Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-03-14

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ths 10th vi ls-, nsos,ih. yfoy-s-rd O. psr-rnt
la sncti'sr lst'er -oav- isess in ssEssd 10 slsc
pr'T;'css 81 tltc spanning ~ Cotton si.ce a..
hrst high pnii~ctise 1-iin m Isle 10 a..
Clifton var. ris,ins 5is, ~ A.rs~a lsss.
ihrS, ! slisii vi.. l,s The >,sslsl cou.iser.
ilun 81 aso-e who inhsss,t lls< Cosl.a 90. ,...
rsi"a al one ccunir. sst ~ thsess ~l,r
e'"'is'i 'ss~ssd snd csusca tlsi ls~ throu..h
Congress.
Tie r.ra law ol is,s ~-, Bounded in "a,
dom .s"t am sssd, here ,o make r.y ~ knsw +.
'cstxr'nrut> to thorr di,tistxai-hrNl Sts,..snen
OF the Cotton grow ina States. Who .s,slc..-iull,
contaminated an at that has ,l..,e =, snash a.
promote the prosperity ~ th~ ~issle tB,aa
The primary Object on the part 81 ,so-
Nembes-d Congrs>, representing tls t"its'n
planting States. in establishing hieh pr,
tcclivc Tamil. Mas to Catend ilic consumption
oi their grst slayl, VA ihis touBtry. by -.
cluding ivfcign Hia IL Cotton hbrics. sni suh
siiiu,iug domestic awhile manufactured 81
Am.i,can cotton. ihiuk he authors II ils
Tsriil law at 1916 may congratulate thru
sglVes. aul tlieif coun,f, man. on ths con
plct- success that has followed lr,m ihc ailop
tion oi the minimum III twenty Eve cents ils
square ysrj. contained in the bill lades lis
bcn@iicicut operation we have hc-n eR-bl-d
90 supply oar own population with Cottvus
Of coarse and nitlling qusiilirs. snd 90 "a.
port to for'ign cpupttic, to the snlou,t 81 iouf
or Eve milims oi dollars snuuslly .---lof
which Ne receive la payment. Tea Coti,~,
Sugar Hile-. Copper. Sc. These gool.. tn
pnyiucioi ouf own labor. have b-cpm> sab
sttuie Tor Coin, Ia The several counties 60
winch they sre shipped.
Ii wo''ld seem that the iounlcr, oi tie -.
ten OF high protection to Labor. uughi a. h.
satisfied with its results. - the quantity oi
Cotton NOW spun 10 the United STATS - isT
greater than ih" m'-t ssDguine at its friends
anticipated in 1916. Ascending ioa state
nent made up by Mr.. 4. r. jackson sud Mf.
John A. Lowell for the us~ OF the Tafia Csu.
,enIiou held IN New Aork In is32. the l,ome
consumption OF Cotton prior To thu pssssgc of
the AL al lei 6.wss eleven millions oi pounds.
bling about three cish,hs Of the quantity now
spur in Lowell.
Tn, quantity spun in q rvai Bdisin IN 1916.
was eighty eight millions ol ,rounrts There
are no data To b. relied upon ios cortinuou,
returns of home consumption between 1916
aud SIS, lS2S.
IL l-26- a. the returns we've made in a
NeN Nod puce current, sr'i they have siuce
been continued, ami are deemed TO To- a. ,-s-
net a. ,lic nature OF the case will admit.
la lS26'21, tie amount spun W. the uni-
teal States was iU3. III bales, which we may
es,im-te al .;3J lbs. each. met ol tsrrl equal
To q, 4 80 80 lbs.
Ia tho ssmc year the quantity srnnin Great
Britain was l97 300 900 pounds From ls2S
IN is1J WAS p~riol of emhsussssneat
aud distress nmong riGHpfoefHres. consequent
" the consumption 90 ls29-'J0 was Gal,
l26 BIZ bales oi about 80 tbs. each, amount
ing ,o 1865 go lbs. " hale the consnmpticu
ia Great Britain was az, 600 0OO lhs. At
tl> pcfod some of our SouiiIcTn friends
who lad been foremost ia advocating home
manufactures aud had counted largels oa tn
bcnciits sn,i,iPa,ed o. them IN Isle from
thc operation al the protective policy (ss
greatly sugIneniing uic consumption oi their
stsplc,) began 10 manifest dissatisfaction,
with whs, they con-iicTcd the slow prosrss
a., our cot,oa manufactures. The IDEA enter \
tanned. aud put forth, WAS thst W shpuld
psyes require ~ much as To bear ans cons,d. I
Grra, Bn,s,a THIS. as NJ w. presumption OF
! a false view at tia, Ts-.,. and has ,,r,,, ~ z
capital error.
| la 1892 SO the quantity spun at home
reached loi ii2 hales, averaging perhaps 3,.D
I pounds each, iu 1888 50, 80, s3J tales tu
/ 1891 b. AT 06e lai.s ia 1889 40 PCS !.
| lg3 bales in le4l-i2. there wss deep com
| me rclal and manufacturing dis,r ~ss; aud con
sumption receded 10 267 $50 tsles. la the
latter ,Art oil the year lei2, and in iSi3, al
Ter the prsen, Tamil Law went into Opera .
lion, a revival u business lhsouglseul the.
country. took place. aud Brought up the a.
noun, spun so IL, i26 bales.
/ In lSii-i3 tyesr ending 3is, Of August
lsst.) the amount spun wa 3sy 100 bales -
There ~ a quantity Of cotton q ,psnm-d 10 The
) interior of The States, which, never hayins
. reached ihe SEA pon, - not incu,lrd IN ~
New York statement that has been c.timsI
ted Ia b. al least II .ooo bales we shall titcfci
lore estimate ile total quantity NJ 100 ,OO1
bales oi ITO lbs. each net. msking total N
l1G 300 600 pounds ss lhe consumption III
: last year. against s. 600 600 pounds ln 1915
--binga period OF - years.
p The Consumption ia GTrat Britain IN
gone on steadily increasing. bat not in ~ % \
E III a ratic as IN She L.. States. The rcturnl
r for l-l3 have been rcccivcd@ aud ai-,uut "a
!, sij0. uO1 OOO lbs against 10 200 600 lbs n
thc L States. Thus the increase Ia the AZ
nitcd States from SID To lsio has extended
c lfoa II 900 900 10 l56 100 900 lb. La "a
wears, bring an sugtnrntion 81 siciceHfssid. n
The increase in Great Britain in the SINE q,
nod IL tine has been from - 7O0, 900 lbs. n
: 300 900. 900 pound being an sunienta,ion ol
, less than sc,eniold; against en- INCREASE ia
the United States al sfIio1Hfold
These are not only striking. bu, important
facts, aud present. view of the case which
Tclutes the anticipation q tbosr who enter
tsiOcd different opinions 81 the future inrfcase
of The situuing ui cotton IA this country. Hi-
teen years ego canaoI bat hops, hat ,hs
views aud opinions OF some oi The prorninen
NJ a al abe Sbugh may undergo a change
I when tlssy eIs9ine this question d,spassiun
stcly. end that they wall eopr 20 the couclu
sion hat they ere deeply interested ia IN
sGinning, as we'll a. IN the pfoduoiug at 60.
a Ton d, lupmr 4 regnrds the iausre. IL ia
lerncml peace ui the world 10 maiutaine,
aud thc lesding business concerns of iiss cour
o e., are not distorted by tl,e Legislative hctio
" ot the FcdrIal GovrmiDcoi, there il 80 e.,
sspn why tte a-rd home d. mand iur 60