Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-17

Tho animal statement of the cotton crop
tust published. enables the New YORK Morldt9
IIesf Gnce more the effect Of the protective tariff
mon the growth, manufacture and eonsuEnp-
ton or cotton. That paper says: "Ihe crop
was 2 ys1y l Il p GRe; s az sss nj bales al sai q, II
the average weight Of bales Is 40 pounos,
about l.g36,7sl.GJ pounds. with 3 population
~ capita- In IsD, taeSrop was Sl ,22 bales;
average weight, s6l pounds; Total crop $50
05,6l2 pounds. or u pounds per caplta; Inc me
~Droductfon OF cotton. But II Is lair 10 remem-
Ter That the change in the labor system al me
soufh may well account for some variation In
the quantity produced OF THIS parlienlaF crop
The quantity taken for consumption, II ap-
rsears; wss l,0l9,446 bales a sinai increase -
compared with recent years, and but Little
3srger 10 number Of bales than the quantity
.eonsumed in lso by a smsller population.
AM Wben he weight OF bsles is considered, It
11nsarS mar We have consumed scarcely more
cotton for q population OF SfJB'Oe tuAn We
consumed in iS3 for a population Of SlO9Oo9;
The quantity consumed In lsg was aoeeato3
pounds or igk pounds per capita. But II the
baies OF the crop OF l87I average - POUNDS IL
weight the consumption Is only 4~s,osa.0
nounds. or IlsE per capita-a loss OF 2 pounds
per capita in domestic consumption OF cotton
= thefnet result Of eleven years OF protection.
No better test can be asked or found OF the &C
ma nrogreSs of the cotton manufacture under
fhis system. Instead Of advancing, THIS man
ufacture has not only been arrested IN lis nat
~,rai growth, but in contrast With the growth
~ pouuiafion. and the natural demand
or cotton fabrics OF domestic make, n
has fallen far in the rear. AHay Dsck IN
fsfs twenty-thnee years ago, this manufacture
faad 10 far advanced as 10 consume y pounds
of cotton per capita. aud rom that time ior-
Yard, under all the composition Of Oreat brit-
si1 1ifh oniy a low revenue tariff 10 check IL,
ms same manufacture 50 greatly nourlAhed
that there were only w years OF colnineIelai
ieDresslOn IN which the ump lei De-
lgT ~ pounds per capita 50 thai in nearly
even year Of all thai period OF ~comparatlNs
Tree trade The c~opsoniP,on o. e1ssSn ~ een
icaD manufacture were larger than they are
NOW after eleven years OF protection. IRE
tending TO build up a home markst, We nave
- dsuressed American industry that cur
saisorfnR people cannot now consume a.
mach cotton by nearly one quarter - Lney
lld IN $50, nor as much as they did twenty
fnree years $50. These contrasts OF the pro
qress 81 q manufacture with the growth q
PopulatiOn are fatal tests full OF elsciosn5 re.
tended care for the progress Of me mhlolsS-
fnre. II Is found. ave only rendered itiess Anle
20 consume American oot e4ea SeaR of prs
tended regard for the laborers have only Le,
duced the average OF oOSso1
goods from l42 pounds per capita 70 u9'
TSounds uer CAPITA One cause Of the dlminu-
Hon Of Construction BY home Inanulactnfen
= the decreases OF exports Of @nGLae ~
Sucts. and that decrease, a. al Know ~ emery
dec 10 the increased cost oi proouction IssIt
s9g from The tariff. Another cause Of dinln-
ished consumption Is the inability OF tne PsO-
10 buy and use Of domestic produces - Heels
as they could before those burdens were ~
DlrcU DN DLlAE-llEuH III
was designed TO foster a manufacture prove
fs most deadly foe. The nrstrigtd application
Oft IA protective principle was 70 ela tns seIs
industry, when The minimum 81 y cents =
yard was adOpted in the tarln OF lslh. 1nsl
same system Of taxation has now 50 complete
~ arrested the progress OF that mnpufacture
that It's products are not greater IN proportion
10 population than they were twenty-three
years ago."
Cotton IA California.
whistler cotton could be grown successfully
A, fl.e Goutbern valleys Of the State OF Caltfor-
Iis- hss been rather a yexed question among
theagr1cuiturisfs OF the Pacific slope. The
-ecrIfE of a resent experiment maoe by 3 gem
rieman In Mercer and Los Angeles counties,
SSsns IA have settled the matter beyond dis,
nnte. Hitherto baf 9 few acres have been
1sented nut This year MAJOR strong, formerly
1iTon on The MemPhis and Charleston
nstlroad, planted seFenty-nYe acres, and Il
nov gathering MS crop ne yle1l OF ms nelo
1hts wear amounts 70 SO POUNDS OF ginned cot
ion Der sere, ths cost OF Qfodleing which n
scent ~ cents per pound. Next year MT
Strone Intends 70 plant 500 acres, and Their
aeems 70 be no reason why tie production o
$500 n ne warmer counties OF Caifornii
s6onid not BE- equal 90 thst OF Mississippi