The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-11

than last rear except pefhapsin Texas owluHw
Increased attention Given W producing !cfth -,
aud IN the restrictive influence " tho nou0s wv
Mississippi yalley but the weather ~. uovl, W.
y0fnble f6f planting, aud ~ fat the young cuWun
iants. which In (ho guif states are wv. ~
thriving and growing vigorously .NW,Wln,t
landing decreased acreage, the posslhiltlosn
he cotton crop are equal 70 tho pahho' S'"' W
1850 T. ,....,.,,.,,
Tho increase In cotton.spinnlng In the south
is inuicnted by the statistics ui ttuiRlh, hlu
baina Tennessee Mississippi, i39lsihnM NVi t,,
Carolina aud South Carolina, WhCn SUI" NJ ~ %
crease OF 3Gl COZ spinnles during ~ ~ 20 T.
This represents an Investment OF Vinb. y, az o
lars I'm machinery and CONSUMPTION Vi i-V'VVV
bules of cotton year ,,.t ~, oloho.
Mr. T. ward lhinson lurhsnVu ~ G",d.
rate paper ON improvements necessary III nun NUM-.
iuv cotton He first states the cotton crop ol Wv
United States Is, ON an average u9Pluvlu,'e.n ~,
| east one cent pound by bad hhnunIB petM WV,
| nnund in n cIop of six million bales IL about
thirty million dollars III" continues III AMI. n,,,t
son THE whole loss to the planters Oi my SUI \,
| from waste of labor, waste IN ginning, N,S ~ ~
baing waste in transportation, Was1t III Vo omf
pressing waste In cotton Itself by picBage INV
waste at every point could be ulsunctly c oin
puted and tabulatcd II would DC nearer oVi ~,
| or sixty million dollars OOOUOOVp !yal, H..
direction of the changes as yet lnuouuGtu 10
! been in handling cotton more easily ana cNPtt
iitinuSlv. hut the idea of Improving tnu s.'P',
by skillful working has notbeen sei1eu uPoiloni.
|
reason TO believe that better staple comes lluIi
the old plantation gins than from lhe lilPt :,
| steam Gins. rs they have much less WORK 10 90
and the work is not rushed through with inc eN
cessiyc speed which does so much harm. Inc
| more hopeful side Of the question is to ne touh'
| IN the fact that a vast deal of information wal
| spread abroad trom the Atlanta Cottol
| expo ,ilion; and the great margin OF proht-
| which is to be measured by the depreciation o
| one or two cents n pounds beginning to worl
| its true results" Mr.. Atkinson finally con
cludes: I'm general 1t may be said that the I'm
! prOvement of the cotton crop-eXcept IL be IN
| dertaken by special enterprise or by Specla
methods indicated in this cport-can only pro
ceed with the general improvement IN me con ,
| ditiOns of society In the southern states I'M
| tendencies which may be observed at the pres
ent time are as fellows; First, the colored pop
ulation is stead ly tending to the rlcn potloh
| lands of the Mississippi valley, where, 1t seem
probable that they will be employed Tor wage
| by individuals working very mrS'
| amounts of land in thoroughl!
scientific way; OF by corporations wei ORGANIZE
and under the control of skilliul men On TN
| other hand. the cultivation of cotton. in TeXa
and in upland regions of the south IS steadii:
| working in the direction of small farms, II
which cotton will be the surplus or money ctol
| This will be ginned in the neiPhborhoOn gins
and the improvement in the quality Will procee!
| in lust the measure of the increase OF lnlelll
| gence and the means of communication DetWeei
| the farmer and the manufacturer Inc ulumat
contest for supremacy in the producuon OF col
| ton will be between these two systems.