Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-10


A pyonlpspt Nav York journal ands II meet to sa- |
,b,;,, thu extraordinary revolution" In the cotton
- .. .Issad 70 be shown In the latest reports from
he R,sb markets, and evidently fAncies that other
t.n Southern sources Of supply have been developed
A. arch degree Is eectusly to detbrOne our imperial
s,sple in the marts of Great Britain and France.
On Saturday, the l7.h September 1854, says the New
York Times, the stock in hand at Liverpool bad In
creased to sci 900 bAlss-or conGderaly mere than
double what the stock was on the day Of 1858,
and exactly l4O 900 bales more than the stock at the
beginning of September of the present year. Within
the year the price has fallen of nearly Oue-fourh in
value, fully 81. sterling per pound. The imports at
Liverpool at the present rate Of Increase bid fair to
double those Of 1864 The stock o. the l7Ih Of Sep
embsr, 1853 was less than one.6iGh Of the stock now
'on hand.
For the three years Immediately preceding the re-
'be.lion, the supply furnished BY the United States
alone to Great BitAn averaged over 200 OOO nAles
Daring the two worst years. since the commenced,
he yearly supply received in England from all sources,
Wss at lower rate than this by average OF some
hundred and atty thousand bass Tns present year,
shswever, gives promise of compensation for the bad
the present rate of increase, viii probably reach
900 bales. This, it will be seen, would allow
weekly consumption OF over $4,000 bales, or about
one thousand bales than the year Of largest
'sumpJion-ls6O"
Taese are plausible looking figures a. Q superficial
glance, or Tor those who desire that Southern grown
cotton may be SuPPAnIed BY the products OF other
cotton fields, but they will not bear examination. l.
she Asst place. while there may be, juss Low, douDs
he Amcuu. OF cotton in England that there was last year,
il by 10 follows that the same increase will be main
,aned throughout and thai some 500 900 bales will b.
received in Great Britain in the year. More
over bale Of cotton from the Confederate States is
least double the weight OF the average bale from India
Egypt or Bail Bat gr Mt that there may be this
large accession in the British warehouses of cotton
grown elsewhere than en- our soil writer's Ike tbs Ole
OF the New York Times appear Ignorant Of the Oft
saIed fact that very lite OF The supply can be
Verted into cotton isbTios without ssm with cur
c1tcn, n the proportion Of one pOun4 OF Southern 10
two OF tie Indian staple Therefore, all Of the latter in
the market IN Of that ratio must remain uucon-
sumsd and unOOnsumAb!e because there 10 no ma
ohiuery by which, WhOu. sduK.u re it can be mace
available in The lab icltion Of goods LIT our
them il their calculations that IGda cotton oannoG be
msnu aoured in E1rCp Confederate Safes
eo..oI that IS yes lie equVaeltor uosuIe for even
our sSFls has not been produced in any other quIr
.sl OF the gJOl; that all The many and costly efforts
% thAs eHd Tor the last twenty years lave been il
VaH-as vain tlis day ten ears ago. tee SOlh
SEPTEMBER, 1860. Tle neares. approach to O xiv
10 he growth oil cotton M GIT be found in Brazil Bul
l. turned out that oOfe Afforded tic planters grsa er
aud more oert,in remuneration 80 shat cotton culIu,
va most GbaldoLed The climate 10 lar from Deins
a. fgv.ace tOs tae paat win us aud excessive Az
innuuesab!s rama arc substantial dsIinenLs, Nelc
hsre not N, oIrer oVerTuipg and inVucbie drawback
wan. Ci adj s.e labor. l. India Tie Climate Is NC
mss -r2hls obstacle % the production OF a s,apl
su5n a. Ne gov. l. vas supposed irrigation Wouo
ovsic me tie feuiy bus nos e, the irrigated plan.
is chang r al annual mo perennial or Al least
rsln q, Rbieh changes the character of the slap Q.
With u. irT s.iOn he grea: hsas, unteup red BY ally
benign coauvaOoe OF nature, Ike the GI!f stream
lagls the plant and produces that shOrt sspe, WtiC
IN ouly bs used BY the Elrrpsau manufacturer when
u I'd ii our produc. The iorrid lea. aud tcrren-
tel r.rs Of Africa viii likewise DO fouad, in the end
u,couq1sraole impedimen.s to the deYelopement of
cot Oh acids which shall rival ours.
AGer all, this increase in the arrivals Of cotton In
England s not the resul. Of increased calturc of the
plant, but has been brought about simply by diversion
0. Il Gon China and oheT A late markets, induced by
tue high pr:oss 6rough! in Grea. Britain duriOg the waI
10 vlca We are Engaged. Oar Hs.ds may be de-
vlss.ed, or means for growing cotton may be
destroyed, bu. that viii not create other and similar
fields other lands, stimulate the culture Of an ade
q1ae subs ne, and the sooner this fact /, realized
New and % gland thu better for all men.