Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-22
COTTON IN ERIrlsm INDLA-Thc policy Of

COTTON IN BRITISH lNUlA-Thc policy of
Gnai Britain in making cotton the chief staple Of her
Indian possessions issieay penevered n and appears
that the success thus far attained in the undertaking af
lords lair augury Of trunphan, result. To the full ex
tent ct the most sangutne expectations entertained by tho
avuureIs ut the enterprise The following is lrum tho
Bombay Times Of June 23rd lsdI:
On examining into the supplies Of cotton brought to
tins market during the twelve months ending thu 3lstut
May. We find that the result is well calculated 10
asonsh those who have not been marking tie progressive
Increase Of this product but have been dwelling with
lanccd security the ocollectuns Of what used 10
stitute large supply for vz:200io 25oOOO bales.
appears then that from the first Of June. ls1 " thu
first June. 1871 the imports Of cotton into Bonlht havS
amounted to 71,2l2.756 pounds or previous ave.
age of cw Ia the bale. AS COG bales, little sIlo of
half million Of screwed bales This is larger quau-
tlty than America produced up 10 tho year 1876, and
more than consumed in England during THE same
year IN 1873, the entire product Of the United States
amonted to only lG9.sd000o pounds, though twelve
years after it had reached ai1 ,2l4 J37 pounds.
g As further encouragement 10 the cnltiyafors, NO
may strife that the consumption Of Fast India cotton in
Great Brain has increased IN greater ptio than that
Of any quality whatever In 1916 at which period the
average Of American Upland lsad. and Sifat at
Il. d.. all the consumption of American 1896 bales
and East Indian 2O1 lalcs per week. IN 1889, when
the ayerge price of Upland I'D, Surat at Gid,
the consumption OF American was l5,61i bales, Fast In
da II 12 bales per week: the increase. in tWerty tl,V
years. Of the last mentioned being in the ratio OIL 10 S
In the period, the consumption of Egyptian Btlzil,
and West India varieties has not doubled"
We noticed in late English paper that ON one Of thu
islands adjacent 10 the coastoi lndoslar the Sea Rt.d
cotton had been tried wthe succeshe quantity and
quality o tho product being In way inferior totle best
productions Of eGr Southern article. a.,,,
Az means of encouraging the growth Of Cotton in
India we may expect 10 sees IN due time, the application
o that discriminating protective policy which England is
50 prompt to extend to her Colonial possessions. Let
the point be made clear that India is capable OF sup
plying cotton for the Of the British factories, and the
subsequent of English policy will not long be
subject Of doubt Nay there IS no coneealment Of her flu
tnrc intentions The purpose is openly ayow-
ed the declaration is published To the world that the en-
tire system Of domestic slavery in the American Southern
States 10 be attacked and oycrown by tariff rcstrlcA
tons upon their chief product, cotton.
II would be well II the people OF the South, whether
politicians planters would look forward little, and
trgn ntmc 10 provide for resnsw which in all probability
must later, and which may come before
great while In fact, whether the British market Is re-
sclcd against them notify discriminating duties in ia
Of the Indian article, it must follow that the Increased
production of cotton consequent upon its extended cult
walton in india will have the effect Of bringing downthe
price. Every year, dating from the present time, will
witness the progress OF things in this respect The par
apaph quoted above from the Bombay Times shows the
rapid increase of Of the consumption OF India cotton for
some years pasta ratio of increase FIR beyond that OF
cur own commodity. Every bale of East India cotton
rvun in,v the British market tends to diminish the
price ofours.
The only escape from the destructive effects
of British policy will be found to be, if mistake mott
the extension of the home market. This already de-
mands two hundred and eightysx thousand bales-and
why not more2 Simply because the Government has
discouraged domestic manufactures. With proper ia
riff the home market will expand every year our people
will be supplied by the productions OF native industry
and with the improvements which American genius and
enterprise give 10 every process ofmanuacurng art,
would soon be discovered that could compete with
England herself in foreign markets. This has been
demo in some instances already. The interests OF both
the North and the South unite in the policy Of sustaining
the home market for cotton; its Capacity Of extension UNI
der proper encouragement can hardly now be duly esti-
mated Bali. .inr,fcaa.
Presidential conrcntion-A correspondent in the St.
Louis Argus proposes the holding national CONVENTION
ofthe Van Buren, party, in Baltimore, on the first Mon
day in November, 1912, for the twoiod object Of nominal
ting president and vice president, and taking sMne nc
ton in relation the resumption and specie paying Of
banks and proposing radical ern IN the entire bank
ing system
| The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin ssys-"The
murderers of Capt. EeiIart who was shotin his own
house some weeks ago TO havebeen four Of hsGwn
negroes They have been tried al Franklin by jury Of
ifcchodcrs and sentenced to be hungand they no dA
were hung on Saturday last