Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-06-13
THE COTTON TRADE OF TnE UNITED STATES.

Under the commercial head our readers will find sy,
raj interesting tabular statements in regard the cotton
trade, compiled from recently transmitted
to the House of Representatives from the Statistical Bu.
reau Of the State Department From the same official
port We copy the annexed general information respect
ing the cotton trade of the United States" to which We
invite the attention OF our readersY
GREAT BRIrNN.-The annual average importation ofcot
ton from sill countries into England last i've years
has been $751; pounds, of which amount according
!" BRUSH authorities, Col 52Y,220 pounds, than
'hrecourihs' were FROM the United States The annual
average expectation the continent and elsewhere has
been 2slO6Ss pounds about onc-sxth Of the total
pu'N imported leaving 1l5,525 296 pounds for the
hu average consumption About oucsiSth OF the whole
amount imported was from British possessions.
Ia l1sl Great Britain commenced the RECOMMENDATION of
cotton TO the continent and elsewhere. In 1918 the
quantity thus rcxported had risen from annual
rage at one million pounds that o six million pounds
In 1898 the aggregate amount exported exceeded l1sl
million pounds, OF which nearly So million pounds wer
derived from the United States aud than 60 million
pounds from the East Indies The quantity OF American
cotton rceNpOrted 10y Great Britain to the different mar
kets OF Europe, when compared with the quantities inn
ported, IL much less than of that imported from some
other countri"sa tact which suggests the sup.e.,
tue American article aud its betts- adaptation to pur
po~s ot iabHlc industry FOR example about one.tenth
of the cotton imported from the United States is recxpor-
ted, against neatly onr-hat Oi that imported from the
East Indies comparison between America and East
Indian cotton shows difference OF loo Der cont i'm favor
OF the iormer-he cotton OF the East Indies containing
States contains only twelve and half per cent The fibre
al-u Of the latter eNrrls that ct the former
In l1ss the efforts ci the East India company com.
menced for the promotion OF the gro~ OF cotton anal fr
the Improvement quality IA British Indi, and the
first expectation oi the article England wa, made the
same wear In 1874 the expectation amounted to oo no
pounds II now averages some l65 100000 pounds per
annum An ARIA of about 5000 square miles il said TO
bc devoted to the culture.
Liverpool is the great of the cotton trade of Cre,
Britain and ol Europe generally Thus whl the total
imports OF that article into the United Kingdom according
To British authorities, in 1852 amounted To S57 .ss
bales, the quantity this port reached 2n5 73S bas
About iAsevenths OF the cotton received at Liverpool
comes from the United States and Of this four Is s
mated To be imported Tor the factories OF Lancashire and
Yorkshire.
British ports free OF duty Prior that period the ,Iuv
was OF aud from British possessions cents from other
places 40 cents per 9 pounds.
The number oi spindes in operation Ia ENGLAND l. ,i
cateS at more than twenty millions.
The value OF cotton supplied by she United States tn
Great Britain IN 1885 S57,6I6749 being about the
average each year the last four.
The quantity of cotton exported from the United S,,
70 England Ia 'cven months Of the fiscal wear lss6 j. o.
tmAted at 2755 600 bales
IL appears from commerce aud Navigation" that ,b
importation OF raw cotton from the British West Indies
INTO the United states has increased for some wears ,
III rauo quite propotonae To the decrease of such inn
portai 1n into Great Batain Thus the lamentations o
cotton INTO the United States and Great Britain rcsp.c
lively from the British West Indies, from 1851 10 ls55
inclusive follows: