Year: 1867




/ The following warning peais forth from
the truthful columns Of the New Orleans
Picayune, one of the ablest journals in the
entire nation. Long years ago the Picayune
was looked to for advice, and unerringly was
it freely given now that great commercial
tongue speaks to the people for the peoples
good, and tells them truthfully that they
must become selfsustaining if they would
prosper in time to come. Read the article


4 season is past and another crop of cot
ten has been added to the records but as far
as It's visible effects can be seen on the wealth
of the Southern country, it had as well nos
been made. A million bales has been 6Oan-
ted. worth not less than hundred millions
of dollars But it has gone-gORe gismmer-
ing to help other people, and enrich other
pockets. There is nothing leit OF It. No
moro money is In the South, than before Ig
was gathered. Some may ask, where IS It Z
We point them to the huge heaps Of freight
and produce daily landed at She wharf, the
moment it touches the shore, Is wheeie9
away to the railroads and coast steamers 20
feed tie farming people.


There is the answer to Where has the
cotton goneY Verify we are working only
for our victuals and clothes, and unless q
different policy is adopted by our country
people, and the agricultural situation ~
changed, that is all we viii ever get


Is it not possible for as to learn wisdom
from past experienced Has not fifty years
Of experiment. pointed out the proper course
to follow Louk at the thousands OF mil
lions worth of Southern product that was
paid for in gold, and how much of 1T re-
mained at the time of the unfortunate separa-
ton Of the States Not even enough could
be found to satisfy the desires of the peoples
Butler Is this always to be the case or Is
there a time coming when the cllnk OF some
thing pure-some surplus will be left 20 de-
light as with its glitter and charm the ear
with the now almost forgotten sound


To every thinking man the way is clear 20
wealth All know the route, for there are
no crooks in 1t, and it can be easily followed
by those who are determined Everything
that is needed for success is given by the
Creator. The richest lands N the world
and a climate suited to the growth Of every
thing. Is the heritage Of the Southern peo-
ple. No people can be selfsuppOrting half
as easily as the people of the South. Every
thing that is needed can be easily made here
If we would improve on the present, we
must make our bread and meat hrst, and
then give the rest of our time to cotton. In
that Way only can any advance be made.
& There is no other way, and we might as
we'll begin to travel it at once. We have
trusted too much to cotton. Our hopes for
years were based on nothing else, and even
now, when what once did seem a reality is
vanished like dream, we are still hugging
the strange delusiOn as an idiotic mOurner
slowly dying of grief at the grave of a lost
friend


Ia the name OF common sense let our
planting people grow their own corn and
make their own bread and meat Dc this
first and give up the exploded idea that
/" Cotton is King And when home wants
are supplied then grow cotton, and the coun-
try will grow richer.


If the whole South could be induced to
adopt selfsustaining policy by making
their own food and raiment, and give the
balance of their time to the culture of cot
ton. no people on earth would be as rich as
we would soon be. But if our planters are
determined, as they seem to be, to follow
the old route, there is nothing more to hope
for than we have already got In that case
our history is written. Who wants the pic
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