The Trinity journal., 1856-11-29
Cotton Trade of the World.

OurlDg Jne IaIe session Ol COuSIcSS uOC-
umcnt was communicated from the State
Department to the House of Representa-
tiyes, in reply to call from that body, CIV
ing a comparative view of the cotton trade
of the world in general, and of the United
States in particular. In publishing the
document in full the Na,i0nal HteLfgencer
accompanied it with the following abstract
and remarks
We have no recollection Of any similar
document so comprehensive and valuable
emanating from any Department of the
Government since the Tubular Statements
and Notes of Secretary Woodbury., of the
Treasury Department, twenty years ago !;
and it will prove as interesting to the gen
eral reader as it is important for all who are
engaged either as producers, manufacturers
or traders in the great American staple.
From this report we learn that the United
States has exported an average of more
than thousand million pounds Of cotton in
each of the five years last past of which
quantity more than seven hundred million
pounds went to England and nearly two
hundred million pounds to France, from
which this latter Government derived an an
nual average revenue Of nearly three mill
ions Of dollars.
The sixth statement exhibits the qu0nti-
ties Of cotton exported by Great Britain to
all countries, respectively, and the countries
whence she imported the cotton thus export
ed for Il period of five years ending with
1855. From this we learn that England
consumes only about fiye-sixths of all the
cotton she imports, the residue being CON
yeyed by her ships to the Continent, and
principally to the ports of Russia and Cen
tral EurOpe-a carrying trade which, it
appears to US, might as well be pursued by
our own merchant marine and, also, that
her large re-eXportaton of her India cotton.
and the comparatively small re-exportation
Of that derived from the United States, show
very conclusiyely the relative value of the
two articles and her appreciation of them.
About one-tenth Of the cotton imported
from the Uuted States is reexp0rted from
England, while nearly one-half of that i'm
ported from British India is never used in
her factories, but is sent away These facts
are significant of their relative value. Amer
lean cotton is estimated as 100 per cent su-
pcror to that of India
Succeeding this table we have three state
mentS showing the quantities of cotton i'm
ported into Great Britain, France and Spain,
respectively, and the countries whence i'm
ported, fora period Of five years--statements
which must have required much inycstiga-
ton and extensive inquiry to gather their
elements. From these statements we CLEAN
the facts that the annual importation of cot
ton from all Countries into England the last
five years has exceeded eight hundred mill
ion pounds, of which quantity more than
| three-tourths was derived from the United
States and about one-siXth from British
possession, and that France and Spain, each
of them, look to US almost exclusively for
the raw material to supply their spindles
The seventh tubular comparative state
ment exhibits the quantities and values of
cotton manufactures and yarns exported
from Great Britain and from the United
States, respectively to all countries for the
last five years-showing the immense results
of the cotton manufacturing industry of
/ Great Britain, the Importance which that
branch Of industry is assuming in our own
country, and the heavy bonds in which the
two greatest nations in the commercial
world are recognized to keep the peace
toward all persons, but especially toward
each other'-the one as the great producer
the other the great consumer of the staple
which gives food to millions.
The document concludes with general
information respecting the cotton-trade of
the United States and of all nations, giving
a vast amount Of rare and valuable facts in
a condensed and an attractive form, those
relating to each country being arranged un-
der its respective captiOn-the imports, ex-
ports and manufacture Of the article being
noticed, the country whence the raw mate
rial is derived, and those to which their
manufactures are sent, with the quantities
and value of each The principal countries
of production beside the United States
namely, British India, Egypt, Brazil and
Algeria-are also treated of.
This portion of the the document con
cludeS with detailed statement or essay on
the subject of the capacity of the cotton
bale Ga term, by the way, which would
seem quite as variable and unhXGd as a
measure of quantity as the miirea of Brazil
is as standard of yalue,) and which We
are sure will afford valuable information on
the subject even to those who have been in
the cotton line all their lives
A New WmNKLE-A correspondent oI
the Southern Planter, Gala } gives lie fol