Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-06-26
Tic Crops and the Planters.

| istiHS SioI!r, DDlil VI COLt0n ana corn.
The season So far has been exceeding
ly favorable, with only few draw
backs, such as temporary want rain,
and Il wind and hail storm now and
then, but dispite it all cotton is up
with good stands, and growing in
way to rcjoice'the farmers heart. Corn
too is doing well, and promises an ex-
cellcnt yield. Should our growing
season keep OH as well us it has done
SO far, We may well put this down
as one of the "Big crop years. Our
labor gives less trouble, and is under
better control, our fields arc cleaner,
and our crops better in all respects,
than has been the case for years past,
every thing is promising well, and if
old Probabilities will only keep Off
droughts, dclugcs, and tornadoes, for
the next six or eight weeks, the
general crops will be all that the far
mcr could wish, still We must not
count our chickens before they arc
hat;hed, and there arc many causes
which may, and are likely to, occur
before our CROPS are gathered, that
ray defeat the expectations of tie
least sanguine ofour planting friends,
although promising SO well now, We
have no guarantee that they will
reach maturity III the condition now
indicated. And nov one word 70 the
planters, as to the proportion of corn
and cotton planted, from all the in
formation we can gather, they arc
again following the old track, marked
out by the suicidal policy of planting
cotton to buy corn and bacon with, OF
two, = nr acres Of
-stion to one Of g,ain, are they never
to tire Of this wastcful drain upon
their purses? will they oversee, in
their blind devotion to the dcthroned
King cotton, that they are sending
millions west to purchase, what they
may raise and produce themselves, for
one quarter to one half the amount
thcy.arc now called upon to ray out ?
The Changes South are taking some
feeble steps toward correcting this
grave error, but they cannot find
hearty cooperation in the Oranges
West, ms they arc the parties who
profit by our blindness, this crying
evil must be corrected here, among
and by ourselves, each planter must
learn 10 raise his own hog and hominy,
and pay less tribute to that old hum
bug. King cotton, II crop Of three and
one-half million bags, will sell for
just MS much money as one Of four and
one quarter million, it takes the
planter less labor, less money, less
land, less Of every thing to mike it,
and gives you ample time, labor &C.,
to raise grain enough for all your
wants.
Throughout the world almost,
labor is banding itsclfinto Leagues
and associations, for sclfp,otcclion,
an: TO correct the injurious views and
actions Of detached parties, to meet
this, capital and science nre con,biu-
ing themselves into Unions also, for
preservation Of their interests, be.
tween the two opposing interests
matters arc being rapidly brought to
q satisfactory bases Of settlement, and
while the laborcr receives Tic lust
amount due for lis services, capital
retains a proper interest on lis invest
mcnts. Alone among all Of the various
trades, professions, or interests the
planter, until latcly, has formed no
Union, has had no concert Of action
with regard to his interest, notwitl.
standing that he represents 10 great
extent the wealth, intelligence and
future welfare of orr country. Let
all Of the planters Of the South comee
together, through their representative
men, their influence is immense, let
their actions be proportionate. Bind
yourselves 10 plant such proportion
OF cotton, and such proportion Of
grain, and raise your own bacon, these
hi, l. .