The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1893-09-02
Dots.

During the last fifteen days old Sol
has done his successful best to demon
strate t. us mortals of the temperate
gone " oat he can do in supplying heat
Fortunately for ns the days are
becoming shorter-the nights CORES
pondingly longer aud consequently
when be the revelation of this opaqrie,
munda,ie orb, his light is shut off we
are able to sleep we'll and ''tired ma
ture is restored" TO pass again under
the unclouded ardor of his smile
Cotton is opening rapidly and the
pickers are at work. The price is 20
unremuDerating that the planters wn! X
more from sense OF necessity ti'nn
under the inspiration of hope Of reward.
They are certainly an unfortunate e
class. The more they strive and toll
to produce the less they can hope 10
gain. Expenses absorb all they can
ultimately realize We atr gfadua! y
approaching the conviction nat lttrlr
only safety from financial wreck is 10
be found in vel. snail, and nos IN
large crops of cotton and rice We
specify these without tnciudlng sugar
| which has the 2 cent bounty to fall
back on. Cane growers can well
afford to extend their fields because
the price of the sugar will always pay
the attendant expenses of cultivation
if managed with any prudence. leaving
the bounty at least clear gain 'r
them. In veriication of this statement
few reliable statistics ate at band
We ask our readers to give them ;
few minutes of serious reflection. Ths
sngar crop of the last year was 43O,
600, 900 pounds. The bounty being
per cent amounted in the aggregate tt
$660,OOO. This year it may possibly
60 as high as 550,000,000, the bounty
on which will be $l,10O,00O. Nov
this sum does not include the value o
about 25.00O,0O0 gallons of molassrs
In offering these figures we are not ami
mated by any desire to take from tn
sugar planters the advantages tn
bounty gives them. We would b
pleased if the cotton and rice grow
could have some kind of favor show
them by which they might be similatl
benefited. But how are they t
get itq By doing away with trust
au0 1uGuresf
| We already produce half the cottn
of the world, which added to tha
which other countries produce aggre
gates a quantity not called for II
consumption.
OF rice we produce only about J
per cent of what is consumed in til
| United States, but unfortunately for i
it must pass through tho decortica'in
mills before it can be placed on II
market for consumption The mil
are combined and the rough rice
:, therefore worth to the producer wl
can sell to them alone, only what the
choose to pay for it. No law has 81
been made for the relief of the pr
ducer, beyond light tariff, Whit
serves to enable him to compete wi
foreign producers who employ lahore
at 12 to Is cents per diem. Many Pc
!, sons are finding fanlt with even th
little protection and if it be taken fri
. it those who now raise it for the ma
!, ket will be forced to abandon it,
! The continual uncertainty that pa'
politics throwing over nearly :
our industries is playing havoc vi
: toiing millions throughout the leas
and TO the reInotess borders of 6
country. Will the sufferers ever ses
! ice that the change must come ire
themq
!. The Farmers Alliances are bnEzI
. about like q swarm of migrating b.
0 without queen, and know not wht
. to settle, when they do, the cpl
. of humbuggery is leftly sprukl
q over them and they art hived by :
Politicians.