The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-05-07

With all parts Of the world, only gives u
,reator stability and increase 10 the cot {
on culture in America. Every addil!oh- =
Il mound of cotton manufactured at Man q
chester, or in any other part OF Europe {
,or which demand can any where DC c
found. is ust so much gained to the sup
nor, of the American producers. :
That the consumption of cotton must
30 an 70 increase for vast period oil !
Time to come, cannot admit Of DOUBT.
Taxing into consideration the natural
increase of the population of the who'e.
earth. and The continued extension OF
The introduction Of cotton goods among
The nations, rs they become more civil
lied and devoted TO the pursuits oil com
merce, &c. and we cannot estimate the
annual increase Of consumption al less
than from Is tote per cent. The great
est increase of production has been IN
America, and for some years past aVef"-
red as high as from 10 10 20 per CEN
While the production of other parts OF
the world. if we except Brazil and Egypt
! has been almost stationary. And Inc
latter have for four or five years past
been nearly on q stand. So that Amerl-
CT not only supplies the annual increase
Iorconsumption, far rs her 10 to 20 per
cent, increase goes; but she supplies the
most of the remaining increase OF con
sumption which other countries IAN 10
supply. We find, during the year end
inc the Sch of September 1870 the va,
Ilue Of cotton exported from the uni'eo
States, amounted to 500, 870,3O7. WINE
of cotton goods, during the same year,
, there were only imported into this coun-
Itrv S6.5O4,484 worth. Leaving S37,-
f, l365.823 worth Of cotton, manufactured
into goods, 10 be consumed IN ioreign
countries. Even the SIX million dollars
. of cotton goods we're likely produced
:, from little over one-hslf of that value
:, of raw cotton; and deductlng expenses
). MISREPRESENTATION, We should in reality,
out of the sixty-three millions OF dollars
= worth of raw cotton sent to Europe, only
get back. for consumption, very small
= portion of il, not more, probably, than
ri the value Of million or two OF dollars.
Il This statement proves most conclusive
q " that the American growers OF cotton
; must depend almost entirely for increas'
ri of consumption on foreign countries,
we except the small increase that IS an
n nually going on, in the consumption
- the United States, Of our own manulac
?. tured goods.
: Much OF our increase in the consump
:, lion of our own manufactured coiio
goods, is more apparent than real. "
a have changed only in a great measure
, from the household whcei and cards,
~ machine spindieS and polrer looms. An
- our cotton manufacturers also begin
of seek and rely, TO some extent, upon f
!, reign markets.
- And should high tariff so ia increas
or consumption, as to raise wages, and 81
&c the home market, we fear they will The
" find it very difficult TO maintain the
present foreign markets, or seek ne
=, ones, in which they can sustain compe
-, -, ton successfully with England, and 9TH
-. parts of Europe.
r If we estimate the population of Il
whole world at 900,000,000 as calculate
in Wiemar's Almanac for 1870, and su
50, pose only one half consume any colt,
OF goods whatever. and the other half CO
&c sumo the same as the Turks, say "
les pounds of raw cotton per head, we sh'
DC then have the following result:
Four hundred and fifty millions
ma people would in this case consume O.
ods millions of pounds of cotton, or alIowii
pa as an average 365 pounds TO bale, /
ia, consumption would amount 10 2,466,7
'eu bales.
Is The actual production of the whc
per world for the year 1887, may be 8
down as follows:
100 Imported into Europe
ooo from all parts OF the
loZ world, 1,7l5,927 ba
- Consumed in China and
ooo India, 100000
- In America, 100000
t'oh 2,6l5,727 ba