Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-02
TO THE EDITOR or THE Enc UIRE

TO THE EDITOR or THE ENQUIRER.
j LIVERPOOL, Dec. -, 1912
Dear Sir:-Ths ratification o! peace between China
and Great Britain. the OF which must have reached
YOU some time since, is established beyond al
doubt As an evidence of the good faith OF his "Ce
lestial Majesty 10 adhere it, he has paid
millions of the twenty millions OF dollars allowed tC
the latter GoYernment,-whch 10 on lis way Il
London. The termination Of this cannot be
garded otherwise than jas an even, of more Importance
than any that had transpired in the nineteenth century
| II is most fortunate for The United Kingdom
! The war 10 her disastrous one-and could not
have been sustained much longer, abandonment
of Afehanstan seemed inevitable, JUS. at the crisis
when the treaty concluded She sought repose
from this VICTORIOUS struggle, and fortunately obtained il
on she could not reasonably have calculated
upon at any period during lis continuance The results
apart from the pecunary consideration which she re-
ceived, viii be beneficial TO the United States as 10
Great Britain. more direct trade viii be opened for
them than for herself and our intercourse mus, be
extended than hers, as the voyage is much shorter
from our Atlantic cities than from Liverpool London
With all the manifestations OF JOY by the English, on
account OF their achievements in China, II IS by no
means certain, that the megoeiaon may no, prove to
be the most unfortunate effected by their Co
vernment. The Chinese, in their present condition.
know n0thtaS OF the of machinery. III their
ticlcs are manufactured by hand-and with such pecu
liar neutness TO show, that IN taste and ingenuity
they are equal 10 any nation on earth. Embracing
population o. 300 $50 000-neary third Of the hu
man race--wlth money than all the world beside
.shat might not China accomplish, when she becomes
thoroughly acquainted with steam power: llabnated
It's inhabitants are TO live, almost upon the wind, no
people could compete with them in manufacturing,
when once they become accustomed 10 machinery.
Great Britain, in the p!enude of her sckly philan
thropy already discussing the propriey of abandon
ing the cultivation of the Poppy, in her East India
POSSESSIONS in order that the demoralIsing effects Of
opiam may no longer be felt in China The annual
value o! production Of this article E3 900 00O
but she believes the growers OF it would be than
recompensed for its loss by the diversion of their rich
grounds to the production Of grain, or hch they are
so pecaru addptea and this is the secret of her pro-
iessed tenderness for the Chinese in wishing to de-
prve them of the principal luxury which they enjoy.
But then feared the culture Of the poppy aban
doned in lada tina, viii be produced in the Southern
regions of America, and opium supplied 10 Us full
extent to the Chinese il is; and under such up
prehensons British philanthropy is i'll sad dilemma
what to determine upon.
The imports into England from China direct amount
to about 81 600 per annum while China imports
dreetu from Eng land the value Of 81 200, 0OO and
from her IN the East lndies opium to the
value of E3 600 900 and cotton the value Of 81 O00,
00O-leavng balance in favor of Great Britain of
81 900 900 nualiy-whch she receives in money,
inasnuch MS China has produce to ship-or such as
could be received. From 1897 to 1916 the annual
ouantity of opium consumed in China averaged $4,000
lbs In l54l it exceeded 1900 lbs. The production
of it is therefore, considered runous to British pros
pery because it disables the purchaser of the drug,
from consuming other a,icles which would yield finer
profit, Has there crer such StupendouS hnmbug as
his phaanihropte British nation: We are to hear,
snnnoso in the course of twelvemonh, of the arrival
Of oils Celestial Maiesys' Ambassador at the Court
of St James The English seem TO be strangely puz
zed 10 come to q conclusion, TO the manner in which
Victoria will receive HIM
The settlement OF the China question has not been
without its immediate benefit to the United States
Cotton, although still at low rates, has sustained itself
much better than it would have done otherwise There
is of course nothing doing this week, and prices are
nearly nominal during the hoydays; but at foc rates
strong inducements are presented to Operators ana
ea,,e1 myself that the article is at the lowest point OF
dsnression. The new crop comes to market in unu-
suallv large bags-averaging weight of about ~ per
ccnt more than former years. A large proportion oil
that which las arrived is of good quality The yield
was so large last year, secured, as 10 contribute
orea,lv towards relieving our cmbarrassments. Atno
oeriod since our existence as nation, have we made
| so formidable movement towards permanent wealth
and independence, within the last year. we nave
gone 10 work in good earnest ana the smiles oil tue
ALMIGHTY Seem 10 have accompanied our exertions =
Wac Ib.re ever such harvest Why was II so' Be-
.nae tho earth was oell titled There is crop failure
in the u S. as in England, when there is proper 10
dustry The shortness in our products, IS generally
occasioned by shortneSS 10 iaoof. Let none o' ou'
planters he discouraged, because his ground yields TOO
.b he 10 certain 10 find purchasers at some price,
and em,lovmcnt is preferable to idleness Let has
h;ghes, ambition be TO make two cars o. corn grom
pe last year. Low prices e'es ca en an
England would no. buy solitary oa'l.' OF noul 'suu
usa, "a A. "a she will take many thousand. She
always wants bread and meat for her operatives and
work mite her buy from ,h u" E,, as well
our Cotton Tobacco, and Rice. 30 win france %
We are now supplying almost exclusively the ship
Germany pork and w beef This sDsss,
to eell-driyn1 all competition from the market
{, Look at what our industry is accomplishing j.
1886, vessel after vessel despatched to New York
Baltimore, xe heavily iregh'ed with wheat ron
az two dollars and twelve cents per bushe!-wh'ci
wss manufactured into -four, sent to New Orleans, ant
there sold at prof, the miller n0 orders sn ar
lois have already arrived in that city This is the 1es
of proof that when we turn our attention TO ageu1
cannot produce with h. u.s. x. Ensa"d
have INV secnr;tv for harvesting even what che pro
duees for she is exposed to such nce''an rains tia