The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-05-07
yv,,,1v-gTt,vrsrs TFU I Tt5sss' Ss'''tI1l To-
r,,r.ose ol sapfNsskng native mnnuiac-
IA. 10 MI exient,ihe American
- - i - pe,Aer be infected.

-, j5Ters can never be ancc'eo'
While Sugata. or India cotton can DC "
IA at cents in China. the American u
o,,on i never likely TO fall to lower :
,oin, than this in Liverpool.
Whenever cotton falls, the prices IN
,merica never 10 exceed 3 or cents
..r mound. there would in the end pro
,,hy be about as much grown, and Inc
anne nroals realized, as is obtained ho"'
when il is 8 or . cents per pound.
We think We have succeeded IN $40"
mo ,hnt the JugJcdr held up by ,'f,u
men and others, of the prospect OF ino'a
riyaIling us in the growth OF co''ou' :
very absurd. The Americans nave POI
,.ssion az t,e markets OF Europe anu
nv will keen them. They have =
,,;,,.,sd over nine hundred millions OF
J,.uavs caniial invested in the growing OF
,a,,on and TWO millions OF acres oil lahd
n cultivation Even suppos'ne co''on
- fall from twelve cents per pound Gown
- SIX cents per pound, this estlni"'eu
aronnt Of nine hundred millions capl'a'
,,onll also tail 10 about half It's value, or
fonr hundred and ifty-nine millions o'
dollars. Hence, when this became
normauen, state Of things, the PROM &c
cruinc on the article at six cents woulo
finally be about equivalent to wha' u -
now. And we feel satisfied II me 1'''0'1
was 10 fall even 10 six cents per poaha,
Ntississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, would
even then grow it in preference 10 any
thing else; if We except certain iocai'
ties for sugar, indigo, rice, or tooacco'
which staples might come IN under sueh
circumstances for a larger share oil at
ten,ion. If this portion of the Southwest
c.n produce cotton at three cents per ID
!, is clear no country on earth can com
ne,e with il. 1t costs more than three
cents per pound to get the article from
the soil in India 10 the market In Grea'
Britain, and it is pretty certain, 10 what
ever point Amer Gotten may decline
the East India cotton will sell fraction
lower, owing to its inferior quality.
The increase in the trade of Grea
Britain. aud especially in the article o
cotton goods, with India and China, VII
have a tendency rather to enhance the
price of cotton. The immense popu
iation Of these countries are capable o
consuming cotton 2 oods to an extent vast
" greater than the soil they occupy cal
ever produce raw cotton, 10 exchang'
for them. And the deficiency thus ere
a;ed must be supplied from other quar-
tiers, and no where e'se more than iron
America.
The value Of cotton goods, exporte
from England into India in 1897, wa
over two million pounds sterling, or abou
ten million of dollars which exceeded !
value. by at least five TO six millions
dollars, the export of cotton from lndl
and the Mauritius to all parts Of Europe
This increase or excess of imports
cotton goods into India, over exports
cotton, is every year on the increase
Some few years since, India exported
greater amount of cotton goods by abor
ten millions, than she received tro
abroad, and which is now not only su
planted by English cotton goods--but tn
amount has been greatly augmented.
In Turkey and other warm climate
Il Is estimated mat only TWO pouhdS
raw cotton per head made into manuia
lures is consumed. In warmer chmat
and In still poorer countries, it would
less.
In France, each person. il is estim
ted, consumes 81 worth of cotton goo
per year. In England Sand prot
bly, Sc. In Germany, France, Pruss
Austria, Great Britain and the Unit
States, the consumption of raw cotton
estimated at from 8 to IL pounds ?
head.
The population of China is
estimated at 252,s66,O
British possessions in Asm, 1885,
Other European possessions
in do. $4,000