The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-02
IFrom the Manchester Guardian.l

Letter to the Manchester Chamber OF
Commerce.
| From the Manchester Guardian.l
The writer Of the following letter has visited
Manchester this week, with the object OF hav'
ing an interview with the directors of the Man
chester Chamber of Commerce. In conse
ouence, however, of his having to leave this
country tomorrow Saturday. be has been
unable to meet the chamber, and, therefore, has
addressed the appended letter to the presi-
dent, setting forth the purpose Of bis mission.
Il has been handed to us for publication, and
will be considered at the next meeting Of the
board
| To Mr.. j. M Beaneu, President, and gentlemen
of the Chamber of Commerce Of Manchester:
In pursuance OF resolution, unanimously
adopted by the Commercial Convention, which
met in the city of Memphis, State Of Tennes-
see, on the 18th Of May last, its president,
Charles Anderson, Esq, Ex-Governor OF Ohio,
bonored me with the mission to make known to
YOUR honorable body the result OF their dello-
erations; and. obedient to that appointment, l
am now before you. Many important subjects
were discussed, but will briefly ailude to
those which are OF the most concern to your
selves, VIZ: direct trade with the Southern
States manufacturing and mining, and the
production of cotton in America under its
present system Of labor, with the effect likely
| to be produced by the introduction of the
Asiatics. The desire OF the. entire South
on the subject Of direct trade with your great
country is universal. You are aware
that previous to our late war the
South was not trading or commercial people,
being content to till the ground, as their faith
ers had done before them, conining them
selves mainly to agriculture, and leaving to
others the business of furnishing the necessa-
ries and luxuries of life from distant countries.
It lie with profound regret that the youth OF to-
nels through which the trade of that section
is at present conducted, and wonder that such
state of affairs should so long have been a.
lowed to exist. 1t is with no spirit OF section
alism that the South views this great question
of the day. bat simply from desire for their
commercial benefit, to arrest an evil too long
allowed to &c unchecked.
We desire to see i.es VI eseauets w o9s
Southern ports; and it is gratllJ Jise9S 1or me 70
be able to tell you that, through the energy OF
eome of Norfolk's enterprising merchants, that
GREAT SCARF ort ia soon to have line Of steamers
direct to Liverpool; and I have no doubt many
of our people will be benefited thereby, in the
more direct and economical carriage OF cotton
and tobacco. am informed that Charleston
and Savannah have steamers to LlVerpool;
whilst New Orleans, supported by the great
Mississippi and its tributaries, has lines to
Hamburg, Bremen, Havre, and Liverpool.
You are as much interested as the South in
keeping up these various lines, for it is GER
tainly to your interest that the cotton bought
for tour account iu the South should pe
brought to y0lr shores, thereby lessening its
cost. while, at the same time, and for similar
reason, the South is anxious TO receive your
goods direct. And boxing TO the great era
when our government shall deem it advisable
to do away with the present protective tariff,
surely the agricultural South, OF all other coun-
trles, will be the field for your enterprising
merchants.
Manufacturing and mining, which, up to the
present time, has made such progress In the
North, is now turning towards the great re-
sources Of the South. The mills ln that sec
ton are paying the handsome dividend OF hf-
teen to twenty-five per cent; their goods are
competing fairly in the New York market with
those ofNew England. Is il not reasonable that
il should be thus, for is the cotton not bought
on the spot, thereby avoiding loss o. WelRnti
transportation, and many other cnarRes Anu
already one Of New Englands greatest manu-
yantaaes OF the South for manufacturing, and
has bought one OF the largest water powers IN
South Carolina. Is this not lucrative held
open to the surplus machinery OF Lancashire
Ineed only refer to the great mines OF the
South awaiting energy and capital to make
them invaluable.
ately affect you-the production Of cotton in
America under its present amount and system
of labor, and the effect likely to be produced
by the introduction OF the Chinese. Giving
the Southern labor until September l, 1867, 10
settle down. We come to the cotton year OF
1867, ending the 1st September, 1858. when all
Of our Southeastern States were blessed with
q most favorable season throughout the year,
good weather during the summer, and with
Very late fall, thus afording the best possible
weather for planting, working, and gathering
the crop. During this time the States OF the
Southwest, bordering on the Mississippi River,
and including foSas, had comparatively indif-
ferent seasons, with too much rain IN the
spring, and with more or lees unfayorable
weather throughout the year, some damage
occurring from oyerfows, and some from
worms. The total production OF this year was
about Q. .450, 900 bales.
The present year 188S-'69, ending with the
frst OF this month (September,) presents
features Numerically opposed to the past
just mentioned. The crop in the West was as
much over as the crop in the East was under
the average yield, making throughout the
entire States fully an average season. The
production Of this year will also be about
2,45O 900 bales.
Taking these two seasons, which have favor
ed fist one section and then another, they can
not, on the whole, but be regarded as good, il
not more than average years; while during the
entire time labor has been represented to be
generally good. Reasoning from these two
test seasons, we cannot but come to the con-
clusion that 2,45O 900 is the annual average
capacity of the States, and it might with safety
be said that no season, however good
or however increased might be the
acreage, with the present amount aud
system of labor, could produce and gather
over 1000, 900 bales; while. on the contrary,
disaster from worms, overflow, or the weather,
might materially decrease the production from
the average yield. While this is what may be
expected of the States with the present amount
anil system OF labor, we must glance at the
prospect now presenting itself Of The introduc-
ton of the Chinese. To begin With, no sssis
tance can be expected from this source that
will in the least affect the present growing
crop, ending with the 1st September, 1870.
The number Of such lsborers introduced be-
tween now and the 1st OF February, 1870, will
decide how much more than the average yield
NAV be anticipated from the crop Of 1870. end
ing 1st September, 1871. Not baving any data
by which to inform you OF the number OF such
laborers thus likely to be brought to America.
can only give you my opinion. Many plant
ers, though desirous to see additional laborers
brought to the country, are not at all sangulne
as to the benefits to be derived therefrom
and, acting with that hesitancy and caution
which "looks before it leaps" each is
anxious first to see hoT it succeeds with its
nntphb0r hpfOra anharktpu in tha ontarnrila.