The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-03

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lftIru uu my lesson iausli iht
people of tho ~oulhlg The expcricnro
Of tlo war u ! lhat self reliance Il
lhe only rDIInnac toba trusted Thu
Wo woro taught uu people ly thc
utter fiIurr ~ thc wonderful King
Cotton, ond lhc hong expected fir
cigu Intervention. In q thousand
ways this lesson was brought home
10 us as individuals. The countless
cruel .hi0sio which the entire people
Of the South were put TO secure the
common necessities Of life, developed
beyond the power of words 70 deg
cribc the degree Of our reliance on
others. But astonishing as wns the
extent of this reliance which the en-
iorccmcni of the blockade developed,
the vast and imagined resources
which the blockade also forced ont
were still more astounding. When
the blockade was established there
was no surplus on hand, and imnr-
diatcly the alternatives Of manuiac-
turing or dcstitution was presented.
Under the pressure ID necessity
throughout the entire land, almost
every domestic manufacture sprung
up M by magic. l}ut the imple-
mcnts and munitions ofwar were use
less, without men TO llsc them, and
these only God could create. So the
end came. And with it the destrnc-
ton of the great bulk of the mnnr-
factories that we had established.
But the lesson still remains.
Though no blockade denies us the
privilege Of purchasing-we arc not
compelled to return TO the old re-
lance which only rcncws the old al
lcgiancc. The lesson 80 cruelty
taught, should not be so easily for
COTTON. The same experience that
opened our ewes to the shameful
bondage under which VIZ had so long
lived, also taught where the remedy
lay. In our hands lies the power to
protect ourselves in the future. We
have the capacity, proven By four
years of successful practice, and we
need but the win to declare, and es-
tabEsh our independence Of New
England Manufacturing tyrany.
We read in the entire press Of
Kentucky and Tennessee, column
upon column, of advertisements d
Wholesale and retail dry goods, whcr'
do all these goods como from
Where are they made? Ninc-tcnthi
Of them arc made and bought Fast
and thesc strictly wholesale houses
are but selling on commission foi
the Yankee manufacturers. Why h
this SO? Is there any necessity iol
this? Not a particle. ID needs onl,
that some OF these mon who are nov
; merely acting MS agents for the East
, shall put their capital if they hav'
any, into home manufactures, an,
the work is done. The spell j
broken, and We are freed from a ruin
OTIS bondage. Few peopleare awar
of what taxes the South pays thcs
Eastern manufacturers. M
: We subjoin a few facts and figures
from the Louisville f,uiustriai an
Commercial Gduiie, which will pu
the matter in n clear light, and "
commend tho subject 10 the consider
0 alton Of our capitalists.
? Mdi1y County Herald.
"A pair Of stout boots costs th
: manufacturer in massachusetts, sa
J, So: he adds his profits, 33 per cent
g aud turns them over TO the Boston q
c New York jobber ut 81; the jobbe
8 adds at least % per cent; more, an
:, turns them over to the Southern an
y Western retailer Mt 81 ; 30 per cen
g more must be added by the latter
Il cover transportation, travelling e.
. pcnscs, insurance, etc, and the boo
: arc furnished TO the consumer
= ~, so a pair. a very cozy arrang
y mcnt for New England--encourngir
|" 20 railroad cnterprises--but ncith
&c cory nor encouraging to the cons
= mcr. Suppose the faetories were ]
u Gated at convenient points all or
Of the country, the retailer could 9
y them ut the factory, as above, for !
the reduced cost Of transpoftatio
~ travelling expenses, ctr. would email
y him 10 sell them at q per ccnt. O
i- vance, or 81 q pair. a clear saving
nc 30 per cent. that woull have 9th,
ol wise gone into the poclsetsnf tho m
u road companies and iobbcrs. A
he better than all, the money, instead
be being cartcl oil to New Eng'af
Y would remain in the ncighborhood
the consumer, assisting in The dew
lat opmcnt of its resources, and there
Its enhancing the value OF his own q
his ncighbor's property ~
Why should marriag'. be spoken
asa tender tie. when nothing }
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