The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-06
THE COTTON FRIGHT IN ENGLAND.
VIEWS OF THE ENGLISH PRESS ON THE
COTTON QUESTION:.
From the LONDON Times Jan. 22.l

form thu eefourLs supply has become I'm
certain, onp.tLr' OF trade jeopardy aud tue
earnings Of ouesixth Of population may be rendered
pr carous Are net these facts enough u at work
with wiz Not doubt exists about the resources at
command. ton be grown almost com
mou as wheat ahe best seeds aud the beet staples
nov w updel sioon and The proper me ;d OF cleaning
and packing CD be easily taught The rest ~ the WORK Of
q! ortwo sDce the publication OF our last remarks
this fAhiect have ooesved communicate on from
OF the societies interested African lIzaion, inform
irg u That the prgess u cotton cultivation at APP q
kuta actual, ana authent icaly ded i such
to match the Beginnings Of even American enterprise
in 1860 that obscure t<oueh productive region sent
about hl bale OF cotton IT, England In 1906 this mo
doun had been inc eas,d bout tyold and in 1860
it actual, 900 bales We assured that
the easily cotton enough for the Goa
fumpti. Of ali Lancashire, AMI We arc asked whether
the mt oduetou al skilled from the United states
would not give us new Charleston on the African
Coss3 From lnaa the offers are the same II in 1857
Jndla could snd Us, ea she did USeeNC bales is fair
enoCg 10 presume that, undor the pressure and with
tho encouragement OF strong demand. she couil
False her supplies 10 1Qn0,000 baes-nearly half Of
rlmecaie vans. Then, again, there Is Australia,
actGa by nqurre Tor staple article Of produce and de-
sirous OF nuhnp brsr than 10 be SET cotton grognc for
England We 90 dissemblc particular difficulty
OF che c,se We have repeatedly observed, ADD ac
kt owledge ops more hat America has cot the cal of
the market IL Is MOI that her advantages might not be
egualed IN the end BY osc of Australia or lnnl but At
preent she enjoys al these facilities Of organization and
trailc witch would have 10 be created elsewhere The
would be perfectly practicable but IL has stil 10
be accomp shed eDd the meantime there is the old
essb sned urn, with its capital, s connections and all
that makes business profitable yet unchanged Nobody
ssy however, that the security viii last month
perativeS for new supplies IL IS worth rejecting That
if the agriculture of the slave should be ruined
there VIII be trade OF Gao 600 COO year to be picked
up by some other countries.
frrom the London Post, Jan oil
Irl land IL now threatened with great danger III two
forms, the enc immediate the other not very distant
ana danger not only tbe notional prosperity
btn the rg ernce n something LIE fire millions Of the
yorelat,aat The st form that in the existing state
Of thugs the Southern States North America, civil
selvle Dsurrecon may prevent the cotton crop
being sown il March or gathered in September. The
tb. "a has
consolidated itself IL may revive the slave trade and
the'eby throw difficulties IN the way OF our obtaining
cotton from before. ppl macy, BY tact, rmness
and patti nee may do something il tho matter, but
mcoia Scsvi'y do deal moro, aud IL is
IL tbst must rely Tor relieving Of the disgrace of
depepcerce upon no. only slaveholdng, but slave
importing cnuntIy for our supply OF fibre as essential
prospects OF doing 60 and how should be done. Up
The period or the Indian nutiny tho proportion OF
our cotton suppJ coming from the United States,
compared with our total consumption in course
OF RAPID diminutior. Without troubling readers with
loug arrays Of figures may say that the proportion OF
American cotton &c the whole supply was 10 1851 81 per
cent 1885, IS yer cent 1850, also 70 por cent,
IN 1851 So cent ths great fs having srsen mainly
irom the INST India supply having reached its maximum
81 $50 COO 600 o. pounds having been $50 In the previous
year and Las the year before 10 the next year, how
over the Ell, cts Of the mutiDy were falt fall 70 1872
and the Amercan per centage TO so, but in 1859
the Indian supply rose TO 1872, and the American per
cooage fell 10 rs. OF the ultimate action Of the East
Indies, the original homo of cotton, in freeing from
dpendonce upon the southern States, thee be te
doubt but il will DO slow and tedious aud want
get must consider the habits or the plant the 10
calf es where grows, and the period within which
Land ircsh brought under cultivation in the United
States will yield average iron 600 to 900 pounds
Clean cc@a oo $50 to 100 rouSs n' Ia the I'D State.
