The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-02
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TaR TEgE pLks.,-Is IS truly eFasi wing Is
observe with what willing hand the people
Of this county are taking hold Of the true
pinn foy the future welfare and prosperity of
the South, and the revolution now going on
in regard toagfieuItuFsl products isdestinsd
% show an Unsatisfactory e all. Durias
The past winter the press, with an aI.soss
unanimous voice, have protested against the
excessive planting Of c6tton the coming sea-
sen, and the steps now beisg taken show that
The warning words put forth have not fallen
uRheeded upon the planters ears As an in
stance Of what is being done, We viii state
that enc Of eur most wealthy and intelligent
producers, Paul T. Jones, Esq, win cultivate
this year nine hundred and fifty acres Of
land. and that four hundred ofthe same viii
Be devoted 70 the production of corn. This
80 not tAe only ease we could cite in paFticu-
lar, bat assure the public everywhere that
orr people are alive to Che great and al Inn
pOrtsni subject Of sslf-sustenaecs, and that
they are determined 70 i've OF the cereals
produced here, and hold cotton as second
AIRY OF surplus production Last spring the
. producers Of cotton we're made to pay from
% 20 81 cents per pound for bacon, 81 so
per bushel for corn, so per ton for hay, SIS
% $50 per barrel for -four, all Of which came
FROM beyond the Ohio riVeg, and are now IN.
sbIe g sen their cotton for more than Is or
~ cents per pound, This is q lesson, but
St cost untold thousands, and the intelligent
farmer win not allow himself to be longer
esjOisd With the long Haunted lie that cotton
is king, for Il is not, never has been, nor
Fever win be. Food for man and beast is
king. and ifany one 81. foolish enough tOdeny
is. We refer him 10 the recently published
book Of the Commissioner Of Agriculture,
which shows the astonishing fact that the
butter crop alone Of the State Of New Y ork
Tor 1856 was Of more value than any cotton
crop ever produced in the Empire State Of
che -Georgia--while the hay crop
alone amounted to S9O,OoOOOOi Gan any
one ask for additional cause why our people
should continue on in the good work now
being undertaken Ifso, let them look into
the action Of the Thirty-ninth and FoFsieth
+. Congress-, and they win see that taxation in
theSouth and protection in the North means
the eternal bankruptcy Of che one and the
prosperity Of the other Plant corn, plant
+ potatoes, sow grasses, attend to your stock,
and let cotton alone. The Ipdies and Bra
Isl, now that slavery Is gone.. can afford to,
and VIII furnish The European market with
cotton a rates far below what tits being sold
for now Dc not lay the Gatfsripg junction
20 your soul shat cotton viii be worth more
next fan than fits now There is no reason,
not even the shadow Of a rational hope, for
such belief--the tendency Of cotton IS down
lNaFd, dos0nasdTd, aud Twin BsveF cease 20
E fall until the Gut IN the. productions Of the
staple e broken up and made to disappear
before the augmented increase of those arti-
elss necessary to make this people prosper
Gus as they have the thrifty farmers Of the
& North.