Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-23

III HfeHiUfs'1 EdbHf|pH SG.nG iHCIs
connected with the %introduotion and pro.
gress Of this manufacture, which are emil.
tied to notice IN their connection with The
interests Of the cotton.growing States.
Tho article first praduecd in any quantity
was . novelty ~ commerce. A fabric
stonter and heavier linn any thing hereto.
fo'e in use was produced, and became n
~favoritc article Of export to different
parts Of the world, which has coniinncd
tp increase up 10 the present time. In this
way it soon attracted the attention OF Bri-
fish manufacturers, and became an object
OF imitation, and these limitations, under
the raue If domesiics, roW co1slitgie y
veay large branch Of lrada, with this p. ca.
liaritv.
The Bfi,bish s,s enabled to use n chenp.
or maierial~-shs growth IT India, mixed
with n anal proportion of American cotton,
s-rby which they furnish an article very
similar in appearance, nj . lover price, but
essentially inferior in texture and dnra IL
~. While the superior AMERICAN quality
is fully appreciated in foreign counties,
there IL no doubt that the BfiiJsh inf rior
limitations find a saln In gscaler quantities
| , the samo mnrkcts. /. 10 worthy Of re.
mark, that the identicIc article Of this ma
npfacture. which sold nj 30 cents in 1919,
Is now selling al LIZ cents the square yard.
The articles ofcotton, rail duck, negro col.
tons, and cotton drilling. now articles Of
very large consumption, are also wholly
Of American origin, being entirely unk.~n
in commerce until their production IN ;hls
country.
Ansthe, important braneh Of tho cotton
manufacture 10 The Gner description o.
shiriings and other white goods, Of which
,ery nearly the whole consumption Of t.n
country 10 supplied by ogr own manufacture
with the exception Of light musi,ns.
The most important branch, however, il
unquestionably, that Of printed calicoes.
This manufacture was commenced about
the ycas 1866, and so rapid has teen it pro.
gress, that, from the most accurate caicu.
~latior, it nov mounts to full 1870 millions
Of yards per anngm-of the value al least
10 millions Of dollars, and employing a
capital Of Is millions. There 10 10 manu-.
facturs whatever requiring n combination
Of no much mechanical and chemical ski!i
as this. Its introduction has been attend
ed with mach labor and difficulty, with the
outlay Of very heavy expenses ; but the Oh.
ject has been accomplished, and we can
challenge a comparison in this fabric, in de-
signs and c~oilouss, with the most beautiful
productions Of France or England,
BY official returns from the Treasury
it appears thai Tho average OF
the last four years gives 2f,s52,G1s as tho
number Of square yards If dyed OF printed
imported, coating, not exceeding lie pres
minimum Of 35 cents the square yard,
IN average Of something over 2n
the square yard, a. the actual cost OF
this description of goods, and leaving the
amount Of l,5s9,509, dollars, OF one.forth
Of the whole quantity imported. as costing
35 cents the square yard.
Tho importation of white cotton IL now
very small, The Averages Of the last four years
1,4l5,s94 dollars in value, Of which
six millions Of square yards cost, on the
average, II cents, leaving something less
0 o,e03 dollars costing over 30 cents
the square yard. 1t appears that there are
at the present time, I2l printing machines
iu operation in the United States, which
turn out I0l 800 pieces Of 80 yards each
per week, or Ls,02s 600 per annum
The capital required for manufacturing and
prin.ing the above quantity ofclothes $780,
coo, G0e.
The consumption OF cotton in the United
States in 1926 ~ vas lG3,4s3 bales,
since which time it hasshown a large year.
iy increasc-beipg in 1540' Al, 297,2sS
bales. The export Of Gotten home manu.
features in in 1895 amounted to S2.55s,.
OO0-in 1898 TO S3,75S,G3e, and in lS40
to 1888, 0Oe.
The memorials from which we have ga.
the above facts, state thataL branch.
es Of the cotton manufacture are at present
in e state Of miserable depression. Not
wi.hstaning the low Price Of the raw mate.
rial, their stocks have accumulated TO a
most announcement degree, and without Tie
hope or profit threaten them with
heavy loss. They attribute this depression
in a great measure, tothe deranged state
Of the currency throughout 80 great a Por.
ton of the United States, and to the gut.
ted state Of foreign markets, eris.og ct
of over-production, and oser-trade in this
branch Of manufacturers in England.
They think, however, that the late re-
d%uciions Of the tariff, with the consequent
heavy i~nposta,ioas, end the uncertainty
hangs oser the proceedings Of Con-
gress ON that question, add very much to
the gloom and approximations which now
attach to sh;s interest. They appeal +"
Congress to try new experiments with this
great interest; when the whole or principal
effect Of so cutting down the tariff as TO Ia.
the imports. Of cotton manufactures,
would be the substitution Of goods made
from inferior foreign cotton in The place OF
our own better staple. That such 6 policy,
they add should be sustained by shr repre-.
of the cotton growing States, az
the very moment when G:aat BritGia ia
straining every nerve 10 supply herself
with this staple frcm her own s-em:nioas
and vita grfstapparent success, wcatd i'm
ply such a self sacrificing devotion 10 a5-
theories as is, they believe, without
Example IN the history Of the word.
OurassEous.-Mr. Clay, in a recent
speech in the senate. said, that Of the
glole an,ouat transported in the mail, nine
Iv five per cent. goes free Ct postage, and