VOL. XXXIII. CAMDEN, S. C., OCTOBER 1?, 1873. NO. 7.
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THE PRICE OF COTTON.
A Suggestion to the Gottor. Planters of
of the South.
LETTER PROM COL. D. WYATT AIKEN.
CoKESBURY, S. C. October 3.
Less than one month ago Jay Cooke- & Co.,
)f New Jfork. and elsewhere and almost
Jverywhere, suspended, failed, or to use a
familiar phrase, '-broke with the pocket
roll." W ho these suspended parties arc
does not concern the cotton planter; but
what I hey are is another question. They
nay be fictitious characters for aught I know;
most certainly they have been speculating in
fictitious va.ues in the shape of fictitious
railways, projected possibly into fictitious
jouhtrics. And it is equally a matter of
'act that they arc reported '-broken," and
jonsequent upon this report ha.? followed the
suspension of other Northern firms, suceccd;d
by a "smash up" of Baltimore. Richmond.
Petersburg and other Southern houses, the
lepressing effect gradually spending itself
,1 lit-/, fVin Ai.ivrint.v of 1 until
ivcry one-horse cotton farmer in the backvoodsof
the remotest Southern country has
>ecn forced to inquire "what's the- matter
low?" And well may the question be relented?what
is tiie matter now? The cnire
commercial community is all aghast. No
noncy is in circulation. The price of breadtuffs
has not changed. Wearing apparel
s bought and sold at. steady 'prices. The
npply and demand of horses and mules, iron
md machinery, balance themselves at liithero
average rates; the price of labor is as
isual ; bacon has stiffened in price; but, afas
or cotton, that universally cash article, it
las greatly depreciated, and once at least
luring its existence has become a credit
ommodity, its cash value being quoted as
'nominal." Well may the unsophisticated
armcr, when be carries his cotton to market
nd finds it unsalable, exclaim. "Why is this
ho case?" "Did Jav Cooke k Co. own the
Southern cotton crop?" "Were Southern
otton planters serfs id'Jay Coke Si Co. ?"
Jo, no! But cotton planters, ignorant of
be monetary rascalities of the age, ami strivng
to learn nothing but bow to double the
otton crop, wo are always the victims of
very financial caprice, that is orcv<-r was
latched up in that cesspool of corrupt, -pocu
ition?Wall street, _N? w York. The moneary
system of the country is so limit oil. ami so
itterly inadequate to the wants of this ureal
ation, that its very contraction induces
llegnl speculation, which invariably results
n disaster to innocent parties.
The routine is this: Some apparently
olvent firm suddenly fails and involves a
rational Hank, that has loaned out all its
epoaits, (our only circulating mcdiuui.)
'his creates a "run'' by the depositors; tiic
rowning man reaches out for his straws in
he shape of nominal credits in other Hank
anlts; this excites another "run." and so the
lisease spreads until every Hank in the
Jnion is more or less afTectcd. Some suatended.
others fail, and thus the currency is
withheld from the people, and that product,
rliich usually establishes American credit
n foreign markets, becomes a drug in t'le
ionic market, and does not relievo t he fiuanial
embarrassment by being offered for sale,
ndced. relief under our present monetary
yBtfttii can come but from a single source?
he treasury of the l'niicd States?uhisc
aults can Iks opened bv t iio dictuw nl a sin
:le man, and millions of the people's Ynoiiey
lisgnrged to ubatc a panic amongst specula
ojs. Are there not two sides to this (pes j
ion? If one man can rdlieve. can he not a I- j
0 inflict'( And hence is not this loo much j
Kiwer for one man to have in a republican
[overnuient, if ours be sm h ?
The establishment of the system of .\a ,
ional Honds by Congress was a spceiis ?.fj
raudulciitlegislation that tended (< build up
1 monetary aristocracy under the protection
if government at the expense of the taxp iy i
? i . i i: Y
ir. and the sooner inesc i onus are amu o
id and tlieir worthless shinplaslers rt?|>l:n*-* 1
>y a circulating medium of at least apparent- !
y intrinsic value the better !nr the ma.vn.-;
be longer they exist the bi Iter tor the IVw
I'heir formation is sbuiewhat after this stylo :
xtock is taken, say to the amount of $100.
