The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-23 00:00:00

AMERICAN COTTON WOOL.

FROM Mft.GLADStONE'B PAMPHLET ON THIC IN'EXi=EL.
DIECY ON PERMITTING THE IIirOIITATIOa

CaTroN'NVOOL

(Com:la:Jed from ourNner of 1760:eicio,-:)

If I huve.suceeeded, any Lord, in sliewirfg
the necessity, which has been urovd to exist, 'for
permitting the general import of American 'cottons
onacc..ount of their quality, is not founded in' fact
or to any material exteot, as ,I trust 1 have, I
thins: that it will not be difficult to shew that a'
Sufficient supply may be procured from other quar-
ters. The present annual consumption of 'cotton
in the United Kingdom is estimated to he from
seventy-to seventy-five millionS of pounds; the
stock .now on handetmsisting chiefly of American,
Brazil, and West India cottons, is, 1 believe, ad-
mitted on.all shies to be fully-equal to olio year,
and from that to fifteen mooths consumption : an
ordinary crop in the late Dutch and West India
colonies exceeds,twenty millions'.of pounds ; the,
usual crop in the I3razils is estimated to exceed
thirty millions more; and I am informed that a
considerable surplus from former- crops remains
over in that country;. to, theie may be added im-
ports from Turkey, Spanish America, and captur-
ed cotton, intlependentor :Indian supplies; these
'West India and Brazil crops are now ready to
shio, nod part actually shipping,; the, whole
might be imported in the next six months,: thus
forming; with the stock on hand, a simply equal
to near two years consumption, to be followed by
succeeding 'crops and extended cultivation, encou-
raged by the protection that would then he afford-
ed in the home market.
From India, any quantity of cotton that could
find a market here may be obtained within a rea-
sonable time, their qualities have hitherto been
found inferior, because. the cultivation has been
neglected, and ill imdeestood. In place of pick-
ing the pod when it opens on time tree before the,
strength of the fibre can be injured by over ripe-
ne;:a, as is practised in other, countries ; in India
it is allowed to MI on the ground, it is .thea
sweeped together, and collected in heirs. W;ts
common atteution to the introductimi proper
seed, and common came in pickinegnd pliVPcrit!g
the cotton, thererappears to 'be no reason to doubt
tha: the hest descriptions of cottons;' as %Veil $5
the in!'e'rior; may in a few venrsdie oroenred from
,Tud:A tm considergble quantity, root the
campleat;eo low pt ice of lalrJur in that eountry,i
their cottons ma\t, if" encouraged,' be of On
mere reasonable terms Oita) they aim be raised in
America. This tact is established by the evidence
of the Chinese market, which is . now supplied
with the cottons of India to a great *extent, while.
the American ships sail there directly' haflaSt ; it
the Americ;io cottons could be atiOlrded to,. pay
even a moderate. freight, thouili less than the
rate from Bengal to Chhia, the interests :dm
American nierchaiit would iudoce hiM' to send
them ; their quality is. known to' be approved,
from scone experiments that have been' made ; 'and
he o,onhl thus be provided 'vith funds to Purchase
his tins, for which be now carries bullion from
America; -hot the cottons of India are' Sold so
much lower than those of America can be athoti-
ed, tloat their merchants cannot semi' them there
to any advantage, though th.e...indneements axes so
strong%

If the Import of American cotton was to be
rrohibited, the sphitier is afartried at the idea, be
entertains of enhanced prices,. those now current
for the cottons antr. Brazils, the West Indies,
and of India, are moderate with such 0 stock iu
the kingdom', and such a prospect of..supply, no
Material advance, if any, could be contemplated
but it' any advance did, take place, it would only
stimulate the forwarding of supply from every
quarter, and soon correct itself, the quarters uni
whence theft! supplies would come; take ottr
goods in payment; thus •reeiproeatingibenelic
the manufactuiers by extending their sales ;
these markets they have no competition to fear tts
in the United States, Where a' hostile, jealous spi—
rit is using every practicable means to diittinish the
use of "our manufactures, and encourage the
growth of their own ; tiny, even to total • exelti-
ion, was it wholly 'practicable, without their he-
ll% in any respect influenced bye our/either
mintimor proliihting the importation of • their
cottons into the United li,ingdom, Nor is it tic :r
to me, in
j of
judging` recent instances of the de.;
tension of neutral ships e,q,len loaded in the port,:
of the United States, though only stl-:;peettAl of
beingsdestined for Great Britain ; that their QO-
- Would not inflict injury on their coin'.
try, by using every means in their power to
vent the export of cottOns
.destined for this in 3;
.ket, rather than that we should p•Lssess this advan-
tage, was it olici2to be, by any public net,
c~ecia ,I
there,, that such a supply 4.)l^itcace
sary for our manufactures.

I have now closed my v;ewi, 0( the rub)"et
subinitteil for VOW' LOViisilijeti COllSidenttiOtl.
hope, my. Lord, the period is not, far•dititanyvhett
wea:ts inavialso be found to supply the „t..keinti..inl,l
avtt
Itseergvs netii s
plie
RossiAst, Poland rye :of , excellent ..qttulity is
abundant at prices not exceeding 80s. yer qutitz.
ter,- and wheat, is proportionably low ; tbe
of Archangel may now be purchased juntlir
per quarter, and the finer:qualities of Odessa are, 1.
understand, at prices not ex.ceeditJg 553.4r0m stich
sources, 1 trust that large. au aplie, will be b rougn t
forward, and the rite of lieutpl may ceroinivhe
procured in any quantity entynoderate terms, if a
sale can be secured to the importer, these Auppl,i-v
would als6 be carried in British shit .: to their gieat
advantage,