The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-09-26
From the Hartford Times, Sept IS
tho Cotton Crop and Consumption OF the Unitsd



The annual statement OF the last cotton crop OF the
United States has been made up the lst of September
1851 and contains facts OF much interest TO manu- factu
rers and others The total number OF bales received at
the different ports is ,257 being increase the
crop OF last year OF 1881 bales and decrease from
the before of 373339 bales The increase Of export
70 foreign ports over the preceding year has been 800 $50
bales vi the quantity exported Great Britain has taken
4ls ,265 bales, against lO67 I'll the year before and
France 3Ol 1858 bales, against $50 627 last year From
New Orleans si4,0ii bales have been exported. from
New York 1921 ,795 bales, and the balance from Mobile,
Savannah, Charleston and Florida.
Inc consumption oil cotton this year north OF the Po-
tomac has been only 4O4los bales against 49, last
year, and 53 772 in the year ls47-4s. The quantity
consumed south of the Potomac has been only go 900
bales, against o7,500 last year This, added TO the re.
celps the seaports together with The stock in the nie
up the whole quantity raised in the Union to about 430
600 bales. This makes the whole amount OF cotton
equal to that ever raised in any year except lSls-49,
when the total crop was 2, 72S, 500 bales.
Notwithstanding this, owing to prodigous camor at
the South, at the beginning of the year. about worms
grub" "carterpillar," bug" drought" floods,
&C., manufacturers deuded into the belief that
there would be short crop, and into paying exorbant
prices for The material, 10 their great injury. Their
consumption greatly restricted IN consequence and
their goods sold loss. for all which present ex-
ceent tariff has received much unmerited reproach.
The general estimate OF the crop, according to our reco
lection, about 900 900 bales and il has exceeded
that estimate OF the short crop criers about half mil
lion OF bales @When the truth gradually began 10 leak
about the real extent OF the crop prices tumble down
very suddenly, tney declined
from the highest NOTCH to the great relief OF the
owners OF mills, many OF whom have nevla-
bly, failed IT the enormous prices OF their raw material had
been kepup In New York perceive that the decline
in cotton is regarded by the trading community
tiona calamity. They regard il there making much
less exchange to send abroad in discharge OF ndebt
edness for importatons, and consequently compeng
an additional export OF specie for that purpose, We, on
the other hand not disposed to look upon the fall OF
cotton in the light OF public disaster for there is
little consideration due to the interests of cotton
facturers as well as those the cotton planters
South, and TO the traders and importers of New York.
The shortcrop men, ashamed OF the fasy OF their past
predictions have been unusually quiet this year slen.
der croak about frost and bugs repanling &c. heard
early the season, but became hushed and the
general estimates OF the growing crop now run from two
and three quarters 10 three millions OF bales.
There is very large increase every year in the guam
ty of land applied 10 the cultivation OF cotton. Some
adequate notion of the OF this may be had
from the fact that the crop of the United States
has increased from about million of bales s3l-31
10 nearly three millions OF bales in ls4S-'49, or about
six times faster than the population OF The cotton coun-
try during the same period.