The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-06-25
COTTON.
NuamER THREE
AreHArAIArk, June. ls7V

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Mr.. Editor The question which was
asked in my first letter, but not answered,
again recurs but we will present it IN an
other form, thus: How shall planters best
control the price of their crops and secure
to themselves a just compensation for the
fruit of their labors ? There is a great deal
said in Southern journals about the neees-
ssity Of the Southern people raising their
own corn, pork and -four, and manuiaetur-
ing their W implements of hnsbandry,
fromsa g to an a~xe-hapdle, and every
thing we wear, from a hat toa pair Of shoes:
Now, this is all idle verbiage-mere twad-
die. IF the West can make corn, and pork,
and: -four cheaper and Of a better quality
and no one will deny that she can-let her
do it, and let all who live convenient TO nav
;igation Of transportation Of any kind, par
chase what they can buy cheaper than. they
can raise it. On the. other hand, let others
who live remote from transportation, raise
all that is construction the place, and to
some extent make their own clothing, their
Dwn wagons, ploughs and axe. helves. But
where they live, convenient to navigation,
and are farming for profit, let no. man who
wishes to succeed in making money attempt
to raise his own pork, OF even corn, further
than to feed his teams; fon it requires one
bushel of corn to make 81 pounds of fresh
pork, even after the hogs. are grown.
The West is better adapted by soil and
climate to raise corn; pork aad afoaR,; and
the North and East have the advantages Of
material, skill and labor, to manufacture
the various articles. of clothing, and the i'm.
plements of husbandry, than the South;
and let them do it, and let the South en-
courage a reciprocity Ct trade in all those
things which she can>buy cheaper than she
can raise or manufacture. But let the South
by deyoting a little more capital and Labor
to the purpose, convert her own staples in
to a form, that viii double their value, ant
enable them at all times, by prudent man
agement, to oentreI the prices at their owl
pleasure.
According to the report of Col. John D
Palmer, of South Carolina, cotton can b,
converted into yarns cheaper, by five cent
a pound, by Southern manufacturers tina,
in the North and the yarns can, be spur
and delivered in Europe four and three
quarter cents cheaper than they can bu,
raw cotton and spin it. These statement
are supported by the most minute statistic
as regards the price OF cotton, labor, woe
and subsistence. from the actual showing
books in different factories. An ordinar.
crop Of coston is worth to, the South 1926,
000, DOC. Were this crop converted int
yarns, It would yield $4,000 600 more
revenue to the South, and would pay tn
laborers, chiefly women and children, VIII
are usually noa,producers, $4,000, oo(
Thus the whole cotton crop, we're il eve
converted into yarns, would be worth I
the South Sal |, Ooo, 600, instead Of 1926
000, 000. But this is only a part of th
profits derived from our truly wonderft
crop. In my next I will show the profit
to be derived from the seed.
Yours, JOHN ]. GLOW.
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