The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-09

CoTToN.-In tho last monthly report
Of the Bnrean OF Stasisticss there js m
interesting, compilation, SLOWING the
produ6tiop, expectation aud SGonsnmp.
ton oi oottonsiin Abe United States 10
the years 1848rt& 1873, i1eluAlys, ex.
oludink 1852. B. 1854 and part OF
1865, II being impbssible in those years
20 obtain accurate statistics.;s The Drop
was the largest in 1860. amounting to
4,66l, ,292 bales. In three other years
the crop was over 1000, 900 bales-in
! 1857. 1859 and 1870-'71. it being, re.
speotiveiy, IN those years 4,093, ,S37,
4.018.914 aud 4. .374, COG bales. The crop
OF 187273 stood next In point OF mag.
nitude, reaching $3.50, 508 bales In
the four years Immediately subsequent
to the close of the war, the crop Was
smaller than during any four years
since 1848. III l865-'66 it was only
1883, ,3l6 bales; in 1866-67. 2.087,25
the lowest point reached for years; in
1867-'68, 2,503, ,993 bnles, and in 1863
go, 2, 439, ,039 bales. In 1848, 1S49,
1850 aud 1851 the crop went below
3,OOO.O00 bales in each year; but since
then, except in the four years after the
CLOSE Of the war, the crop has only been
smaller than 5000. 900 twice in 1855,
when the production was 1882, ,634
bales. aud in 167l-'72. when it was
2.974,351. The exports were the great.
est during the year ending June 80.
1850, when they reached 3,774. 173
bales. In only three other years-le59,
1851 and 187O-7l- did they exceed
5000. 900 bales, being then, respeotive-
~. 3,02l ,403. 1927, ,5ls and 3,l67, 26S
bales. The exports were the smallest in
!o5O. footing up in that year only
1881, 264 bales. Though the amount
OF cotton exported in 1S65-'6G was only
LOOP, 457 bales, it's value in that. year
was greater than in any other, reaching
S2ol. 3o5, 223, in currency. This was
the hrst year III the history of the coun-
try where the value of the exports OF
cotton exceeded 5000, 900, 900. Since
then the vnlue of the exports has ex-
ceeded the latter figure four times in
1836-'67, 1869-'7D, 1870-'7I and 1872
'73. Previous to 1851, the cotton ex-
ports never reached 500, ,O0O.01O in
value; but, except in 1852 aud 1858,
they have never been less since It is
noticeable that last year the consnmp-
ton OF new cotton WAS greater in the
United StateH than it ever was before,
the total amount consumed bsing 1901,
III bales, or nearly one third of the
whole crop. Just before the war, the
South had begun to engage somewhat
extensively in the manufacture OF cot
ton. but this was retarded by the war,
aud operations were not fairly resumed
until lS7l-'72. Last year showed some
improvement, and from the amount OF
last years cotton still in the hands of
planters, it would seem that the oomiug
year would witness great revival. The
lowest average price reached by cotton
since lS48 was in 1843, when it touched
81 cents. Before the war, the highest
point attained was in 1857, when the
average price was IL 3.5 cents, gold. In
1861 il was 111 cents. After the close
OF the war, in 1865-'66. the average
price OF cotton was 80 2.5 cents, gold,
or az ITO cents. currency; next year it
fell to 30 cents. currency; in lS67-'6S
to IA cents, gold, or 20 cents. curren
cy. The two following years prices
were again little higher. only TO de.
Glue In 1S7O-'7I to 13 1.5 cents. gold
or 10 cents. currency. In 187l-'72 the
price was l914 cents, currency, aud last
year cotton averaged in price II l IS
cents in gold, or 18 1.9 cents in cur
rency.
UNITED STATES D1srR1or Counr,
CHARLESTON, October Tn this court,
Judge George s. Bryan presiding, the
u nd 1nsS