The rent, without any responsibility attached to the proprietor at all, is from $8 to $10 an acre.
Q.In money?
-- A.

In money.

I will say further that I have been living in that country since 1869, and I have never yet known a year when there has not been a sufficient crop made to pay the rent, without a single exception.
By Mr.CALL: Q.What is left to the tenant after he pays this $10 an acre?
-- A.

That land produces on an average 400 pounds of lint cotton to the acre, which at 10 cents a pound is $40.
By the CHAIRMAN: Q.To what extent is Northern capital availing itself of opportunity to invest in these plantations?
-- A.

I might say it is limited.
Q.From what fact does that arise?
-- A.