld always be hadl q
Having Proposed . complicated credit sys. = =
o utterly irnprncticable, owing to the want. *
cseaAs capital and business intelligence n