The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-01

| This association recently held ;
meeting in Baltimore. Its statistical
reports are of great value. 1t show
that in the Southern states, south Car.
oIlna has 8. Georgia has %. North Car
ollna IL. Maryland 8, and Texas mills
in operation.
Massachusetts runs l50 mills, anC
| Rhode Island 136 mills, while in Indi-
ana and Illinois there is but one mil
| in each.
During the past year the number OF
mills in the Northern States was 66i
and in the Southern States IS, and the
number of spindleS G, 1853, 020 to 225>0S3
The total number of pounds of colt on
consumed was All, 367,77l.
| The committee on raw material used
the following language:
The Committee call the attention OF
the people of the cotton-growing
States to the great danger of the day
the neglect of food crops.
II Undoubtedly there is great
temptation in the prices now received
for cotton. to plant as much of it as
possible. That is well if the other
crops be first secured, and if in the
competition excessive wages shall not
again lead to Generalization Of labor
like that in 1866.
The high prices obtained for cotton
operate as strong inducements TO plant
largely elsewhere, as well as to send
to market all existing surplus from
every country. At some time there
will be excess of supply over con-
sumption of cotton, which shall bring
about a great depression of price;
temporary, it is believed, vet for the
time discouraging.
The policy to be followed in this
country. should be to secure in each
year ample crops for the subsistence
of the people and animals, and then
there will be preparation to meet
whatever decline in price may occur
from temporary over supply"
The object of the Association can
best be conveyed in their own Ian
guage, which we commend to the at
tention Of our readers:
THE great object of these ASsocia-
tions is TO collect. cOllate. digest and
disseminate among the members accu-
rate statistical information in relation
TO the Srowth and manufacture of
cotton, to establish the fact of the
identity of interest between the cotton
planter and the manufacturer" The
great difficulty will be to get the cor
rect information from the cotton field,
yet 1t can be done, and at a small cost,
if we will all put our shoulders to the
wheel. Let each county in the State
organize society, and appoint COM
mittees in the different parts Of the
county, and allot TO each committee its
proportion. with Instructions to report
in May the number of acres planted in
the several crops, the stand, the sea
sonE, the casualties, and the prospects
generally; in July report the seasons. |
the casualties, and the prospects; in
the same; and in Novem
Der the probable amount produced.
Let these reports be made to the Sec
Rotary ofthe county society, lie TO col
late and forward to the Secretary of
this Association, and the Secretary OF
this Association to collate and print |
he returns from all the counties in the |
State, and send copy to each member |
of this Association. and also a copy TO |
the Secretary of the National Associa-
ton; and il will be the duty of the |
National Association 20 collate this |
with like reports from each of the cot |
ton-growing States, and send copies |
back to each member OF this Associa- |
ton. This will give each member not |
only the reports from all the fields in |
his own county. but from every county |
and State Ill the cottOn-growing re- |
gions."