Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-05-21
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CFrom NILEs. Baltimorc n sekly Resi.ter.l

CFrom NILES Baltimore " sekly Resster.1
In the Register, VOL I. pc re 63, we disco
yer from e BI dgett's Economical, !" that the
total consumption of all foreign merchandise
within the United States, m the experience
OF i've years. was at the ste. per annun,, of
S49, sos 900. for articles sect u the ad pa-
tofeni' dsty, Shc whfac .srts of foreign
merchandize having been, on al average,
S83, 1916, 612 per ahnum.
The intention of t.,is quotation is to disco
yer, if possible, the averaged amount OF TO.
reign merchandise imported into the United
States and adapted to clothing the inhabi,
| tants but as ,hsieis great variety OF ar,
ticles included IN the aforesaid SAG 5U5 900
lwnich sum includes every species Of cio,h
ias) that are not applicable 10 clothing the
hody, we must be Left TO conjecture what
proportion OF that sum to adopt in the Ca,
culations which follow, to ascertain how long
it may be before the United o,ates can SUI:
| ply themselves without the aid OF foreign
Countries
| Besides great variety of smaller articles.
the al Udtoren duties incluSle che ironmon
gerry, stone earehern ware, looking glass,
| es, Competing, household furniture, &c that
we receive IRON abroad; wares ofiin copper,
pewter, china, gold q silver & PLACED wares |;
i eho "h~h We NohStuSb Lie great amount gI
| the two first articles that are usually imper.
ted, it may be liberal allow ance if we sup.
pose that twenty millions of the $40. SOS 600
| are applied to the purposes OF BODY clothing
| exclusively
In the year 1910 the white population of
the Oniled States amounted to 5000 UOU
white persons and 100000 coiored per
| sons.
Let us suppose thatit will require twenty
| dollars per annum for the clothme of each
| individual on an average Of the first class,
and we have the sum of one hundred and
twenty millions and ten dollars per annum :;
tor each colored person twelve ditto, max.
| ing one hundred and thirty two millions, as
the Cost per annum for clothing the inhaDi>
tants or the Uuited States and the writer
IS persuaded thai any person who has had
the experience of Clothing family will be
] satisfied that the calcaIatioa is a very mode
1 rare one.
| Now as we have seen tina, ]. will rec uire
| one hundred and thirty two millions of dol.
I lars to clothe the inhabitants of the United
| States for one year, and that the whole a.
mount OF body clothing imported amounts,
on an average of Ave years, to bur twenty
| millions OF dollars, 1t is evident that we re-,
quire but about one seventh, of our clothing
| from abroad.
The incest enquiry is, is it possible for the
United States to supply this one seventh
and how long will it require to produce that
effect
\ From the documents published, and in :
formation otherwise obtained it appears
pretty Certain that there will be two hun
dred thousand spindies at work in the Uni
ted States on cotton. before the close of the
| present year. They will spin eight millions
al pounds OF cotton per annum and consiy
derine the various mixtures of wool and
cotton, and lax aud cotton. now made, and
that the demand FIR Cotton twist is primer.
paiiy for domestic purposes, it is not an un
reasonable calculation that those eight mil
lion pounds OF TWIST will produce eight -niiIi.
ons of dollars worth of cloth.
Asst appears by. the accounts rendered to
Congress for the year 1910, that the states
OF Vernon Massachusetts, Connecticut *
Pennsylvania, contained at that time 2,7i9,-
! 100 sheep, 1t may be reasonable to conclude
that there was at that time, in the u States,
n number OF sheep equal at least to the
whole namoerot inhabitants, say 200, 900
and, as great exertions have been making
since that time to increase the number, and
as it is believed they will double at least in
four years, that it VIII now be safe to calcu.
late on ten millions, including the common
kind and merinOs. Ten minions of sheen
will yield thirty millions pounds of wool
which at rs cents per ID. (the present price
tor common woody will make %, 900, 600 OF
dollars but as all our Wool is wrought up,
this article alone may seem to be equal To
the 20.0OO,O00 we are dehceat in Clothing
IL must, however, be remembered that a
large proportion of our wool, cotton * fax
is employed for other purposes than body
clothDg-possibly one half Let us then
suppose, that with our increased quantity OF
wool, and the manufactures of wool and Cot
ton at present IN operation, We are still de.
hcient III supplying ourselves with clothing
to the amount OF 10000, 0o0---a state o.
thugs which cannot be admitted but for the
sake of calculation, as the writer is well as
sured !; Is at variance with the fact.
| In nyerslng with men well acuuain q
with the breeding Of sheep they admi.te,
that it was highly probable that the stock O
sheep at present IN the United States, vii
double In three years from natural increase
making sufficient allowance for natura
deaths and the use of them for food but a:
we mean not to overstrain any point in on,
observations, we shall allow double that time
or six years, to produce this effect ant
should that be the case we shall at the en-,
Of that period have thirty millions Of pound,
OF wool to dispose CT beyond our presen,
stock; of which it Is probable from the mix
ture Of he merino blood now generally 81 read
Through the country, the quality will be adj