The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-22
THE GREAT coTroN QUESTION
II IL Of Interest 10 Minions or People IN This
and Other Countries.

II IL OF Interest 10 millions fPcoplc 10 1his
and Other Countries
WARRINGTON. Feb 2l.-The Southern mem
bers OF Congress talk much about the cotton
OF the year. the fall in the market price OF the
staple the uncertainty OF its price hereafter.
the influence OF tho increasing competition OF
other cotton growing countries. and the pros
pect OF reducing the cotton production In the
States OF the American cotton belt.
Tho cotton question IL n question OF the
highest practical Importance to seven or eight
OF our Southern States. 1t Is OF importance to
several millions Of people, white and black. to
the planters and land owners. the field hands
and their families. the factors. and other invest
ing capitalists tits ofprimary Importance to
majority OF the Southern people. whose income
is largely dependent upon tho production and
tho price Of cotton. It Is OF Importance to
American commerce and manufactures. and
It Is not without Importance to tho grain
growers OF the Northwest hundred inter-
csts are directly dependent upon the cotton
CROP and rs many more are indirectly
Tho members OF Congress from tho cotton
States are concerned even more deeply In the
cotton question than in political questions.
and watch for the news about It In those times
more anxiously than they look for that about
anything else. But. fortunately for the peace
OF the country. there are few Of them who de-
slre anything In tho line Of cotton legislation.
any new law for tho protection Of the millions
whose welfare is bound up in cotton.
1t Is not only the Farmers Alliance Of the
South that has been waking up the echoes in
the cotton fields with tho cry. Reduce the
acreage" The action Of the Alliance has been
sustained by nearly all the State Agricultural
Commissioners. By the Cotton Growers Con-
vention in Memphis. by many OF the cotton
factors who advance money to tho planters.
and by hundreds Of well-iniormed newspa-
pers. Tho motto. Plant less cotton and moro
corn" has been raised from the Pedee to tho
That ths
should raise their own breadstufs instead OF
them from Kansas si and NS6rnska
that all this advice and argument has had but
little influence upon the mass Of the cotton
when i in nat, il !enuHTy spa F s6g,n
crop that viii be marketed aitora Il Is
as'd Mo sdyee' S en"F 6
lave been asking for fully as much money Is
cSton they nssns to q aste to
owna To ESsa
tors have declined to advance as much money
%.S Isl sRS IN
have not otherwise been discovered thus
The pn Ss is that
cotton crop OF 1895 will not fall short Of that
OF 1891. The cotton growers. cotton dealers,
and cotton manufacturers OF all the countries
s dveS o Asnss I Be-
fuential In tho case OF every one of tho small
ored. and that thus a good many acres that have
been accustomed to the cotton blossom will be
adorned with the corn stalk. The facts will be
ca.s Ss s te cofon "na hs
now In course Of preparation for next autumn's
crop, The seeding runs from the opening Of
March In some localities till the middle OF May
The large cotton planters have been intro
duclng methods OF culture more scient itlc
than those OF other days. 10 that the product
times. The cotton plant itself. both the short
staple and the long staple. has been greatly
improved by this generation OF planters. many
OF whom now uso modern machinery and
may yet be obtained. When conducted on a
large scale. with the best appliances, cotton
raising can DO made to, pay we'll. even
should stand as low as 1t has stood for somo
time. 1t may perhaps be profitable even when
the new attempts to extend cotton grow ing In
other countries have been pushed as far rs
The Britis an Government ia making unusual
efforts to stimulate cotton culture in its Asiatic
depenasncies from 1t India to Egypt It Is de-
piled. as far as possible. from these depend:
encies and from other regions with which it
has more intimate relations than It has with
ern planters must prepare for will be as close
as competition can be made. We have great
advantages on our side. as against all other
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