)O0; the money is paid in and exchanged at I
lie government treasury for government (
Kinds drawing six per cent semi-annually.!
u tjohl, ninf them h<nuts mv imt hi.rnlih I
Jpon tliis fund of S100.0IMI in government
mnds the chartered institution, known a-i
national bank, issues its lolls. 01 "coui? ,
egully, the circulation is restricted, but wli?? J
iver examines to learn win titer they issue j
J100,0110 or $100,000,000 'I 11esc bills are ;
oaucd to preferred customers at one and a
lalf to two per cent, per month. Now sre
heir absolutely certain prolits, until some i
Jay (Vntkc fails and exposes their illegitimate
business, ur induces the withdrawal of all
deposits. The bonds being non-taxable ;
their owners arc saved at b ast three p< i
rent, thereby. They draw six per cent, in- j
I crest in gold paid semi-annually, which is
equiivalent to seven percent, annually in our
renoy, and thus a protection by government is I
thrown around these institutions equivalent;
to a net income of ten per cent annually.
Add to this the discounts of eighteen to j
twcniy-four per cent compounding, ana wo
have a sure income of from thirty to thirty-five
per cent, per annum. The in vestment,
in these national banks is tint intrinsically
productive capital. It is a levy upon labor.
The real estate owners in cities, and farmer*
in tho country, lccl the burden, and not one
of theui could borrow a dime with and unincumbered
real estate collateral worth thousands.
This is tho kind of institutions
upon which we are dependent for our circula-,
ting medium. Is it any wonder then, that
our currency is nt a discount, or that one of
these banks is occasionally smashed to pieces
by needless speculation ? And yet when
one of them fails its bills are immediately at |
a premium, because the number of banks be
ing limited, and that number already reach*,
cd, moneyed men buy up the bills of the
broken bank, redeem the hypothecated bonds
in the national treasury, and rebuild another
bank upon the ashes of the one destroyed.
There are about two thousand national banks
in the United-States and probably the bullion
belonging to all of them could bo rolled
in a wheelbarrow.
It is not the purpose of this article to dc
vise a new and better ^no one couiu suggest
a worse) monetary scheme for the government,
but simply to advise the Southern cotton
planter how the mill grinds, and to ask
him why, of him alone, is double toll demanded
? Why is it that cotton of all the
products of the soil and of all merchantable
articles was the first to feel keenly the terrible
effects of the present monetary crisis ?
The answer is simple and plain?there are
too many middlemen between the prodticor
and consumer of cotton. The farmer after
toiling ten months in the year, struggling
agair\st all the natural and unnatural vicissitudes
of the titnos, gathers, gins and packs
a few bales and ships them to his factor, to
he sold vofcus m/ms to pay some imprudently
contracted debt, or he hurries off with theni
to the nearest hoat-landiug. railway depot or
country village, and after hawking thou
about sample in hand from one merchant to
another, ho is quietly told, uwe can't buy today;
no money, and tho banks won't loan ;
but if you will trade out half .the amount
and take our due bill for the balance, we'll
make you a bid." Or if perchance the
merchant is in funds and pays the cash, hp
sets the price, and ships to those who loaned
1.:.., #)%? innnnn wlm t tir>lii?f>]v0<4 haVrt hnf
...... v..^ ?
rowed from the banks to speculate in cotton.
When this is a daily traffic from October till
March, how can a monetary panic have other
than a depressing effect upon, cotton ?
After March the wheel performs a reverse
revolution. The speculators then hold the
cotton, fix their price, and simply supply the
demand, hence cotton brings them a remunerative
price.
Speculation in cotton is an attractive specoies
of gambling. "Futures" are bought
and sold by the million, ami never a bale
seen or handled The wager is laid, the
game is played, the stake is lost or won, hut
no cards are visible. IIow enticing! Why
deacons in the church play this game, and
with a gusto peculiar to illicit traffic, study
the cards as dealt in the monetary columns
of our daily newspapers. Speculation always,
and most frequently speculation in
"futures," is the cause of the planter's troubles.
Is ithcre no remedy for these disasters?
Most assuredly there is, and that remedy is
in a single word?I'xioN. Let tlicro be
concert of action amongst the cotton planters
of the South; let them resolve to sell at not
less than a specified price, and where will be
"the corner" then ? I.et this step he itnuie-1
1! - . -f _ .^1 1 . l. . I
Ul.'lUMV UIKCII, anu llic uuin uuu Ubuio
(if Wall street will lie like Samson shorn of
his locks. Then why will not the planters
unite, resolvo and act '! They are measurably
united. There arc now a sufficient number
of planters in the granges of the Southern
States to materially affect the price of cotton
if they withhold their crops but for thirty
days. Hut they cannot withhold them, says the
speculator, for the have given lions, mortgages
and other obligations that override the planter's
interests. Alas ! tin true. Wherever it is
possible, compromises with lion creditors
should be so far effected as to postpone for
sixty days the maturity of the obligation.?
