The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-09-18
Wonderful Prosperity.

It would he difficult To eXaggerate
in telling of the wonderful prosperity
which is before the South during the
next twelve months. Cotton may no
longer be King us in olden times, but
rs subject it brings to the South an
amount of wealth that is almost be-
vond comprehension. For five years
the cotton crop has been steadily in.
creasing, and each year has sho'n a
gain over the preceding onc-a rec.
ord which no other five year perloi
can exhibit. In 1869 the crop Was
6.5g5, ,nOn bales; in 1878 il was
7.O4G, ,S33; in 1888 50, G,93S,O0O
b lies; but the number Of rolnds
was greater than in the preceding
year; in lSS9.9J it was abont ".
2a50, ,OO9 bales or over, and the indica,
tions point to at least 100000 10
5000, ,nOO bales this year. Notwith.
standing the steady increase in pro-
duction, the price has advanced from
Year to year on account of the fact
that the worlds consumption is fast
outgrnwing the production. The to-
tal farm valde of the last four crops,
inclutlng cotton seed, was about 81.
j0D,V00, ODu aud this years crop, I'm.
less some unforeseen disaster hefall
it. will reach nearly Sjn0,O00,0OO Ia
value, me siding the value of the seed.
which was Il waste product f'w
years agn. Thus in tiSe years the
Soatll vii receive Tor its cotton near.
ly $!,H0U 100, 900.
While cotton has BEEN thus adding
so enormously to the Suu'h's wealth,
all other crops have likewise increas
Ell. Corn, wheat. oats. tobacco, rice,
sugar, grasses. fruits and vegetables
have made great gains, and while
some Of these crops, corn for instance.
viii this year fall 4 little short OF
last year, yet this difference in the
corn yield will be more than counter
balanced by higher prices. In fact.
the Southern farmers have been most
wonderfully b!cssel during the last
tive years, and they are now III bet
ter financial condition than The farm
ers o any other section Of the conn
try. They enter tue new crop year
less in debt as class than ut any
time simaa the war. From all ovel
the Sonth the bankers, whose letters
We pub:sl to-day, write of the 'sDesi
nutluJk for farmers since the war,
"the condition nf farmers better than
ever before, farmers jubilaut over
the prospects" and Other equally as
encouraging words. The people OF
the South are enthusiastic over then
prospects. aid everywhere is seen
life and activity. Added to the won
derful Industrial progress in the
South that is revolutionizing the
whole country is this unprecedented
prosperity Of the farmers. The iol-
lowing figures explain the reason
of the Sout!i's agricultural prosper
! ity:
lied of principle crops in So, 1855, 1859, 1890.
Hs.ts. Bales. B4ies. Baes
Cotton lI,Uo) G93s,cu ':,25a,9Oo To
| S,OJU. .09t
| Rus. Das. Bus. Us.
Corn +J:lianl0 53 IJ5 900 5l9 9,5l 600 0O,IUa, ,O0t
Wheat o. z34 ,UOU ~, ,2OI.0tU 55,nGh,0G0 D,TM,OJL
Oats sl,5d6,t00 IS,25f,O00 V,Il4. 600 Ij,O0O.Oui
Estimated.
Thus in four years the South has
produced about 2S,600,00 bales oI
cotton, 2,Du0, ,n00.OU0 bushels Of corn
200, ,nG0 bushels OF wheat and
315 DDO.U00 hushel, Of oats, the tota
valne OF these and other agricultural
products eaching the enormous ag
gregats of neariy s3.500,U00.G0
With colt III crop worth neariy 500,
O3u.00n. corn crop thar will y.eld
$3.50, 900 500, STA. a.0jn. 900 of whea,
aud oats, added 10 rice. sugar. to-
baceo, sesetab!er, Re, the South's