The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-24
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ne ssaaesmss Of EsslAnd Asd tho sptnnsrs OF
Msscsss.se err uarslaxiss 10 their eS"rss 70
recSsr sAsn sslyss isdspsadspt Of America for
sotsos. he great bond Of peace between kse'
y..a ana amsytcs. IL that which the cotton Fields
q ~ acvth sanrd. viewed simpiy ~ . oniwsrk
~ AseA.ea ~ siast Europsan aggression, the cot
-. 49, AZ the South are ~ eseetual - stand'
- -, AZ Ave hundred thousand mso, asa
-. :. ,.rse ~ that OF Great Britain Thst
.,.a,rv cannot Cd Jrd to quarrel with Us, ana
-onId sooner give up every point Of controversy
~. nov exists bet wsen tho two nations, or
,k.,v 10 arise hereafter than run Che rick OF those
a.,>mities, more appalling aud r1inous than var,
~hteh would follow q deprivation Of cotton. 10.
dsssi. the Constantly increasing consumption OF
cotton has produced . strong apprehension In
Eos,sod, lest the suppiy should prove inadequate
% the dc maud, snd has added new energy to the
sG,rta, nov making, 10 become independent Of
the American staple. We do not perceive any
sssas of alarm, or even soieltade, 10 the South,
- 70 the result Of the British experiments. DIR.
LisIngston IL 10 true. represents cotton o. being
extensively cultivated IN Africa, whore the mac
tIsss raise IL for their use and an able bodied
lsborer can Be- obtained ct from twenty to nifty
dollars DER appun. But, even II Africa could be
brought into the Geld, il 10 not likely that, under
the moot favorable circumstances, 1t would be able
for q century to come, TO do more than keep pace
with the Increasing demands OF that period. The
cotton tieIds of our Southern States are yet on
~ partially worked, and, under the greater skill
AID experience Of Americans. can put'4ll foreign
competition at defiance. At one time, rSmarks
shs New Orleans Bulletin, 1t WAS supposed that
India could alone compete with the Southern
states: and when, twenty years ago, the British
Last Iudia Company undertook the experiment
Of the cultivation Of cotton, IL WAS watched with
the deepest interest, and the results we're looked
for with no little soIicitude. Something Was eer-
tainiy accomplished, but nothing OF importance
The total xport Of cotton frcm India In 1888,
smountsd to 24s 600 ba!ss, and In twenty years
thereafter that 10, In 1855, 1t amounted 10 about
double that quantity. II is true, the London cor.
respondent Of the National f'tell'geneer states
that the problem Of growing cotton in British In
die, 10 now completely solved In the affirmative
Bat, In the opinion Of practical American plant
srs, who hays visited and resided there for years,
formidable difficulties to this alleged success will
be Saapd In the alternate long periods OF wet ana
dry weather. More recently, Africa shas been
thought Of ~ proper field for the cultivation OF
cotton, and several Euglish merchants have devo
ted especial attention to that quarter. Mr. Ciegg,
Who has been the most active in the matter, says
that In 1852, only 1900 pounds Of cotton from
Africa wore brought TO Great Britain. whereas ~
1857, the amount was &C 900 pounds. and with
s,.:i greater increase for the FIST Eve months OF
1858. Another gentleman says, that from Lagos,
the shipment Of cottos In 1853 was 81 4el pounds,
and in ls5. was Ia SI4, while i'll the same year
nc. isss than 10000 pounds Of cotton cloth. q
native manufacture, were shipped to Brs1i!.--
These figures are small, and are scarcely calculs.
ted 10 attract serious attention.