Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-25


J hrzt principal si#p,ts 81 aaT "@n cauh. y
are produced perhaps. H.. ~ qiattrF Il Inc gl'"r
II - errnt an extent "a III China. In tie absence
of statistical data guide Ia II correct know
ledge If the agricultural products OF The chinese
Empire. The probable o&fent If these crops IN
ih4i country becomes maftrr Of euriohs i"fe>ti-
CATION. and en- on y be- appropriated by comPar-
i-au-'
Iheir export, Ike their imports. are very few
mud .imilel-ibr onr perhaps nearly balancing
The other. II may therefore be reasonably as,n-
md tbAt The Product of these staples l. 'qdal 10
lie home SUMPTION.
Ne have never made much progress IN intro
alcinr our cations into China. s"ne al the bet
Ter c,n.ze, Of the people prefer our wide ihbrc,
which the more ignorant classes denomInate. 49,
.sIIcayrn made CLOTH. because they can form no
de, If a loom large enough 10 weave li:-and
yrr,. Iifllr Of 1t fud- market there IN censc-
aurrlcp. Of it, high price Us compared WIN Their
own. oar raw cotton Is not preferred Ia theirs
for manufacturing purposes, bea"liNo oi lis Ion.
ger siaplc 'lhcir products Hhi III" product OF
hdia-n comparatively small quantity OF which
annually finds n market there's better suited 10
their manufactures. The common cloth worn
bv the prnple-the usuul narrow width Of the
,all,v naukin fnhfic Ia he found IN our own mar
ket-is Of II eanr-r and thick texture, and l. sold
everywhere in the empire at pflcc net exceed
in, twenty tSein, Tor eu,h. about one cent and
hait per yard.
With such prices our cnarscst fabrics cannot
compete. The cotton jackets of n Chinnman are
liz thermometer. Gu hot summer day he will
have upon BIZ back not more than ono. aud some
times IT,; but IA, the weather grows colder, he
will cont aue 10 put on one over smother until IN
the coolest day. If winter h- entire wardrobe i
IN requi,ition. With hIm il is from 'on" jacket
cold" 10 ten iackets code aud his eckets ARE
10 him n faithful leeord- Of the temperature, as
the marked degrees III the glasses of Fnhrenhclt
ate Ia ~. totlons are very generally warn
throughout CHM: aud il is not unfair t" assume
flat the inconsi1rfablc imports from this country
anil from India. are quite balanced by It's exports
Of the finer napkin fabrics in this country aud
othcr- so We should take it for granted hat
the quantity produced there is at least equal 10
the quantity consumed.
Take then. the population of China mt any
Gir estimate Of its number, together with the
fact that all the people are constant we"rers ct
cotton cloths, (und large proportion Of them
wenr no n,hrr fabric l-nsccrtaln the rrabuhle
number If pounds required to oloihe person
there fl one year, ana then multiply that mum
hrr Of pounds by the number of the populations
and what mn immense product Of cotton l. the
result Even if this vast result be divided and
,ub divided by the most liberal allowances for
estimated numbers in the extreme NORTH who
wear f1rs skins IN wint ~ aud the mandarin
classics oil Inc interior WIZ wear HlIk~-lt'l blbUu-
cloths ARE raicly worn by the Chlnese-yet the
result would be- astonishing. ~ showing the ng
grceate quantity annually produced.
liy Il similar method of calculation may we ap
proNmnte the probable extent of tn tohacco
crop. The Chinese arc inveteraic smokers. All
el>-os and ~,5xrs arr addicted to the habit. Like
the Dutch, they have not the habit ii chewing
and ,nafue t. II grent extent, hut like thrm. the
pipe and ,ohaccopouch are Indispensable cum
,,l.,l
empire. aud have Travelled in Europe, bear wit
mes from personal observation, thai tobacco i rs
freely used there rs in Holland. And it i we'll
a,crIfuincd that the amount consumed by the
Dutch i not less per annum thnn at the 10'e
ot three pounds per head for the entire poPula
tom. Little orno tobacco i imported into Ghiuu.
and W. arcihrrrlarr lrft To multiply H. poppla-
tiun by fh'"e, a. the product and consumption IT
ten ur twelve hundred million pound, per annnm
vt, we have sometimes heard eur Statesmen de-
clare III their speeches, taat IN consequence of
the introduction OF the tobacco culture i'll Eu-
rope, we hive become thu growers OF tobacco
for the whole world"
The probable extent Of the rice crop of China
is not 80 easily approached. Ric" Is their hr,t
and greatest staple. The Inhabitants of the
southern portion of the empire suhsist almost
altogether ON rice aud fish. Il is their daily
hrcad:' aud instead of being asked il yon have
taken breakfast or dinner, yon are asked "have
you taken lcel' 1t were we'll worth the timo
necessary for inquiry, to undertake IA computa
ton OF the quantity of rice rcqoiIcd To subsist
tho vast population who live upon it almost oX-
eusiycy; for il would not be far from tn" opgte.
gate quantity produced in the empire, And the
figures of tota would he moro astonishing than
they are in ctr ca cuaton of the cotton und to
bacco crops.
We have touched this novel and rather curious
point ofeommercial and agricultural invest lgation
with the hope of elic,ing AS we'll as contributing
information CONCERNING the resources of that vu>t
empire. to which public attention Is now moro
than ever directed.-N !. Jour. ct Com.