New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-03

Low refer our readers to the following para
erspts from The Journal Of Commeree, begging
them 70 remark ,hst the r1inous competition
between the North and South here referred to
tsa no existence until British Free 'rade had
already reduced the Northern eonsumps on, aud
that il vas necessary consequence OF that
diuiniihed power to purchase cloth which
always exists in British Free.trade times;
"7en wears ago saws the writer in The Journal,
an1 for several years following, the manufactures
in Georgia found themselves uIder the necessity OF in-
cieasrk their capital aid adopting the best improve.
meJts In machinery in order 10 meet the exigencss oil
the tines. IN Going go they increased likeSi se the
production Of their particular sty les of goods beyond
the home consumption. Shipping a large surplus oil
ttfee goods 10 the Northern markets brought then
still more into direct competition with the Northern man.
ufactureIs, uIcer this very great disadvantage in
large market that tie Southern goods though made OF
the b. ter materis anc the saying s, upon nonor,
were much less slightly and less skllfulIy made Ia
satisfactory sales were thu resut Meantime the man
ufacturtrs instead Of following any system or coop
Grating in any way for the common good, fatally
nistook each other for enemies and an against elca
otler beapg down the prices Of goods lalready too
low ano tamperiug With each others work people un-
Ill they became worthless, and a good days work
C uld rot be had for good day wages. 50 Tar as
hi. want OF charity toward each other may have con-
trbuted to their commoa nisfortunes, no doubt they
deserve bad luck but those other evils, imperfect
goods ard bad solesuauship, were precisely the kind
OF evils to be corrected by expeneLce Tue mauuiac-
turcls a. least those among thea w5o will never leaT1
awning by expeTience) had weli-ngh mastered
these ceects when the late scarcity Of provisions SUI
IerveI cd TO test more 10 the very utmost their
iovtrs Of endurance; for whatever the pce OF food,
toe manufacturer must foot the bill, unless he would
have his hands upon the county or parish a. they
co in E. gland.
" Under this las. an6 most helpless pressure several
Of the factories il Georgia have become SILENT per-
Inns for Others have content TO make
little or nothing rather than oisorganize; atd few
have maze mouey, but net so much "a they could
wish.
This is the present. condition of manufacturing in
Georgia. Where it will end remains TO be seen The
indications sre that the worst is over The coming
crops are very promising and provisions will be low
enough soor. The stoppase OF so many FACTORIES
must rec nee tie production of goods wthia bounds;
AID ii is 70 be hoped that manufacturers will learn
from the past among oher things, thai it is for their
advantage to cooperate for each Others benefit. We
shall see.
The stoppaee Of so many factories is, as
we are teIe told, to produce the result OF rails
ing tie price Of cloth. II so, the building of so
msUy under the operation of the Tariff of 1872
must have had the effect of lowering the price;
ard yet it was precisely when We were most
actively engaged in this work of reduction that
there existed the greatest clamOr against Pro-
lection, and why Because it tended to raise
the price Of cotton and lower that of cloth, TO
the benefi Of both producer and consumer, buy
not to that of the Manchester traders, for whose
benefit our neighbors of The Journal Of Com
merce publish go many fa'se tables sand commence
discussions from which they alterward find them
selves obliged to fly.
The totsl Southern consumption csnros now b
greater tbsn it was in 1878. We doubt If it
is even 90 great, as we know Of msDy factories
Forth Of Georgia that are silent, but our case
is strong enough to warrant US in giving them
eytn more. Admitting 1t to be the same, the
total consumption of the several periods will
stand as fol Ows:
lsi-o-Close of British Free trade. $1,000
ls47-S-Clcse OF Protection ..oOo,oVO
1ss4-5-SeveD,n ear of British Free trade. sos 600
Increase in Fix years under Protection one hundred
ard twenty per cent.
Huease IN seven ears unper BEitsn Free udue,
ten PER cert
1. will, however, be sad that We import
more and that that will make anne nd for diminish
ed manufacture; and we may therefore inquire
how far shat has been the case in references to
the several periods to which we have referred.
Not having the Treasury Report for 1912 be-
fore us, we ale unable to give the precise figures,
but are well satisfied that we are near the truth
when we say, that the weight Of cotton exported
in that year in the form of cloth, and imported,
did not vary greatly and that the total con-
sumption but little exceeds the weight Of cotton
manufactured, which must hang on about ST
pounds to each person Of our population. In
1910, the nun Der Of yards imported was twenty
millions, but in 1856 1t had grown to almost
forty millions, Notwithstanding the great de-
crease of manufacture.
In 1878 the consumption of foreign ccttons
was SI4, AGO. 600, and the export of domestic
ones $500, OO0-the one probably about bal
ancipg the other. As the domesti; consump-
ton of cotton in that year was 6O6 600 bales, or
double the quantity consumed in 1912, and as
the population had increased only % per cent,
it must follow that the quantity purchased and
worn by our own people had increased about
60 per cent, or from FIVE and half to nearly ten
pounds per head.
The net import of cotton goods for 1853 4 was
$50 SOC, 900, and the export Of domestic goods was
IS 5 900; and if the quantity Of cotton in the one
be now deducted from that in the other, the result
will be to give about e. 900 bales as the addition
to our consumption, resulting from the existence OF
foreign trade In the past year, however, there
has been great reduction, and we shall certainly
be greatly in advance of the truth we place it at
66OO0 bales and this added to the quantity man
uf,ctured will give 72s 900 bales as the total con-
ammunition or an ircres se of | u 900 bales. Mean