The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-11-20

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try would have received no such shock
rs now rrostra'cs the Sou,h and over.
whclms her in despair. Upon The ag:i
culture Of tho country mainly depends
The wealth and the prosperity Of Tie
country. But few years ago, tho
cotton exported from tie United States
controlled foreign exchange, and hcll
the monopoly in foreign markets. How
is il to-day, and how viii it be IN The
future InstraI Of Eve millions OF
bales. sent lorwarl to exercise he
lormcr Influence upon trade, we
have not more than enc third OF
the crop Of 1850, coming into mar
I<eI, ana That price per pound, in car
rcncy tho revenue tax considered
very it;Hc, if ANYTHING, in advance OF
! what was realized per pound for the
large crops Of former years: paid in @olI.
WHY is this? it may De asked. The
lands are The same tile seasons arc the
same The climate is ihc samc-why,
then, The difference? We answer, the
labor is not the same. Instead Of
OF industry, we have ii'cncss !;
instead ot system, we have disorder ::
and instead Of profits we have losses
Shall we be able to drive out compcti
ton IL the future, rs we have in the
psf Surely not. But n few years
trIor" the the war, one Of our most t..
tcl'jGcnt planters represented This State
al the Worlds Exhibition, in Paris,
and, upon his return, reported that he
saw upon exhibition there, Tic cottons
from Al9icrS and from Ihc East which
were in every way equal to the finest
productions Of the United States He
asked why cannot these cotlons com
pete with American cot,ons? Tho
answer was because we cannot
produce the article Tor the same price :;
we arc compelled to hire the labor which
you own--onrs is unreliable, idle and
costly, while yours is under control,
STEADY and cheap For these reasons,
vou will always bc. able to drive us ont
oC'he market But @hat now is HE
condition Of the Southern planter? Ills
labor is much more costly than that Of
hlglers CT the East, equally unsteady.
and, probably, less under his control,
and he finds Himself now, after an en-
laustng war, driven from tie market
ny prices wh'ch ms inrmcr competitors
c"!' ''''"'u 10 'aN' ne present low
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porting cotton and rice INTO The United
States, instead Of exporting these great
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