The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-12
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pubiirdn has the following article which will
he road viii, Interest w ON readers. especial
~ nv those Interested in cotton, either as
planters III merchants We propose ~ COM
ment on this article hereafter
If wa wnra Raltal tn point ont whnt The
Southern States neo,l more than anything
ejsn wy should say a ri.ltlanca from the mort
gage system II Is. the Old man of the son
which tho South bears continually on It's
shoulders, nR All ever present burden. 1nt~
tu,,.yaisinu Ia. or under proper conditions IAN
M made il profitable huaineaa Il II asserted
that tho same amount OF labor directed to
cotton raising IN Mississippi Or Arkansas
will produce twice ma muoh money rs
when dirnctei to grhtn raising IN l'li1ols OF
Iowa. Thn Southern papers are continually
making iha assertion, and they furuist, the
facts and lianras that apnnar ~ prove ~
ana vet Illinois and Iowa AFRO rich ans pres
porous. aud steadily increasing Ia wealth and
power AL n creator rnte than Mississippi nnu
hrkansaa Cotton raising does not build np
tho Southern Statea aa rapldly nor ns sub
ataniinlv ma grain Raising Is building np tho
Northwestern States. Why Is this2 There
may be several cauacs for 1t. but ono that en-
braces many others AMI goes far To explain
tho whole phenomenon IN the hllHhifng mort
gages under which every cotton crop IN the
Soutn Ia planted, cultivated, pickei. Rinned
hauled IL market and sold. IL IA said tho
rolored lahorera In the South are always
Raid Of the planters. There ia hardly ono In
ton who raises q crop for himself. Niue
tnnths of them raise IL Tor commits
sion merchant. II ia mortgaaed before
the seeds are put into tho ground TOR Inc sup
niles which the commission merchant fur
nlsllea 10 the planter w. keep hts plantation
going The most that can bn said FOR the
planter is that he has u small Interest IN the
crop raised un his own lands under hia own
suterintendenoe He has no choice OF com
.,xtF iI, a Inn
H., Ii must 80 to Il certain factor to be sold
and accounted for. II there is anything left
after paying tho advances OF III with interest.
commissions, freight, Insurance, Warehouse
and Irayagn charges, u is patl nver ~ w
planter. II not, both planter aud Ia
borar come out ut the end Of tho
year with nothing ~ show Tor
their aeaaun's work, aud have '"
boy n new years labor undnr y now mort
gage Such a systam eanIlot but be runpua
and dlscuulnHing. IT, Ia thesocret 81 tho axnr-
hilant charges fees, tolls ami eSactiuna levied
on and collected from every bale ot cotton
that gooa tn market the whole making ~
aggregate which Northern tar'nere would not
submit To-. hit which Southern farmers are
forced III submit To because they nra dehtprs
md cannot help H. Here and thnre in the
Southern States can IT, found plantnr Wsn
is making money mt raising cotton, nut ",
nraiIy every rnaa ii will l,n found that M II u
thorough and thrifty hnRiness' man. conduct.
Ing hil operations ON n cash basis. pnh THUS
avoiding ,lln INTEREST ana eSartirna that Keep
his ueighbrra poor Tho mortgage practice
wnRpnaIt of IL ono nf long growth. anti cannot
ia easily oyerthruWn But resolution
and self-donial will overthrow II. mud
Ing evil Il ~ seriuus That escape from
II would warrant herc,iean efforts on the
part of tho Southern people. y thn planters
| could begin next yca' systrn OF raising uh-
| murtgnged crops. buying their aupplea Tor
caeh and selling their cotton and exacting AL
| tho proceeds except the reasonable commits
| siuns and charges On its transportation anf
| sale, tho South would enter such an era oi
prosperity as has not been dreamed oi Inc
real profits OF cotton growing would attract
tho Immigration which The Southern States
now sceS but fill to aecurr. population and
| capital would crowd into them. varied III
iuatrlea would spring mp. mines would DC
leynIopad Idle water-ppwer be turned 10 pro
dueti va account and tho whole Southern sec
tion become tho abode OF thrift, wealti, and
power
THE ADVANCE IN HARDWARE. The st
Louis Journal Of Commerce says The recent
sharp advance In prices on all Iron goods
caught some deaera short Of stock IN certain
lines, and before they know II their statesmen
| III tho country had taken orders ut tho Low
rates, which they were compelled to I'LL out 9
| stock purchased at the advanced figures.
| leading hardware dealer relates that ono D! hi
| Texas mon sold d Cur load Ut mills Mt q certaiI
price, about sixty days ago, and that he was
compelled to pay 81 cents por key more Tor TIL
nails than he got for thom, by which transac
tion ho lost $50: and he not only lost thu
500. but he lost another $50 which he coult
| have madc On the nails had he been able t.
sell them nj present prices. The same gentle
| man says that buyers are very particular nov
| that all their back orders are filled completely
| Il often happens that m order contains 1
number Of small Items which they do no
have In stock at tho time It is tillod, and thes
arc loft out, tho house notifying thepurchase
OF the fact, and the common result Is that TIL
matter liz dropped aud nothing further Ia hoart
OF It, Now that prices are advancing buyers
nre very careful to see that MI their back or
ders are filed. and some of them 20 back n
far as three months, and look M tho non
filled orders aud write to the iobber that the,
| must bo sent ut once.
4 A glance at the receipts OF produce at New
Orleans since September l. will convnce the
most s1eptlcal reader that notwithstanding
uuarantnes, low rivers. etc, our grand ok
clgy ID Oh the upward grade or wheat w
have received 1850 bushels. against A236
bushels for tho same time last year, Of cottol
seed "a, GS5 sacks. against 1865 sacks las
wear; bulk meats 667, 312 pounds. against 36l
7s9 pounds last year; corn q ,6l5 sacks, aRains
,139 last year; tobacco, S55 hoasheads
against ll5 last year, oats, 1850 sacks
against IS 400 last year; potatoes. 23.236 bar
rels. against N, SIT last year. hay, 16.sl9 bales
against 4193 last year; cheese, 4lS3 boxes
against 1922 boxes last year: apples. 1881
barrels. against O23 barrels last year: cor
meal, 7429 barrels, against AGA barrels lag
year; of cotton our receipts are lo9,6S6 bales
against 1883 bales at the same date las
year. -
| LEAF ToBACco.-Th st. Louis Repablicd
OF the ninth instant says:
II tho preceding week was noted as one {
the dulest of the season, the week clcsin