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Tue CR5r ~ ALAnNNA.--rhr ac.
counts Of the growing crop that have come
10 hand since our last, are Of a gloomy
character. The heavy rains with which
We have been visited here. have extended
TO the interior, aud the effect, upon the
crops have excited very general alarm
among lht planters. W. have seen letters
from the counties Of Greene, Sumter, Ma.
tengo, Wilcox, Monroe. and oIher counties,
comprising the best cotton growing regions
Of this State, and they are OF Uniform tenor,
representing the prospects as gloomy in
the extreme. Many plantations are com
plelcly submerged. while on others the weed
Is growing Too luNurianiy y. aud the squares
and bols already beginning 10 drop pro.
iuscly. In some places, loo, there ls CON.
plant OF the worm, though we doubt wheth.
er on this point there is any serious cause
Tor alarm Certain it is, however, the
prospects in this state, al present are dis.
couraging. Nothing but tho mrs, iavon
bic weather during the remainder OF the
season, and an entire freedom from the
causualiiy that proved so fatal last year, can
give us even an average crop this season.
From other portions OF the cotton growing
country our accounts are anything but IA
yorable, as may be seen By reference 10
the copious extracts which we have given
IN another part oiour sheet. In conclusion,
we give the following extract Of letter
received in this city from an intelligent
planter in Sumter county. dated, "Living.
sion, July the l5lh:" have Just returned
from Nashville, Tennessee, and mark
what | tell you: the cotton crop Of this year
will not be as large as that Of last. The
lurlher you 20 north the more rain has ial.
len, and the cotton is growing entirely 10
weed. We are completely flooded here,
and if the rain continues we shall have the
worm again.--.NoJHe jour. Com.


In 1916 the receipts a, New Orleans
from the upper country, amounted TO II
millions Of dullars the steamboats, cngag.
ed in the the trade Of 81, Louis, were 35l,
and the whole number on the Western riy.
tIb, Hthlll l-uu Nhlhtu ~ SlAAttn llilliluns
Of dollars, in which are 10 be added 1000
keel aud nat.boats. The annual cost of
transportation is al millions. The total
value OF the domestic products put anoat
upon the waters Of the valley, is 260 mil.
lions and the value OF the whole commerce
anoat, is 43O millions, being double the
amount Of the whole foreign commerce Of
the United States. The number Of steam.
boats lost in 1912, was 6s; in lS46, the
number was 80. The annual loss Of lives
is 100. The snags it is well known have
caused many of these disasters. But 10
this commerce Of 400 millions, the Govern.
ment does not give even snag. boat, nor
Ia iarthng light 10 designate the place Of
danger" Nothing is given for this com.
merce, while the foreign commerce is pro.
teced at an expense oil D or 10 millions an
nually. Let the West then unite and vote
for no man as President who does not re.
cognise the complete power Of Congress
over this question.


