The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-31
TIP CROPS AND THE BUSINESS OF
CHARLESTON.

After undergoing q fearful struggle since
the close of the war, such as few communities
have had to encounter, we are hopeful that
the coming year upon which we are now enter
ing, will show commercially a marked improve
ment in the amount of business to be transac-
ted over the past two years of gloom and de-
preston. Our reasons for this anticipation are
the generally fair crops Of wheat, corn, &C., now
secured in nearly all that section Of the
State above the seaboard districts amount
ing to threefourths of the surface and
population of South Carolina, which
places these people beyond the reach
of want for the coming year and in many
cases afford them supply of wheat, and
some corn for market, and stopping the impov-
erishing drain on the pockets Of the people
for the absolute necessaries of life. If
our information be correct, the demand
for corn in this State for the coming
twelve months will be very light, the
crops of upland cotton, up to this time, promise
well, they are backward undoubtedly and have
had in some quarters too much rain, but If we
should be blessed with late and dry fall,
which we may reasonably hope for after the
late cool spring and wet summer, the general
prospect is for much improved yield of up
land cotton when contrasted with the past two
seasons. To Offset this fortunate view all ac-
counts represent the Sea Island crop of the
State as in most deplorable condition, and up
to this time, owing to the damaging effect Of
the gale in the month of June, with the floods
of water which have been precipitated on the
plant throughout the summer and the general
report of the caterpillar, now apparently
spreading in most quarters, it is feared that
the crop of long cotton now about to bo gath
cred, will under no circumstances exceed half
the crop of last ycer--this, united with the
present prospect of very low prices for this
quality of the staple, will, we are fearful, pro-
duce trying crisis with many of our seaboard
cotton planters, but should late and dry
season be vouchsafed to them it is to be
hoped that the result may not be as gene
rally disastrous as present appearances would
indicate.
The rice crop of the State, except on the
plantations high up the streams which have in
many places been drowned out, promise to
afford fair yield in proportion to the land
planted, and should no disaster occur hand
some increase may be expected on last years
crop which will afford timely assistance to
this much depressed branch of the agriculture
of the State. The present prospect, we think,
affords good ground for hope that the coming
wintor and spring will see restored to our
good city much of the trade which was lost
to her for time by the disasters of the war,
but which we think will speedily return with
large and valuable additions, if our.people are
only true to themselves, and bring to the assis
tance of the work the energy and business
sagacity which has built up prosperity in other
communities.
We annex list of exports for the past sea-
son, with their approximate value, and an
estimate Of the probable exports for the season
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