Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-04-08

tages OF trade. he has entered into il Hamlet SAYS
Like French facCners who lv any thing thew see
lie is trying all things; and of his undertakings
therefore -such for instance his establishment of
large domestic manufactures, unwse; these howe
ver as his experience increases may expect to be
Abandoned and the capital and labor he commands d.
rected TO more profitable employment His territory
possesses as source of wealth, natural peculiarites
superior to those of any other country. The soil,
rched aud nvgorated by the annual overowngs of the
Nle-"N hich broods DER Egypt with its wat'ry
WINGS" is capable without any exhaustion of bearing
an endless succession of products, the important
70 the wants OF mankind; while the climate and seasons
pass through all their changes with constant regularity
free from those vicsstudcs and variations which else
where expose the cultivated productions of the earth
TO injury and destruction To avail himself TO the full.
lest extent OF the advantages which nature thus pre-
sents TO him, is clearly the policy which the
Paoha should pursue, that acting under the influence
OF that keen perception of his interests and that strong
desire to promote them which said to govern his con-
Duct we may expect every change in his measures TO
De In favor OF such policy. His recent proceedings
indicate preference to the cultivation OF the SOIL which
the success that has attended his efforts so well cacu
lated to confirm and strengthen that regularly in
creasng import may be expected from that country;
and we have to believe that this increase will be
principally IN cotton, for in Egypt as i'm all other
countries OF ITS growth the favorite productions
In Egypt, too, OF NAV always be calcutta
ted upon proportionate to the extent of the planning
tor II Is not there liable TO the casualties to which so
much desolaon attributed in other countries Eryp
mas no trosts hurricanes and no floods but
one which fertises; is indeed subject to an almost
perpetual drought, which however does not in Egypt
as In America, inure cotton The rapidty with which
ITS cultivation has extended in Egypt an interesting
fact in the annals of commerce. Some cotton for do
Hlestlc uses has, from time inmemorial be.r grown
there; but the quality of inferior description
quite unit for the English market In 1929, the Pacha
was advised with view to expectation, try to pro
duce better quality and seed for the experiment W
obtained from Mocha where line cotton was usu.
ally grown.
The produce Of this seed distinguish il from the Or
binary growth Of the country, denoninated Mocha
cotton, and by that name the subsequent crops are
KNOWN although it is stated that seed for them OBJ
tanned from the Brazll. Tie first crop 1927 was few
thousand bags, of which 5000 came to England The
crop OF 1925 amounted 10 10000 bags which 50 600
came to England The OF last year is stated to be
equal To more than 200,0 900 bags of the former years
outa will be preSpackeI much lager quantity will
be put into bag, and the number of bags will therefore
be less IN proportion TO the weight of the cotton The pro-
duce OF an English three canars of clean cotton:
canar is equal to 100 lbs English that all acre pro-
duces $40 lbs The PaCha pays the guilty of the
land 100 cu1rent pasters, each equal TO SID English for
cantar OF 20 lbs The cost TO him, ter eiore is rather
less than Sd per TO- and this price the value of crop
of cotton is worth to the cultivator more than twice as
much as crop of corn The Pacha sells the cotton for
I'd per b Both the cutvator and the Paca have there
lore the motive winch cent per cent profit holds out for
continuing and extending the cultivation Of this article
The successive increase of the crops to the prcsent
be effected and further evidence of the ease with
which Is produced, we have good authority f know
ing, that the PaCha's principal superintendent OF the
plantations has engaged, any year 10 raise the
production to a million of cantars.
When this article first came ither the leneth and fine
ness OF the staple led to the indulgence of confident
pecaton that the quality would be suitable for fine spn
ming. The general condition of the cotton was how
ever so very bad arising from of proper manage
nen IN Its culture and picking that the expense and
dllhculty OF sorting and cleansing IT. found decided
objection to IFS for thing but common PURPOSES
The color too, probably owing to the same cause is
bad w hen these objections TO il are removed il will
no doubt be a valuable cotton, and in our Judgment
Will serve as ettectual substitute for common Sea Is
lands. AT present. however, there are peculiariti
about 1t which diminish its value. The thread spun
from Is hbrous and OOZy, and that account look
coarser than IT actually and is also weaker than it
would be If the hbres adhered closely as in other
cottons In bleaching perfect color EGYPTIAN cotton
is found to lose pound in every ten which is one
third more than other cotons lose in the process
the difficulty also of bleaching is so great that
At good color costs very nearly Id per h. more than
other cotton. The yarn made from il too will naf do for
dung light bright delicate colors Our statements
sPecung the bleaching and dying the results of very
accurate experiments, conducted upon so large scale
to enttle them TO the fuest reliance The fauIt in
tins cotton perhaps be altogether removed by bet
Ter system III the management, and by separating the
qualities in the gathering and the packing all these
RESPECTS, improvements rapidly taking place
the cotton to be divided into four different quail
ties and to be packed into bales of about three
tarS each we have seen of the cotton cot u u i'm
the new manner, which, perfectly clean toerablv
good color, and which is spinning into 2O's welt with
very little, IT any expense to the spinner than he
would incur III making the same numbers from Sea
IslarJs.