New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09
,ATIsTICs OF CONSUMPTION

400 as the weight Of bale Looking at Great Britain
'''"' '''' "'' I'll ''''' 1851. 1862. 1868 1864.
E,a Ind....."...... $4,000 loislp I2!3To sss 500
o 6S:4si sGsS sH 1S 5 5sS s ~ 800
Imports Great Britain ao55C Iiise5 IsaOo 2ss1 100
coSSaSpaSa IN o. P... 5000 isao ialSa'
1868. 1868. 1857.
East India 19a1s S go sso
a.Ss1 "a, S soi All iI It's SSi
Imports into Great Briain.....2755lll 37tsQ5s 3Seml
Consumption in Great Brsn....l,G6ii9I 26ls's1 2@S1'l
From this we learn that India sent just double
Britain i'm 1861 or as much as we sent before the On
the other hand though in ono year. 1862 the American
export fell from I6oo to 7l,766 bales, 1t has steadily
risen ever since till in 1867 1t amounted to 688 bales
against OS50 In 1868 the exports OF India and
it is expected we will again take the lead again to
lose position. The other kinds IN the above table
are supplied chiefly by Egypt and Brazil When tho
Of tho Indian supply are Analysed tho following
Is found to be the case;
From Calcutta and Tnnsvay 5 900 baes Bombay Sara, and
Breach 100 900 bales DhwM AID Kco~pt lsOGS bales khanae
Isl @ S Ss, state s cOe Sc Saaeeo bales. Central
Provinces snd Bea 9 600 bales s.@ CoInlr sSTS bales,
OF which 900 900 bales are sent to China, the rest to
Great Britain.
From this it will BIO perceived that some 10000 bales
control Of the British government This result has been
arrived at by the united efforts OF all tho cotton dealers
in Bombay, who have spent large sums OF money III the
introduction OF new seed sswSins and c0ttOnpresSeS
into these districts.
to DO expected that the above large export can
be maintained Not only have the people been terrified.
by not igrounded fears OF famine into sowing more
land with grams but the prices OF all save the pest
cOtOns have fallen low in comparison with previous
high rates longer to offer the same temptation for
cultivation in preference to other crops.
The attention of those interested in cotton cultivation
would now appear to be more particularly directed 70
the od do d S1 tS bs oUy se
breadth Of land be with superior seed and tho
land well watercd and manured crop would result, not
nuIv i'm i'm
weight result devOuty to be hoped for In Manchester
but with two three difficult problems to DO solved be-
''' WHAT Is NEEDED
1t within the province and the power OF the Govern
ment, aided by individuals, TO establish and maintain
model and seed farms and TO distribute the seed gratis
the districts: but il ia that the
better the quality of the seed the more moisture it
qures TO bring 1t TO perfection. and works OF irrigation
instance let the province Of Khandes be taken an
1onndeT in letter written at the beginning OF this year
to The Cotton supply Reporter Like many other
provinces khandes possesses immense resources when
works OF roads The province It is true, has now
been provided with an irrigation department for SIX
years but let suppose that these six years have
seen any scheme completed, or even vigorously COM
menced, whereby tine abundant water that now runs
TO waste may refresh those naturally fer
tile fields. Before that irrigation depart
ment in existence, many Important works
the ryot and yielding u revenue TO Government OF
akh and half OF rupees s75OoO per annum But since
The ROYAL Engineers Invaded tho province lis ont ehangt
0,t celia They have been surveying "a large project
for six years but nothing further has been done. d
terence of opinion as the nature work required
has produced the usual amount OF references counter
references reports and memoranda; but the engineers
proect look well on paper" Further on In the same let
ter Mr. Ashburner says There IS not single irrigation
,rork ~ ne River Tae Which oes for 100 mules through
Khandes And this In province where irrigation IA
needed and where engineers have been at work Tor
sir years But then, they are Government engineers
Aas all work in India must be done by Government and
their engineers We have built the Pacific Railroad
merits OF plan which If carried out in fashion.
might assist IN Keeping from starvation thousands oil SUI
fering operatives In England.
