St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-06-21

Iuents with CAREFUL attention.
nave examined all statistics within
my reach. for | have earnestly de-
hir.d that this State shouiI pay nh
| size owes, and maintain Der credit
hay. Improve It np in its antp.be!-
lun standard, "i.l ] greatly fear
that some of the gentlemen who
tare preceded me III Supporting the
minority report have unint.ntion-
ally AFFLICTED IA .reater injury upon
the credit Of this State tnan many
who snStain the report Of the ma
! lorlty uf the cnlnmlttee; fnr, sir, ii
/ heir conclusions he correct. this
State is amply able to pay every
cent If The principal and interest Of
tna public d'bt; aud yet they adult
that there must be Il Goa promise by
which ;h~ public creditor Viii H..
compelled 70 reduce the interest, If
not the principal 81 the debt.
Or. tueSr SrsiL.eIu,il lave fallen
iuto tae 4ri,Yc error OF jus. Ing the
property III this ot.Itu ~ her ,.rns>
products. lnstetl 81 10y her profits.
They have laiisd To deduct from tine
value q; oug crops the cost of pro-
ducti.n.
Our State IS l:nrely agricultural
State, a,rd propo>.. II colupare her
productions With the yalae and cost
of the productions OF finutlShina
agricultural States. 70 do this, I
am compelled t. 20 back to the cen
sus OF 1870. but that is recent
enough i"r the purposes o. this ex-
aLiiIafiun.
Commencing with the State Of
Alabama. ] find the value If her
farming products amounted to S67,-
az. a35; wages paid for farm. lubor-
ers, including value Of board. SILL
o5l.SGO. or about oue-siSth Of the
value of the crop was paid for labor;
Arkan>as produced $ 10. 70l 500. and
paid out for labor S4,UGI $50. or
about "n--tenth; Illinois pro,!nced
SILL, s6,'.5s5. and paid S22.33S, 767,
or about one-hnth: Indiana pro-
dncei ia2.9i4.3J2, and paid out
50 q. {, 34S. OF about oIie-ilIirteenth; !
Iowa prrdHr,:d Slil 3SG. III. and
paid out sS,317,Slo, or about one
Louisiana produced ,
SIS, 100000, and pod for wages
over SIl,0JU,01O. or about one
fourth.
Tie cost Of production in Kansas
was about one-tiirteenth; in Michi-
gan about one-tentb; in Ohio about
In Texas about one
twelfth; in WISCONSIN ahunt one
.ent,.
Now. sir. To the cost Of labor We
must adj the interest on the large
capital invested III machinery. IN
! large portion vi the cotton rs well
Is the sugar regions, You must add
be cost of .evees and bitches; ynu
must consider the uncertainty of
;,e sugar crop. the imnger of over
low. and the small amount of land
hat can be cultivated per hand.
I'm tie great agricultural States
If the West they hive none of these
irawhacl IS. none of this costly ma
'iIinery. 10 leveeS and no danger of
'yer.iom. Then We must remember
hat We produce but little grain lid
ct arI. heavy consumers
Thus it vii. be seen that while
ne value " orr product is com |
ar.,tiveiy large, the cost of labor {
lone Is three times as great as III I
laDY OF tine States, and more than ,
ouple all that | haYe cited. with {
ne exception of Alabama, which is I
luch less tuan that of Louisiana, t
nd yet yoa have your cost Of levees v
nd machinery to b- added, ii
Bar, sirs, it needs not an examin- )
lion OF statistics to Judge the pros u
Gritty Of a country The true con- L
Itlon Of Il State Is puintad III VIVID u
rlots on tile face of the country, "
: hcii you yiew Il prosperous State. 4
; condition Is apparent to the I
ust Indifferent observer. You see ii
III the t.Iy condition OF the Dar..s,
e resid, noes, the fences. New :
'i'i> appear on every hand; Rev Il
i.i!.it5s are IN c,,urSt. of erection; ID
( citr.,- are iht; thu i,nd laughs G,