Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-21
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As an elemen Of national greatness, wealth indus
try. aud power, and even the mines Of California
shrink in comparative insignifeance, when COM
pared with the great staple Of our land-eOtton.
With abundance of gold there i also aniuence Of
idleness aud vice. but cotton eliminates industry,
enterprise and commerce, not Only at home but tn
all the manufacturing nations Of the world The
consumption, TOO, annually increases with such
founding rapidly that production scarcely rayels
pnri pasSg with the demand Therefore Il is that 9th
nations, ard England esbecialy she is by far
the largest consumer--are seeking for new cotton
fields ia nearly all the tropical semi-tfOpical
gions that be enlisted ia the cultivation India
produces vast amount Of cotton, but only Of in~
digenous kinds, for The American seeds and pante
as experlmentaily proven, csnnot be raiSed there
with success. Then Aries, Australia, Mauritius
and Demerara pressed into the service and with
cooie labor, the list named colony premises well.
And now we see that P tate Republics Of South Ame
RIGA are Likely TO have cotton introduced as 3 new
agricultural product for it has been reliably stated
81 Manchester, that the the provinces Of Corrienes
and the Republic Of Paraguay by their climate and
the nature Of their soil, 10 be especially adapt
ed for the CULTIVATION Of the cotton plant; the city
Of Asuneion beng situated in 250 South latitude,
aud the sell being Of q very dry nature. Experts
ence ia othe2coton growing countries shows this to
be the class Of earth best adapted for the euiiva-
ton, tie chief eusniy Of The co ton plant icing
damp or wetness II the roots which frequently pro-
ducss blight destroying tn;ire crops la CJrriea-
ties, as in The oler Provinces Labor s both scarce
and dear, bat IL Paraguay The contrary is the case
Therefore Il Is argued hat with cheap labor, ar
vallable eoll AMI favorable climate, Paraguay Of
fers vely tempting sdVaasges 10 European or Amer
lean planters The small quaint raised there new
IS described az being Of very superior quslity.
But IN whatever ectiOn We turn, there is no ma
i0D possessing almost lounjiess aTtgion, suited
for aproducon Of the staple. in allits better quail
les, as The United States. The southern mir5ers
Of the eenfedeiscy clone, were the population stiff
cienty numerous for the task could furnish very
profitable terms sufhe;eney of cotton to sURply 8ll
mankind Let u.s. then, carefully guard this grand
treasury of vegetable riches, may feel assured
that, in manufactures and commerce aye andeven
in international politics, 50 far as this republic is
| concerned, cotton Is king The worlds eonsump-
ton, for the three last years is thus calculated:
1856 ............................ 4 472 600 bales
| 1857 .................. 93l 600 g
1858 ................ ......... $50 GOO "
About tbrec>fourtbs Of the above azgrsg gates we're
! produced in our American fields As matter Of
curi sy ii has been calculated that the quantity of
cotton wool taken into Engana every year might be
piled ntoa pyramid which would rival hat of Cheops.
| TIE eight thousand FIVE hundred and seventy two
millions Of yarn spun in England in year might
be wound r, und and rourd the eGrth as boy winds
asting round his Top; we might throw the shuttle
! over distant Uranus, and then tange together the
red planet MARI The Earth, Venus Mercury, and
I =
! British Islands might be wrapped up in cotton wool
aud put up crefuily fer the inspection Of future
ages, in not very many years consumption Of that
raw material.
From this country the exports ofcotson to England
| amount to CO 100ths Of Ike crop annually Cotton
| employs its millions Of peOple-aad now clothes, in
| whole or in part, large portion Of civilized mau-
! kind The total Imports Of cotton into England, as
an annual average, adopted a mean from The last
| thirty five years stands thus: From the United
! Sraes, 369, OS5 All pounds from the Eas; Indies,
SO 597. 1862; from The West ludies 2 ZIG $50; from
the Brags % Si5 20l from all other countries, 49,,
| ia 07O; total 467 gs8, 9sl pounds Fran 1851 TO
1885, from the United States. 1924 502,0 or; total
value for that Period S49l 100 5I7, 81 cents per
| pound The export Of cotton last year was TO the
value Of S131, $50 I6l TIE sum will be consider
ably surpassed the present year. The carp is esti>
mailed by many high az 100000 bales, which,
81 an average of ten cents pound, or $50 per bale
of FIVE buadred pounds weight, would make the
United States crop of raw cotton worth one hundred
| and ninety millions Of dollars Sea Island cotton,
which commands the highest price at the period re-
ferred to, produced 81 697 900 pounds value S49l,-
100 5l7 It's ANNUAL average for thirty FIVE years :
l75, 489 pounds werth $50, 2S3, 992- PeRHsy!VaHia
/ Inquirer, 4pr1 8b