Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-15

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Memphis and Charleston railroad I
One Of our exchanges unbottles hi:
wrath as follows, SpOn a description OF
cotton worms that do more harm 70 the
stable in the bale than ever the cater
pillars do il in the field: We have made
free comments on the systematic efforts
Of spectators to plumber the cotton pro
ducer by circulating exaggerated reports
of the extent Of the crop; and have
stated that they have succeeded in put
ting down prices about four cents per
pound within the past four weeks. This
has been effected at a stage Of the crop
when il was impossible TO form a ra-
uonal opinion on the subject. The sea-
son was not half advanced, and the
growing crop vas liable 10 all the I'M
fOreseen probabilities Of destruction by
caterpillar. boil worm, drOuth or exces-
,iye rains. From all these causes The
Growing crop has suffered in different
Uarts Of the cotton region, since reports
were put in circulation that it would
equal and probably exceed the yield OF
1870. While we have occasion to com
pIain of the systematic misrepresenta-
lion Of interested parties 10 create false
IMPRESSIONS concerning the extent OF
the crop. candOr compels US Is say that
producers are not entirely free from
blame. Too many of them play into
the hands of INSCRIPTIONS spectators
and become the instruments Of damage
to themselves in the mode described BY
the Woodville Sentinel, whose observa-
tiOns We commend TO the special atten-
ton Of planters:
Now, the question occurs, whose fault
- - > and We aHnzN-ar most FHnnhmfNTnlNN
the fault Of eOtton-growers. No c0mbi-
nation for the purpose Of promoting
financial suicide could be more perfect
than that existing among planters
for the purpose Of deerying their own
products. As soon as the seed is in the
ground the cry begins, and the universal
bvmn Of praise is sung continuously I'M
III the silly farmers sing their cOttoni itself
down TO a mere song. Then grOans are
substituted. To please the merchant,
who doles out their supplies under heavy
~exactions, they begin 70 eXaggerate the
condition of their crops. Then we have
early blooms, and biggest bolls, and The
first omen cotton Of the season paradeC
i'm wspape all OF which facts are
eagerly seized upon by those Who vii
he buyers, whose interests are directly
opposed to that Of the sellers; and thus
out Of the mouths of the foolish planter
themselves, they gather evidence 10 de
~Ureciate the value Of the great staple
IMPOVERISHED as the Southern people
are il is passing strange that they WI
PERSIST in sacrificing many millions 0
dollars yearly TO this insane fOllyof fata
ex~aggerauon"
We eOndense an armful Of interesting
cotton reports Of the past week as fol-
lows:
On ,Sere before September, this year ]
come in July, and Is Formidable in Au
cnlst. crave ap~prehensions- =.
ALBANY, GA-The caterpillar Is L
Southwestern Georgia; the RAINY wealth
er Is favorable TO them a,
MACON, GA.-The caterpillar Is Wep
bling up. the tenth Of August VIII see ds
strnction. East Mississippi ana Euiaui
are riddled. Loud complaints.
SANpERsvILLR, GA.-EariY cotto
has suffered severely but not destTucl
yely from the great heat; there Is shea