The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-06-23

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feg.oa sssnsrAced wiihia the southern
Atlantis Aa5 Gulf States. and thar re-
gion vii be relied upon Tor TIE rega.
lar ooiioa supply 10 the fuisre, as &
has been Ia the past. Tbs English
Psopla ooDceds that no adequate sup
ply can BE- expected from Iadis, aud
rheshsf good cotton can be probably
raised n South Amsrica or West In
dia Islands to any grcs; extent, il yel
% Be determined. Il Is certain thai
the Eaa India COTTON Is Of too coarse
. sieer for anything but canvas and
other heavy gods. Besides, the crop
averages in India seventy lbs. per acre,
ard ore hand can cnltivAte but two or
three acres, while our southern plant.
sF, raise from 200 to 700 pounds per
acre, and one negro is good FOR from
four 10 twelve acres, according 10 cir
esnsisacea. Al the circumstances Of
climate and soil seem 10 coaspire to
ilaks our cotton region ineomparably
the beat In the world, and The English
before the war obiained sevcn-cighlhs
u their whole supply from the South.
These fAeis MAJ be regarded as per.
mansni, and the cotton supply after
the war will continue from our cotton
Acids.
Can cotton be raised by free labor,
aad viii Il Be, thus becomes questions
e the highes. commercial interest.
Dir. Edward Atkinson. whose discus.
sioas Of the cotton question has excited
Fnsch interest, has lately presented to
the Boston board Of trade, report on
the cotton manufacture Of 1862, in
which he argues no. only that cotton
can be raised BY free labor, bu, that
the demand for the staple cannot be
supplied unless h Ia so raised. In
1850, Is the statistics show, one-nin,h
Of the cotton crop Of the country was
raised BY ireo labor, under the slimu-
lss Of high prices. In the whole vast
cotton region Of the South The arear dc.
voted to the cotton crop in 1860, was
but 1910 square miller, which is less
than the area Of Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island. The demand has grown
faster than the supply, and the plant
srs have been unable to keep up with
the growing demand from the lack Of
laborera. This 10 their motive for
seeking the rs-opening Of tho slave
trade. which was one Of the strong in
auenees that led them into rebellion,
although they have attempted to con-
cealit, In order to prejudice their cause
abroad. The statement Of De. Bow,
the great southern economist, which
seems absurd at the frs, glance, ia YER
lied By the facts, that whenever cot.
ton rises to tea cents, labor (slave la.
Dor. tha, is) becomes too dear TO in.
crease the production rapidly With
al the slaves they could draw from
the border states, the cotton planter.
we're able to cultivate but little more
than one and half per cent. Of the
southern cotton lands.
Now the war has already made Thu
much certain, even IL Il should stop To-
day, thai there will never again be a,
many slaves 10 work in the cotton field,
as there has been, while the demand
for the aber mus, naturally increas,
from rear to year. Free labor must
raise : larger proportion Of the cot
ton crop than ever before. The cot
son lands are generally heal,hful, am
white men work them without Difficult
iy. Some Of the German settlers il
Texaa have succeeded admirably witt
the c0sica crop without . negro OF
their farms. Mr. Atkinson estimate
that the crop will be deficient and ia
prices high for many years, probabI,
10, lea than Is cents per pound. II
says:
THE standard for fair work for Al
Able-bOdied negro ia eight bales Of foa
haadred and 6fiy pounds each. pc
annafn, besides corn enough for III
supper, Of his family. Three thou
sand sir hundred pounds Of cotton a
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