The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-15

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Since I hare suilci the eharart~s q
AL the xres, >pa;hrra z<rscsiiarsi sta
ps-s. ard fh- s,cr4ai -ristsnas 0: escAo OF
Them 70 The lie sd ~eiTshEassoa at ths
people the pssssnEnsnSc alssss g7vsn 10
cosfca does %. ~em sirzs<c OF uas~
IcouDssbse- IL Is \ wonderful and pScai-
i.r plaas in ia siApiauon % tsr VAR
cites o. sp:l AMI gss-raI eurHuoussa'
vasch d End. in dissr-a; pa1s 81 b
cuuni-y n which Il l. grysn. and ai-o
In Is rrlAiloa 90 sfas features IN The
character Of the people who ~. gagged
IN Is culture. II wln grow On Almost
any asil and in slmos; any possible stu
a,sea. In The latitude In whseh IL beSa<s
Wheac 81. ~uii = srneruas The qusHiiiy
Of The hbcr which : pr-iaard shoss,hs;
the pssa; has very grca. power q assim-
ilation and appropriation for Whatever
elements 81 nutrition are contained Ia IL
food sapply. tfa tsae oaheF ssnd. Il the
soil /, excessively poor all sterile, cot
ton will ..i!i gro~. II now wastes m
sireagth or feed "a stem or leaf. bal
puts ali is material and fore. into toa-
rT aHi seed. u j. the fact tia; co;tna
l. 4 seed itrr thai make. ]; 80 yaicahle
to this country IL u were tas aaSsr nf
the stem or bark. rs 1, the ca*c with
lax or hemp, much q. the land uf the
cotton regioa. AMI much 81 The ca.iisa-
Ion employed upon IL. would - cniirc-
Is inadequate H. the production of tie
fiber ia paying quaI;sa's Bat nature
cares more iur seed. 81 ciurse, than for
anything else. AMI in making the seci
of the cotton plant she makes the fiter
which j. If 80 great value; and In sotl
almost utterly barren. AMI with scarce
Is any cultivation. there viii slll br
natured. on each dwahcd aud stuu,ci
plant. 4 fcw bOlls OF fairly good. mar
kc;gblc cotton.
hut the great prepouderance given 10
cDtlon is nearly even where inJudicious
and Improbable. In many extensive
districts the planters persist in growing
il OF nearly every arabic acre. a. II 1t
were thc only crop the laad would pro-
dlcc. They bur fluur, corn and meat
from The North in Incredible quantities.
When there Is n grod crop they receive
much money for their cotton. but must
pay II all Gu, for articles which could be
grown oh their ~ farms Many II
the planters confess their conviction Of
the imprDyidence Of this method. but
persist in tn practice. nevertheless. In
various parts of the South there arc vas.
tracts of rs fine corn land n can BE-
found on the continent. and there i no
rcason whatever for not cultivating IN
these regions all the corn needed an the
Southern States. except the disinclina-
ton To adopt new methods Of agricultur-
al labor which u 50 strong among the
planters. ~, too, of the pork, or bacon.
of which great quantities are brought
down from the Northwest. IL might
just ~ we'll be- produced al the South.
and the planters. instead az buyinS what
they themselves consume. should sup
PLY the cities and towns of their own
portion OF the country. One sees this
Northern bacon in the streets of all
Southern towns. The process of hand
ling IL j. more picturesque than appe-
tizing. Ii Is tossed from the freight
ears into great heaps in the streets.
whence il is transferred 70 draws hy bare
footed negroes. who walk over II and
mount upon the loads As they drive
away 10 the stores aud warehouses;.
Here il j. deposited on the sidewalks,
where it often remains for many hours.
ron.pcd over by negro children and their
pla, mates, the vagrant dogs Of the
town Atlantic .Nonthig.