The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-29

was a picture worth gong
I'm the recent occasion
of Osman Pasha Maher $
,isit TO Georgia he spent two days WIN
Colonel Smith, Georgia's largest piah'el'
and he and the other two guests "eio
most Hospitality entertained.
The cost of making cotton III this state
and in the khedive's domain came UP Hal
urally and the two big planters sat uo"h
To calculate it. Item by item the expenses
were noted down and it was with no niue
interest that the result was awaited. Each
If these big growers of the staple knew
ohout what it cost in his own country, but
tbis was probably the first time the compar-
ison had been made by such prominent piah-
tiers representing the two lands. one tne
oldest almost in history, and the oth9I ont
of the Youngest. And the agrlcultuTiSt
from the Oldest country recognized that
his had been far outstripped by the junior
in the production of the article on WHICH
H., unro f~nrinc Pasha Maher re-
marked that it was not until the civl war
that his country had gone INTO GROWING
cotton on an extensive scale.
If brought high price during ana Just
after the close of the war between .he
states, and the Egyptians Thought tnat ,hey
had at last struck something IN winch tne!
could make fortunes out OF the SOL. D'ii
inst as they were getting ahead right wen
The murrain attacked their cattle and swept
off nearly all their oxen with Wllcn lnes
cultivated the CROP The farmers had TO
spend all the money they had accuhlula'eu
to buy new stock , +,nIo
than the upland of the states and 1t nrlhsS
from + TO 6 cents more per polihd. oca IT,
land was tried in Egypt, but 1t was not u
success. the yield per acre belnG 700 Si'ia u
to Justify the farmers raising 1t 10 inc "a
clusion of the shorter staple.
Colonel Smith figured on the average cost
of making cotton in this state on the Az
erage farm by the average farmer i'liu VIC
pasha took the average cost III HIS ooI WIN
And this result was obtained: In Egypt
the cost per acre is greater, but rs more
cotton is raised on an acre the cost per
pound is less than i'll Georgia ..,,.o
The Egyptian farmer Is at ar; an Gnara;a
expense of 5000 per acre ana r thG r SeotSH'
GETS 400 pounds of lint from an acre ana
the average in Georgia, according TO the
last census is 10 pounds to the acre, or
less than one-half as much
The Cost Per Pound.
IT costs the Egyptian .OG2G cents pound
TO raise his cotton and 1t costs the Georgian
within a small fraction OF cents pound.
So the Egyptian has an advantage OF
81 cents Il pound, according TO the pa
shaS figures, and he gets an average vi .
cents a pound more than the Georgian
penses of the Egyptian could be calculated
with a little more accuracy, the cost OIL
production would be increased, Tor the
pasha stated that if cotton gets down 10 .
cents his country will have TO stop raising
If. He said that before the calculations
we're made. He does not count the interest
on the investment. because thc Mohall-
meCan does not take Interest Tor MS money
Sometimes he has to pay II, bur that Is
when he borroWs from Il Christian. IN the
calculations given below the interest was
counted in, but other items We're ohiltted
because il was hard to get ut them. one
itnu, that * put down ~ ia" "'f7' OF
warehousing the cotton when II reaches
Alexandria. The reason this should 80 III
is because the large planters are their own
merchants and have their warehouses at
the port They ship their crop down there,
store If in their own buildings ana lhcn
sell if themselves. They have to pay not
only the transport from the plantation, but
the cost of transferring 1t 10 the ware
house samping, insurance, II there Is any,
interest on the building, and hire OF clerks
to look after it. All of these are legltl-
mate items for they must be pad out Oh
Two things which will be observed ut a
glance are that land is very high III Egypt
and so is the tax. While labor is cheap
there. it takes great deal more to do the
same work Here the land is plowed for
81 an acre. In Egypt five pioWingS are re-
uuired to get the land III order, anu me eX-
penSe OF breaking me Slouilu IL '"'i' 'HO
same in both countries. the lhiiS tt'iiS
I'D another. Land IN F-Syp5 Is valued az
from $50 10 $500 an acre. Here Ill Georgia
Il * v3iurJ Mt SO an acre on an average,
and instead of Il state and county tax OF
less than | per cent. the Egyptian pays
40 pcr cent. AS Colonel Smith eX-
planned, a Georgian has 10 own ABOUT four
acres of land to get one for cotton cuitlVa-
Son That is the average Georgia farm
is made mn to 4 great extent of wooded land,
pasture. roads. gullies. fence rows and I'M
tiDable ground So he calculated interest
and fax on about four acres
a13 o. I'm acre
-. .,tin,o+o If tho average cost