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ANXIETY OF BRITISH NI.ANUFAcTIR ERs
TIE PAST AND TIlE PR RESENT.
Prof. NIcCay, of the University Of Geor-
gia has furnished some valual5l e intorma-
ton concerning the Cotton Trade, III d
number Of uIIuat s Merchants Mag zine.'
The article is too long TO give IN detail, but
few Of its facts and figures, with an oc:
casionnl remark, will be found interesting
is well rs important. iii twenty years an
average crop has increased from 2 8, OCO
bales 10 2, 351. 900 If the period Of tween
tv-five years, from $3.50 1850, he divided
into five equal intervals, the increase for
each vii be found to be 27-37-33 and o
per cent. In the same time, the pfodnc-
ton OF all other countries has Only risen
from So. 0O0to 440, 900 bales--having abb
solntely declined during the last five years,
over sixteen per cent. This is a most I'M
portant fact, in conne1ion with the high
prices. OF cotton, the increased and increas-
ing demand, and the apprehensions Of q cot
ton famine, which are entertainedzby some
of the leading manufacturers of Great Brit
ain. These apprehensions, we embrace
the occasionto say, are founded upon yari-
ons causes: First, unpropitions weather.
And Secondly, the possibility of a conflict
between Great Britain and the II. States.
Hence The recent meeting at Manchester,
and the appointment OF Mr.. Alexander
AIackay, as Special Agent to British India.
An immense sum has already been expend-
ed in various experiments. with the object
of ascertaining the capacity of certain
British Colonies to grow Cotton, but thus
far with little success. Still the effort IS
not abandoned, and it Will not be While a
hope remains. Prof. McCay states further,
that in the matter of consumption, our pro-
gress has been remark nsyuraPid.s Within
twenty yearssstEae t1e1M cries to our manilfac-
tories have advanced 325 per cent. viz;
from $4,000 bales to $4,000; Whilo in
the same time the advance of Great Brit
ain has been only 125 per cent, VIZ: from
653, 900 ba.es to ], 472, 600. Ineach one Of
these periods, orr rate Of progress has been
more thon twice as rapid as hers; and tho
the absolute amount of our consumption is
yet far below that consumed by the English
manufacturers, yet III the last five years,
our Increase has been 10000 bales While
theirs has been on Y 10000 At present
our consumption a per cent, Of the
English, While 20 years ago, 1t was only 10
Per cent.
France, during all this period, has re-.
lnaincd nearly stationary. Twenty years
ago her consumption was s257 900 bales
now it is only. 5000. In the last five
years she has gone backwards, the decline
amounting TO $4,000 bales, From 1925 to.
1880 the deliveries to her manufactures
We're double those of the United States,
now they are 33 per cent. less. than ours.
Her rank compared with Great Britain, and
with nearly every oller country III Europe,
has aiso declined.
IllsSpain, Belgillm, Holland, Germany
and Russia, the incfecse has been nearly as
rapid as IN the Inited States. III the last
five years their advance has been 46 per
cent, ours 40 per cent. Their rankin the
cotton countries is yellow, bnt their rapid
progress will very soon bring them toa
more important position. Atpresent their
is 81 per cent, of that of G..
Britain, and the time is notfaf distant when,
taken together, will equal her.
Twenty years ago, the comparative rank
of the United States, Great Britain, France,
and the rest of the continent, wasin pro-
portion to the numbers Is So, %, and IL; |
in the last five years, the per centage of each |
has been 10; 81, 10, and II. If France be
left out of the comparison, the rank of each |
20 years ago, was as IS, 20 and II; now |
it's as p. 50 aud 20.
Although Great Britain requires for her
manufactures more than half Of all the
cotton worked up in Europe and America, /
he amount actually used by her people. in-
ending all that is exported to India, British /
America, Australia, and all the colonial de-
of Great Britain is less than the
amount used in the. United States. This
las been shown tol be true for the last four
ears, and the present year, although it ex-
libits an apparent 6ecline III our home con-
forms no exception TO this result.
The enlarged imports of cotton goods i'm
'orted into orr sea ports, compensate III
'art for the falling off in the wants of our
actories.
In comparing the progress in the demand
nd supply, 1t will be seen that during the
ast five years the consumption has increas-
dtaster than the production-the one hav-
ng advanced 10 per cent, and the other
NY g. This might be inferred from the
echne in the stocks. but it will be more