New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-02-03
THE Cotton Bell.

I IL. Beilot des Hnieres, In the pamphlet to which
|: we fsfeferTed yesterday, appends a dissertation
Upon cotton and the region adapted to its growth.
he sets out with the broad assertion that the
Southern States alone possess the conditions 81
cmate and sell essential to the production of cot
tom suitabl commerce and profitable to in
dnstry. IF &sF 7. 5i9 s88 siSET4s 5gs $# s5@
hi India, where England has made SO many eff.
forts and spent so much mo I'd natntalize the
plant, the climate is very favorable 70 its cult
yaticn There is tooleng q wet spell and too long
dry sGne The heat is too intense, and the winds
are very destructive to the plant. Besides, the
seed has 70 pc renewed every year and only seed
from the Southern States will come to maturity,
This fact puts the whole crop at4the mercy Of this
country we refusethe seed, there viii be no
yield. 3, "a pa 4 :.
The same difficulties apply to Central Africa .
too mue rain, and too much heat, and too much
drought. In Algeria the French have spared no
costs OF palms, and Their esnlt has been total fall
nre. The soil is favorable, but the climate ID fatal
TOO much heat, no deRs in summer, aud torren-
rtial rains In Autumn. Ne So +
IN China, the consumption of cotton is in excess
sof the production and several hundred thousand
bales are annually imported. la Brazil the Screp
y small and not capahte Of being Increased, On
account bf tie excessive heat tile rayagesS of IN
sects, and the longscontinued rains aud drouehts.
The same causes apply to all South America. to
Central America, and TO Mexico.
IN the culture is limited to the Delta, and
tns: aMonnt OF crop depends upon the rise oil the
never exceeded So 900 bales r. ~ s##A2s1
In Syria the plant is SINAI. and Yields too little
to pay for the labor. In Italy and Sicily the pro.
3da e is not adequate 70 the consumption.
It's very common error, says Mr.. Bellot, to
consider countries Of high temperature tile best
for cotton. Too mich heat Is as Injurious as too
much cold. In word, Gotten will only flourish M
those countries where there is sufficient cold to
destroy the insects, without arresting the growth
of the plant. The Southern States are BLESSED
with this tempe rature which is,inknownin Africa,
IN the greater part of India and in all the tropics
Nethes can cotton be cessfally grown In coun-
tries where the atmospheric variations are divided
into TIVE seasons, one rainy and the other dry.
The superintendent rains Of tie tropics rive e
the plant an unhealthy growth aud the excessive
heat moisture caGsas tie bloom to fall and in.
lures the quality Of the article. e I;
The Southern Suites alone possess the combined
fequisites Of soil and climate for its full and profit.
able growth: The reason of this high privilege Is
to DO found Id their situation between the Gulf.
stream and the Rocky Mountains producing that
peculiar tstnperatlre 81 be found nowhere else.
striving ~ vain, to make herself Independent Of
tho cotton of the South. If labor and rold eouid
have effected the object, she would have attained
lna IA Beltut does not believe her present expert
ment WaI.haye any better success than her former
ones, But i che should succeed in obtaining
enough cotton toa keep her spindles running. Il
would be Of quality interior to that Of America !.
and France and other manufacturing countries
tiht snouiu saunere 10 the American, would BY
using the better article drive English goods out #
oil the markets Of the world. Il X =
& But, We all know that English stocks are run.
Ming low and that with oil the supplies that the
oid and new world can yield her her spfndles
months, Five millions Of Englsh derive the means
If subsistence, directly or Indirectly, from the
Of this article, Without Il, they must
,e Tedneea to starvation or beggary. It may Be
hat the British Government wonld, sooner than
lieur the expense bf d war, undertake TO support
hese panpers out Of the treasury, ii 1t could see
ne certainty of Al cotton supply at an early day.
she Yankees have been promising this supply by
'pening Southern port. Possibly England has
,een tn some extent deltded. But she must see
low heimpositInn IS the Yadkees are compelled
q In Liverpool FOR their oYn. supplies a few
months. more or less, must then determine the
uestioh Richmond Wfig. s.s. s. - 4