The southern press., 1851-10-28
To the Cotton Planters Of SOUTH Carolina,

CHARLESTON, s. c. Oct, 81, 1851,
We take much interest in referring you to
the communications above, from our highly re.
spected consul at Amsterdam. and the very re-
sponsible and ancient house OF Messrs Ha-sten
Brothers. of the same city. The frequent de
ranpements in the cotton trade, aud the revu
sions in prices to which that valuable Southern
staple has been periodically exposed. has re
peatedly elected consultations and conventions,
on the part of the planting interests, to penetrate
the causes ana apply the remedy. The disease
is in the speculative opinion circulated in ad
vance on conf jectural est mates of long or short
crap stimulating and depressing prizes, as the
estimate may fall short of or greatly exceed the
consumption.
The speculalions which follow promote
another arrangement in the cotton operations,
by centralizjng nearly the entire production in
Liverpool and New York In the closet sym
pathy in their commercial relations, the Ameri
can city may be considered trading suburb OF
the British emporium of raw and manufactured
cottoHs A corrective, it is thought, may be
found in distributing the production, by the
most direct avenues, TO various Barts CT con-
sumption.
Thus far, although England, among our for.
apn customers, manufaci ures not to exceed one
half of the CT IN of American cottons, she 80 con-
triyes, through the influence Of her commanding
capital and commercial slgqcity, to conc,"tfa'e
in Liverpool most Of what is required for the
consumption of Europe. The continental! manu-.
facturerer is thus forced TO purchase in Liver
pool, instead of in our 5 rutbern marts. BY
this process Of monopoly, large stocks of cot
ton are annually accumulated in the English
emporium, Gheapening the cost of that staple 10
the British manufacturer, and, on re.export
of supposed surplus, taking the continental
consumer and the American producer. Any
measures, therefore, which would lead to the dis
tribution, by direct intercourse with many mar
kets, what each may consume of cottons, in ex-
change for the commodities they are prepared to
offer in returu, you'd to some extent, remedy
the reyusions which concentration Of single
point produce, and as supply and demand are
made to harmonze, would in time, lead TO a
more healthy trade, and to more steady and re-
munerating prices The annually increasing con-
sumption of cottons in Europe, has awakened
the interests of the ancient commercial capitals,
of Amsterdam, Hamburg and Bremen. With
unlimited available n cans, the merchants of
these ports seek to receive more regular and
direct intercourse with the producing States of
the South it is not the interest of the cotton
planters, therefore, to encourage in the begin
ming, these now and more direct commercial in.
terohanges particularly, 1t will weaken mo-
nopoly, multiply the markets for their prodnc-
tions and not Interrupt the accustomed mode of
selling through responsible agent, without ad-
ditional cost; the change will only be as to the
place OF selling, with the prospects of less
speculation, and Of more regular remunerating
prices.
The letter and the authority of the consul at
Amsterdam, explain the desire OF the merchants
of that ancient city, now controlling the trade OF
the Baltic, TO recprocate in prudently regu,
lated commerce of mntua, interest, ana TO afford
the facilities necessary to stimulate il into exist
ence. The consumption OF raw cottons in the
department of the Rhine, is now estimated at
from $50 to 100000 bales. On the entire con-
tinent il is said to amount 10 100000 bales ex-
ceptng what is shipped and sold in the llavre
market. The largest portion of the above sup
ply is purchased in Liverpool, which indirect
transit to the places OF consumption Is double
tribute paid by both producer and continental
manufacturer In addition, tae consumption OF
yarns (Which England monopol2ts through the
free port Of Bremen,) is beyond estimation
This first conversion of the raw cottons into the
useful pGrposes of life, with the enhanced value
which is thus impaired 10 IT, could be made
new source Of revenue and Nesitn 10 Ihe cotton
planter, by having opened the direct market To
Bremen. The introduction OF cottons lnt" Rus
sa, through the port of nsterdam, IL now re-
ceiving a impulse WHICH must lead TO results
beyond commercial saqacity at this time to esti-
mate To meet The views of those from abroad,
(who, by ready iransportation) and reasonable
Ual,tdiions on shipments. thus tender the facilities
| of direct trade between the cotton producing
States of the South and the consuming countries
of the continent Europe, we submit for con.
siderator to our planters, the inducrmel t. Tre-
sented through our intelligent consnl at Am
sterdam As the representative OF our CONNER.
cal interests abroad, ho has not neglected the
agriculture of the South and seeing tho re-