The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-05-14

184l, in reference to cotton says: "On f
this side Of India the article attracts t,
no attention; but in Bombay and Ma il
dras the trade in it is extending very v
rapidly. The export from Bombay e
alone this year will be half a million of In
bales.n t
The following is taken fromthe "Indsn t
Newsand Chronicle Of Eastern affairs" I
under date OF Nov 8, l84l. {
"The commencement is now fairly {
made, and the American planters are
now actively engaged in carrying out {
! the scheme according to their own sys-
tenn of cultivation We trust to hear in
due time of the full success of this i'm
portant experiment; cotton is, and has
been from earliest times, the natural sta
pie of India, and whatever means will
| improve the qualities and increase tho
export, whether arising from individual
7 enterprise, or from the effects of govern
ment, must be looked upon with the deep
es, interest by those whose views |
1 or whose concern in the county succeed, |
however short the distance, beyond to-
day"
"Let it be rendered tina: half cen
. fury ago, the cotton produced by the
} United States was, both in quality aad
: value, merely nominal trile not
worth consideration-while at the pres
ent time its value IS estimgled, in official
: returns, at the almost incredible sum Of
115 millions of dollars, or at 90 millions
sterling-a sum larger than the yearly
e revenue ofthe whole of Observation-Disclosures
r result chiefly brought about by the de-
:. mand Of the English market. Shall we
, despair, then, by well judged means, Of
/. making our Indian possessions, in which
e the growth of cotton is indigenous. and
d has been so from time immemorial, pro-
Is ductive to that extent which will be the
A. means of again diffusng wealth and pros
perity throughout this magnificent bu:
a. impoverished extent of Territory, if the
lie growth and improvement of cotton had
0, been tostercd with the same assIduIty as
G, that unfortunate weed. the poppy, how
n different, how widely different, would the
at results have been at this moment Alas
n, for such monstrous errors Of policy
G. Let US, however, do our bsst to-retrievs
at them"
ny The same paper also contains letts
n from Mr.. Finnie, one Of the American
lat employed by the East India Company
Of His ability TO Judge correctly cannot b,
90 doubted. He says:
rk at only requires the necessary means
cir constant application, decision, industry
,f. and perseverance to make this beautiful
We and productive country, the largest pro
oil Queer Of cotton in the world. India pos
ga sesses a soil and climate adapted for it
re- cultyation-wtha abundant and cheap Il
IN bor England is ready 10 furnish cap
tai America has already provided iii
re- to be hoped) skill and experience-an
MS, it only requires the two latter to be bro
nts to bear upon the former, to realize tn
he most sanguine expectations Of those wit
cen whom the great national undertaking.
his experiment can call it no longer--oI
up ginated."
ets. He gives it as his opinion, that cote
the can be produced cheaper there, than
Al any other part of the world
He The Chamber Of Commerce
Bombay made an official report in u.
ma lact on the subject OF Cotton in "
,or- they say:
Of In the article ofcotton alone pea
and we have received a supply exq ing tn
as, of the same period in the pr ous yea
ON. by 1858, 303 lbs, equa 1O5'7'
,so- screwed bales"
bel. "On carrying out our iQ tes furthe
:uro and examining into ting SPPly OF CO
Iuc. ton brought to market the t"el
~ months ending 3lst NJ ind that u
! IN result is we'll calcuIa tonlsh tho
rnI- who have not been king the Pr
pressiye increase this product
/ no have been dwelling WITH ianclea seco
rom ty on their yecoll lions of what used
rial sesstitSte larg supply, VIZ: zOo'O
:, 20 :. :. - II appears, then, tn
moe, 1910, 10 the Isl
Inn j; 1ie Of cotton II
Iov Bon ave amouTssd to l74,2l2,l
Cbe lbs. 500 bales: little short OF
~ half OF screwed bales This
nd larger 1antity than America produc
IT, nm 10 the wear 1926, and more tn
ri was consumed in England during
sere same year. In 1890 the entire P
srad duction Of the United States amount
- = only TO 100, 100000 los. though TIVE
years after, in 1897, 1t had reacneo II
It Gill; 37 lbs"
- a see by late English paper, that
. bales Of cotton had been received
London from India, thsaeproduct o.
j cent Plantation under
,nce of the Re rlcans
East InalaScomPany ~
ness of fibre, color 'clea
- H' T. ness Vas pronounced compel