The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-09
Rirbmunn pispatfhl.
SATURDAY MORNING. FEB. ., 1881.
u.ms.s Disceveries or Cotton.

SATURDAY MORNING. FEB. . ISL.
Uumbua Discoveries Of Cstfen.
There have been more discoveries Of cotton
.v,,h,n the las, three months than have ever
occurred before since cotton was first heard
81 Suddenly and simultaneously with the
secession Of Southern cottons the indispen-
sable staple has come tonight in Peru, Africa
and China IL must be an immense relief to
everybody interested i'm the manufacture OF
cotton. that, Just as the world Mas in de-
srs,r shout the loss OF the southern supply, +
,h.ra has been general rush OF all the conti- /
nents and islands Of the globe to make good
the defacieucy What is no less remarkable and |
as,ichtful ia the fact that all the discoveries oil
the new sources Of supply are Biack Rep"oh-
cans. which makes IL clear that there can De |
no mistake In the matter, As they have no
motive TO misrepresent the facts, and were
never known TO tell a lie in their hves we
have no idea, therefore, OF denying the truth
of their statements. but shall content our
selves with some brief explanations, for the
pros,f and details OF which we refer the
reader To KgrrELL's invaluable work on
.Southern Wealth and Northern Profits"
The quantity of cotton consumed by the
cotton manufacturers Of Europe and the
United States, is nearly three hundred mill
lions pounds In excess of the United States
production. vet the Southern States are the
sole dependence OF England, Europe and the
United States for supply OF cotton clothing
With all the sources of supply in existence
and all that may be discovered, the 1nanuiac-
turers may well be anxious for the future
There are many sources of supply, but the
United Sfdtes alone furnish more man Mty
consume, and alone produce the requisite q""t-
fty. That is the difficulty. that is the precise
hitch that this peryerse King Cotton has upon
his European team, SO that II at any tiihe
they are disposed 10 be refractory, he can lead
them in the way in which they should CO. as
RARgY does Cruiser. .
In paper read before the British society u
.,,x NV 7 Il SMITH, Esq NJ. p, from Stock
mort, IL is observed, fiaat every one seems III :
nressed with the necessity of multiplying the
sources of supply of cotton but that one
branch of the aues ton, though a most essential
one. appears to have been nearly overlooked
We need not only u large supply, and cheap
supply, but supply Of peculiar kmo anu
quality. Mr.. SMITH then Classics into three
divisions the cotton required for the trade oil
Great Britain. These divisions are the
long staple, the medium staple, and the shor'
staple. For the purpose of British manuiac-
lures, only a limited quantity of the frst ana
third qualities are required, but OF the second
ouality they need and can consume an allnos'
unlimited SUP DIV In this fact, says MI
SMITH, lies our real difficulty for, while
several quarter Of the world supply the hrs
sort and India could supply enormous guam
titles of the third sort, the United States o.
America alone have hitherto produced th'
second most necessary kind. And again
.'Our great consumption and demand Is iol
the soft white, silky, moderately long cotton
of America--the quality usually called up
lands Bowed Georgia, and New Orleans
We need and consume nine bags of this cot
ION for one bag Of all other qualities put toge
Their" 1t will thus be seen, that in announc-
ing new discoveries of sources of cotton sup
ply, our Black Republican yarn -spinners have
not met the case. They must amend theil
fabrications and announce that "U plands,
Bowed Georgia. &c, have come to ight II
Peru, China, &c. We have no doubt they
will make this statement as soon as they per
ceive the necessity OF IL.
Mr. SMITH proceeds TO state that there is cot
ton enough in India, "but it is its quality tina
IL in fault, and, as far as the past is guide
IL would seem irrecoverably in fault" Ever,
effort has been made to improve the charac
ter of the India cotton-American seed ha
been planted American planters and Ameri
can gins have been sent overland the result
has been q combination In cleanliness ant
color, but scarcely any change in specid
character. From some peculiarly OF SOIL O
climate, or, as some say, from adulteration b
the air-borne pollen of the interior nativ
plant, the improved and altered character c
The cotton has never been kept up.
A great deal has been said about the culuva
ton of cotton in Africa, but, apart from tn
great difliculty,-the quality Of the article
cotton can only be successfully cultivated
slave labor and British nti-slaveryisn h;
put that out of the question so far as Bingham
is concerned Moreover, If the negroes coul
raise and get to market considerable quai
tity of cotton, the result would be- Mr.. kE
TELL observes I" that all the laborious
hand made goods now used by them would
superseded by machine goods, and he demai
for these would still exceed the supply OF &c
ton" Such has been the case with fgyl
Turkey, South America, China, India, Wine
no matter how much cotton they supply, III
hack great deal more in the manufaetur
article. The United States alone afford i
surulus of cotton above the weight OF goo
they buy back. There is a prospective dema
for A. 100 OoO, 900 pounds more cotton than
now grown.
Here are two facts which the Black Repu
licans must take into consideration when tn
next spin their Cotton Yarns for the Compr
mise Market: 81. That while the use of &C
ton clothing is rapidly extending througho
the world, the United States ot"ne f.yni
more than they use. 2. That the extension
the cotton manufacture in the South is TAXI
proportions that will soon enable her TO refii
cotton at all except in the shape OF goods
The South is master of the position.