The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-03-01
Cotton Can't Reign Forever.


and in 1857 no less than 069, 1913, 900 pound
An increase, in round numbers, Of 800, 900,
900 in seven years. Now, where did thi
increase como from? II was furnished b,
the following countries:
United States. i5l:ssi9os East Indies, l3l, ,tsl!o
West Indies, i,iSi,GST
In some remarks on cotton in last week,
number Of the New York Independent, thcr,
is the above estimate Of the supplies ol
English cotton. king is cotton, no some.
body said ut the South and everybody be.
lieyed him and he has long reigned. Yet
even the most firmly established despotisn,
may yield to the necessities Of the case and
the effects of time. .......
Arkwright, the authority in his day on
that point, said if the cotton Of the South.
ern States should be reduced two-thirds, OF
fall to one million of bales, there would DO q
dreamed Of. Tho able men Of Manchester
ROchdalc and other manufacturing towns
have long been impressed with the convic'
ton that for their own safety they must
raise their own cotton or furnish substitute
therefor.
The able journal from which We quote
then analyses the above, and OF its analysis
we condense portion. these figures dis.
close remarkable results touching tho capaci-
ty of these cotton growing countries. Africa
and other minor regions Increased their pro-
Il, ,.st III, IL,
seven years; the East indies, Ill per cent,
the West Indies, over GOO per cent; Egypt,
nearly 81 per cent; and the United States,
only "a l.3 per cent.--showing that in ability
to increase the cotton product, the Tree. labor
countries have far outstrippcd the slaychold-
Ing regions. Then take Brazil, during tho
fourteen years Jrcccding 1857, her shipments
to England were l4.OO0, 900 pounds, an in
crease Of 81 per cent, showing also that
Brazil is outstripping the United States in
ability to increase tho supply.
But let us take the full term OF fourteen
years from lS43 to 1857. Within that
period the cotton countries increased their
shipment to England rs follows:
United States, is East indies. 2Is
EEsypT 70 Affis. q others 800
II. then, period of fourteen years
given birth tO 80 formidable competition
with American cotton, where will the latter
be at the end ofanother like period? Taking
the import of England in 1857 rs the basis,
and assuming the increase of the succeeding
fourteen years to be in the same ratio as
during the last, tho production in 1871 will
bo us follows:
East Indies 7aj97J,sj3 United States, 7s5,o7i75]
We II Indies, 366,IigaOO Brazil, 45,t6i.A6i
Africa 4 Others. &I75s,i3o Egypt, 3l,2i6,si9
This rate of increase may be fairly assumed
in those vast religions where the growth OF
cotton Is now stimulated by British capital
and enterprise. It is hardly possible from
the exhausted lands OF the South. But
granting the SINE ratio, this gives total Of
2.44O ,535, 200 pounds. Take from It the
GA, ,75S,OI6 pounds which England took
from this country In 1857, and the remain.
der is l,7S6,777 ,l54 pounds. Now the
whole British import in that year was 9GO,-
S4l ,972 moro than in 1850, an increase ol
nearly 45 per cent. Under an increase Of
this magnitude. occurring every IA years.
her consumption in 1871 would be ,405,-
5l2, 2,3l2 pounds Such an increase Of cotton
manufacture is by no means probable. But
granting II to be so, the frcc-labor countries
will then have all this ready for her spindls
and nearly 400 100000 more. Her vast
manufacturing machinery can thus be kept
humming without consuming single pound
Of American cotton. That England will
discriminate against the slavc-grown product,
no one need entertain doubt
Only ten years hence, if we admit the
forcc Of this statement, the supply Of cotton
will have surpassed the demand. India alone
by that time will produce cotton enough for
England. The manufacturers of GrcatBritain
have stimulated the government into invest
Incnts Of the most costly character to give
them facilities for the cultivation of this
important item Of their imports in thesast.-
Railroads and n system Of transportation
will be vigorously pushed to the produce OF
the article. lIndOstan slavery is very much
the same thing Us South Carolina slavery,
but 1t is not protected by government.
An efficient society based on large
amount of capital halls from Manchester,
whose business Is TO devise every means and
to acquire every information by which the
necessary amount Of cotton may be obtained
elsewhere then from the United States
Africa has been well examined in many dis
tricts. No better region ON earth exists to
grow cotton than great part Of this latter
country, where in fact the cotton.plant and
the negro arr indigenous.
Unccasing excrtions are also made in Eng
land us in this country to device q substitute
for cotton, by cutting fax up short; only
get it short enough und 1t is the best thing
to make " cotton goods" out Of, the world
knows. Sum up these things Mark how
rapid has been the cotton.product 10 Ordcr to
that Of our Gulf States. We can
the time (it seems but yesterday
we wcrc ridiculing the idea Of getting u
supply of cotton elsewhere and now it is pal.
pable, the fact will be realized in few short
years.
So we say with the heading Of the article,
" cotton can't reign forever. Labor b too
dear ut tho south to compete with the East
Indian and African labor. No better soil
or climate than at the South Tor the produc-
tion Of the Tea crop, but II cannot be raised
there because every single leaf Of the plant
must be picked and manufactured by the
hand, and such labor cannot be afforded
Slaves are costly investment of capital and
and can only bc afforded with high price
for cotton. Capitals and labor are related
and the venerable King cotton Of tho Gulf
states must abdicate.
CorrKK.-Dr. Lewis says tho moderate use
coffee is far less pernicious than tho common
use Of green tea. The coffee may make the
head ache and tho heart pilpitate, but In
the long run the green tea will do infinitely
more mischief to the stomach and nervous
system. IfOne must use warm drink, cup
of good coffee (weak) at breakfast, and q cup
Of black tea at supper. arc perhaps on the