Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-02-01
IMPORTANT TO COTTON PLANTERS.

! cient interest to persons engaged in the Cotto
culture and trade TO justify he space which w
/ give to II in our columns.
WILMER SMITHS ruRopr IN or Soy 10 tsAs
REPEAL OF THE DUTY UPdN RAW COTTON
On Thursday, the 18th instant tie Manchester Cbambe
of Commerce held special general etng for the very in
poran purpose Of considering the proety Of memoriaizn
the Lords of the Treasury for the repe Of the duty on coo
wool The meeting very numerdusly attended. most {
the leading mercantile men in the district heinz
Inc PRESIDENT OF the Chamber, ThoHs Bailey, Jun ESQ
took the chair N
The Chairman, opening the PROCEEDINGS said Gentle
men, in having summoned this special pecnp Of the cham
ber to promote the repeal of the duty d cotton WOOL YOU
directors have in opinion, exercised very sound disce
hon Public opinion, condening this tax ON the trade
this important district, eyincing determination to de
mand, in terms not to be resisted, the abolition Of it. Hear
hear The occasions are, hope becoming more frequen
where gentlemen Of generally different sediments can NEE
together in harmony to seek by their efforts such objects a.
shall be beneficial the community in which thew exit and
regard with peculiar satisfaction the meeting of this morning
because see individuals present who amongst the mos
wealthy and most extensive of those engaged the consu
ton OF raw cotton They for the pupoe of relieving
themselves OF vexaous post such as believe has never
been before inflicted upon great national interest such
cotton trade has become, and believe that Their efforts will
be continued until that shall be annihaed Hear hear
From one individual have learned that oppressive the
tax upon his industry, that taking the amount of duty
abors, compared with the United Of America sup
posing ne could transfer his spinning and weaving
the United States those disadvantages per
| annum Hear. This is an amount of competition that
cannot permanently be maintained by any individual house
The memorial then read II stated that 6 it will be
found that this tax alone increases to the British cotton
spinner the cost of his material to the extent of per
for at the present time, the price of mdng cotton of
the class most largely in consumption is 3d per pound in
New Orleans, 5l6hs thereon being exactly per cent
but the American spinner possesses the convenience of CONT
guilty to the markets of the cotton planters and in freight
by the difference IN distance In the saving OF time, and in
other diminished charges further advantage secured him
Of not less than II 6hs per pound thus making the sad
vatagcs of the British spinner, contrased with the Anne
ncan into wenyfour per cent and which, upon all the
american cotton used In Great Britain will amount accord
ing to the last years consumption, to upwards of million
and half sterling, clearly establishing advantages in compe
hon against this country which neither ought be
be permanently sustained"
Mr.. Robert Gardiner moved the first resolution which de-
caed the repeal of the duty upon cotton to be essentially
necessary to the maintenance Of the manufacturing prosperity
Of Ibis country The second resolution moved by Mr.
Richard Birley
Mr.. Henry Ashworth said did not need to refine upon
to how much cent that duty pressed upon
individual classes of manufacurerswe took in round
beers the OF G743 900 last year the cotton duya
duty imposed by the Government Of this country upon in
dlvldua branch OF manufacture most unusty The
acturer met in distant markets similar manufactures produced
in different parts of the world and especially he found
American manufactures in every market to which he had
goods those distant markets
the market OF the place. and he could expect receive
than the market value for what he sent there There
he met his rivals upon equal TERMS he having himself paid
5-l6hs OF penny per h. duty, and ll6h of penny duty
upon the waste making these goods hear and thus
we found that the British manufacturer not only burened
as manufacterer by that constant claim from the Govern
mcn of this country which he had to bear in addition his
costs and charges but that that went in the shape of
bounty his foreign rivals He found, from Parliamentary
paper remarks and observations collected Mr. Thom
who said speaking of China g OF the put down fo
gray longcohs onehaf may be assumed British and the
other half American Domestcs entirely American,
find impossible compete with them in that article.
The Chairman said that Mr. Wyle, gentleman engaged
in the American trade present, and would perhaps Offer
some observations
Mr.. A. H. Wylie, of the firm of Gordon, Wyie & Co.,
London said he confessed that he only surprised that they
had long remained in allegiance Hear They had allowed
this duty to increase the space of years from f370 00C
to 4743 900, and that which Government would
be willing to give up He had in his possession account
sales of cotton sold within the last weeks in Liverpooo
So bales Of New Orleans actual saleshe amount
of which ESQ Is Sd, and the duty upon which
EDS 5s Id, charge of fully Is per cent Hear hear
had been said that if the duty taken off, would be
to give bonus the American planter. Now all knew
well that the laws Of demand and supply regulate the
supply of cotton but of this that complained.
Now the consumption Of cotton in the United States in 1872
which year there of depressed prices and bad trade
$50 bales. In the present year $751; 600 bales
but this far from being all the cotton consumed IN Anne
rca The returns from New York only included what was
consumed in the Northern and Eastern States north of the
Potomac the whole Southern and Western manufactures
not included for this reason and he hoped he should
be understood for this important fact that the cottor
consumed by these manufacturers did not enter generally int
the receipts the ports they taken perhaps from thu
internal markets. without going to the seaboard and the con
sumption there stated and he believed to be within thu
fact from his personal knowledge to be 100 600 bales
which brings up the consumption of America in the last yea
4S7 900 bales which, if he mstook not Amer
cotton than consumed in this country in 1929 am
than the cotton of all kinds consumed here in 1920
which bringing the progress Of American manufacture
within the recollection of many present So much Tor tn
consumption Of the United States in 1928 The exports
cotton goods China from America, in 1874 amounted
900. In the first nine months Of lS43 the amount wa
81, 063, 000 Now this seemed, in comparison witt
EXPORTS to be rather ng but it ceased to be whe
compared with what the American exports two or the
years ago, In only years they had lcaped up iron
lss, 900 ,060, 600 bales. Hear If for the next tw
three they the rate, they would nc
only rival us but almost drive of the markets In
recent price current from Brazil he found that in lS40 Grea
Britain exported 49, $40 bales of cotton goods to that country
and in ls43 only IA 000 hear, hear while the American
in 1910 exported Brazil g. 100 bales and in l843, 1900
So in proportion our trade there had been decreasing their
had been increasing If country formed for com
mecial purposes America; and it app AIRED if h
legislation of this country and America upon commcrcis
questions hostile possibly could be, and conse
quently suicidal Hear. He confessed he did not thin
that there any chance of any commercial treaty being
tered into with Ameca The time had been allowed pass
but there struggle going there for the election OF the
President and the tariff made the starting point If tn
tariff party succeed, our hopes are at an end.
MIR. Guest said manufacturers were, generally
thriving and increasing until the Americans became rivals
Hear He had himself very extensive trade in them,
he had business with America, hear hear
hut afterwards from their becoming manufacturers and SUI
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