Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-07-10
Where shall we 60 for Cotton !

MS seems to be the great question OF the day in
England. Although the import last year was O24,-
100000 pounds against 4ss, 900 900, in 1s4I, and
in 1851, the increase in supply does not
keep pace with the demand, and the consequent ad-
vance In prlces creates alarm among the spinners-
Manchester is all alive about H. and commission
has recently been established in that city to search
the world and see where cotton can be got.
And yet the trouble does not seem 10 be so much
ab cut quantity as quality. There three kinds in
general use but owing to the difference in quality,
one cannot, to any considerable extent, be snbsttu
ted for another Georgia, (Sea Island) Brazil, and
West Indies and Egypt, produces the best, or long
staple but this quality is only used for fine goods,
and though the quantity produ ,ed is comparatively
small, it is always sufficient for the limited demand.
The short staple or third grade comes from the
East lndies but it makes fabric SO poor, owing TO
r." a~geiy. PiHy1u unless large advance in prices Of
other sorts-growing out of short supply of those
other sorts-compes resort to it in order 10 keep
up a supply of cheap cloth. There does not seem to
be any limit to the supply of this grade, for whenev-
the import was only $4,000 900 lbs. but advancing
prices run it up to 1s, ,000,0 900 in 1856.
But this resource does not answer the purpose
Cotton grown in the United States the medium
staple, OF which the great bulk of our crop is COM
posed-ls of an entirely different character fiom
either OF the Others From it, and only from it, can
the cloth be made which suits the mass of wearers
all over the world. Cloth from Surat Cotton sent
into any market by the side of cloth from American,
Will remain on the shelf 60 into consumption very
slowly even at a much lower price After an expe-
renee or years consumers have found out which is
the best and the difference in the two fabrics is So
manifested that the skill of the manufacturer cannot
conceal it.
AS the case stands, therefore, England depends on
the United States for the greatest staple of her most
important manufacture. OF her whole import last
year nearly eighty per cent. was produced in this
country This dependence is CALLING for two reasons.
| l. If any interruption takes place in our amcable
| relations we may cut off her whole supply, which
would be about equivalent national bankruptcy.
The disastrous effects OF such a measure upon
country where very small decline in the de-
mand for labor produces distress and starvation,
hardly be overestimated. very short crop in this
country also, by raising prices and checking the de-
mand for cloth, would produce serous, bad effects.
But supposing neither of these things to be apprehen
ded, except remote possibilities, there is. 2 The
| rivalry OF our manufactures growing more trouble
some every year, science, skill and experience ena
BILE them to reduce the cost OF manufacturing cloth
while they get the raw material cheaper.
Formerly England had three great points in her ia.
vor and one ag:lnts She had cheap labor, cheap
money and cheap cotton, Ito certain extent,) and
| only the higher cost of medium cotton to contend
with She has now only cheap labor and the differ
enCe in her favor on that Is &bout made up by the
higher cost of raw material. AS before said the
rivalry of cloth made from Surat cotton has dsap-
peared-that has TO stand on its own meTlts-and we
| now 20 INTO tue market OF the WOrlQ al least on
| equal terms.
Lowell can furnish cloth as cheap, 10 say the least
as Manchester can do it, and so long England has
! to fooh ~ unly for her supply of cotton of the
quality she requires. and must have in order to COM
pete with manufacture, she must necessarily tall
astern in the every year, for look upon it as
fixed fact that every year larger quantity of cot.
ton will he worked up in this country for foreign
markets, and less mparatives-quantity be ex-
ported.
No do pofIu thorof OF fbo ~
Manchester it is truth serious in view of the
facts we have stated. At the time it is a case
for which there is remedy, unless substitute
be found for cotton. The experiment of Producing
American cotton india has proved utter failure,
aud there is other country in which it can be pro
duced to any extent that will change materially the
present aspect of business. We wish it were other
wise, for it is not good that any one nation should
hold monopoly so important 10 all the worald,
therefore we also wish the Manchester gentlemen
success their lrhes though we have no faith
in it-BoSton Journal.
"GoT DAT N1GGER. R."-"Mr. Higginbottom, Pm
gwine to pop question to you, an wants you 10
anser it wdout any circumference, ef you kin git it
out O. your wool"
Wall, Mister Dimy, just cut wild it, fur Pm
needn' salt 10 Tighten some nigger's underpinnin'"
; "Now dis is de CRATE question what makes you
so much like de grrte Wizard O. de Mort? z"
''Golly parin' me to de big white folks I'll dis.
solve dat composition right away; 'cause, cause
gibs it rite strate up"
"'Cause you is a nigromancer, (negro man, sir ?')
{" Yoo run again sprout when you come at dis
chile wild dem dar comblumdrums. Now, jist you
It ell me what makes you an de Wizard so much
alike !r
ooh, dunno; conclude"
"'Cause you boaf like to play slight O. han arter
dark p He-ah! va! va! Unlimited &c nlgger's big
to- dat time"
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