Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-03-24

The future supply of cotton is getting to he Sc
rious oreslion in England. The recent annual meel
ing OF the Manchester Chamber of Commerce wa
principally occupied with the subject. In the course
Of hia address, the chairman, Mr. Bazy, compliance
bitterly of the want hf raw rDstrrsls-silk, trx
sleeps wool, cotton, &c-Ot every kind. But riI,
supply Of cotton was the great QUESTION. II va.
now altogether inadequate 10 the demands of TN.
trade aud the fuure would slow largely Increased
deficiency. The attention of the chamber had beer
frequently directed N the suhsct. and especially Il
Increased supply from the East lndes, Natal, Aus
tralIa, Egypt, Liberia, Morocco, Dahomey, and other
parts of Africa, from Syria and the Wesr Indies, and
nl countries Which could produce it. One last ano
final appeal they had made to VIsc' unit Gaming
low Governor General OF India. Hear, hear. The
pressure OF the chamber upon the East India Com
pany had undoubtedly Increased The suppy etill the
great fact was apparent, that, while in 1906 the
celpts of cotton from The East Indies and the Cniteo
States 81 900 and $4,000 hays respectively, the
supply the last year from the United States wa,
l755,300 bags, from India only 46O 3O ehowing thai
whereas half century ago England received ~ pei
with an augmented supply, she only received 26i
per cent. from that quarter ;s:ar. hear Ameri
on had, in that period increased her contributions
fourteen f'ld, India only nEe.
Mr.. Bazly entertained tho most favorable opinion
of the adaptation Of British India to the growth ol
cotton, though he does not seem 10 indulge any very
encouraging hopes of largely increased itn medat,
auppIy. In this hs agrees with most authorities or
the subject. He looks forward, however, 10 enlarged
supplies the coming year, from this country, bn'
that, hs thinks will dcpond On precarious circum-
stances. Besides the enhanced price OF slave labor
had also aisrTngy enhanced the price OF cotton in
the English market. Hgiherefpre proposed the fer
nation Of great confederation Of the ;rade-a cot
ton league-to subscribe for The encouragement, o!
cotton growth in every part of the world and to urge
upon The Government: the imperative duty of sfford
ing increased facilities for the same. He would ais"
invite Glasgow and Liverpool TO join with Mauches
ter in the rnoyenent applause.
Mr.. Edmund AshwOrih, who seconded the prop0.
eilion, seemed to entertain even more hopeful
opinion believing that the past supply OF cotton from
India has not depended so much upon any physical
inaptitude upon other causes. Mr.. Ashworth, in
support Of his views, here read from MIR. Mackay
researches in India to show how adverse were acci
dental circumstances, such wanr Of ruads shipping
facilities &c., 10 that country, to the production o,
cotton. Labor was cheap, the soil adapted, h-
thought, 10 the cultivation, but what they wanted
was direct communication between the spinner To-
England and the grower in India, without the inter
mediation of agents. through whose hands it now
came. Such al organization az the chairman hac
suggested would be Of service, among other things
in sending out enteprisng and entergeiic young msu
to penetrate into the interior, whers the cotton a.
grown to make suggestions TO the planters Tor its i'm
proved cultivation, DC aud to maks arrangements
for its Transmission to Epglaud.
1t is clear that another grand effort is to Be made,
not only by the English people, but by the Govern
men: r:sc, 10 obtain gu increased supply OF cotton
from their colonial possessions and especially frcu
the Esst rndes As to their ultimate success we can
form no satisfactory opinion This testimony Of the
American planters who went to the East Indies II
1910, under the favorable auspices, 10 clsar di.
rect and, We lad almost said. conclusive. TIE &C.
kncwl.dSed physical and clinical difficulties, sudden
changes snd unequal temperature Of the cli,ne'~.
excessive humidity alternating with long continued
drouzhts, and the moral defects Of the Hlndoo char
acier, seem almost too great 10 overcome. Still, what
effect almost fabulous price, pre'sug demand never
known before and these unwsared, vigorous efforts
may have in stimulating the production in lndia and
elsewhere, the future only vii! chow. One thing,
however is cersn that, fOr III. coming and possibly
many succeeding years the deficiency will be large,
and the yrospect the English people, 10 not without
reason, aIsrmiug.-LN Q PseGyvne.