Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-11
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Nashville Journal a Commerce OF the
-eventh reports There was shipped from
This point between september i, ISL, and sep
TENDER I. ISL S,sl5 bales, 2r53 OF which were
not handled here. Our receipts this year
cotton factors are better prepared 20 handle II
and the prices rule about i've cents higher
fhan al the opening Of the season last year"
The same paper has doubts about all the cot
ton 10 the fields having disappeared, and says:
last week we alluded 70 the numerous re-
ports OF damage done the crops by caterpil-
i4rS. rust and dr0uth. Now while readily adj
mixing that the crop in some sections viii fall
considerably below the brilliant prospect OF a
few weeks since. we feel constrained TO eau
rion our friends not TO exagerate the probable
damage from the cause mentioned, or II viii
Poe remembered by those whose interest leads
them 10 retain such facts, that almost eXacLy
the same condition Of things existed in sep
tamber. 1850. Indeed, through Eastern Alaba-
ma and Georgia there was scarcely any one
bold enough ID say be would make half a
crop. 50 great was the complaint that
those who were looked TO as authority In crop
estimates generally agreed that 100000 was
certain % be The maximum late IN december
@ few ventured 70 predict ~ millions, and
the uual result far exceeded even TINS, the
crop having reached aI0-VU bales., Our eA-
pyrieuce l. that the evils complained Of now
attacking cotton that Is unusually large and
IuNuriauL. are almost sure 20 be greatly exag-
,.r4fI-I. as ne damage is generally more in
appearance than reality. Whatever the
damage done may be, the planter has certain
rlelds are white with the harvest snd picking
will 20 on rapidly
MHE~rE- InOL- PHILIPS q 20. nave received
the following from a planter in nenad coun-
~. Mississippi, dated September Ith: " Con
corning our crops, they are the poorest, prob
ably, ever raised in the State. My crop Is cut
short from one-half to tws-thtrds Of what ]
expected 70 make five weeks ago; agents from
New Orleans say cotton is a failure all over
their state. I send YOU a branch OF cotton TO
show YOU the effect the heat has had. There
are whole nelds where the plant is entirely
without leaves, and all the bOlls smaller than
those on the branch I send have fallen OF;
those Of larger size are opening prematurely,
and the cotton VIII be worthless Our entire
crop viii be open this month. Though l have
PLANTED from Si5,OO 70 $4,000 worth OF cotton,
am not disposed 10 have the blues, but state
facts a. they are. / think it would be a bene-
nit Tor both merchants and planters 70 know
how short the crops are
W. n. Gibbons, OF Clarendon, Arkansas,
writes 70 Rosser. lizard & Co: "The present
rlttonl crop Of our country viii not average
halfthe usual quantity. Have had.nO rain for
seven weeks. IN many places II VII take hve
acres % make to make q bale. White
river best cotton lands viii not average more
Than one thousand pounds 70 the acre. I
nope 20 make nearly half a crop" Smith &
Berry. Of ST Francis county, Arkansas, write
as follows 20 the same firm. d" We have COM
meuc-1 picking cotton. We do not think that
we shall make over halfcrops IN this section Of
Ihe country. A southern exehange paper
says that planters, Notwithstanding the dam
age done their cotton crop, are, as a general
Thing, IN a better condition 70 continue plant
ing than they were even last year. This sdue
To the fact that the corn crop has been unn-
suaIN me. Throughout Alabama especially,
MMA = M@aAAAAAN " eA9AEAAH . A@AE. A@A
g,st OF corn and fodder VIII reward the plant
e~ Tor their labOrs, and thus save the expense
of buying these supplies 10 commence opera
lions The area planted in cereals Is more eX-
IenSiye than Al any period since the war, and
ln this the planters have displayed good iudg-
1ment. The many dangers 70 which the cotton
crop j. always EXPOSED during Its develop
memt render Il essential that the planter
should provide some means whereby disaster,
should 10 come, may not completely PROSTATE
him. This can only be accomplished by rails
Ing sufficient corn and other produce % carry
MIN through the succeeding year. II is IN
Given in general damage 70 the crops,
but we NAV say that 10 is the impression in
aulgesd in that the bottom and middle crops
,fre too Ear advanced to admit Of damage TO
he Boston 6l0be remarks: From both the
r1osish and American tables OF cotton Stats
rIr2 IL appears that the American cotton crop
Is raDjdfV a%ttaining its former position ia the
T.Id were onlv about 6sO,0W cwL less than IN
So Dnrfur $50 and 1874 the impOrtsOf Ame-
1#..4u COTTON in Great Britain were h,0S,9S
sWf. and from British lnqla o%osAo cWt,
fuT me Iast two wears Of s,T40-0s cWt. The
problem now to be solved in the south Is OF
Improving the methods Of agriculture ana
cneapeuing the cost Of handing ana OF Trans
p~ortauon. The demand has not yet been fully
met, and the time will probably come Nltnin
"a very few years when the sOuth Hll ma a
ready and profitable market Tor I'VE on SIX
millions OF bales; hence the necessity OF ace
mand on the part Of the SOuthern planter for
"a reduction Of transportation. Land II cheap
and abundant; and II the cost OF labor ana
carriage could be reduced, the South would
soon recover her former supremacy IN shs
cOtton markets OF the world. IL is eslmateo
That IeXas alone contains land capable Of pro-
ducing llUQuU bales Of cotton annually and
that Is considerably more than is consumed
al present by the whole civilized world.