The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-13
COLUMBIA.
Sunday Morning, January 13, 1867.
Cotton Culture.

DC, which proposes TO lay De1Ore 1tS
readers the last and most reliable
data and information that can be OBJ
tanned in regard to the present cul-
ture and future probable value of the
great staple.
Some Of the statements the writer
makes will be interesting to planters.
He assumes that the production of
cotton in India was profitable when its
value, III the Liverpool market, was
only four pence per pound, and the
difficulty and cost of transportation
we're greater than they are now, and
that the price which it now com
2nands (more than double the former)
will insure its cultivation in that
country to much larger extent than
heretofore. He recognizes in India
a formidable competitor to the South
ern States in the growth Of cotton,
and after enumerating some of the
advantages the former possesses,
brings them in contrast with impedi-
gnents which, since the war, have su-
perinvcnod in the latter.
There are some truths in the argu-
1nents he uses to stimulate an in
creased production il India. He
says that the present condition Of the
South, its incapacity for producing
the former large crops, and the tax
OF three cents per pound, which has
accessitated method Of collection
Shat seriously impedes the movement
of the crop and embarasses the plant
esrs in their operations, may be re-
gsrded with certainty as guarantee
ing the cotton growers Of India and
elsewhere on the Eastern continent
ample remuneration as the result of
the curtailment of the crop here
He adds other reasons fov expecting
a diminished production Of cotton in
fhe Southern States, Us co impaired
with the quantity gvoHn before the
war: and among thetn Is the ro-or-
ganization Of society and OF the re-
Iations OF labor; that Tie number Of
horses, mules and cattle III the South
err States is now about forty per
cent. less than in 1869; that the
transport system, bota on land and
watef. is still very far from Being re-
stored to It's former efficiency; and
shat the prices OF labor, and all i'm
pIemeutS, and products. and animals,
are ROW double what they were pre-
vlous to the war, and involves ut least
double cost il the growing of cotton,
whilst credit, 80 essential to produc-
zion, shows i very tardy rccnpera-
tion.
He then place, in contrast the adj
vantages that India at present pos
scsses. He says the prostration Of
energy and enterprise which resulted
from the tyrannical sway Of the East
India Company is giving away under
the new system OF rule; that the peo-
pie of the country are recovering con-
hdence III Europeans, and having
hetter chances of securing TO them
selves the rewards Of their industry,
they are more disposed to cultivate
the land and to engage in productive
and trading pursuits generally The
writer adds jhat the same causes and
influences are producing like effects in
other parts of the East and in South
America, which have valuable oppor-
Gunities open and available, and of
which advantage VIII be taken to the
utmost, in order 20 establish u per-
nanent and remuncratiye cotton
trade with the manufacturing commit
nifty.
We lay these views before our read
ers, and commend them especially to
the farmers and planters Of onr State.
Some Of tho positions OF the writer
cannot be gainsaycd; and when we
take into consideration, suporaddcd
fo. the onerous tax imposed by Con
gress, they must show the planter