The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-04-16
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III tie event Of war between England
and Russia the Southern farmer who is
so improve TO fail to raise his own
supplies upon his farm, will xperience ..
financial stfingency 70 ahich the evils
resulting fsom drought will have been;
sconparatlgs prosperity The result Of
snch q war WilE inevitably run corn.
-four and meat up to the highest pri-
ces; for it wilI take from the European
markets immense quantities of grain.
which is annually marketed from the
English and Russian Territories, and
thus create a demand and speculation in
provisions which win make them high.
during the continuation of the conflict,
and 70 { season after it ia over. This
z ofseanrse means that the man who has.
to bny provisions viii have to- pay con-
siderably more for them, and as q conse-
quepce the farmer who has them to sell,
will experience an increased prosperity.
This ID one effect The war will have, but
unfortunately for the South We will not
derive. any benefit from this increased
prosperity which our Northern and
western friends will experience, but on
the contrary ne viii find it great drain
to meet the increased cost Of living, if
our people do not recognize.the impend-
ing danger and prepare in time to avert
IL. The people Of the South ought, in
common prudsnce, to make corn and
peas enough this year to feed their stock
and fatten their meat, for it is always
profitable to do this, and it will be par
ticularly so at this junctnre.
The increased cost Of provisions, how
ever, ID not the only point in which war
will affect the South disas!rousiy. It
will diminish to 8 great extent the for
seign demand for cotton, and thereby re-
duce its value in the markets, by reason
: Of which the Southern planter who now
finds it difficult to make the expenses of
producing come within the selling price
of cotton, will be 3 loser in proportion to
sthe amount Of cotton he produces. The.
more a man makes the more he will lose,,
sif the selling price goes below the cost
of production, is q proposition which
every one will admit Immediately; and
yet With the prospect Of an European
war there can be- no doubt that the
already low price Of cotton will be fur
ther reduced until it will sell perhaps as
low as six to- seven cents per pound. At
these prices its cost will exceed the price
for which twill sell. The part of pru-
.dence suggests that in the present emer-
gency it would be decidedly best for
every Southern planter to make enough
corn to supply his family and stock,
raise his own meat and prepare to be
Independent Of the market for his pro-
visions. After doing this, it will do to
make as much cotton as mans means
will permit, for he can afford to hold it,
If necessary, until prices become better.
If the people Of the South would pursue
stais policy, q war in Europe would ulti-
mately prove beneficial to US, for after
the war reaction will follow which
would reverse the condition of affairs.
The grain crops of Europe would be re.
stored and provisions would tumble in
price, while the demand for cotton would
be restored and greatly increased SO that
the price Of cotton would be advanced.
Hence if the South would pursue now a
policy which would protect us at present
by making our OWN supplies, there would
be present competence and future pros.
perity in store for US. To raise our own
provisions at home cannot hurt US, even
in prosperous times, and at this tinla,iis
would be particularly adyanta for
our planters to follow the adags, "in
times OF peace prepare for war" in new
way, BY planting an abundance of corn,
and thus rendering themselves indepen-
dent Of the uncertainties Of the impend-
Ing war.