New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-02
THE COCNTRY's COTTON.
Dill to Appropriate S36.O0o.0e 10 fm'
prove AIississippi River Leyees An
Army OF Very Interesting faCfs.

hr. Alcorn. OF Mississippi, Introduces IL
the United States Senate, on the twenty
first instant. very important bill, making
an appropriation of 36,G00,OOO to Improve
che Ievees of the Mississippi river. THIS
| amount vas stated by General Humphreys.
of the Typographical engineers. III - late re-
port, TO be necessary for constructing
! proper !eVeee. The consideration SET fnFth
| in that report is the reclamation OF 2ppOo,
900 acres of waste lands, embracing, as the
report shows, l.0DU,OO6 acres of corn land
I OF unsurpassed and inexhauetible fertility,
100000 acres adapted TO the growth Of
sugar. and : 100000 acres of the best cot
Con lands in the world. capable of yielding
! bale 20 the acre. In Introducing this bill
Mr.. Alcorn took occasion 30 present very
! interesting statement of the danger that
} menaced the United States OF losing Its
high position in the markets of the world
! as % producer of raw cotton. de called at
tention 70 the determination evnced III the
policy of England for many years 10 break
down our supremacy in cotton, and Illus
trated this fact by quoting from speeches
by members OK Parliament and others pre-
! vious TO 81. Mr. Alcorn says:
Previously 60 1857 the British govern
nent had, as already shown, expended IN
silent preparat ton for this cotton war nearlF
| a milics dollars. Mr.. Clegg. of Manches-
ter. tells W. that. in his pilgrimage from
| otat" 10 stHUe Ola ne 6noLes VI ,lo N1oul'It
,"i'"n "S PAon' -oI vi 'no ~. oA'
! Ho f'"h' ni,Ai'e'' al eit i''''u o. 49, a4
! OF promise by gins. seeds. and representa-
| fions from the then English Secretary fOf'
Foreign Affairs, tiscOuat Palmesston.
! Hassoun Beg bore testimony, az tho COZ
| ton conference OF 1862, that Sir flenry SUl-
! wer. her Britannia MaiPsty's Minister at
! Constantinople. had always shown great
| interest III the question OF cotton, aH6 had
! been ~OrthllS met by the GFhnd lz!ar
! English diplomacy has gone ON tee fifteen
: years III quiet promotion OF the war upon
, our great industry at all the courts holding
g. possessions IL cotton latitudee. Ia France,
! IN Austria. in Gr"ece, IN Italy. IN Portugal
. the cultivation UG cotton has been subject
! OF frequent representations by the repre-
! sentatiTes of British policy. All English
| eonsuls within che field OF the cotton war
! were instructed ten CT twelve years ago Uy
| Ear! Russell to forward % the Foreign
| Office regular reports oil the facts OF cotton
| culture within their jurisdiction. And these
| reports have been referred by the govern
ment, as they have como in. 20 the Cotton
| supply Association. In the conflict WaGed
upon the unaided and PROSTATE industry
which gives strength 10 ouE finance an5 VOL
uile 10 our commerce. we eTc mus as dlldSV"
a5"lnol US tl d spiiu mass 'lo mn fu "" noi
lhT PooElo auu tno sotol hihInl vi IN EIa,ii
|
.nat a% 10 am su 40 WV 80
tu"|Iu " solno VI 'nc &c VI i-n .alt
III ~ 80 ~. 49, - :. o
-; - ~ -. 49, 81 49,, 80
p'?,. ~ 10 li.'t ~
'.eS ~ - 100 - - ~ ~ - II 49, ',.' i7sod
ny 10 - t tali J ~ ii' =: NJ;
nc" III i.iS I HJ
70 n'.ol tei ~
ne niS 90 Llg 49, ~ ana,' I
- =, 0I CO.. .no ,,,in - o,,,tld +bn+
i7Ii H. e ,;,,It,tno f,,, +x,,.;n,, ,,,da
~" (,,oJ;+tsnf 10 rn,,..h a s,h;ant ~
t,I t;t g. .;;iro al ,;ald lE
",' otf1raJ iihnr,I Dr,nt1 NJ land -
$50. - ~. - 'i.;t;
l"i ~ Tn -? NV Of
r' lltar,9s 81 o,,anod M Lar cot
~, 49, .''n opp1rad ,Ld,,,
'l,d tLo;, ~ LIKE r;tod ho,,a
",,,I fni'.,, ,''tnI 20 nr,tor -, 49, n,,it;
-; ~ - 1;LappI ~ ,n1no, of tho col
- - ,;,',i;;<,,,.. 60,
tir, ~; +r;oi, a,J otja, ,,rapn;ao of forr.
;nt 80 ,,rnd,'nt;nn tbat con6trv ia .ttam,,,t
;,, 5 ' -. phn't Wv on = 09o n06 Of anros nr
80 80 W W az .:I. - -,
t 60 @io a ~
q. a, ~ i. "
-'"Ns
Mr.. acorn NeDT OFT I" say mat SUiefcP.
Morocco. AUstnS' SPAN SoftHgii ana me-
D!iIISh colonies are az d" operating "Satnsy
't9' ~ INC Ah'' l'ifls 40
LlNeip0"i, We nave lost our footing IN the
sales Of fire staples {" The extent OF ShlrtS-
thre& per cent since 'eoie "hlie We nave
never since fne war actually produced more
tlan Sixty nine per cent as lnuch stts Asidhl
cotton, St which we formerly had a mon
"prly, as before, ana the amount last year
was only thlrtY-sl& per cent OF what II was
ia 1917. The senator then READ Two care
inijy prepared taO!'s the HrSI showing 'ie
sh@ United hlngdom from all countries IN
the T0T!4 slurlng each year since lShu.
ana She others the percentage OF the
whole which each country furnished.
leaving out the years OF tne war me
percentage furnished Ereas britain oY
the tnlIed states was as IolioWs: IN lo"U
sb.O1: $500, 81; 1901. 80; lSoS, 3b'; 1907, 50
1870, 49,: 1871, 90 MIR. Alcorn then re
rerren 20 me partial rescue OF 'he j4fton
planting interest ny releasing III rom tbe
cotton tax, out asserted that the industry
had ia the meantime become so weakened
that IL subsequently continued 10 retreat
until !S' U, when 1t regalned eighteen per
cent OF the heid. 1aSsin9 70 some OF the
differences between the contests MADE ny
american cotton early III the century ana
.aa "u1 nD" uno su 'n"t 1l
r. S+,I,,,TIa ,,';tb o,,n"1onto uLn n"sssosod
go 800 ~ +rd,tiner 70 ;,,J,etr;as sn
;,1;nrs ~. adranto,Tns Of ,rr+action An.
!.,+3aro d;faranno - 7onnJ ~ ~ tha inn,.,osnd
COS, ~ laI,nr u,bicJ increases tho cost If ono
,|rndnct. ,aain Fmnlisb swimmers TarIara
aLot s;ro. IL u, or,. ,os poi, hos Jo,,ro,,;,t
.,J IN ,noIie ,rd ~ s+r,,nIa =, ,,,,;
~ :.i',,, :, +bn f,co af FL ths.nJ;n
co,Ir,Tir', s,iTaJ,rnotaocea W. AIcnrr ,,a,.
.o,,. S,a,tI;nr Gls,ras ~ rho avnand;,Iras
,r.,,, .hn ~. ynI;,o ,rc.,s,wr +n, Oh. o,,,r,
,as., ~ ,'o,.ion yn3;,, cn+tn, ga ,n.ri,as
In o+f;,i.f r.1,ny, On Yndian Va;,w,rs