New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-06
our DOMESTIC POLICY.

OUR DOMESTIC POLICY.
Some Of our contemporaries have iateiy oeeii
discussing, with much eaEuestness, the piops. !
course fer the planters of the South 70 putsue'
the production of this years crops. we paohssea
Yesterday an article from Memphis paper, strongly
urrnr them 10 plant very little cotton, but to DE-
rote tbemse,ves mainly TO cultivating the cereals
and vegetables. and raising stock and poultry.
This was advised in connection with system OF
domestic manufacture by which, it was urged, the
nfanters would be to great extent selfsustaining
and independent
On the other hand, Mobile contemporary ar
cues with considerable force, that it is best for
our agriculturasts to produce every pound of
cotton that they possibly can. tits urged that cot
ton is, in effect gold-that it brings the gold in
every mai ket of the world-that no other cotton
can compete with ours-and that its consumption
is annually increasing, that there is very little
danger of the market being overstocked. These
arguments are sound, though the application oi
them is not practical under all circumstances.
We suppose all will agree that the greatest
present need Of the South next to security of its
civil rights and the blessings of good government
is money. We want money now more than we
want anything else, except personal liberty regu-
lated by law. Grievously as our people have suf-
fered, and heavy as have been their losses, there
1 isa recuperatve spirit among them which will
yet make their fruitful soil the agent of re,
covered prosperity. There is only one general
rule applicable to all portions of the South, and
that is for each agriculturalist everywhere to de-
vote his labor to exactly that kind Of work which
will bring him in at the end of the year the most
Q i'm batter, let MN
raise cotton. If corn is the most profitable, let
| him cultivate corn, And the same of sugar, OF
tobacco of vegetables of fruit orchards, of stock
raising. or of ANYTHING else. If mixed crops con-
duce more to prosperity, let mixed crops be cult
vated. In short, the golden rule of agriculture is
the rule which brings in the greatest quantity of
gold.
Take the State of Louisiana for instance. No
general rule Of cropping can be observed here in
consequence of the varieties of soil and the differ
ence Of localities. The planters of "the coast''
and the Attakapas will find sugar more profitable
than cotton. The Red and Ouachita river parishes
and the Felicanas will find that cotton pays best,
or mixed crops of cotton and corn. If rice is cu-
tivated in Plaquemines, and perrique in St. James,
it is only because experience has shown those
crops to be more valuable than any others that
can De pialieea oh .le sanle iauu VI the pfairles
OF tne western poruon VI .ie otate' tne raising OF
stoek Is perhaps the business whlch brings IN the
pest returns WINE lne piley WOODS q tile FLORIDA
parishes are uhsurpassea ior 'egetaole gardens
ana Ifuit orchards, ana laDor Is amply rewarded IN
the ipmper ana WOOD business. IL IS unwlse,
thereofe every winter 70 ADVISE planters IN stere-
otypea language 70 " plant cotton" or TO plant
corn flant what promises 10 pfing you IN the
most money.
II 1t pays better to devote aiktae labor to cot
ton' devote y az, ana puy preadstuus with the
proceeds. II IL Is cheaper 10 puy anything than
70 MAKE ", puy II Dy all means, ana devote the
labor that would nave been employed IN making it
to something else that IS more profitable. This is
sound principle Eof economy. It's the doctrine
OF free trade, which allows every one fair
showing. n lllinois can make corn ana bacon and
sell 1t to us at less cost than we can make 1t our
seives-ln other words, II our labor IS more Taiu-
able when applied to something else than to bread,
and profitable exchanges. If we can buy manu-.
factured goods from Europe at less cost than max
ing them at home, even under the burdens of a
high tariff. it is true economy to do So We do no,
discourar re manufactures and diversity of labor
On the contrary. thew are. in some respects. s
great aid to civilization, and add to the
strength Of 4 country. IF thew are more
profitable than agriculture, or if labo,
unsuitable to agriculture can be thus pro6tabIs
employed. manufacturing enterprises oupht to he
cherished and protected, not by law, but by
nublic sentiment and nublic notronape what
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or otherwise employing our labor 80 as to produce
the best net results in money. Let us have some
assurance from Washington that our whole frame.
work of society will not be broken to pieces by
radical legislation, and our people will soon settle
down to peaceful industrial pursuits, the results of
onr climate il eneryatinr o,a thot onr r,oon,o
lacking in energy. industry and inteI,ipence.
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BENEFIT OF CHARLES PorE-This excellent
actor and worthy gentleman, who has always been
SO deserving IN every respect Of the patronage of
the New Orleans theater going public, takes a
benefit TO night, at the st. Charles and offers very
unusual attractions besides his own merits. A