The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-13
English Cotton Supply Association.

If any Southerner (says Mitchell's South
ern CITIZEN fondly dreams that we are to keer
the monopoly of cotton supply while we re.
| fuse to procure cheap labor and while England
| is providing herself with cheap labor from all
the ends of the earth, he dreams indeed To
show the activity of the British mind on this
vital point, and the illmitable resources which
the whole globe offers them, we give an alb
stract of the report of the last meeting
A meeting of this body took place at Man.
chester, on the 10th ult
The executive committees report was to
the following effect:
Upwards of two thousand communications
have been received, including correspondents
with various departments OF Her Majesty's
government, the Indian Council, her Majesty's
consuls in foreign countries, the departments
of government in India, the chambers OF
commerce and the.agriealtural societies in the
three presidencies of India, the Randy Agri-
cultural Society in Ceylon, the Gold Coast
Agricultural Society, the President of Liberia,
the government of Greece, and large num-
Der of persons either promoters of companies
for the growth of cotton, or landed proprietors
In various countries, all of which communica-
tons have been considered and replied to-
Grants of cotton seed, from one bag to two
hundred each, have been made and forwarded,
chiefly to Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Aydcra-
bad, and Malabar, in India; Ceylon, Singapore;
Sydney, in Austria; Savanilly and Baran-
quilla, In South America; Sonsonate, Belize
and San Miguel, in British Honduras; Guata-
mala, Cuba Jamaica and Hayti, in the West
Indies; Tunis, Lagos, Fernando Po, Sierra
Leone, Cape Coast Castle, Cameroons, Bosses
same, Monrovia and Nata, in Africa; Mace
donia, Aleppo, Jaffa, Sidon, Kaiffa, Broussa,
Salonica, Serres, Constantinople and Mes
sina; and also to Attica, Argolide, Messinie,
Laconta, Arcadia, Achaia, Phthiotis, Eubaea.
Cyclades, and the Agricultural School in
Greece.
Grants of cotton gins, also, have been made
and forwarded, chiefly to Bombay, Hyderabad
and Ahmedabad, in India; Randy, in Ceylon
Patayia; Singapore; Sydney, in Australia; the
Sauth Sea Islands; Peru, in South America
Sonsonate and Belisile, in British Honduras
Tunis Morocco, Abbeokuta, Lagos, Cape Coast
Castle, Cape Palmas, Sierra Leone and Ca
meroons, in Africa; Dardanelles; Lanea; Bo-
roussa and Athens.
Cotton presses have also been sent to Cape
Coast Castle, and your committee are under
promise to furnish cotton gins, presses, and
machinery to considerable amount to Lagos,
Cape Coast Castle, and other places
The government ofLiberia having taken up
the subject of cotton cultivation, your COM
mittee have offered gold and silver medals and
prizes amounting to f25 per annum, for four
years, to the most successful cultiyators in
that republic. Gold, silver and copper medals
have also been provided, as grants to other
countries.
1t is gratifying to observe that the action of
this association has stimulated the formation
Of companies for the growth of cotton in diff
erent quarters of the world Public compan-
les have been formed for obtaining increased |
supplies of cotton from India, jamaica Cuba, |
South America and Tunis, and movements |
ire in progress with the same object in South |
Africa and Australia.
The committee have in their possession |
many samples of cotton grown from seed sup |
3lied by this association, equal in quality to |
hat class Of American which is in general de-
nand, and are in expectation that a considera-
be quantity Of this cotton will be sold in the |
liverpool market during the ensuing year.
Your committee haze also paid special sat-
ention 90 the aEbJcct Of sossoE e4Ssclf ifoui /
ndla, and they are led to hope, from the en- I
ouraging statements made by Lord Stanley /
o their deputation when in London, in Feb
uary last, that the plans they have in progress
or increasing our supplies of Indian cotton,
n spite of the varied obstacles to be contended
With, will not only be the means of increasing
'ur imports, but viii greatly improve the staple.
From the coast ofAfrica, your committee are
# opinion that the export of cotton will very
apidly increase. Africa bids fair, in a
ew years, to rival our best sources of supply,
md your committee would urge upon every
merchant and cotton spinner the Importance
# giving the utmost encouragement to this
apidly rising commerce of the West Coast. +
The last valuable communication with
which your committee has been favored in
licates that the cotton fields of the world may
,e regarded as almost illimitable. Her Maj |
'sty's consul to the Feejee Islands has arrived |
n this country, bringing with him samples of |
most excellent cotton. ranging in value from |
I'D: to I'D. per pound. This cotton, which
has been sent by the government for the in
pection of this association, grows Indigenous
y IN wild luxuriance, and its clearness, length |
md strength of staple commend it as admira-
,ly adapted to the spinning and manufacturing |
wants of this district