The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-22

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lat amount to about 5000 tierces more than at
the same time last year. It will be seen that
the crops are steadily increasing. In addition
to the Atlantic coast crop, given above, an i'm
petus has been give" 70 rice cultivation In
Louisiana, and that. production forms a con-
| siderable part Of the 'amount consumed In the
| Southwestern aud Northwestern States. Had
1t not been, however, for special causes grow,
ing out Of the war, the amount now produced
| would be likely to exceed largely the pr0duc-
| tions in the big crop year of l859n60. The cul-
ture of rice is one OF the most delicate and IN
| certain of occupations. The laborer-should
live on the plantation so as 10 be ready at any
time to apply himself to the protection or nur-
ture ofthe growing crop. On each plantation
the crop to a tidewater river and to food the
| rice fields. Each canal Is furnished with
dykes and 1ood-gates on the principle Of canal
locks: also trunks in the side of the basin,
through the gates Of which the fields are
flooded. The seed grows up through water,
and the land is then dried and nursed till 1t
becomes necessary to food and dry 1t again,
and prepare 1t for the last, or what they call
1.-THE harvest flow. Since the war planters
have suffered from several reasons:
First. Want OF capital. The planters, before
the war, were gentlemen OF wealth. Since
the war they have been quite poor. When
they offered their lands as security Tor loans Of
money, made necessary by poverty, capitalists
either refused the loans or consented only
upon receipt OF Is to Is per cent. interest.
Even now planters are paying to factors IL,
-l3 and Is per cent, besides q for ADVANCING
the money and "a for selling the rice, either
cleaned or in the rough. These things often
compel the planter to sell his rice as soon as
harvested In order to meet his obligations.
Fortunately the old planters have their old
canals, dykes, trunks and food-gates, and'by
repairs have placed them again in working
condition. Were it not for that they could not
succeed in raising any part Of a crop. The
best portions OF the Carolina lands, that is
those where artificial means of flooding re-
NAMED, are now In cultivation, yielding, how
ever, only from one-fourth to one-haf a crop.
1t is impossible TO do better, first, for the
reason above given-want d capttal, and,
Second. The unreliabillty OF labor; owing
to want of competition. Before the war the
negroes lived on the plantations, and were
under the control of their masters at all times.
II was easy then when q canal bank, a trunk
or q food-gate gave way to repair the damage
at once and save the crop. But now the field
negroes OF the swamps have become shittless
and lndolent, being under. no control, and MT
being endowed by nature or education with
the knack Of caring tor themselves. They do
not seem to have any ideaof a future want,
but, after hunger forces them to work for 9
little while in order TO earn provisions and
fiji their bellies, they roll over In the sun, like
over.fed alllgators, and forget everything in
sleep. OF course all negroes are not OF that
class, but / feel assured that the rice negroes
generally are. The fact that they are free has
dawped upon them in a peculiar way. They
seem to think the privilege of voting means
that they shall govern, and that government
means q division OF 81 antial benefits, such
as money, property. &c. Different ideas Of q
similar nature affect, them In different
ways, but the result is the Incubation Of an
INDECENT, shlttless and capricious spirit OF ne
change Is either that they will become more
Intelligent and learn that the employer and
employee have Identical interests in the pro-
duct OF labor; or, that Chinese labor shall be
imported. White laborers from the North
would die on rice plantations, not from the
heat OF tho climate, but from chilfs and fevers
induced by the miasma OF the swamps ano
can live through the effects Of the miasma. l
find q strong feeling here In favor of the in
PRODUCTION Of Chinese labor. The planters say
that with Cinnamon they could work out q full
crop.
It frequently happens now that a planter
finds himself enable to get labor at any price
lust at the harvest time when the crop suffers
from INJURY IL lelI uHCuI.
Third. Limit Of market. But this is q natu-
raj consequence Of the two former mlsfortlnes.
The fact IL, that If the tariff Of "a per cent. gold
now Imposed on imported rice were taken on,
there would be very little Cultivated, because
of the uncertainty Of labor. With q reliable
system Of labor-the rice productions OF Caro-
lima are 80 much superior to foreign produc-
.tlons-the crops would all sell at remuneratiYe
rates withoutan protective tariff.
The East India rice Imported Into this coun-
try Is cleaned to save freight. 1t gets musty
and stale, and undesirable when delivered,
compared with the home production. The
American rice is much fresher, and brings IN
market about one cent q pound more than the
East India rice. Thus, with tariff added, when
imported rice brings Sc TO Sc so per 100 pounds,
Carolina rice brings 81 to 81 so, and furnishes a
small profit to the planter.
Before the war the finest quality ian es-
pecial productlon) OF Carolina rice was export
ed to Havre for manufacture into rice stone
"a mineral afterwards made into statuettes
and other ornaments in imitation OF Parian
marble. A large amount was also SOLD ID Inc
rough for export to Copenhagen, Bremen and
other points in north Europe, and to Amster-
dam, where 1t was cleaned in mills and thrown
upon the European market. All those de-
mauds are discontinued. The rice crop OF the
South Is now made to supply only tne nome
consumption; but it is all consumed through
distributions from New York. Chicago and the
intermediate and dependent cities oil supply.
Il BIT OF GER1fIN GOSSIP.
Count nloltke and his Million of Money.