The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-07

by the tax book. This represents an immense amount
OF land. as at its reduced price ii sold tor nominal
ngures. The property owned by the negroes is al
most entirely land. Every property owning negro is
democrat. almost without exception. There is no
sort OF prejudice against selling lands to negroes
The system OF small farms will, of result in
the more thorough cultivation OF the land and the
building up of collateral industries.
NORTHERN EXAMPLES
The statistics show that the system of raising
fiom supplies at home and OF stimulating farming
into science will emphasize itself and establish itself
more thoroughly next year. There will be heavy
increase in grain crops in sheep folds and orchards
The southern people have just fairly learned the
secret of thorough farming. and they working
Il out with energy. knot of New York farmers set
tied in Morgan unity of this State several wears ago.
and established series of farms the most APP
proved Northern principles. The native farmers at
first scoted then watched and have now initiated and
have made Morgan county the best cultivated county
in the State. SO of Swiss colony on Cumberland
Mountain in Tennessee; German colony in North
The soil of the South is rich and fertile the negro
labor the cheapest this side Of Chung Lee.
and general advantages good simply needed that the
farmers OF the South should be lifted out of the old
loose ruts and shown how to adapt themselves to free
labor and the system of planting. This has been
done al last, and general prosperity is breaking.
PROGRESS IN ALABAMA.
The agricultural reports of Alabama show the same
results as are found in Georgia. The negroes are
buying more largely OF land and rapidly be-
coming steady. taxpaying and responsible citizens.
county grange passed resolution las did also one
in Georgia. forbidding its members to sell or
rent land to negroes The public sentiment soon
olution and an abandonment of this miserable policy.
The general tax value OF Alabamas property has de-
The merchants confident of the winters trade and
the farmers are comparatively out of debt and have
more spending money than before in years.
FLoRIDAs ORANGE CROP.
The Florida orange crop. which is now being mar
keed, is the heaviest and finest that has ever been
grown. OF course thousands of trees have come
into bearing but the surplus that these would have
given was more than swept away by the terrible eau
noctal winds The crop commands good prices and
plantations.
bulk before it is gathered The orange crop Of this
year will bring about thirty per cent more than was
ever realized before. The general crops were fine
and the conditions Of the farmers reported excellent
Mr. Maxwell, railroad superintendent at Fernandina.
informs your correspondent that the local shipments
on the line OF his road which cuts through the upper
part Of the State nearly doubled this year
over last. steady tide of immigrants has been
pouring into the northern part OF the State and
Ting on the public lands. Ships were loaded daily
at Fernandina some with early vegetables for North
ern markets.
Interviews with the merchants of Atlanta. Mont
gomery and Savannah show no variance from the
general cheerful and hopeful outlook. Merchants In
the various cities and in various kinds of business
port the of the business Of this
forty per cent. do not say the same month Of
last year. for the business is fully weeks earlier
this year than last but the comparison is made
the same period of last year. The merchants noted
almost invariably that tho Northern and East
merchants much more anxious to sell
70 the South this year than for the last two
three years and are disposed to give more liberal
credit. Last year and the year before the qucs-
ton was. How much do you ncedY' 1t now is.
slow much you take?' The purchases have
been much heavier than before for years. and hun
dreds of merchants who had bought for the season
have had to make second trip North already to
penish stock There is complaint at the coseness of
competition this year and the margin of profit,
this compensated by the fact that the trade is
mostly cash. aud therefore SAFE The repeal Of the
Bankrupt law and the reduction abolition Of
the Homestead and Exemption laws in the Southern
States have done much to restore confidence and have
unlocked much money that boarded and let it into
business circulation There is serious fear of the
results of resumption On the contrary, the South
merchants generally hard money and
glad that bed rock has been reached and fixed
standard of values set up. There is abundance of
money in the South for all legitimate enterprise and
good collateral commands it at low rate of interest
The merchants in good spirits and the temporary
dulness in for the past week is rather
aging than otherwise, for ii shows that the farmers
masters Of their crops and completely out
Of debt that they enabled to hold back their cot
ton until they have fully satisfied themselves that
there will be use in holding for higher prices.