The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-04-05
- hoh Cotton
&c Shreveport Times,

/, MFtalsAo Shreveport Times"
~ 9Evite the gravo attention of
lyljEl4ss5i jfEs4si. pting friends to tho following
lN7 s'lghich il rendered them by a
H5 IN found practical sense, and
MI lo no personal interest in the
W ,Tttd We arc we'll aware how
y sHtie gard is paid by planters to
j. tech ggosti9ns, and especially if
'ney bmu from editors. but it
"ould Eem that this years expert
eoRfe Y'uld force upon thom 4 radi
N tot + Se in their mode of farming.
be- ~ +las sold thus season as low ,s
bo& IhfH half conts, nnd this is
iF&Ysult of ny c,or crop III two ways
i. !. 'heesiirst place, tho market is
49,; and, in tho second place,
E>c @Mlds could not gather it before
The Ftaplc had been almost ruined
Ny trash and dirt, Neither result
ESould have occurred if a smaller
'!grea had he"n pl;ntod in cotton
5s is ~ self evident proposition,
N p grange could accomplish much
fI5llod TX this diroctian, and also much
Ikpod sYstom regulating the
|lSfise Of labor, It occurs to us that
'83fo two points are Of more vital
Hiportanco to tho interests Of plant
My than anything bc,idos to which
NVjelr energies can be devoted. Un-
Xvrtanatcly, however,, if tho plan
81 ,poscd were agreed to. a large
q }portion of the planters might
H clude that as everybody olse was
d ting thoy would increase their
II ,ol,crop and thus it might 70
q THAT Il larger crop would be
q ilted thnn if nothing hud been
"a iAbout it,
n, Editor Ii"tS:: Allow mo, if you
eWHasc, n space IN your WILDLY circu-
fea paper to address II short letter
Ao tho planters of tho cotton States.
ESping an invalid, 7 have visited the
n mth in October. returned north
81 id cast i'll May for tho last five
y }sa5aiE, and hnve been close observ
Of tho various interests of the
lSouth in the different States. I hope
Ait will not be an intrusion if otior
D n Fam decided in my opinion that
= the American cotton belt of country
sis meqna)lcd by any part of the
aglobe. It's climate, forests, water.
5Efruit and variety of productions
1jplace IL III n commanding position to
Arapjdly recover the late mlsfortlnoS
EIpf Wal. But l have discovered the
\ ihrror In to which the planters have
|lE'allen. Erom one end OF the country
ko the other they seem to think that
|dShe soil will produce nothing but
|Nottan, while wheat, oats, peas,
|Eotatocs. pearUts. fruits, vegetables,
laIrapes. and vine crops are neglect
3,teb as though they ronld not be
lEN Used in this belt. Consequently
l@ iey.fave swellcd the cotton pro-
MMction to 1000, 900 of bales, thereby
the price, until it is pro
Fiucing fearful panic amongst
n Them They see the wrong, but still
! pursue it. If they would reduce the
'tcotton crop and produce 1000. 600
bales, it would bring 20 to rs cents
Z pcr pound, AMI thereby furnish as
much money as 1000. 900 bales does
now. Besides. this would allow
1000, 0G0 of acres more to go into
provision crops, which would fill
every barn and smokehousc with
supplies, aud the money, at 500
per bnle, would be kept at home,
/ ratI4h, than sent abroad Mt heavy
y cosSnnd high prices for provisions.
q You talk of immigration. You will
not succeed until you have home
supplies to invite immigrants there
to .; q country SO destitute of pro
{ visions is looked on with suspicion
and doubt. A change, radical
change, must take place in Southern
planting before she rccovcrs, and
when it is done, and provisions arc
plentiful all over The land, immigra-
tion will flow into it your lands will
enhance in value, and your fortunes
will be M in former years.
It is estimated that 100000 OF
acres arc cultivated to got 100000
bales Oh coLIoll, Wllcn f,bUp.UUl
acres would give you the 100000
bales and leave you 100000 acres
4 Tor other crops, besides that which
! is alrcndy III use for your provision
purposes. With the addition OF
the 1000, 900 acres, one crop alone
world relieve you. The grangors
gecA to be induatriously seeking tc
reduce expenses, buy and transport
cheap, and still they fail to strike
the keynote of success. They may
get cotton transported, stored anC
sold free of cost, and grow poorer
every year, While they toll in cotton
fields only, and neglect their pro
vision crop. This change of South
Z ern farming will be gratifying to the
merchants who are annually pressed
to afford supplies for people who
could easily produce them. 1t may
be said that il affords profit tt
s me.ehants. Not SO. Produce ii
soR at nominal profit, and often q
cost, owing to tluctuation in prices
y Still the merchant groans under i
& .rd finally both suffer more or less