Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25
The CoItoa belt

" Ballot des hlieres, in the pamphlet to which
referred YESTERDAY spp,nds dissertation upoa cottor,
and the region adapted to its growth. he sets out With
toe b-old assertion AN the Southern States alone pos
SIS dissertations OF climate sad soil essential TO tire
production Of cotton suitable commerce aad profitable
TO iada''ry.
Ia India, where England has mad, so many efforts and
sPint 80 much mOuey, to nAurah1s the plant the cl
uSss $ Very gahvoAole 70 s cultivation There is too
loag -e, spell, and zoo long cry one. The heat is
too Intense snd the vads very destructive the
plant Besides the seed has 20 be reueEed every year.
Aai y seed rom ths Southern States will come to
tur.y THIS e; pu.s the !yho,e crop a; the mercy Of
tLis c9arry. Ii se refuse the seed, there vi BE- no
yi,d
TIE sane dih,uliss apply to Central Afries-tOo
much rr.l, ana 30 mech heat and too much drought
lr ASc the Felea have spared 10 cost or pSins and
q, result hs been total failure. The soil is favorable
bu: the orA,e is ft-tco much heat-no deus in sum
msr, ard ;orrentisl rains in autumn.
Ia Csi- TIE consumption Of cotton is in excess Of the
PrOduc,ou-snd sever hundred thousand bales are at
nCaly imported. n Brszl the crop is snail aai not
capable Of oe increased on account Of the excessive
st he Ta'-ses Of insects and Ihe iong-contnued rAins
And tro1Ebas The causes apply TO al South Amer
Ca TO C,ntrAl Amsrea, and to MEXICO
IL Esypf the culture is limited 10 he Dsts and the
amount Of crop depends upon the rise OF the Nile. 10
the most favorable seasons the crop has never exceeded
C. 0)o bales.
IL Syria the plan: s snail and Yields 100 little 70 paw
fs the labor To Italy aud Sicily, the production is net
Adequate to the consumption.
4 . very common error, SAYS NJ B.llot TO consid
er countries d hsa temperature the best for cotton
To much heat "a ri rols As TOO much cold In =
word, COTTON ui only flourish in those countries where
tce i uhcisut cold destroy The insects without ar
resting tls grOsth OF the plant Toe Southern States
srs blessed With ;his temperature which IS unknown 10
AFRICA in the sreler par Of Iata and in an the tropics
Neither can cotton De successfully grown in counties
ssere the atmospheric variations are divided into two
sisoas one rainy and the other dry TIE superabuud.
en- rains Of the Tropics give to the plat an unhealthy
gJs;h; and the excessive heat or moisture causes the
5a5n % fall, and Ires the q,ulity OF the article.
ras southern States alone posses the ub.ned re-
is;es Of soil and climate for its fan aud prof able
sr1s,h The reason OF this high syIsye to be found
8. % If si.uIioa bsEceu the Gall stream and the Rocky
Noaot ls-protuclg TIA. peculiar temperature TO be
ialad uo~hers e.se.
E-g md has b-ea Striving for iiy years and striving
90 van to make herself Independent. Of the cotton
Of tie S0u-h. II hbour and gold could have ef
iee! tie OJjsct -hs sogii have attained il H. Bel.
10. does no. blsvs her presea; eHporinen: gill have
a1y ye.ter success thar her former ones But Il she
s1-ui slcc-sd il Obtaining enough cotton to keep her
sa-dss running, &c -oli be Of quality Inferior to that
Of America, S-i Faucs and other manufacturing coun-
Jr.sl that saoliI adhere to the American, would by
using The better article drive English goods on, of all
the markets OF tue world.
BlI al know that Elglish stocks are running low,
aal TIA; With all the supplies that the old aod new world
CT yisj Der her spatl-s s1ol become de l. IL,
only position of months Five millions Of English &C.
g. the Of C0ss,luce directly or Indirectly from
tao manufacture Of thin article. Withou, it, they must
be- diced starvation or beggagy Il may be that the
B-,.l Goyerlmlu, would sooner than incur the expense
AR undertake TO support these paupers out Of the
trelsu. O. &c could the certainty OF cotton supply
G., en- early day The Yankees have been promising
r1.i supply by opsu-g a Southern port. Possibly
England has been 70 extent deuded. But she must
81, nov the in27siGoa-as the Yankees are compelled
O 60 70 Liverpool Tor hei, ova supplies. eE months
m1re or lsss mus. then determine the question.