The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1848-12-01

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pendant on them? All the cloth mad,
out Of our cotton will be wanted and useC
whether manufactured here or there, ant
will need as many consumers to be EN-
ployed in the work of convention. Why
then, should we not bring the machinery
of convention to the side Of the wool and
the cotton, instead Of sending the wool and
the cotton three thousand miles to the mill
and thus abolish, forever, the necessity 81
depending upon this great broker, who fails
so frequently Nothing = 80 tlie WORDS
of the South Carolina Committee, on the
scheme Of reducing the quantity Of cotton,
"can have more disastrous effect upon
planters, than this fuctuation, from low
prices to high, and from high to low. All
whichi is necessary" as they say in contin-
uation, ''to our prosperity, is a diminutlon
in our wants, and a near approach to GER
tainty in the market value Of our cotton. =
Such is the want Of the whole country.
The manufacturer wants some certainty,
and therefore does he ask for protection
against the endless and enormous fuctua-
ton of England The iron master wants
some certainty, that he will not be ruined
by those fluctuations. The farmer wants
some certainty that the furnace OF the mill
in his neighborhood shall not be closed by
the fluctuations of English policy. The
cotton planter wants certainty. None can
have it while England shall continue the
broker Of the whole cotton and wool-grow-
ing world. Let the farmer and planter
unite, not on party but on American ground,
to bring the consumers, with their capital
and machines, to their sides, and protect
them when there; and thus they will pro-
tect themselves, and all will have certainty.
BY the following extract, for which we
are indebted to De Bows Commercial
Review, it will be seen that Georgia and
Tennessee are both going ahead in the
important matter Of bringing the consumer
to the side Of the producer. What is to
be the effect of the present reyulsion in
England on their infant manufactures re-
mains yet to be seen. The great factories
at Lowell, admirable as they are managed,
make no dividends. The great establish
ment at Fall River, the first in the Union
for printing cloth is ruined. Large estab-
lishments elsewhere have failed, and more
are likely to fail, and we have our fears for
those Of the South. The natural conse-
quence Of this must be that now, few fac
tories will be built for some time, and thus
the planter has his market at home dimin-
ished at the very moment when, from the
failure Of his great broker abroad, and the
consequent difficulty Of selling his cotton,
crease, and so it will continue to be, until
he shall determine to take for himself such
efectual protection as will enable him to
entice the little and inexpensive loom to
come and take its place by the side Of the
great and costly machine Of production.
Resources Of Georgia, Manufactures,
6rc.-Mr. Nisbit, whose able article on
Georgia in the Southern Review, elected
so much applause-has lately made re-
port as Chairman of the Committee on
Manufactures, in that State, from which
we extract:
Georgia presents the greatest possible
advantages as a manufacturing State. She
has large amount Of unemployed labor
and capital. She boasts Of a climate fa-
vorable for every kind Of enterprise and
exertion. And then she occupies a geo
graphical position which gives her ready
access to the markets of the world, with
her Manufactured products. But few
years have elapsed since the introduction
of manufacturing into Georgia. Those
few years have witnessed the initiative
policy, its rapid advance, and its triumph
ant success. We have in successful OPP
Grafton, several iron establishments, with
large capitals, and giving employment to
some hundreds Of operatives. These es-
are furnishing iron ware Of va
rious kinds, cheap in price, respectable IN
quantity, and unexcelled in quality. They
are also preparing to supply iron ware for
agricultural implements, rail-
roads, and all the uses of life. In the de-
partment Of cotton manufacturing, your
committee have collected a few statistics,
which they do not present as accurate, but
thereto. We know Of 80
cotton factories in our State, in operation,
or in progress Of construction. There are
in the buildings and working Of
these tairty-two factories, two millions of
dollars. The number Of hands engaged
therein is near three thousand, and Of per-
sons directly receiving their support from
the same, six thousand. The consumption
of provisions and agricultural products
(other than cotton) BY these factories, is
fully equal to three hundred thousand dol
lars per annum, at present prices. Their
of cotton per annum reaches
$4,000 to 10000 bags, and the value Of
goods turned out by them
last year, fell nothing short of one and a
half millions of dollars. One third Of these
goods were sold out of the
State, mostly in the Northern markets, and
partially in the Valley Of the Mississippi
that illimitable field Of consumption which
lies open to the enterprise Of our manufac-
turers.
Manufactures in Georgia and Iennes.
and Tennessee are destined
to become the great manufacturing States
ofthe south, if not the Union, because they
have not only greater rsources in propotion
to their population, but, being traYersed in
every direction by railroads and rivers, and
having double outlet both to the Gulfand
the Atlantic, they viii possess unparalleled
=, ,,J,,o,,fooses IN reravd n both the foreipn