Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-12-08
Correspondence N he Richpond " hig.
New YORK, November. 1912.


Sumo months since, Il addressed You relative to Cotton
Planting IN British India, aud expressed the opinion,
thai very distant period Great Britain would
ceise from that portion of her domnons, sufficient guam
Titles o Cotton annually to keep IN operation every spin
die III Manchester aud every other manufacturing town
in the Kingdom. have read later accounts from Brit
s India On the same subject, and am now satisfied the
business will he successfully prosecuted and in less than
five years Cotton Planters OF the South will be
PEELED To look toto home market fur the sale OF the largest,
portion OF their crops My first view of this matter
that labor being cheaper British India than in any other
part ol the world, cuuid not lay the article down AT
Liverpool as cheap as they will be enabled to do it,
when they shall have perfected all their plans of cutva
ting the staple have additional reason for the
opinion that may he deprived olihe English market.
The present duty Cotton imported into Great Bri-
tain Is 5l6ths OF a penny per pound but since the
passage OF - per cent. (average) Tariff weare al
ready threatened with duty OF | I'd per pound,
aud incosc YOU an article which have cut from
The London Standard on the subject Ia it, you
will also perceive that the fact of our Cotton being
cultivated by Stare tabor is gavely objected to-
As the cultivation of Cotton is materially in
creased in British India, ! doubt not the duty
Cotton from all other countries will be made very
high, say from % nj per pound What views will
Cotton Planters hold or the Tariff question then? VIII
they 90 hand in hand with the manufacturers of Cot
toni guess they w-Better, far hotter, inyesca;,
this important SUBJECT at once, aud be wary how they
touch the tc Tariff Bill, which. for aught know may
require some modcaon but the repeal Of that Bill will
not only deyasatc the Eastern part OF the United States
but ultimately operate most disaslrously upon the Cot
Ton Planting States.
In Great Britain the complaint is general against our
moderately increased Tariff, and retaliation is threatened;
aud as Cotton pays the lghest duty. be the arli
Gle selected Ia wrcak vengeance upon Mark this,
Cotton Planters Of he L. States II would not do TO
put additional duty the other great staple of this
country, Tobacco, because that already pays duty of
three shlngs serllnga pound. about thousand
per- cent Nor would 1t look well to put additional du
y onour Flour, which at present, is about $50 per
harre'
Do the Tobacco planters of Virginia and the of the
Tobacco growing States. know hat amount of
Great Britain derives from this article? All may not
aud will inform them. According To statement APP
pended To Sir Robert Pcc's Tariff Bill which passed
Parliament a few months since, the duty on Tobacco,
(neafly the whole from this country for the year end
ing January, 1872 nearly otr millions pounds sler
ling, about fifteen millions of dollars !, G. Brit
ain rca2ln. fifteen millions Of dollars in one YEAR from
our Tohacco, whilst the whole amount OF duties levied
by us on all articles from all foreign countries, may
exceed, this year, fifteen millions of dollars and no one
supposcS 1t will reach twenty millions u dollars. Until
Dreal Britain reduces, materially, the present duties
our own Tobacco and Flour complaint rs to our Tariff
comes V nth II very bad grace, indeed
II may be proper to say, have interest in manu-
features, but my business is commerce.
A SOUrlERNER, IN NEw Yorx,
Add charges, about 81 25, makes 81 7j or nearly
loo per cent On the present price of Flour.
Ed. MING