The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-10-25

West'-A no toiloWlng hFtloto - AAkon
from 4 late number Of the Richmond
Whig. It applies with equal ioree 10
many other than Cotton Msnufae tories,
and with slight notifications its force up.
on this particular community will be
readily appreciated We commend tito
the attetion of our readers.-
A late number of the Courier 4 Ew.
qatirer contains long and able article on
this subject, which has atttactsd our no.
Itice. Ii presents some new and striking
views, which are characterized by bold.
ness of design, ingenuity of statement,
and specous but in some respects falla.
cious deduction. The proud aspirations
of the great emporium gre prominent on
the canvass. aud Tho tnodesty and disin4
terestedness of that great city are placed
in agreeable relief From her position,
capital and commercial arrangements,
she must always, in the opinion Of
Courier, be the great factor of North A.
merica, and 'must therefore be above Sec
tiORGl Influence, a conclusion from the
premises perhaps not warranted by strict
Logic. The leading proposition Of the
Courier is. that if New York can export
500 millions ofcotton fabric, ian amount
assumed. we suppose, for argument,
merely,) in lieu Of 100 millions in value,
ofthe raw material tho advantages aris-
ing from imports aud profits to New York
merchants and bankers would increase in
a corresponding ratio. It becomes, there
fore, matter of great importance to her
capitalists to determine in what district
ofthe U. States the staple can be worked
up to such superior advantage as to coun-
teract the cheaper labor and capital Of
J foreign nations-and when ascertainedr
} to lend all her capital and influence to-
! control results. The Courier thereupoH
proceedsto enquire what particular dis
, trict it is. more particularly adapted to-
' the cntton manufacture than any other in
/, this wide country. and in reaching its con-
clusioD, considers the claims ofthree dis.
a lricts only as entitled to serious conside.
!, ration. The first is the New England
. States second, the States on The South
$ Eastern Seaboard, and the last, the Gen.
a trail District of the Mississippi Valley.
s New England in the opinion ofihe wri-
ter, has water power. skill, machinery-a
bracing climate, and thrifty and indus
trious people, but is deficient in mate.
rial and substance. Her climate is brae4
ing, but too cold and dry and her atmos-
phere is too highly charged with electric
ity for the smoothly working ofthe eott n
; fibre. Her mountains send down abun1
dance of water power but intercept that
easy communication between producers
'. aud consumers, on which manufacturing
profits so largely depend. The Carolnas
and Georgia have the material and Vir-
/ ginia convenient to it, and all have water
power in equal abundsnce--a climate
; more favorable and richer soil compar>
cd with New England; but in the writer's
). opinion, The Central a0est is the favored
:, spot. ut is connected with the material
: by evernavigable streams;hss most con-
venient and inexhaustible supply offood
. which has no conceivable limit"
3 The COwrie' says that Richard Golden,
!, praelicsl manufacturer and distinguish.
. ed English srat esman. visited some years
;, since every important manufacturing
= point from Russia to Louisiana in order to
ascertain if England had such al amount
3 OF natural ard artificial advantages as
!. would enable her to meet foreign compe-
" titiop successfully in The manufacture of
y cotton. The result of his observation was
+ given by him five years since to an emf
:, nent Calico printer from New England, I,
:. then in Great Britain on visit to Mr..
Cobden's works. He says:
- The United States have virtual mon
;" opoly of The Cotton plant. and in the cen.
- tral sections of the Mississippi valley are
4 :, found. in close proximity, the cheapest
n n and most convenient iron ores, btumin.
!" Gus Goals, aud subsistence in the world.
y These must soon attract capital and skill
:. ed labor, aud probably in this generation.
the coarse cotton fabrics will chiefly be
made on The central coal measures OF the
=, Ohio river" The Courier agrees with MIR,
- Golden, and insists that the cheapest
- power, navigation, and food, must ensure
If the making of tho cheapest goods.-lt
- y also holds it a sound principle Of political
h, economy, tbatnu country thatexports any
~ ~ considerable amount Of food aud raw sta
" pies can continue to make much progress
in wealth and civilization. 1t holds that
he the converse Of the proposition is true
re and that no country can continually and
ry successfully import any large amount Of
he food and raw staple. We shall not stop
ot al thi s time to consider maturely this prin'
u. cipe of political economy, but are inclin
er ed to concur in its truth especially the
m. last branch oft. England is hot Consid
20 cred as an exception to the rule, neither
". is New England. Of,he latter, iii said
an that her manufacturers profits are nov
in absorbed in the transportation Of the raw
I'D material from the Gulf Of Mexico. ant
on food from the shores of Lake Erie ant
We Michigan; aud that, in consequence Of III,
'es high prices of her soil,the expense ofsub
ars sislence, and other causes, it would no
tn be matter of surprise if her manufaclur
on ing prosperity become seriously disturb
,re ed.
he Having summsrily disposed of.he claim
= of New England, the Courier next exam
ines the pretensions of the Southeastern
Seaboard, including Virginia. as the ia
ary vored region for Cotton manufacture, ant
Ihe whilst il allows its capacity to certai