The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-11-27
THE INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTH.

There is one phase of southern affairs
which radical organs, In their desire to re-
inaugurate anarchy in that section, studi.
ously ignore. The honest explorer for in
dustrial statistics will search in vain for
them I'm the volumes Of radical bloody
shirt organs. Such papers are anxious only
to ascertain the details of petty disturbances
for the purpose Of magnifying mole
hills TO mountains. Every bar
room wrangle, every bloody nose or
black eye, or, as police reports put
IL, "plain drunk" is tortured into tremen
dous act OF disloyalty to the government,
demanding federal interference and the
revival of Grants bayonet policy. This has
been going on for years, and now the radical
party is endeavoring to create wild sensa
ton throughout the north predicated upon
such instances of disturbance as we have
mentioned. Sensible people abominate such
proceedings from first to last-they are
tired and disguised with them, and
they turn from them with loathing.
They prefer to know what the south IS doing
in the way OF rebuilding its industries and
OF bringing order out OF chaos. They as.
sumo, and correctly, too, that II there is so
much disorder, oppression and bulldozng as
radical organs report, the fact will appear IN
the industrial statistics OF the south. The
great industry OF the south is raising cotton,
and, without referring to the production Of
other great staples, this will answer our
purpose and serve to correct the false
hoods of bloody shirt organs and
the apostles of hate. IL is assumed thst the
cotton crop for 1878 will reach 5000, 600
bales Estimating 400 pounds to the bale
gives a grand total OF 1000 900, 900 pounds,
which at eight cents a pound would give
sum total OF $3.50, 900, 600. II is stated that
the average OF three bales to the hand is
approximately correct. Accepting this as n
basis OF calculation the product of 5000, 900
bales would require the employment of
l,e66, 666 hands, which must be nearly
all the available force that the cot
ton states have for the production
of the great staple. The fact then will b.
readily conceded that to produce such a vast
amount of cotton the labor of the south must
OF things In diametric opposition to the
statements of the bloody shirt organs, for If
there existed oppression, tyranny and in.
timldation productive of disorder andidle.
ness, no industrial enterprise of great mag
nitnde could work out such results as our
figures disclose, and the conclusion, there
fore, is inevitable that the bloody shirt
organs, true to their mission, when
referring to southern affairs lie like the devil,
and that their sta ements are entitled TO no
consideration whatever. In this estimate of
southern industrial affairs we omit special
reference to the production of sugar, rice
and tobacco-to various manufactures
and other sources Of wealth, all OF which re-
c uire the employment Of labor, and which
are dependent 10 a very large degree upon
the negro. The fact that all of these inter.
ests are reviving sufficiently demonstrates
the essential viciousness Of the radical or.
gans in their efforts to misrepresent aud
Willy the south and to poison public send.
ment of the north. Their policy deserves
the severest condemnation, which, we are
inclined to believe, it will receive.