The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-26

number leaving t46 1919 field bands 70 be received Dy
grafton or purchase from the other slave STATES
But win this large accession Of slave labor, and
the succefsia production Of crop Of 9l2 500 bales IN
1850, meet the legitimate demano9 think The
sumption Of cotton a, least since 1885, been At
the rate Of 81 cent per annum while the OF sup
the rate Of DIAL per cent The crop OF 1850,
AT my estimate, was 26 249 bales which, increased 1t
the rate Of 81 per cent per annum for five years. 70 $780,
would produce the following result
crop IN 1900, bales 3126.240
Srep IN iooo 5,52tUI0
crop IN 1901 ..................... S,b2S,962
SIop 100 Saso,ooo
CoP ~ Ssu'ssS
The crop Of 1850 required by the rats Of
increase being than ,0o0 bales my
OF production and that much at least than the ut
most that be reasonably expected from tue cotton
crop OF the United States But IL IL 10 contendcd that
crop Of 4224,ou bales be produced in 1850,
must be corresponding increase Of slave labor when
will involve the necessity OF employing 60 1850 additional
Geld hands, making in all 2i5 S7s hands over the
natural increase Of slaves the cotton growing stas
To produce crop of 4,e2s o3 1850 viii
require an increase, We have seen, OF lao 1872 field
Sac ~ ~ YIN fsos inc
OF this class Of slave property and tho crop to be
increased 70 meat the expected demand in 1890, the IN
vestment In slaves will be proportionsely Increased
about $3.50 100000, or 100000 per annum for i've
accession OF slave labor 70 como from Can the slave
States OF Maryland Virginia. North Carolina and Kentucky
probabe2 The difficulty pro ,orng slaves ii reasonable
rates has already been severely felt BY The cotton plant
ers and this difficulty 10 constantly increasing The pro-
ducton OF rice, tobacco, wheat, Indian &C., with
stock raising In those States affords nearly quite
profitable employment f,r slave labor - cotton painting
IN the other States They have not - s generally sup
posed redundancy Of slave labor, they likely 70
have 30 long ~ Their present prosperity continues
The recent full development Of the rich agrIcu ural
and mineral Of those States aided by an i'm
meBse demand for their staple productions has only
given full profitable poy ment 70 slave labor bot
has improved the pecansry Condition Of the slave owner
and placed him ABOVE the necessity OF part ng WITH hi
property, or OF migrating WITH into the cotton gro wing
But Ia useless 10 pursue this chain OF argument and
nguSes sny further simply absurd to suppose thst
the present producoo than twelve hundred thou
sand bales The short period years even the rc
found Tho dspropor,on between supply apo eonsamp-
non already too great to expect TO restore the squi
upon consumption surplus stock Of cotton IN Ever
pool and In this country which In 1915 amounted 10 near
~, re eoosumpson, mas osen srsausy worried up,
upon The actual yearly production from The United ssatss
All experiments Win The oojcc, Of exssudiug casuPs
OF COTTON In other countries have ended h utter failure
and they viii be equally Intellectual In the fufaYe
The people OF England may, then, win resso, feel
United states they perfectly savissd THAI any csss
Ter or considerable failure In cotton crop voud iucs
bio upon commerce tbs would be felt throughout he
civilized world they also at convinced ts ire
supply OF cotton cannot be certain and uniform unless
mat Tho British government the irsh n,,ss 40 ~.
British people have ceased their deuunciacns OF savery
and slave grown cotton they are beginning thst
don Times has even gone far denounce The policy
OF the Britain government for her expenditure ne ana
treasure IN Tie suppression OF the slave trade boldly
taking tho ground that the British souadron on Inc coss
OF africa should DO Withdrawn and the object sbssdoned
the leading and influential classes Of Enfsud within The
last few years BY toe gigantic cover OF liking Cot:en"
1hey nov faily comprehend the ides and freely admit
The TACT that IL IN a5equa:e supply OF TO be nad
n ALL must come from ihe Jared states ana that the
ratio Of increased supply s dependent upon aud exactly
limited oy toe future accession of slave labor the cot
ton grovoe States The present state of the cot.op tyse
has convinced them that any fsoscsl n,ermsddog with
but that successful nvasiop Of the rights OF slave own
the southern states OF fhs conederscy would r,srt
Win fAtal effect upon British commerce.
