St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-02

THE GREAT COTTON CUES.
TON.
II n or IxTEREsf 10 ImlaOxs u
PeOrLE n TINS AND OrmEg
COrxrnlEs.
The Southern members Of Con
gress talk much about TIE cotton a
the year, the fall IN thesnasket
price Of the staple, the uncertainty
Of it, price hereafter, the influences
iof the increasing competition d
other cotton-growing countries, and
the prospect Of reducing the cotton
production In the States Of ths
American cotton belt.
The cotton question b . question
Of the highest practical importance
to seven or eight Of our Southern
States. 1t Is Of importance to sew.
eral millions OF people, white and
black, to the planters and land
owners, the field hands and their
families, the factions, and other in
vestipg capitalists. 1t Is Of pri-
mary importance to . majority Of
the Southern people, whose income
is largely dependent upon the pro-
ducsion and the price Of cotton. It
Is Of importance to American com.
merce and manufactures, aud Il 10
not without importance to TIE grain
growers Of the Northwest. A hum
dred interests are directly depend
ent upon the cotton crop, and ~
many more are indirectly.
The members OF Congress from
the cotton States are concerned
even more deeply in the cotton
question than in political questions,
and watch for the news about 1t 10
these times more snxiOuslv than
they look for that about anything
else. But, fortunately for the peace
Of the country, there are few Of
them who desire anything In the
line Of cotton legislation, any new
Law for the protection. Of the mil.
lions whose welfare IL bound up IN |
cotton.
1t is not only the Farmels' Ali.
ahce Of the South that has been
waking up the echoes in the cotton
fields with the cry, ''Reduce the
acreage" The action Of the Ali.
ance has been sustained BY nearly
Ill the State Agricultural Commits
by the Cotton Growers
Convention in Memphis, by many
u the cotton factors who advance
money to the planters, and by hum
lreds OF well-informed newspapers.
The motto: ''Piant less cotton and
more corn" has been raised from
he Pedee to the Arkansas, and
pecial emphasis Is given to the n.
'ument that the Southern agricul-
wrists should raise their own bread
TUFTS instead Of purchasing them
rom Kansas and Nebraska.
The fact h now becoming evi.
ert, however, that al this adviceI ,
nd argument has had but little in
uence upon the mass Of the cotton
lanters in any State, about ~ lit ,
e this year Is It had in several !
ther times in the past, when it fell ,
at. It is in January and Febru.
~ that the cotton factors In the
tiles begin to advance capital to
Ne planters, upon the crop that 6
Ill be marketed after It b raised !; 6
I'D recent advices from Charles 6
N, Savannah, Mobile and New :
Tleans are to the effect that the .
|anters have been asking for fully
much money - they ever asked
Z In any past year, thus showingI
ut instead Of reducing The acreageI
cotton, they intend to maintain
quite up to the ordinary average. 9
. good many cases, owing to the G
ks that are involved, the factors u
we declined to advance as much o
oney as was desired, and, on this 70
count, the acreage may be some. y
nat reduced in some localities byI 8
cessity, but the signs Of reduc- %
n have not otherwise been dis y
vered thus far. The probability o.
erefore Is that IL the weather be ID
'orable, the American cotton 70
p Of 1892 will not fall short Of CO
It Of 1891. The cotton growers, 81
ton dealers and cotton manufac. to
'ers Of all the countries In the %
rid win await further news In n. On
I'd to this subject. There are Oh.
vers here who hold that the I'd. CT
e Of the Alliance will be inAueu- LEI
in the case Of every 0ne NJ the "a