The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-11
Egypt as q Cotton Produoer--- South.

yield Of cotton in Egypt is Of great i'm.
portancc to the people Of tho Southern
States aud to our country generally -
The Herald thinks not, but that sheet is
no better authority OH cotton than poll.
tics. When it expresses .contHmpt for
Egypt ass cotton growing rival, it be-
trays lack Of knowledge, for 1t is fact
which no one properly informed will
dispuLe-not even Commissioner Wells
man AtkInson.-that, Of ali competitors
who have taken The field against u<.
Egypt is by all odds the most formida
Bile. Aud When 1t states that the cot
ton of that country is "a poor, short
staple and dirty article" it assc,ts wla,
is not correct.
Cotton has .,ong been the most I'M
fhrlant item OF commerce among ma
tions. This country held an unnlcr
rupLcd monopoly Of the article up to the
commenccmcnt Of the war. a large
portion of Emglond's commercial great.
ness grew out Of and depends upon it.
To give employment TO her 5000 mills,
$4,000, 900 spindlfs, aud 1000, 900 sop.
erotivcs ahc has looked to our Sea.
Island aud Gulf-Statc plantations. In a
single year she actually paid out $4l2,-
100000 for supply. These facts su(li.
ciontl!y indicate 'he Importance Of our
possess!ing, lbe nlqTSp9lJ; Of snpV)y., and
10 dong all iii o@r power TO regain the
ground we lost by tho war That re-
suit is certainly not to be reached by
misleading our cotton plantcrsas.lotheir
real situation. TO tell them NAT there
is nothing to fear from Egypt is q Ella.
cy. There Is much TO fear; but it is
certain that, under q, stable political
government, perseverance and. We'll.
directed labor will eventually place tho
South first again on the list Of supplirrs,
and make cultivation Of the staple in
Egypt too improbable TO be continued
There is n point beynd which 1t becomes
moro profitable for that country to send
England brcadstuffs than cotton. 1t is
to that point our planters must. force this
rival. Were it not for the fact that she
cannot devote beyond given acreage
to cotton without being compelled to
import tho cereals for home consump
lion, her rivalry would be em,nently
threatening The commercial returns
qt!ns yo!!as market sl US hs how ,npFe pEGea
since 1861. There is no wisdom in
affecting contempt for the staple she
produces; nothing to be gained by as.
suring our planters that our own staple
is so greatly superior thpt III other
growth can stand bcslJc ii in tho mar.
kols Let us not disguise the fact that
the Egyptian staple is good ono; that
it commands good price: that it is all
bought; and that i has been thought
worthwhile to introduce Egyptian seed SCI
on our own plantations for trial. 1t has
hccn demonstrated that our Sca-1slan /
variety, the best grown, cannot be pro-
dpced IN any other d uartar Of tho world
excepting along tho region Of the Nile.
Proof that Egyptian staple is held high
may be found in the fact TINT the seeds
commonly selected FOR experiments! cul-
tivation in new and favorable localities
are the American and Egyptian, aud
the value Of the latter has been attested
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isnscsds were, imported. from England,
| which jointly produced an article, claim.
cd to be equal,l .tle .An,erican Ii quail
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