Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-02-02
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II is well known that England and France,
have been aking extraordinary efforts to relieve
themselves from their dependency ON the United
States for the supply Of Cotton. That they have
in a measure succeeded is evident from the fac.
that one-,hird Of their supply now comes from
other quarters. That the war with China mad
much to do with this matter, we always believed.
That country now produces much more Of that
staple than we DO, and weulj be able to supply
England and France, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing correspondence Of the New York Times !:
"The far.seeDg Emperor of France only
availed himself Of Chinese outrage upon u
French missionary as a pretext for obtaining
Cooie labor for the cultivation Of cotton in
Algeria, that France may obtain her supplies
thence, and be Independent in that particular
of the rest OF the world. Travellers in China
inform Us that the valley of the Yang. tse.
Kiapg is twice as large as the valley Of the
Mississippi and that it is wholly u cotton
belt. This great valley is cultivated by irri.
cation, and yields crop Of cereals besides q
crop OF cotton, on the same soil, during each
year, without exhaustion Of the land, which
is fertilized by the water that is flowed upon
it from time to time. In view Of this tnct,
John Mltchels statement that the cotton
crop OF China is six times as large ss thet OF
oil our Southern States is not SO surprising.
1t will be remembered that five or six years
ago, Hon. Humphrey Marshall, then Minis.
ter to China, repOrted officially TO the State
Department that the cotton crop Of the val.
ley Of the Yang.tse alone exceeded the en-.
tire cotton crop Of the United States. The
reader will bear 10 mind that this crop was
! pF ha diafr ~
named. 1t is estimated that the Ysng.tse
Valley is capable oil producing ten times the
amouBt oi cotton produced in the American
States; while it Is notorious that Chinese
labor al home is the cheapest in the world
for the laborers, who are content with earn
ing bare subsistence, live chiefly upon rice
are simple 10 their babits and require mush
less clothing than Is Indispensable for our
negro slaves. Chinese laborers, too, besides
being cheap and abundant, are Tar more in
teligent than negro laborers, require ess
expensive system OF supervision, and can &C.
eUmplish more work 10 given lime and dc
1t better From the population distributed
along the valley Of the Yang.tse, France car
now obtain precisely the description Of labo
rors she now needs for Algeria.
1t will eventually turn out tina! Englant
has obtained some concession which give bel
an opportunity to trade With the interior o
China Oh the Yang-,se River, and We may
expect to see British merchants at an early
day, settled in the towns all along it's naviga
BILE length. Through their nstrumentalty
the Chinese will be induced to improve !hei
system ol colton-raisiug, improved agricui
tural implements, with American cotton seel
and gins, will speedily be introduced, and il
various ways the production Of cotton will b'
encouraged and stimulated.
The important facts and suggestions abov'
noted, seem TO indicate that Gotten is no
much longer to be king" at least so far a
France and England are concerned" 5.