The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-03-11
For The Clarion.
PKmeticnI Suggestions 10 Ihe
sA:lnIes-S of mississippi.

III II AeES on NMASSMSSADpAs
The farmers of the South are the
/ great body polite of the Southland
they can, by proper means, have as
free md full concert of action in all
things, as n mercantile house in any
city can have. They can ssy to each
other how many acres each shall plant
to the hand, in any crop; but this re-
aquires unanimity and concert. This
free communion and concert can be
Ind BY and through these Agricultar-
al associations. Let every county in
each OF the cotton States organize an
Agricultural Association, appoit COM
mlttees in the different sections of the
county, and appOrtion to each commit
tee is pro-rata of townships or terri
tory and assign to each its several
duties touching all these points.
II q crop of 2,75O,OO0 bales, this sea-
son. will realize more money to the
pFudncer than 100000, then it is I'M
wise to raise that much. And 1t is
WaTHactly suicidal to raise 100000
Observation-Disclosures the loss of all the
labor employed in raising the 1,250,0O0
sI4t could have been and should be
now appropriated TO the production
~ s0mething else besides cotton.
i DO not even suggest what is best
For each to plant. leave that to the
a1eum stances governing in each par
acular case; but, in general terms, |
10 1uggeSt Observation-Disclosures |
sahIes, and stock of all kinds; and will |
luE8est mechanical labor of all kinds |
seAore | get through. am in earnest, |
i0Weyer, i'll what | say about planting |
100 much cotton.
Tie wiseacrcs of the North are now
laying that You are now providing for |
j crop of 100000 bales, and are ad- |
rising all parties interested to govern
hen1selves and their business upon |
hat basis; and they are now actually |
lofng so. You are now sharpening |
che knite to cut your own throat. Let |
ne beg you to think before you further |
30. Dc is not too late. You can yet |
% dzfect your labor and time as to |
make it pay you better than if it was |
|limployed in producing cotton, even
y0n should get Is cents in geld for |
T. Which you cannot expect to do If |
fou persist in your present plans
sruuence and wisdom say, employ the /
sneans to accomplish the ends desired; |
[llut ignorance and folly, sometimes, |
ndnce us to pursue the very opposite
pnrse
LOW which course will you take p
b E What ! have said is not self-evident,
IasIegard it. If it is true, let facts
b onto you. You are now on the
I lgh road to prosperity. The right
CAD IS plain. The Sign-board of |
ruth il prominently before you. Do
i l0t be deceived A large crop of cot
ON viii reduce the price; 100000 |
1 Eales may reduce il to 10 cents.
l Some farmers object to raising hogs
ind cows because of the thetts COM
mltfed by the idle and vagrant ne
kroes. This is true TO some extent in
pme localities. but Is not now so bad
80 was, and this objection will soon
80 altogether.
= thorough organization of one or
/ 80 States will only partially accom-
Pl1sh the desired end. There should
congress of all the cotton States
Aeln as early as convenient, at some
#Mtral point, say at Montgomery,
800, or Augusta, Ga, composed of the
KNsldents, Vice Presidents and dele
IS from all the States, to agree up
MRnd arrange a general plan of OPP
lion. For instance, in Georgia,
AeE are organizing thoroughly, but
fistics do not appear in their plans
operation; neither agricultural
PEI hanical nor manufacturing. This
Rrong. altogether wrong. 1t is
as easy and as cheap TO organize
he cotton States into one general
elatiOn, as it is to organize single
lily in single State. 1t is true
@ one man can not organize the
PC as easily rs he can one county,
II all viii 60 to work, and each
my IN each State will org aniZe as
Fitlohs' aha collect statistics, fur
THESE STATISTICS ~ the State asSo-
IONS, TO be furnished by them to
PEI n afional association, then to l,e all
zFegated and collated, and by the
aonal association returned to each
e to send them to esch county, and
sA county to each member, each will
I've the full benefit of their joint
rs. So you will see that thor
organization upon this plan will |
lsh each cotton planter with full
ment OF what every cotton
ter and all the cotton planters to-
s er are doing, and no one has per-
aed any more services than he
ald have done in organizing his
county, and yet he is placed in
eSslon of table of facts that
~ u@ho coSG one man million CT |
Rrs TO have gotten up, and one that
De worth TO the cotton planter
gether two hundred million dollars
er. by enabling them to control
PRICE and production of cotton in
ne states, and thereby keep cot
Typ 10 fair and remunerative
ana at the same time employ all
a;nSpr that they can control in
ID as Yner products just as profit
proIctiilit mad been employed in the
foreSee OF COTTON. You will there
they iii. t All the farmers can, if
freely 1ns,uhnwith each Other ms. P
tended, 4 fSy fol the purposes So in a
city car Cd. anerca1tile house in a
b0ching THEFT viii their partners
eppesesthat eS SsSSl mes. But this pre-
nat ZACH State q o EQUITY is organized,
is~Ezed, and that