The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-03-31
COTTON RAISING AND NANUFAC-
TURING. .@gt 8os

81 Inc "OutbVu 4uVSeAVu 40 fSSsY -
coming q live issue, both Ct the
North and ths South. The funda-
mental fact in the discussion is this,
that cettOn is cheap, dirt cheap.
At present prices the planter ls
hardly paid for raising il, unles' ne
enjoys the most favorable cOndi-
items both for producing and mar.
ksting the staple. Gotten raising
is the great industry Of . ccn'iders'
bic part Of the South, and cheap
cotton msans poor returns fer labor.
Bat in the North cstton maAatac'
turingis a great Industry. Cheap
cotton is q good thing for the New
Eagland Inills,and vet the mssAfac,l
turers, as we'll ss tho plAaters, have
l,trials. The owners Of nills in ths
| North are beginning to discover
that thsir distance trOm the cotton |
fields is a drawback. 50 long 81
the South was coutsntsd to pro-
ducs the fber, leaving the North
and Englsad 10 work it up, SO long
the csst Of transportation was not
troublesome iteM. Bat the c0mpe-
t;tion OF mills bailt up in the midst
Of the cotton fields has made itself
, felt Just enough to suggest the ln'
qMiry whether the seat OF nshHtas'
turing is not to be sooner or later
! transferred to the seat 81 production.
! The shee is beginning 10 pinch; aAa
: 10, an appeal to She railroad com
yanies for lower frsight rates 80
=. there is uneasiness all aleng the
:, hue, and on both sides Of it.
AS for the planters, their saliva
y ton plainly depeAds on themselves
! The production Of cotton in thI'
y country has been pushed to th'
- :, verge Of unprodtablos'. Their" i
y very little money in it, Hence The
= advice Of the St. Lsuis Gotten fac
tors ie their Seu'hern correspon!c
.nts 10 raise ''hog aad hOniny" thl
wear. aud let cotton take care Of il
~ ssyf has made deep impression
nr By this we mSan, not that ahsr
will he any noticeable dimlnutlo
:. OF cotton acreage, but that som
!. farmers who have hitherto neglst
=, ted 10 raise their food supplies wi
;n do 80 this year, evsa though the
may in consequence put in a lltt
less Of the staple crop.
'gs eWe asked farmer the eth
be day. /" remarks the Raleigh IN. I
ag. News.and Observer, show he ma
tho AGED to ssake both ends meet vi
is cotten so lov3 His reply vas tn
'op he used improved machinery, n
'ge nured heavily asd paid his han ds
tie cash" Here is q volume cfsugg'
ble t;eu IN a ssatencs, II the Avsra
rho farmer, not overbtsssea with cal
sea tai. is to "pay his haRds in cAsi
: Of he must produce on his plAn'AtE !,
re- the greater part Of The fosd for
- sstsblishmsut, SO thatbe may 4
his cotton for cash. A farmer V
i. raises his own supplies has ma
III. times as great a chance Of sue 2
: a. one who does not, ''Our pso
nvthave been brsyed IL the mortar e
=. adversely for fifteen years ana
d big fools IS ever says ? Gsor
80 farmer in the State Agricultu
49, . { reports. Not quite 50 big feols
they once we're, however. %
- of them have ceased putting y
\ trust in cotton and begunrepos
q, !. Il. Ii in common sense.
s-.t Reference to Georgia 10 this 2
s-. ncction IL ApRopOs, bscaussin
,.s,. state III particular the cotton p
;,soIlsm ~ begun t. work itself
VI. The spindlss and losms Of GeOF
Ibass already threaten the mantac tut
! p,eHacy ofMassachOsettS. Y
savsl sis il feared more than any q
.r.ps State BY the New England .
.v.m. bounsrs. An Atlanta rnan tes'' q
Il ,.l.befors the tariff commission
~, autamn that the water pcwsl