If' a >Shylock shouM be encountered, who
knows no one but self, it would be just and
right to resist the execution of the lien by .
any means at hand. This is a desperate disease
and needs a desperate remedy. As Jay
Cooke says, "assets must not he sacrificed to
meet obligations in a panic." Corruption,
speculation and gambling have entailed upon
the country a sacrifice of millions. Why I
should the innocent Southern cotton planter |
shoulder tlie brunt of the sacrifice? lint |
some nmy, say withholding the cotton crop
would create much suffering. Cpon whom?
Certainly not upon the creditor, lor his
debts will bo surely paid il'cotton is enhanced
in price; and to prove-tit suffering amongst
planters enough cotton should be thrown
upon the market t?? supply iuiiuediate wants,
and no more. Withholding the crop would
il- t incur the charge ol" evading debt?but
it. would b<J done simply to secures a remunerative
price lor the products of honest toil.
Cotton planters should remember that the
exciting financial crisis has not annihilated
one mill of money, but lias simply withdrawn
it from circulation Withhold cotton and
the circulation will soon he restored. For
months past gold has been drawn from the
I nitcd States to supply F.uropean demand.
\ I ready hundreds of thousands of pounds of
tin: precious metal arc now in transitu lbr
the I nited to /tin/ ml ton. Thr irorht must
hurt rat toil, owl Snittlurn rot/oil too. Then
why will not the Sou'lieru cotton planter
compel the world to pay him what his cotton
i^ worth '(
Cotton plauters of the South, now is the
day and now is the hour for you to recuperate
voiir ininoverishcd countrv. Millions of
111 uioy :ire in your hands to-day, in the shape
outrun. Hold it till you got a remunerative
price fur it. Will not the Southwest call a
c invention of planters to meet in Montgomery.
Ala., on Wednesday, the IDtli of
Xoveuih'cr next, to take such stops as will
make this <|uestion one for constant cirnside:aii
>n mi peruiaueiit notion ?
I?. WVATT AI KIN.
Two ministerial onndidates for a vacant!
pulpit, named Adam ami Low. had to preach
on tlio same Sunday. Low. who preached in 1
the morning,took for his text. "Adajn. where
art thou?" In the evening Adam gave his
hi> return shot, by selecting for his text.
"Lo, here I ain."
PLEASURE IN THE SOUTH. fl<
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[From The South.] p]
We would again have your readers join y4
"The 'Rural Hebdomadal Perambulatory ^
Olu b," in one of its brightest Saturday after- ar
noon recreations. m
It has had its happy meetings without intcrruption.every
Saturday since early summer, hl
and oti every occasion there has been a feast, m
not only of chiee viands but also of bright U1
scenes to delight the eye, gay spirits to f?
/iIiaam tlta It aiim> It i r?lt tit am r?lt t U f/t alnnof a tit a Til
uurvi nit' ui;ui ui^n iiiuu^nio uv vicvaw mt f
mind, and sparkling sentiuient to please the tu
fancy which with the liberal spirit good K1
cheer prompts and the generosity good fel- di
lowship promotes, we would gladly have y(
shared with other congenial spirits ; but we 01
have the old-time lmbit here of never carry- hi
ing private names or private affairs into 111
newspapers; hence it was only as was the ju
case in our first letter, where the meeting
was on historic gronnd. where the property bi
was in some sort in the public eye, that we 111
could venture to lift the curtain which shut w
out tho view. ft;
We met again on Saturday Inst on grounds vi
where the historic traditional and other cle- tr
ments combine to render it pardonable to tr
give expression to the thoughts which a grand or
old place with noble associations suggests. J"
Three miles south of town, on the Charleston ft
road, after a charming rido, sheltered by
grand old trees wc approach a baronial estab- ^
lishmcnt where nature and art have vied to to
make a noble and charming home, environed
by a glorious park *?f a huwlrcd acreas. w'
North, South, East and West of the park
spread out wide acres of corn and cotton, in
unsurpassed in the rich valleys of the West til
and South. Ofif to the West rise tho huge Pa
dense forests of tho Wateree; Eastward rise
the woodland slopes, first covered with wa- h<
teroak hickory and dogwood, then with red
oak, post oak, black jack and then again the h<
pine crowned hills. In the midst of the wi
park rises a mansion whose substantial lil
strength and freshness arc untouched by la
? *1 j - i--u u:~i.
mkjiu, turuu uii u u 11 in a siunus iijgii, mm aiuic ?
roof, heavy piazzas, wide marble steps, and aB
all looking as strong and fresh as the giant tb
oaks around. Some of these old trees have W1
looked down upon the red man when ho held flt
undisputed sway in these then wild tangles. 'a;
There arc trees which sheltered the peaceful of
Quakers way back yonder in the last century, b(
for just here was the first white man's settlement.
