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THE ADVANCEMENT OF TIE GROWTH OF
COTTON IN THE ENGLISH COLONIES,
AND THE FAVORABLE DISPOSITION OF
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THE GOVERNMENT TOWARD IT.
The growing interest in England for promoting the
cultivation OF Cotton in the Colonies and the favoring
influence of the Government makes the subject one
OF the greatest Importance 10 MS in this country both
as Cotton growers and manufacturers. For if the
measures which in progress should be successful
there must take place revolution in prices that will
affect the whole course Of our Cotton trade.
The origin of these measures will be found in the
interest for the advancement of the Colonies, the IL
vcly competition of the German States in manufac
turing and in the strong feeling which exists among
all classes in England To discourage as much as pos
slble the sys'em of slave abor.H'hs feeling may be
seen in the laying OF duties Sugar. heavy
to diminish its importation. and in sustaining them
during the scarcity of the last year, when, owing in
part to the Liberation of the slaves in the West Indies,
the supply was SMALL that prices to IS and 80
cents per pound.
Added to this, the manufacturers complain of the
low state Of trade (Which in fact is only the present
low price Of goods caused by the rivalry of this coun-
ryand Germany and are cneavoring to obtain tenn
pornry relief by reducing the price of Cotton.
The present duty on Indian Cotton in Enc laud is id
cwt. and on American IS l0d But the growth
increases in the East Indies and other Colonies it is
proposed gradually to raise it on the American and
other foreign Cotons until the country shall be in
dependent Of other supplies The increase of the i'm
poraton from the East India Colonies will be seen to
be steady, though not rapid. In the five years pre-
vlous TO Isl averaged 936S 900 lbs. and in the five
years previous to 1889, it averaged i5,329GG0 lbs or
one eighth of the whole consumption. climate
and soil are now proved 10 be congcnal to the
s.om VI t'i' any Mheac c mas peen tficd
encountered, have arisen not from these, but chiefly
II not wholly from bad cleaning.
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here Attempts have been successfully made to i'm
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; E' vi N'ia'a"" nav ,coii'i'ci'ucu ','H
improved Of
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cannot afterwards be- rot rid If Thc radical ,sn,od
for this is to pick the Cotton in the fields with
care, as is done in America by carefully puinr the
Cotton ont of the pod and not snatcbinp AZ thn nod
itself and separating the Cotton into Two portions
Of the first quality, free from leaf and dirt and
the other such as NAV be enianged with the leaf and
other impurities THE strongest cvidanco to ,hn
effect, given in the reply to INQUIRIES instituted
by Sir ohm Malcolm and reported in his book: also
in the report made TO the Eas, sdia Company by the
Director Of the Guzcrat District in 1889
But the last effort and what promises to be the
most speedy method Of bringing their Cotton to an
equality with ours is the adooton of the pan SUGGEST
ed by the Governor General Lord Auckland 10 nro
cure from this country conpetent men who have
been planters, or are pract cay acquainted with the
management of plantations, with suitable machinery,
and all the varieties Of American seeds and to establish
thom in different parts % the Cotton districts 10 in
struct the planters and to supernend the natives in
the cultivation and cleaning In this manner il is
reasonably supposed there will be a growth of Cotton
which can be cleaned with our common gins and so
the necessity of inycntlng new processes be avoided
This plan is now in operation The agents of the
British Government in this country, had orders 10
mike liberal offers to number Of individuals last
year and before the end of the summer. they wore