New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-23

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Fourth year the labor would be nearly the same
Hoeinr 100 acres men per sore a, 20 cents 500
, frees would keep down weeds-no item..........
Piueking lesyes IS sboye-say l.o0 lbs green leaf
per scIe-l-V'OO green or JQO,o lbs. dried tea on
ChI = Hcs
Packages as above tor So 90 lbs. 1877
Produce 80 900 lbs, cost per ID. u cents. s9sl7
simple machinery 70 roll the leaves would reduce
ths Item Tor manufacturing tes................ 100
Say, therefore, 10000 IDS tea would cost s. cts Gil &
The plants are 10 be planted -. feet apart
therefore there would be ,2l0 plants on an acre
and at 300 10. per acre there would be a produce
OF one-lourth OF h. CT dried tea one ID. of
leaves per tree. | believe that all will readily
perceive that one 10. Of green leaves is not much
TO collect from bush of ten to twelve feet high
with close foliage in four crops through the
year. IN acre may produce 800 To-, bat on an
average 32O ID. have been the returns have
known 1t TO be made. There is no doubt but
American tea, put up IN small packages VARYING
from ole to twenty lbs, would sell at : Der TO-
for some years. As genuine tea, in flavor it is so
superior 10 the adults rated teas now used and in
strength one 10. would 90 as far as three of our
| present tess-and when the cultivation became
| extenced so as 10 export 1t would always realize
from - 10 - cents per 10.
have shown already, that the consumption of
tea would exceed 1904 600 lbs, and as that
amount would be- genuine it may be supposed d
cents would not be too high Il value for il there
fore this tea would become a valuable expert-
more so than all exports put together now of
! America, and equal TO le7 800 600 OF dollars and
this would be II work for women and children.
who are now unprOductye and rather a burden
though very pleasing and beloved burden on
national prosperity. Here is an item taken from
Eastern philosophy. Increase YOUR staples, and
! give yourselves wider scope for your industry
let the father be in the field as well as at the fire.
side amid his family. Fear the creation of pro-
fesslOnS, and of trades-and when YOU would saw
| to the rich man, - Go buy thee a coach and pat
roniZe its builder rather say to the builder BE
| Independent OF the rich man. go labor a few
hours IN the field with your family, and YOU will
have all things in abundance The man who has
raised himself fortune IN raising productions for
himself and the community, should be honored.
To turn to indigo: the whole quantity of indigo
produced may be 81 ,00O,000 los. cannot give here
description of the cultivation: It is given in NIL
its particulars in The Future Wealth of Ameri.
ca, and will do no more than draw the atten
ton OF men OF business to this trade
lhe trade IN InclgO with Europe was long pro.
hlored by enactments in favor OF Woad and il was
not till l'3' 1t vas admitted INTO France. The
Spanlards found the plant Indigenous in America
and made ONE use Of it, but principally for ink.
lt was cultivated in the nHed States for ENGLAND
principally. prior to the Rev button Then there
was no known trade in the article from any other
country with Europe although the article Ind
been known in India from all time. have seen in
three different works a statement of the quantity
exported from America, and the prices. | did not
note the title Of either work, but suppose refer
fn'V1dtioi VIII -
The exports were about $4,000 pounds annual.
" only. The pnce OF that was only 81 cd. ster-
ling per pound OF, say, 20 cents. One shilling or
twenty ive cents of that was bounty given tor It's
cultivation by England. We know that, to sell
indigo for 90 cents, must be produced for les
sum and, as thlrty-h cents did not sufficiently
encourage the people to manufacture 1t, probably
ria, N England added the shilling bounty, IN order
10 promote her dye business. Therefore, the cost
OF production could not be more than 80 to 80 cts.
per pound but it can now he produced here at ~
to - cents per pound, vaIuiDg labor at Oh cents
per diem.
The cause of the cultivation ceasing in America
has been owing mostly to the political change in
gOyt rnment soon after the Revolution. England
Ms early as 1888 made its cultivation branch
of her industry in India, and possibly she had
received a part OF her supply thence, from the
time she became possessed OF Bengal, IN 400.
However owing to the dlretul confusion created
in India which continued as long as the Govern
ment was conducted under the names OF others,
as Nicer Jatltr Nicer CausIm, and Nicer Jaiiers
son, which almost annhi ated all industry, and
brought on famine, IN 100, that carried oil up
ward of ten millions Of people. The cotton OF
America could have no effect on the cultivation OF
indigo at that time, for instance the trst import
of cotton from America we have on record was
IN 100, 1900 pounds the next item was IN lfSi-
: bags which England selZed on the ground That
America could DOT produce so much the next ex-
mort was IN l19O-1l bags-and 1t was only from
this year the exports continued yearly and pro-
pTesslyely increasing. The lowest price OF cotton
during ten years, from 1890 to 1900, was that of
the YEAR 1874, when it realized I'D. to lSd. per
pound or 81 10 80 CENTS per pound and highest,
with single exception, in the year 1893, when It
realized I'D. to ijd. or n to 20 cents per pound
The wear 100 the prce OF cotton IS marked as
from I'D. to GOd., or 81 to lD cents per pound
however the average of the ten years was H. l-jd.
to IS god, OF 30 % to 90 ID cents per pound.
Therefore If change OF government stopped the
exports to England, these subsequent prices OF
cotton must have put an end 10 indigo cultivation,
which then never ruled higher than ~ cents per
pound.
However there is one fact certainly shown, that
Ipdifo then notwithstanding all the drawbacks OF
Il rude time and want OF modern improvement was
manufactured for 30 to - cents per ID. And
can state that indigo can be produced now nom
20 to - cents per lb yet for the last forty years
Indigo has not sold for les, being Of good de-
scriptlon than 5s6d, and has been as high as los;
that j. from ~ to 400 cts. per ID. | believe an
ordinary description oflndgO is now selling in the
American markets for ] 80 to 10 cts. per b.
There is then a certainty that on die production of
InGigO IN these STATES, joT u ire hu"dred per
cent. cOuid be mdde.
The Indigo Of Madras and Of the northwest
proyitce. of In0a. is inferior. The great heat
Of Madras and the not wind OF the north western
provinces. are too tor the production OF
GOOD Blues. Nor could the tes-plant be cnltlya-
ted IN India, in the plain south Off Of lat. be-
cause Of the heat. The climate OF Bengal Is tenn
peIed by the vast body Of water carried down
nv the Gange- Scan aud BurampOOtfe rivers, and
has become the locality tor Indigo cultivation, but
these causes which so favorable 10 IT, growth
ale but too titen the causes OF anDlhIatOn to the
hope Of the planter. BY the sudden flooding over
the county, ana owing 10 these causes 1t Is
deemed fortunate 10 get one good crop IN three
,ear-. IL viii be cen that the above two staples
are Truly important.
The introduction of Cereals would be most I'M
portant and especially pulses, for the fatten'ng
! and general proSen6er OF cattle. Had man come
to America with Il hali-millon OF dollars, TO settie