Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-17

From vol 81, Parliamentary Reports A.
d. IS47 and ISIS, copy of memorial adj
dressed oy certain null owners, of Lanca-
shire, England, to the board of trade,
recommending the deportation of numbers
Of unemployed poor operatives heretofore
engaged IN cotton manufacture, with a
view to the cultivation by them of cotton,
in the British colonies To the right hon
orable, the Lords Committee for Trade, x c.
The memorial Of the directors of the cham
Der Of com and manufactures of Manchester
sheweth-That plentiful supply of raw
cotton for the manufactures of this country
is second only in Importance to plentiful
supply of TODD That the dependence of
this country IN an overwhelming degree,
upon one source Of supply, has during the
last two years, added greatly to the calamI-
ties which have been heaped upon the man
ufacturing industry here, but our having
to contend, during that period. with high
prices. inseparabe from short supply, ST.
mutaneous with high prices of food, and
consequent disturbance Of the currency and
credit. That the cotton trade of this coun-
try has attained a magnitude aud lmpor-
lance which renders II highly dangerous to
rest content with our existing means of
supply For however firm reliance may be
placed upon the continuance of that good
understanding, which reciprocal interests
have fostered between this country aud the
United States, the experience of the last
two years has shown that from either an in
crease of consumption IN their own manu-
features, the failure Of the crops, or pref
erence for the cultivation of other products,
a.. h.v vtal,laH Ia, (.raat
Britain a supply of cotton sufficient to Sc
cure the regular employment of our people.
That in rejecting upon this subject your
memorialists attach liltle Importance TO the
cause of deficient supply; they have eSpe-
rienced the effects of the past and IN TAX
ing prospective glance, they see more to
arouse fear than to confer confidence, grant
ng that friendship may continue, as they
ieryently pray II may for many years, be-
tween the two countries, and that no other
cause of disturbance should intervene.-
Your memoriaists do not think II wise to
suffer the well being of onr artisans and the
complicated interests of British commerce
to hang upon SO slender a thread, as the
failure of crop IN single country, or to
neglect timely provisions against the evils
WHICH VIII tfti diiot loii ohSiN shPH'lg
be the cause what ii may.
PARLIAMENr REPoRTs, MARCH, lSlS.
To the Right Honorable the board
of trade.
The memorial of the undersigned,
the Cotton manufacturers of the city of
Glasgow, and its vicinity.
That the Cotton trade of this country
is mainly dependent for the requisite
supply of the raw material, on the Uni
ted States of America. The proper
ton of American cotton consumed in
the manufactures of this country, being
not less than nine tenths of the entire
consumption.
That the cotton crop of the United
States is subject TO various casualties,
| from frost, from drouth, from blight
and from the ravages of the insects, and
| that when such casualties occur, as
was the case during the past year, the
crop is greatly diminished and the price
proportionably EXCHANGED, TO the Brit
ish consumer.
The necessary result of which is that
/ the whole cotton trade of tins country
is deranged, the mills are either stopped
or put upon short time, and thousands
of industrious operatives are thrown
out of employment. That 1t is therefore
of incalculable importance to the man
ufacturing interests Of Great Britain, to
have other resources Of supply, for the
raw material of her manufactures OPEN
ed up, and if possible within the limits
of her own colonial emporium, &c.
Signed, 2Sth March, 1913.
Extract from FOL. 81 British Parll-
amentary Reports for A. ID. lsi7-e'
Page ass. Cotton Cultivation IN India.
There is no product which has be-
come so important, as raw material, Tor
the employment of the most numerous
class of our manufacturing population,
'lthan the Vegetable wool, called cotton.