Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-05-17
wATCHMAN g. STATE JOURNAL.
MONDAY, MAY II, 1871.
COTTON AND SLAVERY.

The very great and general attention which + .,
recently been given TO tho production of ..o,,o,
in the British East Indies and the co,seouent i'm
petus which has been given to tLi,s imnor,,n, suh-
ject in England, will exert :. powerful ;uauence
in two respects in this country-on o,,r copn,erco
ana on the subject of slavery. Lord Auckland, in
MS " Minutes 10 Parliament suggests the follow
ing means, rs in efficient operation, so to augment
tue growth of Cotton in the British dominions. ns
10 Supply the demand for home consumption
vi. 10 institute experimental farms, and TO Of
Ter rewards Tor improved produce or for imnrove
ment' IN machines for cleaning the last being the
great deSlderatum, as regards the cotton of Bonn
bay and TO procure seeds from all foreign conn
tries, to he literally distributed
= 10 offer inducements TO the anplicntion or
capital, by bounties, by reducing the taxes ON cot
ton lands and by offering large grants as prizes.
q; 10 facilitate the transport, by means If good
ToauS extending through the cotton districts, and
to provide Tor its preservation and shipment Inv
the creation of sujtoole warehouses and ouays at
the ports OF shipraentn
In view OF This company, with capital of
two mlliops and half of dollars. has been form
ed IN England, and are now ready to commence
operations upon AN extensive scale, in a congen.
al climate, and where land and labor are extreme
ly cheap. On this subject, the London Jourpal
Of Commerce remarks,-
"From the candor evnced by the East Indi,
Company in giving up prejudices so long enter
tanned by all their civil servants without excen.
ton, we have little doubt that they will, in short
tlme arrive at Il sound and comprehensive course
OF policy Tor developing the resources of India
so recently as January, 1889, they labored under
an impression That so many physical difficulties
existed in India against the growth Of cotton. that
they despared OF its ever being produced of such
quality as would retnune ate It's cultivation on
large scale. This was the great stumbling block ::
depuioton from the Manchester chamber of
commerce succeeded in clearing it away. The
impetus is thus given ali that remains is. 10 guide
it in proper direction"
IN 1905 tie mn 0rtation of Cotton from the
East Indies into Great Britain amounted TO IO7,
400 bales and in 1910 this importation had in
creased to 220,7l3 bales.
Taking encouragement from this, British capt.
taliss have obtained sklu manufacturers anil the
best machinery from the U. S., thus evncing
determination not only to supply themselves and
their own nation, but help other parts OF the world
with an invaluable article, We give them no
credit for benevolence. Self interest," however, by
an oyerruling Providence, is sometimes made to
accomplish what sense of Justice would not. 1t
Is query worth serious thought, whether the
cultivation Of cotton, on an extensive scale in the
British possessions, and Southern opposition to
protective tariff, may not do more, eventually, to
"undo the heavy burdens and let the oppressed
go free than at present enters into the views of
many Southern politician or many Northern
philauthropist. Time will determine