Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23

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million and {. hal: bales. Is it not
hem very suicidal course to raise
,uch large cotton crops at such i'm
nenss expense when half the amount
ii cotton would sell for more money.
After calculating the vast saving
IN a pmall crop in the articles men
toned above, then extend your cal
,ulations farther. Suppose you take
.ll.the land DOW planted IN the great
excess Of crop and put it in corn,
wheat, oats, hay, rye, Sc. The South
will at once become q shipper OF
oreadstuEs and food for animals.
Suppose that sheep husbandry, man
ufaoturing, &C., are also pursued zig
,rously. Suppose the iron and cop
oer and wood and wool and cotton
ire all manufactured at home, does
it require that q man should % g
.ineal descendant Of Solomon to know
that the South would bet ONE in
few years the richest country on the
globe Do as our business friend SAID
save what you make; do not send
r. abroad az fast az YOU make it to
pay for articles purchased, a;ne-
5enths Of which ought to be prodnc
ed at home.
But a. we intim ste3 in former
article, there is no practical utility in
writing such editorials, for the farm
ers will continue in theirjold urwise
course. Each man says It cannot be
lone. Thousands belong to their
c commission merchsntsand must make
al the cott N they can. The genu'
inc, healt6g recuperation of the South
will be Glow unless there is 6 change
IF pystem. The farmers as g class
will not BE- richer under q system
shat produces cotton that sells for
eight cents AMI that forces them to
keep their clover patches, wheat
6elds, hay meadows, and pmoke
lonses in the Northwest We have
presented thea+ views in some shape
for The :ast ter gears nearly. We
IRE glad to know w::af re nave held
in editorial is the opinion o: Preai-
ieni Moreheosl. He says:
SIN order to decrease cost of cot
'on production the planters must save
the millions they pay out, by raising
sheir own wheat, hay, corn, oats and
live stock
This is the truth, tht whole srnth,
and nothing but the truth. The Au-
snsta Cfro,li,.5c takes the teachings
!! Mr.. Morehead and applies them at
home It says:
In this immediates section We have
,mple evidence Of the truth Of what
e says. There hae been ap immense
quantity Of Western and Northern
lay sold throughout Georgia the
,resent seas, a and pIices have ad.
,arced rapidly undes the demand.
sood hay is row selling IN Augusta
tt one dollar and sixty i've cents per
,nndred weight and is very scarce at
hal. And yet there are as fine lands
;or raising grass IN Georgia as is in
,ny section !; The country. II can
,e produced and harvested with far
ess trouble and expense thar cot
on and It always meets with ready
| ,ale. Blu; the planter vii! generally
| ind use on his own farm for ali that
nc can make, ard lie will discover,
| .iso, that ne can save large amcunt,
comparatively. in the cost OF cotton
PRODUCTION II he does not nave /
my provender 70. his stock. At
resent prices it takes one pound OF
otton to pay :or twenty pounds @:
lay. In other words. the planter
cakes cotton at a low rate to buy
t at a hlgh price. This may be Wis
I'm, bat we confess we fail to see it. y
The press mis-, Try to do its duty
lowecer dea: the farmers may ne to
,ta appeals. The power OF iteration
. something, out the planters viii
rcver stop their unwise course until
they are either more impoverished or
ruined absolutely. In other words
experience and necessity must teach
md compel them to change.