As wet land" pays higher tax 20 tho Government
than Is expected from and "hGh mas ot he aunatago
of irrigation. the ry0s VIII probably hottbe unusually
of having water brought 10 their DOORS unless
the Government foreeoes the claim 10 increased rem
tall and at any rate It must be years before any great
ex tent OF country be appreciaby benefited by the
promised works The Duke Of Argyll. the present Sec
Ietary for India. has promised that 935DaO sterling
shall be spent this year Apri 1902 10 Match l6W on IN
demand GlOOOOOOO which they not likely 10 get
The railroads amounting Ia all India TO about 800 miles
peted and LOCO miles were IN course OF constructions
have been built with view TO political or Ia use word
with which have been famarized, strategical, or
with r9biIfy in eases OF emergency That some por-
tons thc county ayersed by these roads Is devoted
TO the growth Of cotton Is only far cotton Is con
cernod lucky accident, for J IL within the past six
months that the first mile OF iron road mas been constc
fed with "A sole view aud definite aim ~ assisting the
producers Of the interior 10 get their bales 10 the
this ROAD Is but u miles in length starting
rom Ibeium station ON the Great Indian Pennsular
Railroad, and extending 10 hhamgOon, IN Bcrar the
important market III what are called Inc central
II Is estimated that this short road will four akhs
NJ rnnee or about k90OOOs that the weekly earnings
nav reach $500 not quite eight per cent the ,Sdtd
cost the actual cost OF other road IN India has
osn ar least three times-genefally ye or sx tmes-as
large as the estimate of this one which is remarkable in
one respect being the FIRST railroad ever built by and
At the expense Of the British Government excepting
always the once notorious from Balaclava tho
trenches before sebastopoL The result of this oEpcri
ment will be watched with intense interest for that
will depend in great measure the fate OF many other
similar schemes which the Indian Government arc re-
WHAT TnE GOVERNMENT Is DOING.
II the Indian Government have not been able 20 build
railroads solely 10 cotton 10 market they have
done and are still doing great deal I'm order 10 furnish
Manchester with cleaner and better article They have
passed the stringent laws against fraudulent pack
ing even making 1t oense 10 pack two varieties of
cotton the bale IL IA ocnso against the law
10 cotton 10 tho night dews, and 10 insure sct
observance Of the law all presses licensed Perhaps
the greatest Of good has been done by the seed
farms evidenced by the vast Improvement In short
time in the character OF the indigenous staple. For
even the natives have learned that there must bo soec
ton seed adapted 20 the climate and soil Of each prov
ince And this selection the Government seed farms
enable the ryot to make. The exotic New Orleans
suits DharWaT which il within the Influences OF the damp
The indigenous Hnguughat Is well adapted
dry upands OF Berar Nagpore ana khandes The
experiments of Mr.. Ryett Carnac applied successfully
over large districts like khandes show that lnguDghat
seed selected the pedigree SYSTEM as the yos select
their seed for cereals will produce staple all over the
country above the Ghaut declared by sDinners to be
equal to New Orleans and when carefully cultivated and
cleaned selling at three pence pound above any other
indian variety IL remains DO II this Hingunghat
seed can successfully introduced and cultivated IN the
North West Provinces and In tho Madras Presidency III
II be- then the question OF the possibility OF raising cotton
in India equal In all respects 10 wOrleans, may DO
settled armatlvely But the great, the vital question
to England yet remains Can the quantity be raised to
meet the requirements Of Europei few weeks ago, ut
great meeting London tho Vice President of the
Cotton Supply Association Mr.. Edmund Ashworth said
that "ho had to the conclusion that supposng all
tho cotton could be got together from every growing
field and could be supplied TO Lancashire there would
still only DO supply sufficient for 1--WE days IN the week
III this be So aud doubt Mr.. Ashw0rth thoroughly
understood his SUBJECT then Lancashire has hard time
before its mlOwners and operatives. before India can
supply the deficiency. although Mr. Ashworth "c0nh-
IDENTITY looked to that country Tor IT,"
Manchester appear TO think that India Is like
plantation In the Southern States and that the whole OF
IL might could and should be applied to the cultivation
OF cotton and that when produced IL should all bo shipped
to England and after journey OF $4,000 miles be returned
10 cnvaInrs In The manufactures OF IAmcnshlrG.