The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-06-27
TIE COTTON SURPLUS.


policy of less cotton and more corn
and Of farmers and planters raising
everything that they need .upo1
: their places to sustain life, even
though they cannot produce the
/, same amount in actual cash value
!, and by recent examples shown thai
! a planter actually loses money BY
the one-crop system, and the coun
try is getting poorer every year
r and VIC are fully sustained in these
assertions by that best of authority
Prof J. Il. Dodge, of the Depart
, ment OF Agriculture, at Washing
ton, in his address before the Ma
tional Agricultural Congress, held
at Atlanta, Ca, last month. In re-
ference to che Southern States, he
says:
"Thc cotton States have been
especially persistent in disregard
ing the teachings Of statistics and
dcfying the laws Of political econo.
my. Every intelligent publicist
knows that a certain amount of
money, say y present average of
S30o,0OO,0oO, may be derived from
cotton. If the average quantity is
increased the price diminishes, and
else rcrsN.
elf fluctuations are frequent the
speculator or manufacturer, and
not the producer, derives an adj
vantage. IF you choose to produce
100000 bales, you obtain 10 cents
Ier pound and lose money; if you
grow but three, You get 25 cents
and obtain y profit. Now, it is bet
ter for the world, and in a series of
years, better for the grower, to pro-
duce regularly enough to supply
the current wants ''of the trade
ut a medium and ssremunerative
price, or as near Il regular supply
as possible, for the vicissitudes of
the season will inevitably cause in
furious fluctuations despite the
highest effort of human wisdom and
foresight. AS tho uses of cotton
increase, and markets are extended
throughout tho world, it's manufac.
ture will be enlarged, and it's cul-
tire should obtain corresponding
enlargement. To overstep the
boundary of current demand and
glut the market, may be pleasing |
to the speculator, and to +he manu-
facturer, so far as he combines
speculation with weaving, but it is
death to tho grower."-[Om Homo
Journal and Rural Southland.
to A gentleman had occasion to
call on the Rev. Thomas Campbell
when he was at GLASGOW. "ls.the
dominic in 2" he inquired of a port
" dame who opened the door. "He
is in the yaird, sooperintendin' Sau-
hcrs, tho carpenter. Ye can see
him the moo ifyour business is vera
precise" The gentleman walked
into the yard, where, he beheld a
briskly planning away to
The air of Maggie Lauder, and the
dominic standing by. Unwilling to
lntrude on their conversation, he
stepped aside, and heard, "Sauners
[ say! Can yc no hear me?" eyes,
l hcac ye. What's your
Sillr "Can ye no whistle some
nair solemn and godly tune while
7e're at your work. I" "a -weel, min
ster, if it be your wull, I'll cen do
t." Upon which he changed the
lir to the Dead March in Saul,
greatly to the hinderance Of the
planning. The dominic looked on
or some minutes i'll silence, and
hen said, "Sauners, I hae another
vord to say till ye. Did the guide
wife hire ye by the days darg or by ,
he job" "The days darg was our
greeing, MASTER" "Then, on the
Whole, Sauners, I think ye may
ast as we'll gle back to whistling s,