Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-03


Society with the shove tiee; tks objects Of What
are to attempt to furnish England with large ,u,,v
OF whas the projectors call 'sfree-absr cotton 4.
estaelisA bo1ndess markets sor the products of rnx
sh industry, and BY sprcpeS ef the resources o
India to purify and render Of he aithy character the
whole Industrial system of England. Such are the
avowed objects Of the Society, the s~ccess of which
very predetermined The state of feeling existing
amongst the leaders Of sbe meeting may be cleaned
from the following extraotiof speech made ON the
sceasion:--
INDIA afterds us an opportunity of putting an end
essentially tothe horrible evils sf slavery, by sup
plying US with an unlimited amount Of free labor
lcneersI lhas, out of eur resources, and in British
ind'a we might reap alsandant harvest to reward
our enterprise and bene voence and we should be no
longer IN the Anomalous position Of crying against
ry, as the best customers os the plsnters-rcbesr.
he believed that we might find as sficient laborers
II British India. Tor 3d. day as the slave propre-
tors could Tor Is, ID or Is. 9a day This was one
o. the iacts on wheh he rested the great probability
OF success. He believed en- extensive sympathy
would now arise in this country on behalf Of British
INDIA; lie had found his appeals most kindly re-
20 ~ Liverpool and Manchester and in other
nPortah places, and he was sure the present appeal
wouiG not Dc made IN vain here chsers,l lie be-
loved the present moment was well timed-because
IL commenced at aperiod whCn manufacturers
were suffering bitter distress account of not being
aria TO obtain reransrative prices for the
Gotten which they had bought in the raw, state from
Iho slave holding. cotton growers Of the United
SUES near, heasl and who we're, therefore, GEM
Pesied to shorten the hours Of labor upon which SO
many thousands depended for subsistsnee; for to
coatIn~e to work out the whole usual period would
DC more fuinous TO- those employers than, woald be
the santung up OF their manufactures. Therefore il
wacsv'deEt now advantageous il would be to our
national interests to employ the cheap working cot
ton producers IN British India This Society wsald
therefore, proclaim British India as the Lard vh.re
a he haan co. ~;
country"
many speeches, equally violent, were made by
several wealthy aud influential merchants, all Of
whom expressed their determination to use every
ecrs in their power to carry out the objects Of the
meeting The speakers seemed amazingly. sansuine
on the subject. They desired that English capital
might be extensively employed in lsda, who're there
was.ample scope for it, and fair prospect that in
the markets Of India glish industry might find in
exhaustible returns.
The advocates fcr the support Of the Free Labor
Cotton System, say India cotton a. well as
America. In India labor is cheap in degree an
known in Europe. In India the extent Of water power
applicable to manufacturing purposes, 10 boundless;
that India the natural seat Of cotton manufac-
ture-and that to India therefore, ought that manu-
facsure to be removed; and on this subject they
bring to bear the contents Of paper, published to
show that India supply England with all the cot
ton she requires.
India is capable of growing cotton to such an extent
rs to render IT unnecessary fer England have
course to America, or to any ether foreign market
for the supply she needs The facts contained in
this paper are these India possesses population
OF LOO, 10000; these, from the remetest ages have
been clothed with cotton, the growth of Indian soil
To this IS TO De added the immense supply required
for other purposes and especially for those
peculiar TO tropical climate, such blinds cano
pies, tents, &c. Yet in addition to what has been
reauIred tor home consumption, China takes from
Soooo,ooo to oo.9OO,oOO Of pounds annually, and Eag
land, on some occasions, has taken much more
The average export from India, for many years, has
been 100 600 90 pounds, and in the year 1878 il ex
ported to and China alone lao 0O0 pounds
The plant is indigenous to India, and the samples
which have been produced aad sold, beth at Liver
pool and in London have been equal TO that of the
greatest portions Of other cottons brought into the
English market. Tho defect Of the Indian cotton
brought int the English market is that il 10 badly
eleansed and careIessly picked-a circumstance
which 10 to be clearly traced to the excessively low
price Of wages that price being but from penny to
three pence per day. At DAcca not Ear distant from
the sea, within the Delta Of the Megna and Baum-
pootra rivers, q Superior kind Of cotton has long
been grown, which produces those incompatible
cloths called Dacca muslins The cottons Of thu
New World have been tried in various parts of tina
Coromandel coast, and the result has almost everv
where been favorable. The Bourbon cotton has
nearly superseded the Indigenous growth Of Conba-
nopoiy, which has hitherto refused to grow the cot
ton Of the country, 10 now producing fine crops of
New Orleans. The Sea Island cotton-tbe best
kind that proceeds from the American market-has
produced well in South Arcot; and experiments now
making under the auspices Of the Madras govern
mcnt, and under the supervision Of Dr. WLite. bid
fair TO prove that cotton Of the finest quality and Of
the very best kind, will be produced in that part of
India The cottons grown on the Western coast Of
the Malayan Peninsula, and at Singapore, have
proved equal to the original growths Of PsrnsnIuco
and Bourbon; while sample from Sauggor Island
close 70 the sea, has closely resembis the true
Sea Island cotton, as TO render Il difficult TO distn
guish il. At Allahabad, Delhi, Hansi, the DER.
Doom, and other parts Of the northwest provinces.
the New Orleans and Upland Georgian eotto.s ar.
thriving. and promise to yield sample equal 10 the
parent stock. The obstacles to the success Of this
trade are said to be the want Of higher price for
picking and cleaning, and greater facilities Of som
nsnication with the different parts Of the country
both OF which obstacles, il 10 stated might be east
ly removed by the East India Company with i'm
mense advantages TO themselves, and with certain
~ Of removing the famine and other disasters under
which the people Of that country have groaned.
The subject is full Of interest," but in order to rea
sc their expectations, the English must introduce an
entirely new system or government into India.
90 The pilot boys have been too green this sum.
ner-thcre has been so much rain, the woods have
been green and every thing has been green and the
boys have bean green enough to take arrivals to the
"Courier" on promise Of pay; and now they can't
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