Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-01-29
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IMpoRr-The import into Great Britain has been
greatly in excess of any previous year, and it amounts
to 2,357,278 bales, against l9O4565 bales in 1851,
there being increase from every quarter except In
da. The import from the United States is l,788,685
bales against I,397,lI2 bales in 1851; from Brazil
l44214 bales against 08 $40 in 1851; from the West
Indies, &c. 53 bales, against 8476 in 1851; from
Egypt 1879 865 bales against 63,833 in 1856 and from
the East Indies 222 1861 bales against in 1881
The total increase is 452, 7l3 bales.
EXPoRT.-The export from this country has amount
ed 2S2,800 bales, against 1855 bales last year.
being increase of 1900 bales, Notwithstanding in
creased shipments from the United States direct to
France and the Continent of 204,452 bales.
CoNsUMPTION.-The year opened under favorable
circumstances for the manufacturing interests. There
was absence of stocks, good demand for export
and the home trade with low prices and the prospect
of ample supply of cotton, thus giving every stlmu-
us to extended consumption and as in our previ-
Gus annual statement calculated the consumption
during the last months of 1851 at the weekly
rate of "a 900 bales, it pretty evident from the
large extension of mills and machinery in various dis
tcts but particular in this county, that preparations
making (and still even now going on) for a
greatly increased consumption of cotton; the result
is delivery from the ports perfectly astounding, and
this will best be by comparing the quantity taken
by spnners in each of the last years. with the
age weight per bale. In l843 it 1,3S8,06S bales
of $40 lbs; in 1914, l,426,622 of 377 lbs; in l845
500 1919 of 37S lbs in 1916, 559267 of 3S4 lbs;
in l847, 1913 of 3S1 lbs; in l648, 1885, 1871 OF
1913 lbs; in lS49, lSO66OS of 1876 lbs; in 1850 l.
5l3,007 of 1856 lbs; in 1851, 1862, 585 of 800 lbs
and in the present year O8520 l9l ,559 bales OF the
average weight of 393 lbs BY reducing each years
delivery to uniform weight of 800 lbs per bale
the comparison will stand thus
In 1885, 1913 1885, 1851 26342 1852 25OOO2 per 300 ID.
per week, 81 ,466 4l604 48,0T
Thus the delivery is I5.5 per cent. more than that
of last year, and if we allow for estimated increase
stock in Spnners hands, there will still be increase
of 1913 per cent. We believe that spinners com
menced this year with stock of cotton somewhere
about 100000 bales, and with light stocks of manu-
factures either of Goods or Yarns, and all accounts
agree that in the latter they equally light in stool
now; hence the question arises, what has become o
this immense quantity of cotton ! We find that spin
ners kept adding their stocks of cotton, month by
month, the end of October, at which period they
must have held nearly 100000 baes then, owing II
high prices, and prospect of large CROP they bega
to restrict their purchases, and during the last tw,
months have taken so little from the ports, and
nuentIv have far reduced their stocks, that
estimate them at not more than 100000, which, how
ever is so 600 more than they held at the commence
ment of the year Then aTain the quality OF tn
American cotton this wear has een Indifferent, an
there has been greater loss in the ,7orkng OF IT, Il
waste and dust probably % to per cent. more ina
usual; still this would NOT make difference u NOR
than 40, 900 bales and we have an increased consL'
ton to account for shown the table following,
1926 bales weekly.
; The Board of Trade returns, so far as published
show increase in the export of cotton fabrics;
follows then that the whole increase must be in thu
home trade (and in the large quantity worked Vi
in mixing with wool and other matcrias) and Wheth
this is be attributed to freetrade-the abundance
of god-to emigration-oTt to all three combined. ther
can be doubt it indicates high state of prosperity
which cannot but be gratifying to all parties
: Having shown the delivery for consumption, re
duced to bales of uniform weight, 800 lbs, it MAJ
be useful to show what the actual consumption in bale
has been, by allowing for difference OF stock in spin
ners' hands at the close of each year. The week
average with the stock in consumers hands, and il
the ports &c will be in the following statement