The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-02-03
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efep aseraKing uafy 4Q000 900
81 bales fof che iao ears The prae
has varied fam lll eouts . pound
70 25i, while ip 1925, When the ernp
DID rot rqasl 10000 bales. the
price varied from 10 10 q ccn.s In
'bc spring nj 1875 the price touched
The loves, ever kuown-lour cent.
per POund-tbe crop Of 1871 being
about 2, 10000 bales. Il an not
reach 100000 bales I'm 1851. anil
IN only three year. since ha. il ex
cecdcd 100000 namely, in 1858,
1889 and 1870, the latter year pro
'luciug the largest crop ever Known,
except tia, Of 1859, which was re.
rortcd iail'e census ~ over 5000.
600, but was really, according to
the careful computations Of Mr.. b.
+. Morse, only 4,s6I,299 bales,
weighing 2,343,0OO, 900 pounds. L..
1870 there were i.Sj2,317 bales,
weighing 2,02l ,G5l 900 pounds
but the value Of this crop wus
greater by nearly s3o,OOO,O 900 than
that of the crop of 1859. The most
valuable c on, however, was that Of
1850, which realized S242, l0j, 900
III gold, though The Lumber Of
pounds was less than 1900, 0O0, 900.
and Of bales only, S,12?,15l The
highest prices tor cotton were in
1864 and 1866, when il went M to
VI 30 . pound in 'io midst of the
cotton famine produced by our civil
war.
There are various estimates of the
crop OF 1871. but we do not soc it
less than 3,500,0O0 bales. The de.
rartment OF agriculture which
rroaked a good deal last summer,
now raises its estimate to 3,i00,0 900 i
but i has always undcreetimated
the growing crop, and all the later
accounts continue to be favorable |
for q larger crop than had been OK.
rceted.
Still, compared with the demand
consumption, the present crop is
not large, and it is no wonder Ia. I
have gone up. It is compu.
ted that there are now in motion in
TIC civilized world 67, 100000 Of
spiudlcs, viz; In Great Brit
min, 100000 ; OF the continent.
in America, 1900, 900
according to IN intelligent writer
y tho Boston Journal, the British
'pfnd'es arc Increasing 40, 900 per
week, While the operatives employ.
have risen from $4,000 to 45o,.
and the cotton spun in the last
hrcc years have been as follows
y 1s6S 80, 9le,ooo,O 900 pounds ; in
IAAA - IL
1865, 100000 pounds In
SOL, 1,l76,000,0O pounds. At
his rate OF progress, the manufae.
'nrc IN Great Britain in 1STl-7a Ill
'ot checked by the advance Of pri,
cs, would reach 1,34o,0 900, 900
ounds, or 3,S50,0Q0 bales of 400 :
each. i,
The same author puts the aggre. /
ate consumption tor the continent |
{ Europe this year at 2,125,000 4
To this we may add for the
nited States ut least 1,125,O00 9
alcs, for its consumption is now
rowing rapidly the gain in manu-. $
icturing power at Fall River alone /
in one year somc 5000 bales,
nd 10000 bales more tor Mexico
nd Canada. Here is a total con. i
nmption Of whicl- our country fur h
isles but little more than half. In /
Ia provides 1890, 900 bales Of cot. /
On, furnishes but little more than I
500, 900 bales come TO Europe. 0
regions yield about 1000, 900 b
ales yearly. /,
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II il claimed that there are 500, 900 :.
olorcd voters in the United States. ,
'asi Of whom will have the priv. .
re Of voting for a President for the !,