Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-26

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COTTON TRADE TO CHINA. 80
I'm a'e statistics en- 5tied in article in the Mr.
'lnna lnelgencer, faPpaars that very large amount
q The exports from England to China is made M Of
Cotton. There is gentleman Yet living. il his 63th
year. who shipped the first cotton from Charleston n
IverPeatace ba1e:which Ne helped 10 pack BIZ hand
and with the seedrhe cousanees in Liverpool dscoo
aged any further shipment, they did know how ID
separate II from the secs This same gentlemen has 10
POSSESSION bed qullt in good state of preservation made
from This parcel If cotton By lis cvered mother The
| seeds We're picked ont By her fingers. fr--r
me producers Of this staple should put theuselve il
hat Situation which will best enable them 10 p1ot by
lhHlr product They can make our exports Of it
equal 10 our whole Imports from Chua, and they ought
10 % It, All Asa has been obliged take the poor
article, from BRUSH India, ard they would Of course
prefer better article, aud they will Inr be behind
the age IN the use Of machinery they would prefer yarns
location These would orcupy less space on shipboard
ana DE- increased IN value, even in cmnrv more
ah MY per cent; but he value may be yet further in
creased tmade INTO cloth and fit FIR immediate use: and
with such addition to its valee there would be further
reduction OF bnlk and add unal SAVING in EXPENSE az
siPping with an Increased demand and quicker sale.
he writer in the lnelligencer SAYS:
Inc many Improvements IN spinning machinery com
faTtd WIN lis application in the early manufacure Of
e1oi-peThaps now costing less than one-half the price
men ald Tor Dacnery and making better fabric and
uihch more IN the same length Of time the Southern
States being nearer to this trade than the manufacturers
oi me Northern States Of the Union with climate bet
Ter adapted to making better goods; saving Of fuel and
y house rent and clothing water power running waste
(not pad for by the inch) having the Jaw material 81
convenient and not requiring transportation to the Sch
hoaTd the expense Of storage insurance and freight Ca
! al the expense Of the prodncer)
These are some ofthe Advantages possessed ~ The
Soqthfsfeciay for thAbusiucSs. Nrih and South Ca
ro1na. Georgia, Ala5am?, Arkansas ana Texas. have
most OF these advniages Of this power and ccation and
might lead of in making goods fir markets But SHIRT
time viii elaPse before their joint product wail IN
swelling the amount a our shipment IL China aud tla
treasury Of the nati'n and the profits Of entepsng
merchants, agriculturis's SC.
hl1 few years have elapsed since al article IF East
india manufacture was imported cil'ad hula5ulB-a
species ot cotton goods twenty seven inches ila bleach
ed, and made Of the poor Indian cotton which Then sold
At about twenty-five cents per yarJ Then There Were
t." bit English prints; the lowest, a, Wholesale. in
Charleston, BY direct importation, were s,d a rty-ir
cents per yard. The first prints made in our country
were coarse article dyed blue, with small white Spots
made at taunton in Massachusetts which sod attweIye
and half ccns in northern markets.
Every thing has changed since then and tha Spirit Of
the age requires or success in this business as in all o.
theirs The development IF every ps4ihe speres III ngea-
y tie practice otthe greatest economy, and the most
lndumitable enterprise.