Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-08-08
From the PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.

| merce or agriculture, which possesses q
higher Interest for the cIlIzeiis OF the Uni
ted states, Than The production anu con-
SUMPTION 0t-COttOn. we have, TN more
than one ocrasl0n, devoted our columns lu
the InserImn ol information upon the SUBJ
Jeci; aud our attention is particularly called
to II just now, IN consequence OF the re.
cenI publication of d valuable lclicr sign
ed "COlIon Plant" in spirited New
York paper, called The " hip. The wr-
Ter colniliences by stating that tile entire
CROWN ol co'Iou IN The world, is set 40" II
at l,Ouu,UOU,Uuu pounds. Of ,hi, J5O
millions are supposed To he grown III lie
'Guitcd olales-3U III BrazIl-S III The
" e>l ludIrs-27 in EgypI-39 in the wesl
OF Alrica-lYU IN The west Oi Asla-35 IN
Mexico aud S"ul America, except Bra
zll-and IA mIiIIUnS elscw here.
Thus, al ten ceus per pound, a price
below which II has rarely ever lailen, tins
crop Is worth SlUO,UUO,OuU. For The last
| fifty years, however, The value Though
often Huctuallng suddenly aud widely has
averaged l34: A This price, the present
growth Of The world Is worth SlY2,5UU.-
UUO.
Ol lhis, about $50 millions Of pounds
are ,OIIsunIed aud manufactured in Eng
laud about lvU Iniliiuns III lne Uuited
Slates-GU in france-25U III China and
lnda-20 III South America aud Mexico,
including Drazll-35 III GeImany-4o in
urkey aud Airlca-lU in Span-zU in
frussla-aud the remainder elsewhere.
The value of cotton manufactures III
England, /, believed to be annually about
l1U millions Of dullars-ln France, w 0mIl-
llons-in 'he Unled olales, gu mIIilon,.
Ihc capital employ ed IN manufacturing
by machinery, is e,limat,d, III 'Img gland, al
2U0 milli"us of dollars in France, at l2O
mlllions-iu The Uuited State, at 11O mil
lions.
The consumption in manufactures of
raw cuIlon in all Europe, in 1913, was es-
Ilnlated 81 only GO millions OF pounds
(Dlc. ol Span. Cum,) The whole ON
sumption in Europe, in 1880, was about
o57 millions Of pounds. In 1898. it is
believed 10 he nearly 1--we hundred mil
lions of pounds.
South Carolina and Georgia were the
first States ~ the Union to grow cotton 10
any considerable extent, in 1871, two mil
lions OF pounds were grown in The UuIun-
ID millions OF which grew in South Caro-
lima, and one half million IN Georgia.
In 1901 forty millions WAS the crop OF
The Unlled SlaIes--o! which. ~ millions
grew III South Carolina, lU in Georgia. )
in Virginia, 4 IN North Carolina, aud one
III tennessee.
In 1911, The crop Of the Uniled STATES
had reached SU,UU0,0UU--of which, 40
grew IN South Carolina, 20 in Georgia, s
in Virginia, Z III North Carolina, 3 in Zen
nessre, aud 2 in Louisiana.
In 1921, one hundred aud seventy mil
lions OF pounds were grown in the Unun
--as follows; 81 milIiUus in south Caro-
l,Ii,, 45 in Georgia, ~ IN Tcnnessc, ~ III
Alabama, r. in Virginia, ~ in North Car
ulina, 10 IN LOUISIANA. aud ~ in Missis-
slppi.
lu 1928, The whule crop Of the Union
va, :,4S4 millions. Oilhis, Geurgi" grew
IS millions. South Carolina 20, Tenn sse'.
As, Alabama 45, Louisiana 80. MIssssir-
p ~, Virginia 70, North Carolina Is,
Florida 2, aud Arkansas one half of IA
million.
In 1858, the crop of The Union had in
creased to 437a millions. OlIris, SIS mil
lions grew in Georgia, 73 in South Caro-
Ina, ~ in Mississippi, 65 in Alabama, So
in Louisiana, so in Tennessee. ID in Flnri-
da, l3 in Virginia, 10 in North Carolina,
and J in Arkansas.
The next year, (lS34,) the crop had
increased To 457I millions, and was grown
as follows: IS in Mississippi, IS in Alaba-
ma, 75 in Georgia, 6jh in South Carolina,
g. in Louisiana, d. in Tennessee, % in
Florida, IL in Virginia, % in Nurlh Caro-
ua. j in Arkansas. Subsequently, no GER
tain data arc in our possession; but The es-
liuale al this time i, $50 millions as the
Whole crop of the Union.
Thus it will he seen. from 1871 TO 1926,
SouIh Carolina was the most abundant
cotton growing State III the Uuion. In
lc26, Georgia look The lead, and. held it
ill 1884, when Alabama and Mississippi
took the front rank. at This time Missis-
| sippi is perhaps the most extensive cotton
growing Stale in the Union. South Caro-
lima and Alabama are next. North Ala
hama is beginning TO deIeriorate as cotton
country: while The worn lands in Middle
Tennessee are thought to improve for this
cuIture-malurity, the vital desidoratum,
not being so easily allowed in the rank lux
urance of the frrsher snils.
When il is remembered that the first
cotton in the United States, was raised in
1887. surely our readers will Fl d reason
fol surprise at The wonderful increase that
has accrued in little more than fifty years
Build indeed, must be the man, who would
venture to predict The wealth. greatness,
and power, likely to become our national
attributes, through the agency Of Cotton.
EPIoRAM ON A LADY AND HER PICTURE.
| Original, and rODy, too,