There stands a huge catalpa, now de- ' W(
caying with ace, which shaded the windows !
of the first proprietor of the present line j
when Cornwallis, Rawdon and Tarletou ri- j a^
oted there. This park is oval and slightly J ^
undulating here and thero. North, South | m
and West are gentle depressions, up which ; ?1
in high water the Wateree lazily pushes its \ I*
back flow, now covered with richest verdure, j w
Flocks of merinos and south-downs dot the M
plains, and herds of beautiful red Devons. [ or
wade sluggishly along in the deep grass, g'
Lofty and wide spreading live oaks look as bi
much at home here as on their native Ash be
ley Cooper, though all these were planted bi
here by the hands of man. The native wil- sb
low and water oaks, scarce 1 ss majestic and
much more graceful than the live oaks spread W(
a noble shado, the cedar and holly abound, be
and though there are those hero to whom ^
these shades buvo been familiar for over F!
half n nonfnrv none can tell which of these i it,
...... ? ???J ?
trees are native and "to the manner born" 8
and which are the result of art. In the ag
midst of this park, immediately before fa
the south frout of tho uiausion, though ci:
some 'distaneo off, by the side of a long A
walk bordered by venerable boxwoed, stands b<
a circle of grand old hollies?aged but tem- *m
prr vireiitcs. They are all equi distant aud 8t
uniform in size and appearance. If nature
placed them there it is wonderful; if art, then ti<
nature was most aptly imitated, for art has Pl
attained that highest reach of art, the art of P<
self-concealment. Within this ciacle, in gc
this sweet shelter from an August sun, the tb
forty gentlemen or more to whom we introduecd
your readers in a former letter are Kc
gathered, a little earlier than is our wont; for at
know this sweet spot and wish to spend there br
as many hours as tho fleeting day will allow. yc
Arm chairs and round tables are scattered
about the ciacle, and whist, euchre, etc., gay n<
talk and earnest conversation divide tlie attention
of the different knots. This group jj,
cliat of the deer hunt yesterday, whilo a cy- pj
nic from th^ whist table enquires, a laChes- yf
torlield, "Do you ever go hunting twice ?" tc
Another group talks of cotton, another of 0j
waterpowcr, that of the price of lands, that p(
of hooks, that of politics* and while one earn- 0f
est veteran who studied politicical science v(
before the war talks learnedly, wisely and ^
beautifully of "the Constitution," from auiid w
that standing group, another veteran from jj,
that whist table who had evidently been di- ty
viding his attention between the convcrsatino ge
and the game, cries out "General, talk not of j,,
paper constitutions, material reconstruction
is our safety, and for this we want God-given | 8
constitutions of ilesh, blood and muscle; tc
mine is over fifty years old without a flaw,
where is your paper constitution that can j;
say so much?" This breaks up the consti- 8t
tutional party who surround the whist table, j,
and thus the hours pass until dinner is an- jj
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host leads up the high white marble steps to gl
the great hall, that runs the entire length ^
of the noble old house, and says, "Gentlemen,
the weather is threatening, we will dine in
the barn," to which another replies, 'And
may it ever be thus well-provisioned." All,
nro seated, a goodly company, wc hope
worthy of the feast and the surroundings, j *
Front the walls look down upon" us one <5f\ J
Stuart's orignal Washingtons, and a compan- j j
ion picture by the same great artist, of the I
former head of this house, noble men and wo j
men of past generations, grace the walls; ; gj
but we may not intrude farther than to dwell 0
upon the face of a Bweet maiden, who, at b
Trenton, wns of those who strewed tfith c
)wers the path of "The Conquering Hero/'
id call up in imagination the pride and
ensure with which that bright girl, in afler
sars, then a matron, entertained the grant
rashiugton in her southern home. There
e others on these walls who bring many
emories to some of us seated there, and
ro sweet little gin, painted by loring artiet
inds of the same family thrill us with
emories of two generations, as we gas*
ion the "blonde and brunett; but to the
ast. We need not tell of the beef, mutton,
gs, poultry, fed upon such fields and paeres?in
richest profusion they are there,
accd on every side by salads unrivalled in
casing and appearance, or in taste. When
>u have done justice to mutton and ham,
beef, and pig and pies and think yon
we dined, and" are in that happy fnme of
iud to admire the china, glass, flowers, Ac.,
ist draw to you any one of those liUlt en*
emens that flank every dish. It may be
it a gibiet pie, or dry hash of mutton, or n
utton stew seasoned with celery, hot, our
ord for it, you will linger with delight over
. Just here we must give two pieces of ad*
ce to all who dine where a southern ma*
on has supervised a feast. First, always
y with the entremets, second, always select
ic you do not recognize; you will always
id it a little better than what you thought
might be.
