Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-09
RAISE LESS COTTON.

open the eyes of the Southern people
to She Necessity of turning their at-
teutiou- towards the, advancement oi
their material interests.
The question is not how to produce
wealth, but how to retain 1t. Inc
uvuducts of the South bring fabu-
LOUIS sum annually, that no sooner
tIhmF4it is realized, finds its way
,luoad. That is an undeniablc fact
tits useless to talk of immigration
for tic purpose of chcapen'ng the
cost of raising cotton, for tho reason
that the more laborers are put IN the
cotton field, tho more cotton VIII DC
produced and the lower will its price
DO reduced, till IL won't pay enough
to,feed and.clotlle the laborer.
Too much cotton is being raised
now at the price that tue overpro-
ductiou il bringing. ,a.ra.
In our humble opinion, tho reme-
dyslaies In having less cotton,
that would thereby commando higher
price, and in raising corn, pork, po-
tatocs, poultry, stock, butter, and
everything that is necessary, not only
totGed Tie farmer or planter, but the
consumers living in the towns and
cities. ..., pt..,i. .H.t g'
The cuigrant can easily be brought
to, our. country to manufacture t''rl''-
ture, wagons, plows, agricultural I'M
plemcnts, steamboats,, ships ETC.,
from the magnificent wood that
nboun,ls in our forests. He will come
to tan the hides that arc sent North to
be manufactured into leather, then
into shoes, which are all sold back to
us for q portion of The small price
that is obtained for our cotton.
Why not have tan yards, wagon
and carriage factories; and why not
employ the thousands Of idle mer
and women in our towns and cities t.
manufacture tic clothing that we bu!
from those who do tho same thing il
the East9 ,..
Why not have paper mills tia
will furnish us the printing, writ
ing and wrapping paper, that W
have to pay SO much for to the mo
nopolies of the North 7 DO we lac
the material9, MOI! tits In waste.
Can't every intelligent man SCI
that every dollar that is sent ava
for all these articles is lost to circuli
ton in our midst. Every mechan
or artisan who comes to our countr.
mist buy provisions from the farm'
who in turn buys the articles whit
the former has manufactured.
Will not every dollar thus int
changed remain at home to add
our wealth, cnliven business and il
crease our population9 .. ....q
Then our agricultuists who W
produce but II certain proportion
cotton bringing a good price, as
surplus at the end of the year, won
find consumers to whom they wo'l
sclrall The year round, the vegetable
tile meats, tic butter, the fruits, t
poultry that they could spare,
producec. ..+i .n, .....,. ... .
Isn't it o shame that the Southe
people have, 10 purchase everythl
abroad, from aqbox Of matches t.
pair of shoes ? E.aHa. ..'..
We have nothing in our tow
scarcely but store keepers, who $
us what they bring here from abro'
There are none hardly of the ind
tries we have mentioned, to be fou
g, 49,, ,,;Jet
Aside, from the blacksmiths,
wheelwrights, the carpenters,
masons, anda few painters here q
there "a fewgshoe makers, there il
total absence almost OF the arts
and the industrial classes who
found in every well regulated count
Druipmers come here to take
ders TO make q man a suit OF clotl
and Others take orders to have pr
inu done at Cincinnati and Chic
for instance, while the money t
sent away might remain here to $
mort our tailors, scamstresses, pr
OTTO who ,wOuld all buy from