{"newspaper_name": "Mobile register and journal.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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TRUE PIcTURE.-The following picture of \ southern planter, as we too often find him, is from the graphic pen of our lriend Wilson, of the Plan ,er's Banner. There is a deuced sIght more truth than poetry in il. By-and hy planters will pro- bably earn a little gumpton, and then we shall be happy to ste the picture reversed but until then dor conpels us to acknowledge it's correctness - IN. 0. Tropc.

 ''Now for ihe picture cf the planter. He would not sell chicken, Il dozen of eggs, nor d bushe of peaches. calf, for any consideration. He is aDove thati He raises cotOn--he does! He rides in six hundred dollar carriage, for which he Is in debt. His daughters tlTun piano that never will be paid for. He buys corn which he could raise Al 10 cents bushe and pays Soc for it, alter 2a per cent advance 10 his commission merclant He could raise his own tobacco. vel he pays $2 lb for "Richmond scented" He could raise lis own hogs-yet he pa tronises Cincinnati. The consequences are disas- lrous Being the possesser of one staple, he fuetu- aies with the market of that afice. He takes the 'price curent'-he pays postage-he gobJies down the k ,glish news like d cormorant. II he sells tO- day e' Iose-therefore e'll wait for better advi. ces. He is "mixed" np in cotton, and ia gambler therein. Meantime he wants money; drafts on his factor! He wants cotton goods and clothes for his plantation, that he could make at home. He orders them, and feels 'arge.' The manua cturer, the insu- Ter, the shipper, the tighter, the drayman. the warehouse man, the seller and finally the commission merchant, all have finger in the pie of profits. and i the proud foolish planter pays them all. The year closes md he is sup 10 his eyebrows in debi This

 is the result of his not 'cacuIating nor gues- sing the difference between farming and planting - One supports family, the other supports pride, til he gets d fall"