Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12

England pays annually from $3.50, 900, 900
to $4,000, 900 for cotton from all parts of
the world, and after producing goods for the
consumption of her own people, exports to
foreign countries over ESQ, 000, 900 sterling in
cotton goods. The profits to England on the
manufacture of cotton goods may be readily
estimated at nearly 5000, 900, 900.
AMERICA CAN NOT SUPPLY ~ENGLAND's DEMANDS.
Although in 1910 the crop of the United
States was 2,177, 1856 bales, and in 1860 It
reached 4,5o0, 900 bales, the growth has only
been doubled in twenty years, while athe
number Of spindles employed in Englandand
on the Continent, in 1910, was 81, 266, 900;
but in 1860, 69,642, 900. In other words,
while the increase Of growth has been
doubled, owing to the high prices of an
almost exclusive market, the increase of
spindles has more than doubled by the enor-
nous addition of Is, ITO, 900, requiring an
additional one million bales to give them
employment. The position Of the trade is,
therefore, in 1850, so far as America is con-
ceTned, worse, by one million bales than ii aVas
IN the year 1910. But this is not the whole
evil. 1t is estimated that at least one mill
lion bales out of the present crop will class
ordinarily or beLoW !" and further, "that the
crop has been materially increased by the
quantity Of toao, trashy and dusty cotton which
planters have thought it their interest to
scrape together and send to market. The
dangers of our present dependence upon the
United States thus grow more apparent every
year, and the Committee are of opinion that
now, in a season of comparative prosperity,
it becomes the trade to unite for a few years
in the steadfast and needful determination to
aid his Association in realizing the bright
ening prospects that now open before IT,
EFFORTS OF MANCHESTER COTTON SUPPLY AS.
HnnVAuTn1
During the past year the corresponaeuse
of the Committee has been greatly extended.
Cotton gins, cotton presses, and other ma
chinery, have been shipped to Cyprus, Lar
naca, Cavalla, Larissa, Latakia, Alexandria,
and Morocco; to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cape
Coast Castle, Accra, Cameroons, Bulama,
and the BijSnga Islands, Lagos, Abbeokuta,
and Benin; to the Governor of Cape Colony
and Natal; to Peru, Maracaibo, and Ecua-
dor; to Sonsonate, Trinidad, Demerara, and
Honduras; to the Governor-General of New
South Wales and Port Curtis; to the Feeiee
Islands; to Batavia and Arracan; to BON.
bay, Calcutta, Madras, Ahmedabad, Ohyne-
pore, and Lucknow, in India; in all two
hundred and ffty-four cotton gins, besides
cotton presses and driving machinery.
Cotton seed, varying in quantities from a
few pounds to five tuns, have been shipped
to Athens, V0lo, Latakia, and Alexandra;
to Madeira, Lagos and Abbeokuta, Benin
and the Cameroons; to Cape Colony, hua-
dor, Tobago, Jamaica, Trinidad, San Sal
vador, San Miguel, and Sydney New South
Wales); to Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, and
to Batavia, besides various other places; in
all, SOL barrels of seed and numerous smaller
parcels. Thirteen barrels of guano and one
barrel of nitrate of soda have been sent to
each of the Chambers of Commerce a, Bonn
bay, Calcutta, and Madras.
The seed thus distributed has been suhf-
cient for sowing many thousand acres of
land, and the committee are in possession of
letters received from a great number of their
correspondents, which show that hundreds of
landed proprietors and farmers have COM
menced cotton cultivation in numerous re-
gions of the world, and time and encourage
ment only are required to develop from
among these new sources q steady andample
increase to supplies for Europe.
EFFECT OF INTRODUCING IMPROVED MACHINERY
IN INDIA.
But the committee especially call attention
to the fact, that in countries such as India
and Africa, where cotton is already grown
in great, if not superfuous abundance, all
that is needed is a supply of suitable, mex
pensive cotton gins for cleaning, presses for
packing, and agencies with capital for the
purchase of that cotton. The committee
have therefore devoted much labor and atten-
ton to these important requirements. They
have now succeeded, by the offer of prizes,
in obtaining suitable hand gins adapted to
the wants either OF the ryot of India or the
native African farmer.
These gins have been highly appreciated
in those countries to which they have been
sent. They clean the cotton without injury
to the staple, and greatly enhance its value,
as compared either with the use of the saw
gin, the Indian churka, or the ruder process
of the African, who cleans his cotton either
by hand or with the aid of a rude hand
comb. 1t has been estimated that the extern
sive introduction of these simple gins among
the ryots of India will increase the value Of
his cotton at least ten to fifteen per cent.
This difference, calculated upon last years
exports from Bombay, would give an sggre.
gate advantage to the ill-paid ryots of India
of half a million sterling per snRum. The
saving in cost of cost Of carriage effected by
the use of these hand. gins in countries where
raw cotton nov travels long distances over
bad roads, will afford an ample margin to
stimulate the growth.