The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-10-13
Cotton Production --Advioe to British
Manufacturers.

| manuIaCCur6r6.
As we have stated, England Is trou.
bled and anxious about her future stp-
ply OF cotton. and instead OF looking 10
lndia, Egypt or South America for cot.
ton lands we would repeat our sngges-
ton that the best thing England can do
is for her capitalists to mako invcs.
ments in IT," cotton lands of the South,
now for sale III the market at pr,co
lower than they have been since they
were entered as government lands, and
lower than they ever. will be again. In
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Arkan.
sas, L. uisiana aud Texas there are
some OF the best cotton lands in the
world for sale, and if England desire
cotton Of an excellent quality, 1T a fair
price, they will not hesitate to embark
at once in on enterprise that cannot but
be successful Texas has some 10000.
600 acres of superior cotton lands, and
has the capacity to produce more b$les
in one year tliah have ever been produc.
ed in one season. Alabama has 5000.
600 acres Of good cotton lands, and re-
suits have shown since the war thGt
Sotiol 10 d very ploitaOle ClOp.
The cotton crop Of 1852 was 3, l5O,.
600 bales, and the estimated number Of
hands employed III its production was
789,500. This was only fonr bales TO
each hand. Now, with free labor, under
an improved system OF cultivation, with
deep plonghing, with the use nl guano,
and with d share Of tile crop bf'jdnccd
going to the lRbofers, Tic niiiilber Of
bales to each hand may be safely esti-
mated at eight, and this will WELD
large profit to the planter. We believe
the inising Of cotton in the United
Slates is to be the most rcmunrra,ive
crop thy farmer cati put into tho soil.
A good hand will take cafs Of ten ares,
and only one bale to the acre; of $50
potfnds, giving $500 pounds of cotton
per hand. American cotton now sells
in Liverpool from l69d. q lsd. per
pound, gGld At even at fonrteefn cents
pound the yield per hand to tho farm.
or $3l5--this is allowing the planter
hut, ,Gfe halt, Of The CROP.
The number Of bales this year il es-
timated at 100000, and at twenty.
five cents pound the crop of 1859 will
be worth, at, 400 pounds to tic bale;
the snm of $3S7, 500, ,00o-more than
the vgfie of any cotton crop ever pro-
duced before in the United s.a.es. A.
year IS worth aS as76'3Sd5 IS 5G6. 'p In - 1850 $50
tRe imPor.s Of COTTON from the United
Status into Great Britain we've 2,58O,.
700 bales; and jf4m Hraafr fG3,o3 3bales,
from Egypt ,foS.5O6 bales, from thh
llast Indies 563,200 baies,, from tht'
West Indies $500 ba1"a total, Imports
into Great Britain in 1866, s,SeG;500
balesi
During tho fats war one one OF tic best
writers in England said that the Uni
ted States could levy Il small export
duty on cotton; for YitIioGt tho United
State. England could not obtain sup.
ply of cotton If such duality as she
needed for htt tbi!lS" TIfs fact alone
should induce England to look to this
country IN the future for her cotton sup
ply. Here the culture of cotton Is no
experiment; 1t is fact, and with all tho
nppl'onces Of improved culturc,' with
free intelligent, interested labor over
slave labor. with its Incidence, careleas-
ness and waste, there will be 10 difficnl.
ty IN tho planter calculating his product
OF cotton annually than there Is Of the
farmer Of the Fast or West calculating
the product Of his potatoes, corn or
wheat.
To go South to buy cotton lands is
not gong to country whore every
thing has to DO built up, railroads 10 be
mado and rivers to be improved, in or
der to get the GottoH to market. Tho
means OF communication arc already
easy and numerous, and new lines Of
railroads are now IN the course OF con-
strnclion, so as to make the carriage Of
freight less expensive to Galveston,
New Orleans, Mobile, &c. Instead of
gong into the far West we would ad-
wise the hardy intelligent emigrant to 90
Sontl to buy land, and fix his home in
a genial cline. where his industry will
be rewarded and where hs will bu with.
in a few hours Of the est tharketa Of ihs
South. West and East. .-Ns,U YYrk
Hera!d. g"
AnoraEW aKU KLux, NoTnXds-
On Tuesday last while It'd Conr& was
~ ssdsfShi ahd As Mr.. MprgaH Walker
than &hohY tBsTe j5 not more peaceful
Or more respected citizen in tia Godhty,
was lehving the Court Honse,; he was
mpuGshfW asaaifAd by Ole Tom John
a6hl 4 ,,s8fo.;iR 4 very iisolent manner
iRfegahi 70 some business matter. the
4 ppints Of which we oopld not gather.
yohhSoh called Mr.. Walker a liar,
when Mr. w let fly and'sprawled him
~ full length; and .w9nla have given
liith q Just aba merited' pibisRnent had
j not been fof the ibterferencs Of others.
Mr.. w. went ih.o Court and submitted
|--was af.erwards arrested ard ca,risd
| before The Mayor who bound him over
Ia court. Tho NEGRO ,gae, ,,i,;atlv, aent