Conversation has not flagged during all
is while. Sometimes it or its results would
11 boisterously from the head of the table,
here sat the president host, dowh to the foot,
here the vice-president bore sway, to be
.ndied back by ready hands, sometimes dy*
g away among little confidential knots, nn*
I a burst of laughter would cause a general
irtioipation. The ices, pine apples, leolon
id peach sherbets are diulied with for an
>ur ere we leave the table and -resort
;ain to onr sylvan drawing-room, some,
iwever, lingering in the mansion, perhaps
Ith a view to visit again lhat dear old
)rary, perhaps with the hope to meet the
dies there. Some lethargic souls are count
to seek again the arm chairs, the shade
id the whist table: others wander off amid
a rninno nf noble tnM and follow the
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inding coarse of glen and. dale; other*
roll off to watch the sheep and Derosa
zily browsing the grass ; others, and we are
' them, stroll off to the hill, where stood the
>me of the founder of this house. As we
and there and look upon all these beauties,
a sigh for the baronial days and wish they
are back and we were of them. ' We walk
rer a noble field of one hundred acres, just
me the rain threatenings of the angry
T&teree, whose rich harvests laugh at its
ottered curses, a field of beautifbl red bad,
d in the Indian days, still called "The
idian Field," .where ninety years ainoe,
hen the proprietor was doing good service
t a "rebel" officer, Tarieton fed his legions
i the autnmnal corn. Now a field of ootton
owe there as tall as your head, with its
ancbes all entwined and the grown bolls
>nding it down to .the earthv-good for a
ile to the acre; bat the host tells us, "I
iow you the worst first, you would not believe
e best if suddenly presented to it," and
3 go to a field of black land north of the
>ose and do find it better, surpassing belief
ve to him who sees it; are told of "The Bed
iold" a little farther off, and are invited to
but the shades of evening are drawing clor
the curtains of retiring day, and we draw
;ain to the mansion where, drivers having
red as well as their masters, buggies, carages,
Ac., await us for a drive homewards..
11 have had a delightful day and do not
isitate to say so. There are of these guests
any whose ancestral halls are owned by
rangers; many where "decay's effacing fin?rs"
are destroying homes loved for genera3ns:
manv whom toil and care follow in the
irsuits of' life, jet none envy the noble
)ssessor of the lordly halls and plains, and
>odly fields and forests. A hearty grasp of
e hand from each guests tells to the host
' appreciation of the day and him. One
tes with "May your shadow never be less,"
lotber, "And the sun ever shine on yon as
ightly." another, "May you ever possess
>ur soul in peaceand one drives off with
leneral, call on me again, when your sheep*
sed a tharer.
Our summer club draws near the complain
of its circle; it has been a source of hapncss,
and, we trust, of great good. Be>nd
its agricultural and social features, it
nds to draw and keep near together the
d and the young of the community, to tern;r
the energy of youth with the experience
'mature years. There are among these
sterans men who know that their day is
tort, their Opportunities few, complications
ith the past entangling, perhaps conclusive;
-A 11 1a?It ka/ilr nruMl sin.
JG mt'Jf ttlD WUIKCllt iaj luua vava hltv.
' done, to straggle manfully with the prent
with such reward as may be vouchsafed;
at they earnestly hope through these young
en to redeem the material prosperity of this
iction, and to preserve the tone and characirof
society. We would be glad to enlarge
te circle of our club by soattered golden
nks of northern allies in the work of recon*
ruction. We turn now to our approaching
arvest, a harvest abundant to those who
ave labored skillfully and intelligently, as
II the " Rurals" do. as em fortune haa
niled vitjUantilHt and frowned dormienti1/8.
Hobkibk.
Camden, S. C. Aug. 25,1873.
Those who are very difficult in choosing
ives seem as if they would take none of naire's
ready-mads worU| but want a woman
lanufaotured particularly to their order.?
Jaxcthorne.
How many troubles might mankind be
pared if they would onlv atop to hear eaoh
ther's explanation ! How many ailments
oth of body and soul, if explanations only
ame more frequently and freely 1? Tvpptr,