Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-18
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II equal note. Alter briefly introouslh6 n's 8,
,ubiect Mr.. Kendall presented his isVori'e
.heory as follows; \
The GossiDiilm Arboriulai OF feruFisu COZ,
.on tree. viii vet answer the almost universal
rsIl for a cotton capable Of being cultivated
i Nortberu ATTITUDES. II is poreua.al, can u
te crown wherever Indian corn car De ma 3
,nrsa and promises TO yield larger cgo2l than (,
The present herbaceous cotton OF TIE S00thi
while lis requisite culture and mode OF ma l
ninulation are such as can be readily per- {
formed here | have already proved, by q
personal experiment that il can be grown IN
tbe northern part of Maryland, end shall
most earnestly urge the prosecution OF more
extended experiments fully assured that us
successful introduction will tend to prevent
anv future recurrence'of difficulties, such as
now 6erange the harmony OF the country.
He then proceeded to consider the various
sources from which England EXP F2cts to re-
mace the American deficit disposilg Of the
claims Of the several counties as follows;-
China is too remote; besides, seven-tenths OF
All the cotton produced in the vast empire Of
the Celestials is a snort staple, coarse hbrei
muddy white totally unfit for the nanufac-
ture OF any of the finer quality of goods |
vnd consequently of slight value in the En- !
clish market India Is somewhat nearer, and
cotton Of superior quality has heen, and |
may, accidentally, be grown there. But In
dia. in her people, climate, soil, and all per-
tanning to her population, IS proverhislly un-
reliable. Australia will doubtless one day
afford a grsat deal of cotton, OF quality
| equaling the "middling" upland staple
grown in the Southern States. But Australia
! Is At present a semi. wilderness, pecpled With
A mixed population, little inclined % agricul-
tural labor Natal to the eastward OF Good
Hone. will after twenty millions ponds star
ling have been expended upon 1t, produce
varv fair INLAND cotton in sufficient quantity
N supnly three 6rst-class Manchester mills
not much better; Loando, on the West
Coas'. would do considerably bett9ri but TO
keen up the supply from Loaudo would re-
ouire a constant stream of emigration from
Great Britain to replace those who would be
cut off by the terrible malaria Of the country.
Guiana. Demarara, Trinidad and Honduras
, will all produce cotton, but neither OF them
of the quality that EAgl md mainly requires,
and collectively, not one-fftieth of the
! quantity that England must have. As for
: Egypt-she has probably produced cotton
{ since cotton first grew, but whatever she
might have accomplished in the Gays OF the
Ptolemies, il is certain that in modern times
s her cotton is by no means a superior article.
f It is unquestionable that within the bounda-
\ rios of Peru and Bolivia there is cotton re-
gion of sufficient extent to furnish more cot
ton than England requires. But that region
is beyond the possible grasp OF B-ihsh enter
b prize. Along the borders Of unreliable rlV-
It ers cOursing the Pacific slope oi the COAST
range, the perennial Peruvian cotton ha;
been precariOusl ydrOduced in small quaint
's t:es Between the years 1851 and 1898 there
% was annual yield of cotton from the valley
b OF the Chira of 5000 bales perennial cotton
:, weighing one hundred and fifty pounds each
fully three-6fths being Of entirely spontane
u Gus growth.
b His solution of the cotton supply question
W was presented in the following terms; Thi
J.. Island of Jamaica, under judicious cultur
aud energetic manag ment, would ailor'
su three-tenths of the whole amount required
be by Great Britain. TwO-tenths would havt
he to be sought after, and found in divers isr-oi
corners Of the world, leaving ths remaining
u one-half to be gathered up for few years
a. as best it may, from precarious sources bu
as ultimately to be supplied by the present fre
ed and border States Of North America.
Startling aud Utopian as this declaration
% may appear, the study OF cotton IN all II
We economy for more than half an ordinary life
be time with en- Gclual practical experience i
he cotton growing for more thsn twenty yeari
has convinced me beyond the shadow of
50 doubt, that perennial cotton can prOfta6l
at be grown in any territory possessing tn
in requisite quality OF soil for its natural devel
IN opment where Indian corn viii mature II
=, crop. That there is a condition of soil is
''O more indispensable to the successful cultur
10 of cotton than any definite tsm1e5atnE9 g35
3 e S1I1Ifs ai5HIfIs have proved.
he Two.thirds of the present FHAAg Si1=-se-
tba Union rAass----an eminent de6ro95 ah'
- there IS no well-founded reason why the!
er should not afford an unlimited supply OF cot
- ton, euualiuu in aa~lity the best Southern
staple, and at a clear profit 10 the produce
Of fifty per cent. above the average pro.
+ ceedS from the usual farm crops; and that
toJ, without materially lessening the
3 breadth Of land now devoted to grass and
n grain, or seriously interfering with the rou.
g tine Of farm economy, as at present con.
? Quoted.
He detailed series of experiments made
{ by him with the Peruvian tree cotton, botH
J in its discovery and its culture. He claimed
s to have shown by actual practical working
! of land, that while the Southern cotton
! would, under the most advantageous circum-
stances, yield but 5000 per annun to field
handa the Peruvian tree cotton wonld yield
on Northern soils SA68. He knew the tree
to be capable Of producing 1000 pounds 10
IS the acre, and it would be grown in places
t used for other purposes, often not interfering
4 with other crops. On this point he said =
!, The period is not very remote, when hedges,
u as fences, shall yield annual dividends of su-
r perior cotton; ornamental trees blending
{ the useful with the beautiful, shall repay
ten-fold their cost aud culture when the
rugged heis hts of the Hudson, TIE plains Of
New-Jersey, the fertile valleys Ct the Key
stone State, and the undulatiDg prairies of
the Great West shall CLEAN in the sunlight,
white as the Winter drift with generous
pods Of democratic cotton.
He alluded to the skepticism Of the world
as to the possibility of grape culture in the
United States, the ignition of Lehgh coal.
The utility of understanding, or the use of the
potato, and the triumphant surmountinp of
all obstacles, and predicted that the cul-
ture of Peruvian cotton will ultimately meet
with the same success. de introduced the
following opinion of a Mississippi cotton
planter of the availability of Peruvian cot
ton:
"Perhaps one of the most striking in
stances where the utilitarianism of the age,
ever ready to grasp the substantial benefits
of every hint derived from tbs votaries of
science, has betn at fault, is shown in the
fact that cOtton-bearing tree, producing an
nual crops in the greatest abundance, en-
during without repiantihg through a series
Of years, yielding fair crop in the third
and attaining is maximum in the sixth or
seventh year of its growth, is now -four
ishing within 2,Oo0 miles OF the cotton |
fields Of the United States, in a soil and eli
mate similar to those Ofthe Middle States of |
the Union, where it has grown neglected for