Wilmington journal., 1867-11-29

%%nlags, Tor the cost of making the cotton
tunoer our present system and labor) con.
sufneS the money obtained for II Wbon
Cle pIauCef raises enough corn. meat 80
TO supply himself, family and iaborers, he
mas made the first great step to indenend.
ence and success, and when he does tbis
and raises his own mulCs and horses bo
Will ma his remaining wants are small.
ana his smaller cotton crop (which from
oelng smaIlerl Will yield greater price
and VIII supply all reasonable deficiencies
not supplied from the plantation. DisnosD
sess his mind of an idea generally enter
tanned that the lower cotton is the moro bo
must make, and that cotton is the only
thing that will bring money. Let him rn-
meet that the more cotton he raises tLa
lower the price, and that the more of the ne
cessarles of life he raises the less money he
needs. If a planter could raise all he needs
on his farm, money would be of no use to
nm but to hoard it, it being surplus over
his wants and increases his CAPITAL. LET
the planter pursue this course (the onlv one
tnat VII! bring him out,) no matter what
his nelghbOrs do. Let him not induIoo the
de!uslon that Others may pur this course.
and that he will benefit by their policv
and make cotton for high prices. but let
him think howlittle and insignificant n dron
he constitutes in the great cotton planting
OF the world he will not gain, but steadly
lose by such policy. Don't be deferred
because the remedy may appear slow
recollect slow is usually followed by the
word sure. You have committed the error.
you must atone for it by getting in the
right track. No matter how slow that
course may now appear, it will sooner bear
its fruits than appears at first view.
Abandon the thought that large plan
tation, with many hands, is essential to
success, it is more likely to result in failure.
1t is hard for the planter who has worked
before the war one hundred hands, to alter
his views OF the necessity of keeping Up
the same scale. To secure success he must
limit the laborers to the necessary number
to cultivate his best and highly manured
lands.
Again, let no planter expect to derive an
income from his farm and live away from
it. No business will succeed unless the
owner (whose interest is involved) is pres
ent to supervise, and give it his earnest,
Intelligent, economical and watchful care.
If you want business done employ an agent,
if you want it we'll done do it yourself, is
an old and true saying, and to no business
does it apply more forcibly than to farm
ing, where the laborer works under the eve
of the employer. Direct your attention to
improved plows and all labor-saving aeri-
cultural implements learn the character of
your soils, and determine its manures and
best treatment. Correct the mistakes and
adopt the remedies r have pointed in this
and previous communications, and you will
succeed You will be prepared for the lower
prices we shall have no doubt to submit to
IN the futurc-yOu can, with your superior
quality Of cotton and cheaper transporta-
ton, drive back your India competitors,
and again occupy the position of the great
cotton producing country.
But reflect that sudden wealth does not
flow from agricultural pursuits in any coun-
try, but the road to wealth is safe and sure,
and it is the pursuit of independence. Hus-
bandry is the appointed occupation of God.
" Man shall earn his bread by the sweat Of
his brow, is His direct commandment
We cannot SO safely secure it in any other
way. Leave the busy and stormy life of
the cities to the speculator, he who desires
g The golden stream to be quick and vio-
lent" Let him alone to pursue his rest
less course he spreads all sail, risks all
storms, moves in channels full of hidden
ngers-success may crown his efforts, but
the course is full of dangers and few ever
go through it safely, and when the storms
arise that wreck the speculator, you will
feel the wisdom of your course. Health,
plenty and independence is theIneasure of
Gods appointed occupation.
If in this and the foregoing articles,
have pointed out mistakes and shown the
remedy, and thereby been at all instrument
tai III awakening reflection that may end in
good, I have accomplished my object.
W. H. YOUNG.