, 1875-05-08

work and. wear Biucp, We zero III STATE OF
nar here" '''
What hc sasd of I.ittlo noca mas sclf.s1ident
trntl,, Not two dozen idla negroes waro to bo
seen in tho PRINCIPAL streots In half-day'B
stroll. And no more woro there vhits it1lcrs.
| So IL VIVA Al tho wnY-btatsons on tho railroad,
and through tho plsntatiol-country. Ivory.
where, everybody, black nnd white, did seem 1T
work; everywhere, In tbs Holds, Wcre both
| blacks ami whites to b accn, plowinB, plant
ing. etc. The largest gang OF hands 1aw wan
IN "cIcarlng, '-rcrlinps dozen In Ill, four or
hyo Of nlloul wsrc whltcD, and whI,cs and mo-
grocs wcro working together, rolling the loga
into heaps to be burned.
Evon along tho Inns Of tia Memphis Il I.sttlo
Hook Hallway Which, for most rark OF Tho Ioutc.
eocn1cd \ NAtor-way, tho entire region for ncAr
half lilo distance being ovoriowed,- wherever
patch Of any lnnd Was yiRlb1c, bomoboly WAS
blowing OF lad rlowcd It cabins wors In rc-
pair, ncN fcncos had boon built, and tho st1ip3
oi prairie through Which sle ROAD PAGES. sila
Mhis ntlof.o lssG boon regarded az ,s Mos'n'chs
len'ls woro being ni9ntcd In corn Anu oa.a' IN
~ Arkansas aud W!to N'scr ':hess. lug pan.
sss!1ns @ were we're III ~ high Assats VI ea9t''Aao' AZ
CAL 10 loahu -..-.-. .-...--
ASrwrTnE 1x 1nE rS1rED STATES
aiming fasn-lattls; an. IN neat, clehnIy appear
a',cc of The fields good fencing, a'l fine culture,
recalled tbs joleoy aruen faIina netNceh
New York snl plllaacjpliia. tlde down tho
Arkansas bottoms null dl.ahnse the mind OF any
man from the North uf the notion that tho cot
ton-!anda in Tint locality, A. least, nfe not cult
vascd to tho hlgiieTt lrEtcc. ncfe afs thoh-
santls Of acres Of rich allaslal lands, which hare
boon plowcd and plowcd again. AMI worked till
tbs whole eurtace is well nigh a. mellow az all
| ash.hcap Tn svo.y plantation, too. y wan
noticeable that ovory available roou OF !and whA
nHs D. Luz oss hna ZEN run y"
fusroV could not ha'e noch run Without III o. re-
inovlng ths rails Ihe flSca, o. fAtscu furrn"e II
tno GENRE o. Mu'ca sne co.t9i 10 rtanteu, oi VIII
H. r.wnot ',ot.t, +o,.s 80 .s.s -, Nnr,%.s
~ ni,a ,n.sm"G - " .,n ..a.
,ia... r. Toit iI bno, sIn,.,J x.sa 1s,
os rs, .. es nsa neon P'oMnea n. a.nanu; TO-. s,csi
,oenoI ,inmun" .sto ', - rn.k AnS w. u M.s
nv o;,ncrp a,Jn tho ,vcr far a. ta ev. ro,11
ro.ah W. S''A'' o'o' Nu3 's' *u' eou'0
i'1St ~ ,,,,xs, a.. ,.,,,ax .,,.. liz. ~, =,
s1op '1'o seai' HAS ~ Ae 0nA"A ue6'ee
pso'pP'co
, THE ExfhAohn1sANY INDUSTRY
which il hero selt-eyidcnt. People hren't
On Arkansas, plantations, mora than, IN
ltllno!a corn'iieEds; aud last years failure
OF lhe crops leit t!tein the alternative VI
Molktne "f Starving nut invent'Easlon y SHOWS,
lnrtIier' that mere II anywhere It rafs 70 "ork;
Anu ofsaeas,y me laoorefa Whlte h'iu placN' TorH
ttso MORO heartily oeea,!s6 It MI pay, Ihe
plantations hTo worried almost oxo!uslscly "on
shnras, WHICH syaten han Been loilhu most
Bomo hhthnceB. the iana 10 leased dlrccs to ths
laporcrs at, saJ 10 pounds OF Int cotton worth.
oil an average, hty cl5 rer acre; IN lew cases.
hands nr ase !'rsa ~ @zo to 729 es month nas
and the planters, AZ rule, have not Tug aystla-
bio cash to tt! It,. Where tho work IA done on
ehafes. n tho workman ovna Ills own team aud
ieoda 4: bearing AL his own expenses no gets
tTo-th1raa Tho crop. When tic planter 1nr-
nlsles she team md feed, tho Workman gets
ohe-haN'
TIE AVERAGE LOT
cultivated by each man il from to 8 aoros
portion n,o laud ID now being pIal.ted,-sho do
Termination being to raiso sufficient corn, in any
event, to kcop tic mules over wiutor, aud 10
furnish abundant nupply Of meal for tho Iaborer
! md blu family. With ! favorable season, tho
yield will DO from nl1 to ten bacs per Inborsr,
besides ths corn-aupply, and What can bo rcalix-
cd from tic Ha1e Of seed, wlici, latter howeres
IL MI inconsidcrablo item. For hia share, The
1aborer, at tho end OF tho Season, will rcasiza
FROM three to 1.-Two bales, wortll from e2uo to
sa75, bca,lcs hiB corn.nurp1y, If sold worth, at
moderate Estimate, $40. II hs 10 tho
posacssor OF mule, his share will ba from
four TO six and two-thira bales or from a26G. &C
TO S5oo' and MS share OF corn IN addition. Sc-
shate Of tue cotton.pasch rop'resauts biz earn.
ings in - c1ccaa OF 1amiiy supplies for tho most
part. To tue fact, therefore, ihati paye, doubt
us DO ,hs h r..
eenes lori sf II ts asi oa0 IL a ssoa sa bo @
white mani country" - thcy now designate tho
norsh"csto'n portion OF tho state 1n tho bot
som.lHoa . eottoo-helas. .no negro can practs-
caiiv bare no competition. Neither. the
malaria nor tls buitry heat aHtet1 hin, Uhtlo, ~
tho oldest piantcra adfnIt, "hlts laborers Sic
canlb TO toth. 1t u al"o aamltted' without re-
serve, that the cottoa-c'ilsure In tho bottom.
lands, which aro tic great cottoh-1clds, ia dc.
| pcndont wholly upon tho negro and, for tAnk
reAson. tue gonoral feeling ia to encourage nc
grc-inimigtatlon. There seena none: or but
| most remote, prospect Of tho neg1oes becoming
| owners of these line plantations, nlllcls in the
worst Of the depression resulting from last Jears
!ailufe Of ths crop, anu tue ahortenng OF credits
fos p!antat!ot-au supplies, cannot bo bought for
!9ss tlan f5o to s75 Per actc,-sao purchase
tllen including unclcnred land c0uai 10 Of greater
IN area than that under cultivation: When
crop Is made, tho prlco will largely advance for
eren now cotton.tclda IN tho Arhauths bottoms.
peloM Alttla itocR, h1o sohted ~ ilom ~ 10
sis;oo cash (ler aefc.-lafeo ooaiea OF the bcst
lahas o. tno later nsufc, sMem lo-psf-
Ggi Ggns ahsessmenl a. ltom soo 70 s1~' Fef acre.
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