Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-02

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The following Account ef be eplfon made
by certain f6teign c6onttiiSs IS . snatIa
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There is no deubL thai, the encsesis a..
tie esttas manufactures in Great Britain
iince 1856, ,6and p has been very greats,
The computed quantity manufactured Ms
the Britilh European dominions laf years
is forty. millions Of pounds, Of which the
American quantity (lay y millons) was
a very large proportion. But the dsmands /,
by their competitors on the continent Of.
Europe in Soz will BE- ALTO great. Orr
own coarfe and bulky manufactures Of cot,
ton adds oonGderably to the demand.
There is fuch weight Of candles txparssAs
from hence, beides our own Watt coniump-
ton, as to require at ieven to the pound.r
above ten millions of wicks. Theie IS
fcarccly a regular city or country fore
within one hundred miles ct navigation. ;.
in the ftates which do not produce cotton, :
but what fe!ls cotson for fplnnipg, weav-
ing, quilting, csndM wicks, aud various
purpoles. Our domeaic copiumaion IS
very great. In the cotton rafting fa.cs,
this valuable production Gupplies the place
of lheep's wool, fax and hemp in a number
of manufactures. This country, as an
act Of tatuatJm, will surn to the general
ae of foreign and domeitic cotton gooda
in lieu Of foreign wooden, filken, aaxen
and hempen. goods. 1t is our intere& to
take foreign cotton goods from the nations
which take our cotton wool and manufac-
ture it for US into cloathing, blankets,
rugs, coverlids, and other bedding, carpets,
quitting, SC.
It is certain fatt, that the Chinele
make cotton carpeting, and it is equally
certain thar the French make cotton bian-
kets. We are lurpriled 10 find the inge-
NOUS Bririlh manufacturers do not ate
tempt thefe manufactures. We believe,
the French, Dutch and Germans will Inc
tercept fome Of their Iappiies of wool. Ler
them. then work up American cotton into
articles, formerly made of lheep's wool.
They have no iuch cufomers on earth 40
this nation, which hipped TO foreign ma.
tons in the laf returned year, exports
worth 5000, s43 dollars. Cotton hats
appear to be a practicable manufacture.
and it is certainly the intere& Of our ma
nufadurers to endeavor to offer to their
cufomers both cotton hats and wool hats.
Silk, fur, hair and wool are made into
hats. To aperfon unacquainted with the
art, cotton hats appear worthy Of an Ate
tempt. If they were made with lighe
drab coloured outfdes for fummer wear.
and green underpars, they would be
adapted to the ufe Of a great number Of
perfons. If this wonderful production Of
America (cOTTON) can be confirmed
and exported with advantage, j. mua con-
tinue TO yield great profits to the cotton
raiie,, and BY multiplying Them and ma.
nufaebrers Of cottoo, it nuR 10 fsr pro.
vent a redundancy Of grain, and s'eat and
alted 6lh, as to occafon the gsaia and
cattle farmers and fifhermen Of the Unit.
ed States to have good and certain markets.
It isever to be remembered, that is does
not require rich land, bot in every ttsto
It Mould be fudied to plant it in Gtuati.
ons the leaf expoied. The Tea fde air,
and dry air, inland, perhaps are the belt.
Rey's Gex<ne.