The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-16
TIE SOU7H AND ITS coTToN

Some time ago The Meridian Ne,rs, which
has done 80 much Of intelligent and force
fully directed work In the cause OF tariff
reform, contained an article entitled
"What Might Bc," in which Il invited
the attention Of the farmers, merchants,
business men, bankers aud spectators of
the south 10 tho possibilities that might
onsuo 10 this section II all the cotton was
manufactured, as II should be, near the
fields whore II is grown. The N1rs said:
In iSs the 100000 spindle, of Great Britain
CONSUMED I. 90. 0o.0oo pounds Of cotton, OF Sic6
pound. par spindle In 1871 tho ll5io.0o1 spindlcs
of the same county consumed i,tsi,ooGOoO pounds
or "A " pounds per spindle.
In issl tho p. ioo00o spinflcs Of the Continent
consumed .t,s coo ooo pounds OF COIL pounds pct
spindle. In iSs5 the 2a,isDDo spndlcs oi the Con.
tincnt consumed i,t76OJooO0 pounds. OF g. 20
pounds per spindle
In hrci Il takes il2Ooo halcs " cotton each week
tn keep tho c6OOlo1o spindle, Of Great Britain aud
NJ Continent running continuously.
Then. thiuk oft, L00ool bsla u this cotton
h,,c gone from the cotton Fields Of tho Southern
| states slucr the lat IT last september.
s.atsa when the day como that they eau nnd a
market for these l0))oo) bales IN a Manufactured
state
Thc little sum Of s,oo 900 added yearly to the
cssh boxc, Of this section
And this fund il shut OF because the manufac
,ur,, Of cotton Il confined a. the home market"
which canuo, possibly consume the cotton ~ ia't
| o. n, production Il incrascd How can the south
ecu cntion planters expect 10 thrive whom the prics
Of their prplucc Is hSci Tor them In Europe In
si,ad Of At homo. whcrc u would he II the crop WAS
manufactured Into goods At home instead OF In
| EUROPE
80 long "a this q the casr the cotton planter can
not prosper, aud he l. justihcd In opposing any
tafif system that forc- him 10 ell his product Ia
tAo raw state In Europe and buy what he needs be-
hind a prnlcy ton that utc, him both ways IN me
dse,rssed market price Of what be- sells ani Ia IN
Increased market price Of what he T. compelled 10
luy
We call attention to this woll considered
editorial and reproduce Il ut this limo DO
cause wo think Il pertinent to the debate
ON the iutc bagging Trust and the problem
OF suppl, OF cotton bagsins, such as the
Lane Mills, Of New Orleans are now man.
uiacturins acccp,ably to the Cotton Tx
chang, and the insurance people OF that
city. The South has done much with her
iron aud coal within the past ten years
that Is most crcditablo, but the fact that
she has done 40 little toward tho consump.
ton Of the producta Of her cotton.hclds is
rcprooi and a shame ''NoU, while the white
heat OF indignation at the bsgging Trust
is upon the farmers, movements should
DO inausua,cd toward the establishment
OF cotton mills They will pay. Those at
wcsson pay VOL, as do those in Column
bus, Ga, and Augusta. In such ventures
al the advantages would be with the
farmer By becoming aso q manufactures
be- could avoid MI the expenses that are
attached TO bale Of cotton from the time
It leaves his hands until Il il cut open In
the New England o. old England mills