The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-07

PEculIARrriEs OF THE SOUTH. b
The South is peculiar country, and has
peculiar conditions attached to 1t. It's
climate is its glory asd attraction in the
winter time. In the summer this same
climate Is one ot It's drawbacks. So much
warmth and sollittle cold producea an ener.
vaiion that is not favorable TO health or
10 enterprise. l am more than ever con.
yinced OF the philosophy OF the saying that
"Civilization is aplantthat growsunoert the
snow" There are great compensations for
hard winter, disagreeable as 1t may be to
the feelings OF the dwellers in the snow
regions, and glad as We may be TO escape
il by, coming South. II hardens the consti.
tuition, qnickeps the circulation, and stim.
ulates activity ofbody and mind. 1t tmakes
powerful race, and necessitates energy
and ingenuity and ecanony-qualities that
are found only 10 very limited degree In
the South. To work hard and to econo.
mize Is the rule at the North-a great
necessity laid dupon her people-whereasi It
Eis the exception at the South because It Is
not a necessity. But few people, white or
black, work hard at the South, aud but few
North. There are no pennies In circulation
in. this country. A thing is a nickel or 1t
Is worth nothing. 1t is, again, worth either
dime or a nickel There are no interme-
diate values 10 New England, as In
Europe, o penny represents well defined
increment OF cost aud value; and some one
has said that wealth and power ina nation
are represented In its pennies, lis small
savings, as has been more than once shown
in tie case Of France, and that no people
can become great and powerful that do not
recognize small values and small savings.
THE COTTON CROP M3RrGAGgDfS ADVANCE:
The South does business at great disad-
vantage because Of it's wasteiul methods.
"The Kings cheese is consumed in the
parings" sure enough. Hence the cry is
universal that although immense crops Of
cotton are raised yet neither the country
northe planters get Ahead on account OF It.
The expenses and waste OF plantations are
enormous because OF borrowings, commits.
sions, stealings and wastage. There must
be something in remark that Is 30 uni.
yersal. Cotton Is produced at great expense
and sold without reference to cost, because
1t is morgaged aud pledged in advance 70
money lenders aud commission merchants
who demand their pound Of fesb, no odds
how much blood of the planter oozes away
with It. ) And yet the infatuadon TO grow
cotton Is second only 10 that ot the James
town colonists with whom, history says,
the only thought. was 10 dig gold, wash
gold and ship goldp withont'a thought or
care as to the necessity of corn Tor the win
ter. They expected 10 trade with the In-
dians for what maize they needed. ~
Is q Z ( ALL LAND PLANTED TO COTTON.
50 L Is with the planter. He viii repeat
his experiences from year to year. He will
persist in ignoring the necessity for diversi-
fed crops. He will plant oil his land to
cotton and depend on his commission
merchant for Northern corn and meat,
albeit he may pay two or three prices. He
reasons that II the year is good an acre OF
ground will. produce enough. cotton TO pay
Tor three acres Of corn, and the expense
and trouble are no more to produce an acre
OF cotton than an acre OF corn. Besides, he
saws the negroes will steal corn whereas
they will not steal cotton. The result Is that
when the cotton fails there Is nothing to fall
back on. The commission merchant sells
II, whether it is little or much, for what 1t
will bring, and deducts all his advances
and commissions, amounting, as ! am as.
s,ired by u! cloud ot witnesses, from Gov
ernor McEnery down, To 25 per cent. How
can the business be profitable?
.y.s,,,AS ENDLESS WASTE
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