The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-15
Indian and American Cotton.

D.
At the meeting of the statistical section of the British
Association, Monday the 2Sth of June, paper
read by Professor Roye the statistics Of the cotton
trade AS this subject always of great Importance
and attracting great public attention, have OBJ
tanned the substance Of the statements The paper
entitled On the imports Of Indian compared with
the prices Of American cotton" and commenced by
rring to the extensive and experiments which
had been made by the East India Company the i'm
provement of the culture and cleaning of cotton in
India He stated that the experiments in the north
India had failed from the excessive dryness of the
during which they had been made but he still
thought that cotton might be successfully guilty ated In
Bundlecund, and with the aid of irrigation, in the
Ganges and Jumna Doab, as in the similar climate OF
Egypt, when the great canal now making Is completed
One planter having been removed to Goruckpor and
other To Rungpore, no deficiency of moisture
perienced but the plants suffered Broach from the
great Of the at the end of the rainy season.
and from the depredations of nnumerable insects In
the peninsula of India the contrary the has
been considerable. In Tinnivelly Mr. Hughes long cu
tivated Bourbon coton and Mr.. Finnie is estab
lshed there DR. White ascrbes the superiority Of cot
ton grown on the Combatone farms to the suitable
selection Of the sowing season. and to the valley par
ticipatng the rains OF both monsoons From 500 to
1000 lbs Of seed cotton have been obtained from the
New Orleans seed imported in 1910. This, he thinks
can be landed ut Liverpool costing about 3sd pound
as the expenses OF conveyance from Coimbatone to
Cochin not more than I'D per pound and must be
less from Tinnvey to Tuticorin. lie states that the
Ryots only want purchasers and honest prices and
that rise of only 4d per pound in the local market
would greatly extend the culture of cotton 1t is i'm
porant fact that the above cotton Liverpool
the extent of "a bales has been valued at cad pound
and considered equal to fair New Oreans' which was
selling at the same price.
In the Southern Mahratta country, especially near
Dharwar, the culture has attained complete
der Mr.. Mercer, the intelligent American planter The
natives, encouraged by the government experiments,
where they that not only cotton produced
per acre with New Orleans seed but better price OBJ
tanned for every pound Of cotton wool feom the
weavers in the Interior extended their cultivation last
year to about 10000 and have succeeded in clean
ing this cotton by the improved GIN that
the former years crop to the extent Of 62 bales
been valued at Liverpool at Cd and cid Here the
climate Is considered by Mr. Mercer be like that of
America and the seed he found returning to its original
mexican character lie also states that there IL album
dance Of land fitted for cotton culture which pays from
70 Ia annas per acre and nothing Is required but
regular demand TO have the country covered with
The Ryots sell their cotton for rupees a candy of
1sibs which is about lhd 10. Their New New Or
leans cotton they have sold for SO rupees the CANDY
further expense Of 10 rupees incurred In conveying
1t by land and water to Bombay, making total OF 50
rupees 207 bales of this cotton were sold Mt Bomhav ON
the Goth Of March last for l3 rupees per CANDY and
some for 100 rupees At the time that cotton
from Breach cotton cultivated asd cleaned In The
manner sold for 1915 rupees and ~ bales grown by Mr.
Blunt, at Julgaum TOR 1872 rupees.
Indian cotton known to be possessed of certain good
qualities such as its colour the readiness with which Il
takes colour Ia dying also swelling in the process 81
bleaching both the latter effects are probable owing 10
~, a oe'ns grown IN comparatively dry climate Such
pected that 1t would have been imported In
instead Oh a. s usually stated, in annually
Quantities various causes have been assign for the
decrease DR. Roye considered these az
and contr adctory The chief cause which prevents the
ready consumption OF cotton In our is The
urty STATE IN which II Is sent to market The
picks his cotton earelessly enough but he sells IL in
comparatively clean state to the Wakaria or mi die man
VINO Wishing to increase the profits of his purchase do
70 ny ''c .-''..tH JUS Weight aud meets fall In prize
by 'th iirther adult ration with infsrior go, tou
ott' ~ reed terd In, tabd Sc
" c'r'drDg IN statistics OF th@ cotton trade Dr..
hoy nc. eisrrci - the great tall waich had t-sel
p'Ac ~ lliee. lhus ths aysrseo roat 20 ne iudl
~" .ehh cotton r IL years from iot- .l i.l WaF
Ia 10 %ii, ad Tor Indian or gltate i3. Oh 4
WINE Tor the IL years ealing with isu tLo aylrasa
prices ~ the former 61Sdto s71 % ba latter
S1su n oAl IN 1919 the price for the NmeT-
can i'ii 20 about 4idd aud even mijdiug qlait wue
so'din liverpool for 3,ld and FAR urt. iiu .a ro
~ That e. Tor but tn price sh,rh al OIL
tsiuvd At Bombay