The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-11

sIn lab am m pin,a
with free labor IL can be produced much less Cost
than tbir,een cents ner nound Why cannot II he
lust as cheap bv free labor as by SLAYER believe can
and that m nroduct can easily bear the fax nor nro
nosed nv Coneress During The cotton fam ne as 4,
sailed mddIne sold as high as al 90 pcr pound. hua
then 1old WAC at ts hshest nremum so thai IN
ccst svu mas 'hs or1v Worth s,rtv ~, cents The
tee laid great upon the growth OF cotton
Egypt and Brazil during the last four or Ave years
were raid that the trade would be diverted from this
country Well ali this was brought about by the nm
psraleied high nricen cotton brought during the war
IL AZ merely Temporary however and now thai
we are al liberty 70 raise and EXPORT ' onr
cotton without bndrance the growth or Brazil
and Egypt will fall or In India and China
there had been no augmentation or the growth
yerv few peope had any idea or the amount
of cotton raised annually throughout the world From
iieyed that The growth could not a short of thirty mil
lion bales or this amount India raised about SIX mil
lion bales China three times that amount It
was not unreasonable 10 suppose that with cotton at f
teen to eighteen cents per pound the United States could
still be Competitor with other countries in the produc-
that In quality of fibre there was NO country that
could compare with the United States In raising cotton
In soil and peculiarly Of climate the Southern States
with its production. "'11 NV ''A''''' '''''''
sending csred copies Of the same 70 the esden Of
the United States Senate Senator Morgan Representa-
tive Raymond and remarked that in years past when The
SOIL and everything necessary for the production of cot
ton was much cheaper than II was now planters could
that they were being remunerated The estimate Of the
committee that cotton could be raised for less
than thirteen cents per pound was very low one indeed
worth twenyhree cents at Liverpool this was to con-
tinue and Americana could not land cotton at Lyerpool
for less than cent. per pound ne energies
lated and The resnit u,onS he that IN ' S =" ar me-
would lose all Command OF the marked The object Of
the Should he To regain nossess,on Of Tho
market we have 1 lost and not to offer protection to foreign
~ Ws,ror n.nvv. sa;d ha , G y. ~ . 30 a..
committee with great satsfaciion and houaht Il was nm
Of our arowe 70 say q S s
Of five cents per pound on cotton would only have the
effect deprving the country OF one Of the most valu.
question as to whether cotton could be cheaper
Meanwhile It seemed TO him that the government would
be acting very unwsey II any DISTRACTIONS were thrown
in the way OF cotton growers the tax was imposed IL
foreign countries TO the detrment Of our own why not
place similar tax on wheat or tobaccof II might be
posed AZ 'e sort or nun.bmcn, he S 90
because by rebelling IL brought the country
into debt he was decidedly opposed to IT.
The South had suffered more than the North ard Il
should not be the policy Of the to crush
unrepresented in Congress- and he did not believe in
taxation without representation Such tax would be
rsnous TO the South as well as the whole country II
would lesson the value Of cotton lands more than one
hundred millions Of dollars what right had we TO do
thisf None He would have been eisd TO have seen 4
memorial presented by the COMMITTEES FOR he thooeht n
would have more weight with Congress than mere
pon
,n;r ~ - nss n ne ~ sn0uo
rial 70 which the chairman OF me committee assented
Vhgs W. rc nc1s y al. ne meeung ne
oound on coon was imposed The South would nos pP