The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-11-11
a FEW rAc3s ABOUT COTTON,

:, we near froin'several parts Of Africa, that
!ns groTth OF cotton is proceeding with ri apids
Myssanu measurable s,icccss especiallJ,Si,it the
Bhgfish colonies and theirvicinity. htWiS
litte town four tons had been furnished for
export md more was expected from the inte-
rioEs IargAquahtie les are 70 be sent to England
AZ the last National Fair in Liberia. it was
map!test that cotton, sugar and coffee would
soon become staple articles Of export. Mprc
than a dozen samples Of cotton We're exhibited
IN competitionsfort the premiums offered Some
of tlitsc wets: well seinnti sind cleaned, ana
semeN were <of fine texture aiidlong and SILKY
stnple. Specimens were gathered from trees
grown from American seed planted eight years
anhaal scrpp. S1nSthis particular. ,l,s Afr:S.fns
possess an iplmence advantage over cotton
growers oftthis Country. >Othcr srecimeDs wer,
exhibited producel from American scediplnn.
tea *iust. yedr Bnt the rrneipnl io,sewe ere of
hat''esA'ricap cotton. accompanied with many
pieces .ot naive cloth. socks and Stocking
1enu'ihl specimens ofrhe latter were shown,
anads from the staple of tn. native cotton tree.
when grows wild nrhc Forest Mid reacIics a
hclSht-oi eighty to one hundred feet. -
SUCH facts3Fs those ar. we'll worth the ntten
<!ion of our southern planters, also. that there
1SAkeIy TO be domestic consumption ina frca.
Inc Llperlans nr", rs We have stated. making
i'os1ery and cloths ont of the native cotton. and
IT ,wns thought Mt the latest dates, that Man.
chester rmachinerv-on small scales probably,
Mt 1irst-but still sufficient to stimulate the
cultivation of the staple was about It, he in
!trodnced. Meanwhile the production of cot
ton IN India isincryusing largely. notwifhstan,l-
7"gSahe recent, -ttrriblc revolt and elastic
capacity. of Indostan and her people, will
now ,yemore andfnore tried anitest ed annual.
~. eteambonts are being placed on Indian
rivers, and railroad building. to facilitate the
cotton transit. is being vigorously prot.cute1
nndt ns this system in our southern States gave
astonishing impulse to its cultivation, it must
operate rs potentially in securing the same
result in Ihtlin. lii the period Of fourteen
years. Brazil sent an increase Of fourteen mil
lion pounds tpe England, Egypt Of thirteen
mill'ogs'- and the inlRept;of other countries"
rose from three ,milons. one hundred and
thItH-fve Thousand pounds in 1919, to eight
millions III 1857 This comparatively small
item fioni "othfr e,tint,tes" wns principally
fromF Africa One great cause of The impulse
ihnarted to the sGoiton culture in asia and
Atrica-nnd 1t iSah element upon which the,
hopes of. success in those rcgions are founded
lis 1.-The low price or labnr, MS compsreS with
the cost of toilin the United States. At pres.
Tnt several of the kinds used, even in India.
are ofquali,ies "inferfor 10 mitldlng" only: but
progress. lnvention, and irnrrovcme are ever
on tue alertg ahd few Years hence might wit.
ness very difcrentcondition9fjhi Even
nows.the lower sorts of Africaisaud 1.dia cot.
TONS arc woven with due pranortions of tho
better articles raised in tie United Statcs
PcnnSytron;a Inquirer