The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-10-27
MANCHESTER AND THE asourn.

The agents Of the Association of Manches-
ter for the promotion Of the culture OF cot
ton are ubiquitous, Scientific explorers no
sooner reveal the existence Of new terrific
ries Astounding in fertile soil and blessed
with semi-tropcal climate than they test
their capacity for the production OF cotton.
Ia Eastern and Southern Asia, along the en-
tire southern shore Of the Mediterranean,
and in Western, Southern, and Central
Africa, the Manchester Association has,
at Intervals. been busily at work distrlbn-
King seed and laying plans for the future
culture Of this great staple. Nor have the
capabilities of the States Of Central America
been neglected
An official document, appearing in the
Gaeeta de Guatemala Of July p, informs the
agricuturists and owners Of estates in that
Republic that the Government has received
sacks Of New Orleans cotton seed from the
Manchester Association for general distrihu-
tion; and proprietors Of haclendas are urged
seriously 10 direct their attention to the in
PRODUCTION Of the plant among the products
of the country. Pamphlets giving Iutorma-
ton in regard to the best mode OF culture
accompany the seed, which the Minister
Of Exterior Relations is urged to translate
into the Spanish language for general dis
tribution, aud the people are assured that
Manchester desires 70 cultivate the most in
innate relations with the agricultursts Of
the State Of Guatemala.
Ii liberal expenditures and uahagging la
Dor can accomplish the object, Manchester
is determined 10 open new fields of cotton
production, She has agents everywhere /;
some enterprising private gentlemen, others
holding official positions, but all provided
with ample means 10 build up, If possible,
formidable rival TO the cotton planters OF
the South not with the expectation OF OBJ
tanning a better article, nor through fear
that the cotton States viii fail TO produce a
supply equal to any prospective demand, but
isresder the Manchester spinders indepead.
cot of the markets OF this country.
The efforts SO persistently made by the
manufacturers of the Old World to become
independent Of the cotton market Of the
South, should teach cotton planters the Wis
dom--nay, the necessity-Oi measures 10 be.
come independent of foreign manufacturers.
The South can manufacture for the world as
easily as il now produces the raw material
that keeps its spindles and looms in motion
Manufactures contiguous TO the cotton-heid'
have already proved more profitable than
cotton culture itself The South should
manufacture largely--not simply what Ii
needed for home consumption, but for ex-
port Ii should soon enter the open markets
ST other nations as q successful competition
with Old and New England in textile fab
RIGS, as il has hitherto been without riya
10 theirs as the producer OF raw cottnn. fh'
smoke Of the steam engine should begin 4
float over the cotton-fi fields, aud the hum .
spindles and the click uf looms make masit
on I'll our mountain streams. Then thl
Soulhsrn planter viii be unaffected BY an,
future development uf cottol culture by Man
chester leagues, tholgh they cast the seed u
every rood between the tropics.
Tie invention 0f tile plantation spInuln.
machine promises 70 pfoduce more ra2it
change ia the history III The South than 9th
erwise could have been anticipated. II mus
hasten the general tendency To manufacturing
industry. Improved a. il i soon lisely 1
be, 81 a. to spin yarns pf different weight an,
quality a. it regard. fneHess. il j. not i'm
probable that much III Tie crop. before man,
years elaPses. Will be worked Up Al home
Factories fgr coarse fabrics al least viii atay
only, instead 81 buying a supply of raw cot
ton.
What position tie South w9nld occnp
should She become the centre of cotton man
uiac;uTiag enterprise, and at the same Tim
hold IN her hands the raw materi,l upon whie
al nations depend Nothing IS more tru
than cation Is kingr Add TO tie infueBc
and the wealth which the control Of The cot
ton crop now gives the South, the create
power and more eniarged resources derive
from a successful competition with the Uorll
IN cotton manufactures. and the cities Of ID
South would excel al TIE glory Of aneien
Tyre, or the grandeur Of more modern We
nee when in her paimy days. or that Of Lon
don, Liverpool, and Manchester anw.
B. O. Pieaysat.