COTTON AND LABOR IN BRITISH GUIANA.
BvIL RESULTS or BRITISH Policy IN TIE wssr
NDns-KFFkcTs or EsArcIPArros m GUIANA
COTTON PRODUCTION fHERs-IsDfAs COOLIES AND
GUIANA LAND-BRITIsH corDEscRssIos TO FRANCE
AND sPAIN-Corros IN INDIA AND IN GUYANA
GREAT rRoDrcr-How TO sssr ruE QUESTION OF
COTTON SUPPLY, grC., ETC, ETC
10 THE Editor OF THE
Nsw YosS, June !, 1858
beg 70 call the attention Of all who take an ia sres, IN
the cause Of humanity 70 the hcarcss policy pursued By
England toward her West India pcsscssons and 10
the destructive consequences which have resulted from,
The mannerin which the Slavery Emancipation act Of 1884
was carried out.
The immediate result Of that sucn on the vsloe
Of property in Guina, that sugar estate when had been
'old previously 81 $780, 900 purchased on speculation
,. SIS 600 the unfortunate new posscssor vas COM
PEELED 70 abandon the same 10 . couple Of years. Moro
han one. half the number OF sugar estates IN B,as.h
Guiana had 70 be sacrificed In like manner Wills, thai
which added rapidly 10 ouch ruin vas the fact.
hat whilst the colony was In state Of prosperity N
colonial Arston only approached 100000; vheress n
ew years after hs bad been sccompsned Tho expeu
Inures had advanced 70 near one million or doara a
mar proof OF ruin has been recorded jamaica where
4 nj srAf A. ~
So lbs sugar ss we're surs na .s sn 2,
evenly one partially, sixty nine coffee estates entirely
and SIXTY sir partially add thirty cattle pens
" grazing embellishments entirely abandoned and gently
wo parusly-tne entire comprising 3ef, is7 acres N
must De borne 10 mind that these sacrifices do no. en-
race The abandonment which took place prior 10 jan
iay 1s4s since March, 1s52every other Britain west
nda possession Barbados owing % the density Of ts
Hack population, excepted) having suffered ne man.
when Great Britain took Guiana from Holland in lsas
bat splendid colony was then proceeding IN the most
'hcn had been but few years commenced. smoun.eS
. ~, $50 bales besides large quantity Of sugr snd
sr,. EOS 9as three years previous
600 small bslesthe luaity being At least 20 per cent
erior 70 that OF Guiana II "a also on record that The
uanhy OF cotton Imputed into Great Britain from the
nited States IN 1s0s only 200 bales, whilst the
ianty imported the same yer from British GUIANA and
le other West India possessions amounted 10 IC3 SIT
ales. This TACT alone must be sufficient 70 prove that
ad England not governed her West India possessions in
ost nqutous manner she could have increased cul
vsuon OF cotton and the colony Of Guiana Alone
an extent sufficient 70 supply all Europe with these ar,
British Gu ana contains loo 900 square miles, a, h,.n
0o0 600 kno-n be the richest soil for everv
arpose bs. in particular FOR thai @ cotton Of any on me
itvsied IN cotton will yield crop Of 400 {, 600 pcurds
all yearly, and when planted will ast f,r aga
hereas the cotton cutivsssd In he SOUTH nslne ist
"a no, destroyed BY frost, seldom averages Over $50
FUNDS and mos be planed every year ffrsfersnce "a
40 70 The cost Of free absr more than twsn,v sberers
'uld be removed from 1ndla 10 Griaua Tor iessson
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