The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-29

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sofaosh caindllicanlectlne The growth
ana deveIcplnent on the staple Tlen
| Tie conries continues: ..
The causes, however. Of present
.anxicty wust-ei26 place 10 that uncer.
tainty With regard 10 the future which
innsc render cotton cultivation the
most uheertain Of human pursuits.
Labor will form nm clement Of no
much importance that, UntiI the com
petition between It's relative cost in
British India aud the United States Is
determined, no Just conclusion ran be
arrived NJ, on the subject Of the abil
ity orthc United States 10 maintain
such competition. Voluntary labor
IN British India previous 10 oman"i
patton was much Tower than enforced
labor in the United States Since
emancipation the disparity has much
Increased
The Southen planter has, in fact
TO sustain double competition: J.
From The East India grower, whore
the cost Of cultiyation IL limited from
the lower price Of labor. 2. From
the manufactures Of wooden, linen aud
silk fabrics which are employed rs
substitutes for cotton goods, when the
price Of such goods is high in consc
qucuce of the advance Of the raw ma.
torial
A writer IN De Bows Review on
the same subject, thinks that unless
those who make it can receive more re.
muncrating prices than arc now being
paid, the production must rapidly de-
cline; and none will be more ready to
admit than those who, having no
knowledge Of the mode Of It's cuItiya-
ton, have rushed blndly into The field
with visions Of the golden harvest
they were TO reap. After deducting
the three ccnt.per pound tax, which,
Of course, must come out of the peck
cts of the producer, and other ex-
pensos incident to the shipment and
sale Of his cotton, but little is left to
the planter as net gains at thirty cents
per pound, which, hy the way, is
rather more than he can expect with
the present market And he ignores
the assertion that new and glorious |
rruisupenod to the South by the alb.
clifton of n wastefuI aud iniquitous
system of labor, and with free and en-.
emigrant labor the South |
will send yearly to market, twenty |
balcs ofcotton for every one hereto
foro sent and concludes that unless
some new system docs take the place
Of the one now existing, the produc
tion of the country must decrease, and
some Of us may yet live to see the
day when n pound of Southern cot
ton will be worth it's weight in paper
money, which, indeed, would be no
new sight
There Is some sound sense in these
views, and Congress should turn its
attention TO the subject at an early
lay. Unless something is done
cotton will ere long take the place of
lax, silk and wool NJ part of the
apparel Of the people OF the earth.2
We must have tranquility in the South
this article ofthe nations prosper
Iy is TO assume its former position
nd we must he relieved Of oppressive
lNation and be permitted TO
ngulate the labor system ourselves
rec and untrammoled by Cbngres
ional action,