The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-17
VOLUME III. 20


m,ecuIaliOm Concerning ahe Cotton CrOI
The Louisville Journal in an article upo
.bis subject makes some speculations an
s;yes some data that are very interesting
Ne give some extracts from the article:
There are many considerations which o
- prove for example, of what absorbing IN
tarpst TO the entire tax-paying citizens O
me land, to the revival of commerce, an,
tbs early return to specie payment. is tn
next cotton crop
IN the first place, it is certain that the las
,aar's crop in foreign countries was onI,
::I,ont one-haf what it was in the previouIi
year
The Calcutta correspondent of the Lodor
Times writes that the crop in the North
stern Provinces of India will be OMIT
abort sixty-six million pounds, against q
Hundred and thirty-three millions of the
rsar before. Only one-half the area was
!Ilanted, and of that half the crop was light
Fboclose of our war caused the price TO fan.
and the natives in consequence became dis
couraged and refused to plant more than
enough for their own wants
From Egypt come similar reports. The
Alexandria circulars say that only half
crop was made, OF two hundred thousand
bales less than was expected So also in
RFIZll. 4 tilChldL lIOu- de-
flares that the long continued, heavy rains
had damaged the crop to the extent, as
some alleged, Of one-half There will be
none or very little either from China or Ja-
nan. and none worthy of notice from any
ntber part of the world The sudden stop
mage OF the supply from this country upon
The breaking ont of the war stimulated to
an extraordinary extent the cultivation of
tbestaple wherever it could be grown, but
tbe sudden close of the war has removed
the stimulus, and England, as well as the
other manufacturing countries of Europe,
will again depend upon the United States
for cotton The crop IL foreign countries
the present year will no doubt be even less
than il was last, because foreign cultiyators
believe our peace to be permanent and that
We shall raise an immense crop, while they
know thar, with an equal chance, they can
hot compete with us. We may lay it down
as a settled fact, therefore, that we shall
have very little competition in the Euro
pean market the. present year. This will
lend TO keep up prices, and some confidently
Express the opinion that cotton will be high
b year from this time than it is now.
Speaking of the immense amount of
Ipecie exported and the VARIOUS means of
hopping it, the Journal says:
But all this depends upon a great cotton
bop. How can this be grOwnl The esti-
bates for the present years crop are various.
ghe New Orleans Price Current, very careful
gnd reliable authority, says it will reduire
EhaOIdlhary Efforts to produce even
pllI0n and half OF bales. Now we should
PIE to ask any man 1chy we cannot make
bur million bales as well as we did in 1850.
here certainly is no difference in the soil or
Innate and there L. -
the United States properly employed TO
lach the great figure we have named, Nor
there any lack of muscle. The muscle is
the country, and SO is the capital, and the
hl and the climate remain the same The
ply questions about which there can be
~ doubt nave reference to the application |
the elementary means we have mentioned |
the production of the crop. The muscle |
lual TO this IS i'll the South, and the capital |
lietiy in the North. The war has not only |
ped the slaves, but swept away the other |
Fans OF the Southern planter. His house
dhls Clubhouse are in many instance in
lhe, his fences are gone, his mules scat
pei, his worklng-gear all out of order or
snoyed. and, III addition to all this, he has
money with which to defray current ex-
nses. tie cannot buy agricultural nipple
pts or L gun or mules or purchase pro
IONS except upon credit. 1.-The is required
pay his hands monthly, he cannot do that
ess he can obtain credit from Some third |
ty. This third party is in the North,
ence the capital must come to produce
n million and a half bales, not to men
q four millions. Ea ~
'ut capital Is proverbially tiInid, and the
at uncertainty which prevails in regard
Southern affairs, IN consequence OF the
course which the agitators in |
Il
M finding its way to the South We are
IN February, and whatever prepare
Us are made Tor the next crop must be
dc at once, or 1t Will be too late for them. d
z season will not wait upon the leisure :
Congress. If the time for planting pass /
improved, 1t VIII not return under twelve
nths. Whatever may be done afterWard I
not help the cotton crop. Other crops Z
be produced later. and some others at
lost any season IN the South with the
spect of success; but cotton must be
pied IN February or March or not at all. >
political affairs III reference to the South :
+ settled, the high price which cotton q
lmands and Is likely to command would =
pee capital in the North to seek invest =
p Ill, and powerfully stimulate its cul- II
{, to the neglect OF the raising of West "
produce, which Tould be left exclusive
y Western farmers. Hence, it is of the | ID
posI Importance to the West that the po-
gdi questions concerning the South -
pld be at once and definitely arranged ~
Il the basis OF peace and harmony. Unless lt
Is done and done speedily, the people of
loonth will be obliged to turn their at =
ION chiefly to the production of food,
Tue corn, wheat, pork, beef, and pota.
| OF the West will next fall be drug A.
d the market, Let the West look to her
rest Let her rouse herself and thunder
reeukes INTO l the ears of Congress with