The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08
The Corn Policy.

We have had q good many "orus W
say in favor of this policy from time to
time, says the Macon (Ga.) Journal and
MESSENGER. but our conscience has never
reproached us for saying to much. At
the risk OF being deemed wearisome by
some. and presumpeous by other t'llers OF
the soil. we have tried to show by facts
patent to all, and figures that none can
dispute, the impo!cy of. an exclusive cot
ton policy. We hope we have sowed
some good seed, and that in the truition
thereof VIC shall have our reward. Still
we apprehend that much Of it has fallen
on story soil, and that its harvest will be
great Epecaniary EN- barrassment, and pos
sibly ruin to many.
When we read that S450,cN worth OF
fertilizers has been sold in one county,
say, knowing that it is to make cotton
with we are surer than ever that the
trouble is very widespread and very deep
seated. This is not an isolated case, eth
er. I'VE suppose it can be matched by
many counties on every railroad in the
State. and in sections too that are this
importing corn for daily use. VIII
men never learn that until we are SELF
supporting we will never be rich, no mat
terhow much cotton we raise, nor what
price it commands? 1t really seems as if
we are determined to try, by succession
of sacrifices, if this axiom in political
economy cannot be proved lie. Wetry
one plan one year, and are nearly swamp.
ed, and next year we try its opposite, and
DO very well, pull out of the heaviest part
of our troubles, and then turn right around
and set about plunging headlong into the
swamp again. The stupidity OF such a
proceeding is only equaled by its incom-
prehersibility.
If there should be foreign war the Sit
uation of the South with big cotton crop,
and the Europea markets closed against
her and with no "hog" and very little
..hominy,n would be most appalling. Grant
rsay or he may not drift the country into
such d war, but even if he does not, there
is nm intestine war between money and
credit drawing nearer and nearer the
shoclc of battle. If this shock comes and
finds Southern warehouses bursting with
cotton, what then2 The Mobile Register
answers:
1.-THE dire necessity Tor Proauctioh 10
fill the balance of exports, now 80 heavy
against her, would then be heavier each
month. Te fill this, cotton would take
the 6rst place, and its price wonld depend
soleiy upon the position in watch the
Soath then stood in the matter of food.
If the planters put in grair' now, there
could be no reason to ship except ut pay
ing rates. If, on the other hand, the South
is perfectly bare of fooa, she would have
to exchange her cotton for Northern and
Western grain, at any price the holders
putSupon it. =
.sTbero is no need to repeat nor dwell
upoa this This proposition is toe clear
Let Cotton growers be warned. Plant
corn cotton growing region Plant corn,
plant.wheat, plant peas, plant potatoes
Raise6ogs and all you want to eat at
home 2. Let cotton be secondary consld-
eration.' Plant it by all means, but plant
enough and to spare OF corn first ; and ev-
cry stalk is just SO much per centage IN
qola, added to the lessened crop OF cotton" )"