The Arkansas advocate., 1836-05-06


 In the course of the last year Mr. Wood bury, the Secretary of the Treasury, col lected large amount of information re- spectine the cultivation, manufacture, and .oreigen trade of Cotton, chiefly with view to ascertain the extent of influence which the rapid increase of the growth and manu- facture of cotton in this country had ex- sercised and was likely to exercise for few ensuing years, upon our revenue from for .eign importations and from the sales of the public lands in the southwestern States and Territories. The statistical facts and tables thus prepared, were referred to in note to the Secretary's annual Report, and having been in consequence recently called for by Il resolution of the House of Represent atiyes, they have just been published by its order iii tlse form of a Report, consisting of eight pages, on the growth, trade and manu- 4acture of cotton-for q copy of which we are indebted to the attention of our repre- sentative, Mr. Howard. And report it is of unusual interest and value, the great staple to which it relates being of the high est importance to each of the three great branches of national industry, agriculture, commerce and manufactures.
 The table giving the quantity of cotton raised in the world at different periods shows how steady and immense has been in the United States the progress of the culture, Thus in 1791, the whole quantity raised in all parts of the world was 490 millions of pounds, whereof two millions were in the United States. Tn 1S34 the whole amount was 900 millions, whereof AGO millions, or znor than half. were in the United States. Since 1901 the quantity raised has decreas- ed III BraZIl and all the rest of South Ameri- ca Tn Asia, with the exception of India; in Africa, with the exception of Egypt. and in the West Indies. In the United States the quantity raised in 1901 amounted to AS millions of pounds; in 1911 to 80 millions; in 1921 to lS0 millions; and in 1881 to 3S5 millions.
 There IS table giving the quantity com puted to be raised at different periods in each of the Southern and Southwestern States. Of the two millions above men toned as raised i'll the United States in l79l, one and half millions were in South Carolina and the other half in Georgia. In 1901, Virginia raised five millions, North Carolina four, South Carolina twenty, Geor- gia ten, and Tennessee one. In I8lI, Louisiana was added in 1921, Alabama md Mississippi; and 1926 Florida and Ar kansas. In 1893 the largest cotton-grow- ing State was Georgia, the amount raised by her being 88 millions of pounds the next was South Carolina, raising 73 mil lions; the third Mississippi, TO millions and the fourth Alabama, 65 millions. But Tn the next year, 1884, the quantity in Georgia decreased to 75 millions, and in South Carolina to 66, while in Alabama and Mississippi it increased to S5 each.
 A computation is made, which of course cannot be implicitly relied on, as to the amount of capital invested in the United States for the production of Cotton. It is estimated 10 be about eight hundred mil lions of dollars, embracing the land, slaves, utensils and stock, and floating capital.
 Of the 490 millions of pounds produced m this country, 100 millions are manufac- tured here, and the rest exported. The manufacture is rapidly increasing. Three years ago the quantity manufactured was fifteen millions less than at present; and in 1921 1t was half what 1t is now. In Great Britain the whole quantity manufactured is 520 millions of pounds.