Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-07
CoNsUMPTIoN OF Cotton In EUROPE.

The report Of the Hon. JACOB THOMPSON, secre-
tary Of the Interior, communicating the report Of
JoHE CLAIBORNE, Esq, the Special Agent aPPOinte d
to collect statistics on the consumption Of Cotton in
Europe, is an unusually valuable document alike to
the producer aud consumer Of cotton. The length
of the report fOrbids its publication in our columns
and we present. in lieu thereof the following cOPious
abstracts:
.ExGLAED.-In 1856 the import from the United
States to England amounted to 7s0,04O,Ol6 lbs,
from the East Indies lSO 496 624 lbs, and from ell
other sources 90, $40 SIS lbs. During the quinqen
NAL period 1875, our cotton States furnished
England with the enormous amount Of 3 424 5O2, O24
lbs, all other countries furnishing only 937, O24275
lbs. In the same period the total export from the
United States was 5, lbs, 285, 8O5 lbs.
FRANcE-From the valuable work of NJ. MOREAU
DE JoNEEs the report extracts the following stats
tics, probably for 1855: Cotton imlorted to the
amount of 1873 226 600 lbs valued at Sl7, 49, 56.
spinnsries 500, employing So O64 people, and pro
ducing yarns valued at S27, 879, 200. There are
1854 establishments for the further manufacture Of
pure cotton tissues, employing l45 474 people, using
yarns valued at Sl8384, 500, and producing tissues
valusd 1T $50, 44S, 200. Other establishments 500
in number manufacture laces, embroideries and
stus, in which cotton is used but not solely giving
employment to 68,S92 people. By the labor thus
bsstoved lfpon the original 1885, 226 600 lbs import
ed II becomes valued at So Ol2 400, equal to $50
per cent Of its prime value. In 1896, 49, 926 144
lbs. cotton we're imported from the United States
for consumption, and Al 543, 259 IN taHsitu In the
same wear, cotton tissues of French fabrication
we're exported TO the United States, valued at 81,
sg7, 200.
s.Wilh regard TO the commercial exchanges be-
tween France and the United States It appears from
the official statements in the Iabtedu General aH
Commerce for 1856, that France took from US mer
chandlse equal in its real value TO sou 4VO OF
which she consumed TO the amount oil S4l,44O oUO !
while We imported from her merchandise OF the real
value OF Sg5. sos 900, Of which sou, oOO were
articles OF French growth or fabrication among
them were silk tissues and other stuts 70 the value
of S27. S44 300: tissues embrOideres and ribbons
Of wool 20 the value Of 5,Sll, 1906 TISSUES, EN-
broideries and ribbons Of cotton, TO the value OF
1914 200; wines, 10 the value OF So IOo OOO Orau-
dies and spirs 10 the value Of s. 2by2 UUi pottery
lass and crystal ware the value Of Sl,OZS,524
dressed skins the value Of 4OO, &c.' &C.
,sTbe above details will show that the condluon o.
cotton manufacture in France is highly prosperous
and remuuerative, and there Is no reason why the
copsumptIon Of cotton should not 50 on increasing
The comparaive dvarness Of fuel for manufacturing
,,Irnoses is more than counteTbalauced by the
abundance and cheapuess Of laborand the monopoly
of the home market, with ademandfor cotton tissues
and stufs for clothing luxury, which Is daily aug
menting Nevertheless, the cotton manufacturing
interest is present In nervous and e1olseu s'ao,
owing 10 the exerions OF the advocates OF greater
freedom Of trade and the abolition or radical modl-
fcation Of The prohiUitOry System. That modin,
catioR-the greater the beuer-Of our commercial
treaty with France, would be followed by an In
creased consumption Of our cotton, wool ana oIner
"A -.v,1Hf and a increased prosperity
81 bolb countries, does not admit Of reasonable