The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-23
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k.ceok, d.isd.Lapdoa. JsassEy I. lisa
.corros.-Ths eogioa trade with In
.dis. far Ihs lass two wears, has brsn high
Iy iaper.ani in every point Of view. The
Imports in 1871 reached nearly one ihIrd
shoss IRON The United States. Hhich has
very drpressing iaeueHes on he value
.nfAmsriesa cotton. The manuiaeurers.
hawsser. .havs been benef'led by IN am
pie supply. 81 very low rates. Tbs
ippars rom Sndia gnr The three years
preceding 1910 average only shout ball
she nreseai amount. al e73,6OO bales.
5.aa year there wrre taken fnf home con-
sumption. Of India. $4,000 bales against
sI7.s00 in ls40-fnr exports. 5000.
against 81, l6O-leasing The stock OF Isl,
500. against 9S. 600. and the following
are abe pricess Maryland. 8aj; Annawai
Nv, 81: Dholeieh. %; Surat. 80 TO a.;
.'i'oomel. 4! 70 a.; Madfs, northern and
western. 81 n 3; Qainevslly. At 10 a;
and Bengal. 81 to4a. being 10 per cent.
loser Than the prices Jas, year"
Extract from the Circular Of Mes.rs Freemen
& Cook, dated London, Feb. is,. is42.
The extensive public sales Of Ea.t In
lia cotton on The 20th Of last month, si'
irscied considerable attention. there hsS-
ing been offered no less lhan 10000
bales. so large quantity was seldom
brought harvard by The Easl India Com
pany; and fzcepi in 1899 no sale ofeqnal
m.gailpde has t.ken place for The last
swealy years. There was . numerous
attendance .5om different parts Of the
country, boil az transactions 10 The msrkei
had been for some weeks beiore alm0s.
suspended. the Gales commenced quietly.
IL was. howeser, soon discovered that ex-
porisrs ~ere in possession n considera-
bic orders from the continent. wien the
bidding became spirited. and 90 continued
until The end. Three fourihs Of the guam
iiiy were Jispased OF 81 full prices. end
ahs whole thirty thousand bales could have
beea readily sold. had The prnprieiors been
.dlspased 10 meet the demand; and indeed
. much larger quantity. The experiments
Shirs tbs East INDIA. Company are
making for ths improvement Of This stiple,
are likely 10 be aiiended with success;
Sar lhsy have recently received some very
iAsrssiieg specimens ofcotinn, produced
Of Bengal, both from native and American
seed
The reader will notice The vast increase
OF lsdis cotton, end should remember that
sGosss 10 inaresss the quantity have but
iust commenced. end that the same means
and appliances have been put into opera.
sioa in regard 10 The production Of cotton,
shai ssrs adopted 10 increase the produc-
dion Of indigo sna other articles. and will
doub,lsss be alisnded with The Same snc-
eessful results. Judging from pas, en-
psfiencs sud Tho course Of legislation in
Grsa, Briiain. ~e srs rapidly approaching
she time when We shall seq and feel the
fatsl saepn Of sifoIg discriminating do
az laid ~ England IN favor Of cotton Of
shar esea colonial cultivation.
The consumption OF cotton in this
county is nov $4,000 bales Of 400
pounds each. OF 10000, 900 Of pounds.
Jhavs been informed from an undoub,ed
soutee. that The consumption Of cotton can
DO hrassbi up 10 100000 bales, OF $50
00o. 600 of pounds in ten years.
Why. thea. should ~e moi seek mark.
u 81 home Tor this mos, Important staple!
J.soking 10 ihe practice, and not 10 the
professions. of every government, in Eu
rope, VIA, are ~s 10 exptes from themi
Can the agricultural States hesitate!
Where 10 the market in Europe for our
flour. pork, beef. fish. lumber. DC. To.
bscco 10 received by them with duty Of
500 Per cent. Park, besf, fish, lumber.
4 ~, DC. with such duties 90 amount 10
inter aud en,i#s rrohibi,ion.
What, then. shall we do in this pos
sure Of our stf,irsi What can. and VI hat
shall. vHginians do TO secure their natu-
raj advantages. and protect their own in
Seresis. aud those Of The whole Republic!
There can be but one course leit for us
10 pursue-ws have great country. com-
bining slmnsi every soil and climate. adj
,ssnisges far greater Than are eEjoyed BY
any Other country under heaven. and with
. free government Of our own choice, and
in mr. own hands. We have, loo, an
intelligent. enierprising and yir,uous pop
llatinn. competent To simply themselves
with every article Of necessary food and
JaimenI What. then. it 10 again asked.
shall we dot
The answer should be in the mind Of
every true-h' arted american-lst Us set
about rluthing as well as feeding ourselves
from opr evn indas,sy-les Us impatt
ssss and manufacture more. The es,sb
lishment nj manufactures 10 this Common
wealth would al ance create home mark
.ei Coz our agricultural products. we should
Ihen sershy ISbor, and turn part Of
,Ihe producers OF corn. wheat. pork and
beef. % consumers.
ii 10 The iivision'of labor We reGnite in
ills. rpun,ty. and N no ssaie Of the uuion
m '. il,an Virgins.
Let ~ 81 nnrs impraye. the mighty ga
Ter power which che God NJ nature gaze
.us fu soma other purpose than to run 10
1900 m -. ,..r IT ..nas 81 ar fha e,te for