the pToCuce is lot more than La this quantity One
land If assisted the lighter parts Of the WORK by the
aged and rhi and the young people who belong 70 these
families the whole viii al the same time be able TO cuit
vate from five 10 eight Of provision gcognd
their support Captain Basil Hall has given details
oil plantation where eco acres wore under cotton cuti-
vatn ard On which the entire humber Of negroes was
10. o. these fS children under H. and four
wholly superaDnuatod oi .ne icintioing 10 only 30
we're considered full hands, 10 "ihree-quarter
hands" eleven " hall hancs," and four "quartc-
bauds," tho whole ben equal 10 Tits seven and hail
able botied 10 rers lhs proportion Of aborers is
than that first stated able bodied abOrcr
to eight which ess however upon very respectable
authority. The arta Of iaod employed 10 the United
States exclusively in the culture Of 70
from three 90 four million acres, and whole supply
dose MT require more then six ifth more .han
the Of the island Of sicily alone where II success
fully cultivated But the TACT l., that slough tho South
states q North America have virtually anos, a mo-
of The eatths surface where IL not al pesan grown.
The conaueroTs of MeSco found cotton cloths tEore il
Il DOW largely cultivated o. the coast Of Peru IL comes
from razh and We instantly bcar 81 tho proigci0g
power OF south Africa the Past nds will before very long
be It's mighty mother 10 the seventeenth century cot
ton wool wss brought from tho iovaut aud manufactured
at Manchester tho Sarscebs cultivated II IN Sicily lni
the Moore ID spalp In the 1857, which sooct
because the year in which lnia moAl nslry ap.
proac bed her natural apsbte we imported IN round
hunters $50 COO 600 POUNDS from the rnitsd statos
$50 Ot0 600 paands india, 10 900 go pounds from
Braz 20 600 ,0c0 pounds from tho Mediterranean 600
600 pounds from the Brtsh West indies aud 900 900
rounds from other coanrieg IL H. however 10 tho ~
Ton producing r,wor of the Mediterranean that W. Would
especially OH Get attention iaasiruch IL l. that
ayaapl. fer the emergency which may arisc ami
for which, however much We may drpsesi1te H. W
must be prepared
Cotton 1t - well known, grows best The sea; n.
deed II said that In America, a all events IL will not
nourith OF any distance from Il anu tiet IT, quality
gradually dcterFraed ~ the plants are remove from tn
salgisry action q Ihe ocess sPfsy hsNoa ~ ,aess. r
u the Mediterranean may DO roughly statcl NJ 10 90
miles, which ns u IN mpossble 10 take It's minute linden
tatons into account, Is probably nudes statement,
and ,ssunig for tho moment that belt d! only
lie depth all round 10 DO applied 10 tho calii-
vata q cPtion It would gi al once ~ area Of upwards
81 O6O 900 Cor that purpose OF course we do not
expect TO zee the Mediterranean grit with such cotton
cit as that but there millions upon millions on acres
roductiyo energy were II known that there was an
rgent dcmand Cor cotton IN England Even nov
were circulsr ooepatched 70 all the British con
uIs IN Mediterranean ports directing them 10 mi
rcss upon the chief men of their different towns that
land. We believe large crop might he ra''"I ~ M
year There ~ still time "a scly The extensive
cotton farmers are IN the vale ~ S8rgnto Il \ fhee
town M March 10 lines three feet distant ana e ., n,s
two feet apart 10 tho tines Tho etth Stirred W.
horse plough, or by hoes aud careinHy wccaaj 49,
vou. a. tho Towering season s oyer about tho w s III
Sep,cfnber the ~ the sho T. ave urYci Oh % deter
mine tho cap 10 the fruit Ino oap les are collected a.
they riren tedious process lasting two months then
comes the sJmi alton o. III cotton iom ,iie ~ rhfa
does not appear b. much difficulty u ne procea' nor
need land be Withdrawn from Other crops, or here
wherever water can be commanded u Il d4lnJ1tst, e
IN Lombardy and Tuscany, among every Fnd a cr"p
little energy, q little enterprise, and supply oi cotton
secd would pat South lancashire on u danger and =
Iieve inc whole country IRON plinfn aN VOL our e'
apprehension
That there Is iDn'peut danger % civil ya II tnet
can no longer he doubtcd We sincerely truet that ~
scvi which now threaten may pass away bnt We inno.
ehut our AZ % "a cXstercc nod VI cunat hut cout
plate with apprehension nc Consequence WINCH ac-
ieet between tho Northern aud soathern Stats is likely
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