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it possesses n climate, which combines that
proper nmotnt c'f heat and moisture, which is
Indispensable to the growth Of the cotton plant.
The waters of the Gulf exposed to the heat Of
tropical SUN produce gteht evaporation.
which is condensed by the cold rain of the clc
nicd lands, whicl, lies Enst and West of the
Mississippi whilst the evaporation from the
finlf stream IN condensed by the cooler mir of
the AlleghGnies. These causes produce tho C"
ffiods showers. during the Spring and Summer
months which is the lif. of the cotton plant
These sdSanteges combined with the richness
of the soil, md the possession of slave labor
directed hy the enterprise md skill of the
Anglo.Sa*on intellect, must give the North
American States, q monopoly of the cotton
production.
culture Of cotton from America, to Indin or
Algeria, England could gain little by so doing,
ms she would thus lose the best customers of her
manufactured goods.
| The history Of the cotton culture in tlIis
country exhibits n wonderful increase in the
production and our cotton lands still cx.
tensivc enough if brought into full cultivation,
to produce many more millions of bales over
the present yield rs easy as three millions of
| bales are now grown. In the mean time. the
consumption has not only kept pace, but has
been steadily gaining on the production.
The annual increase in the production of cot
| ton has not been uniform ratio. Thus in
| lS2o-2l, the crop only amounted to 100000
bales, which in 1S26-'27 was doubled amount
| ing to 957,2sl bales. The next duplication
rraI yhon ,,l,,
| 1901, ,4a7. In ls39.'40 the crop reached anOo,-
| 600 bales; the product of that year being q
| l77,sa5 bales. From this period to 1851, owing
to commercial revulsons, and the disturbing
action of the Mexican war, the average crop
was about 1,2O0O,OOO bales. The discovery
| of the California gold mines gave an increased
impetus to consumption, and the supply in
1928 reached 3,262, ,ss2 bales, which in
lS53'56 attained the enormous amount of g.
527,845 bales 100000 of which, however
was estimated ms. of the previous years growth.
The total increase in Thirty six years, amount
ed to 257O,O0O bales.
The consumption in the Cnitec States has
been steady and progressive. In 90 years it
hns decreased from 1856 bales, in 1s26-'27 to
65e,139 bnlcs, in lSG5-'56. The exports to
Europe have increased from 2444.0O0 in 1856
'52, to o,955,o0O bales in 1885, Of whicl,
Great Britain took l,92l 900 bales.
If We suppose peacc to continue. and the
gold mines Of California and Australia. contin-
NC equally prolific, in ten years, to meet the
increased consumption, there will he required
crsp of near 100000 bales. Have We the
element Of labor, to produce large q crop,
the writer thinks not.
The slave population Of The United States in
1910. was 2,4s7.455, and in 1850, was 3,20i,-
3lS, showing al increase Of about 30 per cent.
in ten years yet the increased power of con
sumption, foreign and domestic will require an
increase of production of nearly 100 per cent.
The North, rs we'll ns the whole civilized
world, is interested in this increased pro}nc-
ton. If a crop Of 5000. 600 bales required the
employment of 200 Northern vessels n crop of
100000, would employ 400 ships Massnchu
sctts, instead of supplying s36,oo0,ooO Of cot
ton fabrics, might furnish s72OOO.O0O; and
thus every kind of business, dependent upon
the cotton trade would be augmented
For ten or twenty years past, there has hccn
| a gradual transfer Of slaves from North Caro-
linn, Virginia. Maryland, Kentucky and Della
ware to the rich country, on the shores of the
Gulf of Mexico.
From 1910 to 1850, the increase of slaves IN
North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, was
only from two to six per cent whilst in the
cotton States of the Gulf the increase was
from So to SO per cent, and in Arkansas l3G
per cent From 1880 to 1910. there was n dc.
crease in Delaware of one-half per cent; and
in Virginia of four per cent This decrease
gave on enhanced value to the products of TO-
bncco and hemp III the States of Missouri, Ken
tucky and Virginia, which consequently check
ed the immigration, and gave an increase in
the next ten years. in Virginia of S per cent.
in Kentucky of Is per cent, and in Missouri of
90 per cent.
The yield Of gold in California and Austria
lia since their discovery, has reached $500, O,OOn,-
600. The produce during the pSssent year
will he no less than $l25, ,0OD, ,OOO and this in
ten years. will give in addition to the present
supply, the enormous sum of 81, ,25O, 900, 900.
The dissemination of this large sum, would
give such an impetus to consumption, ns will
probably create q demand for at least 600, ,OOO,-
900 of bales.
The writer recommends the application Of
! the English Coolie system to Africa with wages
| at % per month, as q measure which would
meet the requirements of labor, remove the
horrors of the slave trade and lessen the ex-
pense Of watching for slaves on the coast of
! Africa.
Governor Adams and the Tribune, he thinks,
arc mistaken in supposing the growth of cot
ton to be on the increase in India In 1850,
the imports into Great Britain amounted to
309.474 bales in 1855, to 394, ,0l4 bales; the
last not more than 242,76a Lales of equal
weight to the American bales. This cotton,
too, is an inferior article, and under the name
of Surats commands not more than onc.half of
American uplands.
A review of the area Of our cotton graw-
ing District furnishes some interesting views
of its capacities for increased production. The
whole area comprises about 100000 square
miles, or about $1,000 square miles of cotton