The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-09-01
The Tribune on the Cotton Supply.

Ihe tribune on the cotton Supply.
A geographical fact of the greatest
Importance lies ct the foundation of
al just views on the question of tho
Cotton Supply. England believes
that deeper plowing. soleoter seed,
diligent culture, nicer picking and
marketing, will enable her to offset
our South with her India. AS to
quantities this may ue; as to quality
Of staple, never; and this is tho rea-
son:
Cotton, as to the size of the plant
and the number Of pods it holds, dc.
pends upon riohness Of soil and solar
heat. These England finds in suffi-
oient perfection in the valley of tho
'Ganges and on the table-lands Of Dec
oan. But as to the color and oiliness
Of the seed, the fncness and length Of
its siken filaments, cotton varies in
quality according to the mildness and
evenness of the autumnal climate
Different regions in our sunny cotton
belt differ in this respect, but the
contrast is mild one, and we have a
great advantage over tho whole of the
East Indian Peninsula. After July
our Southern climate is for the most
part rainless till late in the Fall
This is caused by the high lands,
which commence from one to two hun.
dred miles from the seaside, where the
best cotton grows. Clouds loaded
with moisture from the gulf and the
ocean off Florida are waited north
ward, but do not discharge their con-
tents till they reach the cool wooded
slopes Of Cumberland and the ALE.
CLANCY Mountains. This circumstance
gives America her unequaled advan.
tages as producer of long cotton.
In India there Is small district
where the conditions are somewhat
similar, and rain clouds In tho picking
season are attracted northwaYd across
the lower portion Of the Ganges Val.
{. Icy to ,expend their waters upon the
frigid slopes Of the range that parts
India from Tibet. Dacoa is the cen.
trail city Of this region, snd Dacca
lawns have romantic fame like that
Of Damascus blades. A study Of the
geographical conditions in India, as
etched ON any good map, will show
how limited Is the area to which Eng.
land must be confined in her endeavor
to grow suoh oottons as her finest
looms demand. Vigilant and grasp
Ing as ever, che has Of late been mov.
Ing to aeeure that hereditary pet of
oil her policies, monopoly. She pro.
poses to do 1t by active and potent
ssimulants applied to cotton culture in
the Ganges Valley, and the transport.
Ing facilities Of that country. In
Lancashire, the great seat Of the cot.
son industry Of the Kingdom, there ia
at present no more cotton than will
keep the mills going Ave days out of
ak, and there is continual struggle
among the manufacturers to obtain
cotton necessary to prevent a stoppage
of the mills.
Sad effects are showing themselves
In tho rapidly growing number Of
operatives thrown out Of employ ment,
and In tho inorease Of paaperism. At
meeting just held in London of rep.
yessntattses Of the cotton industry Of
the North Of England, and Of mem.
bsrs OF Parliament whose conatitu.
auc'ei are Interested in that industry,
the conviction, WIS generally express.
cd by shs speakers that Lancashire
will have Z to look elsewhere than 60
this country, seeing shat she Amori.