The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-05
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or TINE HERALD.

Cotton Growing Under the New Reaime-A
Very Small Crop ADticipnted-SOme Other
Labor ReGuired-Thc Nearoes VIII MAJ
Work-YO.ftics the Cause-Pinnfcrs Deciding
TO Abandon Cotton Culture-The Taxes
OnerOus.
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Miss, July % 1867.
noticed few days since in Of your leading jour-
mails word Of encouragement TO the southern people
TO continue tho growth OF cotton. This we would all
willingly do il could be supplied with the requisite
labor; but finally persuaded that the freedmen
utterly useless for prospective operations and that
unless their places supplied with somo other
reliable laborers broad fields will become wasted.
Instead Of the encouragement which we had right to
expect while experimenting with the free
negro have becn taxed to pay tho burhens
imposed upon cotton and tho result OF last years ope
raons was that those who succeeded best only made
money enough to pay the Internal Revenue tax OF cot
ton. With but one or two exceptions in this county
every planter lost largely. This years operations
begun under favorable auspices planters attribu
ing their OF to the fact that their lands
had been untitled for years So all imagined and
continued hopeful until tho utter failure OF the labor at
the critical time demonstrated TO the contrary. And
after second years trial. find ourselves about
to experience another loss quito extensively
quainted throughout the cotton growing region and
satisfied that there will not be in cultivation
year cotton onc-half tho land now planted.
have had tho most favorable opportunity OF testing
free labor. had twenty three old hands last year,
Who before the war; regularly made from two hundred
TO hundred and fifty bales Of cotton, and they Guilt
waited about hundred and fifty OF we'll
but failed altogether to gather II. was forced to
ploy other labor TO pick cotton, and forty hands In
three months picked what ten would have gathered
before tho My 10 Of ten Thousand.
We have, therefore, como TO the deliberate
conclusion give up planting unless can obtain other
q
great city would import them or induce them TO emf.
crate and settle among us as iaborer we would make
the experiment again with them. II this rs done,
cotton gro"ng any extensive scale muct cease, and
the spindles o, New England will be compelled TO draw
their supplies of the material from the markets of
East. Inudcious taxation. added TO the worthless
labor ystem will bankrupt the entire South
Our lands now are vaueless Where lands rented
for ten dollars last year the owners will be glad 10 get
four dollars rent aud they are daily sold at iabuously
low figures under the hammer fear the government
will become aroused TO the exgeucy until
the Eastern, Middle and Western States
called upon to supply US gra,uItsnsiy, at GOV.
eminent expense with the absolute or subsistence
rho direct tax the Excise tax, the income and the
land tax all running against the only product upon
which We can rely for money, will break US up. Think
OF taxing product four times and the proposition
somewhat startling. Nothing but an extraordinary riso
ia cotton will save us.
wrong Last year had hand at least 400 900 bales
OF the old crop probably and tho whole crop
orx,rd did reach 100000 bales THIS year there
cannot be much more than 500, 900 The immense 4
OF country submerged tho ateness OF the spring. the
RAINY weather IN juno ana July the cut ana boil worm
aud the caterpillar will reduce the crop AZ least na
And 10 this be added the necency Of the labor the
estimate place upon the crop - very safe one. We
will make 5000 600 bales until coolies brought
to the country in large numbers.
We all looking to the capitalists OF New York for
help and to the enlightened Judgment and enterprise OF
the HERALD 10 give point and practical wisdom to the
legislation OF Congress cotton and labor The negro
won't 40. His head Is wool gathering about poll
tics aud political meetings; he only thinks Of party
and resting in the midst % rapidly growing
grass upon the handle Of his hoe he pictures out some
happy land OF Canaan where labor 10 unknown ana he
will be fed al some one elss's expense. or course
speak generally. There some exceptions, and no
one is more willing than 10 give them their proper
credit ] estimate these as MAKING about tenth Of
the laborers actually In employment The boys young
men and women utterly useless Tho middle aged
and old easily shake OF the habits OF labor
formed undor the old regime. We oil wiling
70 let Congress manipulate the negro and put him
high places, so we are not comps.ed 70 foot The o:is
Give us reliable labor and the liberty % cr.tvate
fields without let or hindrance and we 60 not care
now 20 have anything TO do With reconstruction. We
are satisfied the time at hand whom d,squal:a
cations will be removed, and when the same govern
meut which now puts The ban o! treason Upon will
call from retirement 20 save The cosutry When
this Is done, aud the recalct,a,ng effect Of Congress
sions Legislation felt the c..ranchised negro wil
take back scat. or BEST serve sn.y 20 give us aug
representation.