The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-02-13
RIVER FALLS, PIERCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDA

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of the South. But granting the same
ratio, this gives q total of 2 .440, SO 200
pounds. Take from it the 654, 758, 046
pounds which England took from this
country 10 1857, and the remainder is
1,785,777,154 pounds. Now the whale
British import in that year was
! G9,3l8,836 pounds, or 299,74l, 972
more than in 1850, an increase Of near
| " As per cent Under an increase Of this
magnitude, occurring every fourteen
wears, her consumption in 1871 would
be /, 405, 5I2 1912 pounds. Such an in
crease of cotton manufacture is 10y no
means probable. But granting it to be
so, the free-iabor countries will then have
/ all tds ready for h r spindea, and near
! " 400 100000 more Her vast ;uanu-
featuring II achinery can TINS be kept
I hurIIning witlv,st ovuouna:ns single
pound OF American cotton. That Eng
/ land will discriminate against the slave
/ grown product, no one need entertain
! doubt. She now tolerates The blood
bought staple only from necessity. For
twenty years her people have been edu
Gated by the press and pulpit, and from
the hustlngs, to regard slavery with hor
ror. Her citizens have combined in cor
poratons with ample capital, TO find
some mode by which the nation might
break away from this great sill. Cotton
countries have been explored, and be-
gInnings made witch have already real
ized the most sanguine expectations and
assure complete emancipation. Failures
have undot btedIy been made; but rs
these efforts derive their impulse from
an enlightend conscience and q deep re
| lioous conviction of the sin of human
slavery, Divine Providence will unques-
tionabIy give them the victory. In In
dia and Africa, the Bible and the cotton
Gin 90 togetl.er the one t. Christ!anizo
the other to numanixe. Here he cotton
en- is held to be Bible good enough
for slaves. While the former is elevated
to an object of worship, the latter is ban
shed from the negro's cabin. These
| British pioneers in the cause Of religion
and indus 90 on uniisl~ayel by DC
caslonaI failures, trying all things, but
holding fast to the good. That some
thing really substantial has been achieved
the foregoing figures abundantly prove.
From these figures it is appa ut that
in 1871 production will outstrp consu'np-
ton. The world will then have too much
cotton. The great sIavehoding monopo-
y Of this country VIII be broken up. and
the last prop on which the bruta! and
bloody system Of human oonlago in this
country now rests vi be knocked away
f,rov.,r F'nalnnA vii thar have from
her own possessions il India, more ,o.-
ton than we now produce, aHa .H
81 600, 900 pounds Of what - ta.i
pr ,lgcc then, even IN the most taYora-
bic suppositioa, rs to increase. Africa,
with which she is establishing the most
intimate relations, viii ship millions to
her shores. Once assured NJ inlepeni-
ence Of US, hostile duties WI. slut out
every grade of American cotton but the
the finer qualities, which she will use
merely 10 aid in working up inferior
ones. India alone can grow ali that
England needs. To stimulate produc-
ton there, she is building railroads,
stretching up into the interior provinces,
where labor is q penny day, and cotton
is abundant, to cheaper carriage to the
seaports. Wherever navigabe river
exists, she is crowding II with steam boats
for the same object. AS we know that
these modern appliances gave vast mo-
mentum to the cotton culture IN our
Southern states, SO they are working
even greater wonders in India. No soon
err do they open outlets, than thousands
of new acres are devoted to cotton. The
British Cotton Supply Association ave
Just made report OF the most cheering
prospects and results. Their agents have
traversod every part of the globe, seek
inc regions where cotton can be grown,
and stimulating its production. Greece
and Turkey have tegun its cultivation,
and in Cyprus alone $4,000 acres have
been devoted to it. Asia Minor is 90.
inc ips, 1t. The yield Of Egypt will be
Increased from hundred thousand bales
to Million The Bey Of Tunis is NOV
ING in the same direction. India will send
this year to England a large crop, so
large as to astonish the commercial
world. There, and in Africa, 100000
600 of human laborers are standing idle,
waiting for market to be opened for
the cotton they are willing and anxious
to produce. To the latter country 1000
small gins have been exported from Eng
land. and sold to the natives. With
these machines they qaickly learn to
clean the fiber, and produce an article
which sells in Manchester at as good
nricc as the American. Manchester men
have established agencies among the ma
tives. exchanging calico and hardware
for cotton. The quantity produced is
annually increasing. Marts are being
established along the coas.-the natives
everywhere are cuItiyating it. They are
satisfied with cent per pound in the
| seed. Cleaned cotton can be bought
from them on the Niger at six cents,
worth sixteen in Liverpool. Here cot
ten crows wild in the woods, en- trees
which bear annual crops for many years.
recurring nothing beyond the labor of
.athorine it. Both the labor and the
nroduct are thus at their minimum of
cbeapnoss. India AMI Africa can thus
III otbar E'npi1nd