The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-07-23

From 1aso to gain OF 81 CT
1 lssS i lss'' g s,sas "a 1ss is
i isss = 49, 49, 1ssss r. II H.
! g 1910 1870, 81 09e,oO0, :" l23
Assuming the ratio Of increase from 1870 to
1900 to be 40 per cent; the population will in
crease in that interval 53,36l, 1897, and adding
this to the population Of 1870 which is stated at
3s,115.6A Territories not included there VIII
| be in the United States in 1890, a population OF
i 81, Al, 238 persons.
The consumption of cotton in the mills EFT
United States, according To the census OF 1870
was in that year Ss5, 1873 bales $50 lbs.
each. In the year 1900 for: a population. OF
I ninety-one millions, the consumption ct the
Union will be, in the ratio Of population, over
two millions Of bales; rather n more ore than halt
the present average crop. -
IT, however, the possible ri I'm Of this
industry 4. the nla1lafactsr of feottofi yarns
for shipment. to Europe. to-: East India and
to China. be considered; is. II not presumablc
that the entire four millfeifs ct bales now pro-
luced may in the year 1909, be manufacture
ed in this country Pass 10y : :. - z.
OF the consumption otds70S the three statesof
Massachusetts,, Connecticut and Rhode Island,
took 49s, 1871 bales, mose. than one-halfo of the
whole, leaving to the other states $4,000 bales,
of which Virginia's 90 sumption that year was
9455 bales; So Is g gesa.: ~ sF.s~ 49,
The population 81. Virginia, not including
West Virginia, was in 1870, 1925, 163 rather
more than one-thirtieth sof that Of the whole
Union.
Her fair proportion of the. cotton consump-
tioa OF 1870 should have been q, 508 bales in
stead of 9, 455 bales. Z z-.s sss - e..
The following States with an aggregate pop
uation of 8, 7lo, 600 had in 1870, either no COT
ton manufactures, or ii any of SO small an ex-
tent. as to be properly excluded from consider
alton. They are the states Of Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michi-
lgan, eMinaesota, ~ n ebraskass Nevada, Oregon,
! West Virginia and WiseohsIns sses s:.'s>
Taking the population Of these states from
tie grand total If there appears to
have been what may zheeaalad cotton. manu-
featuring populations in the Union, in 1870, OF
20, 4o5, 1873, df which Eirgildals proportion was
one twenty-fourth; entitling. her, according to
, the ratio, to a consumption Of nearly $4,000
bales, or ioar tines i fnuch Isl heFactual con.
sumption, .zssf I ~ !:
Il So much Tor the fatid of virsinias population
, to thai, of the entire uxion. 5 + 49,
The three States Of Massachusetts,, Connecti
cut and Rhode Island, lad $50 an agyggrc-
gate population Of 22l2a1s5s That Of Virginia
being 1,225, 1853 was nearly one-hah OF that Of
the three New England States named.
Thy salSa i 495 E w.. Nj
It cannot be denied @thatH the climate Of Viz
ginia is at least equally well suited to this III
. dustry as that of New England. /
"a She might have consumed in 1870, according
!, to the ratio of population compared with tina
. of the three States named, nearly 250, 600 bales
There is an erroneous idea prevalent in re
gard to the comparative advantages Of steam
tier PeWer<sasss VIC So I'd t- -
Applying to thy ceensls again, we find tht
:, motive power applied to this branch Of manu-
> factuSssz ii $50. tb Hsss seen@atiilsea, b,
Steam q, ENGINES e , 7 horse g s power
g Water wheels, 50, fsf's go ''sts .
So that nearly enc tAirdfot the spindles il
sAaaerics reoperstsd bysstean.,z !
!, England, which excels the world, has nearl.
I no water power. ~
The. total ii,,mber~of spinales In Operation il
1870 VAST 1872, 4l5s about equally divided be
,, tweensframe and mule fspindles. 40
Virginia quote was z l1e spindles.
The total market value Of the cotton good
made IN tie Onion In 1875 was sI77, Ass, 1885,
The values Of theE p1oduets of the two mil
lion Of haleslesti fsat; pfepahly to be con
sumed in 1900, will be, at the same prices, owe
; four hundred millions of dollars, making for
crop Of four millions of bales, products whose
= values would, if nranafactured in America, rise
at the prices of 1870, to the enormous sum o
eight hundred millions, enough to pay off tn
National debt in three years.
What part Of the four hundred millions of es
. tilnated value for 1905 will Virginia prepare
u herself to enjoy? The year 1900 is only q
> years distant.
"a She is destined to occupy a very lofty posi-
> ton in the great family of States.
? Her climate, heE soil, her minerals, her coal
her salt, her oil. her, people, her water power
= her navigable waters, her splendid harbors, the
: memories of the past. all point unmistakeabl.
to a magnificent future. -
What does Virgffiia lack that England pos
sesses, except population and wealtlFS Sh'
has iron, coal, salt and oil, and the world re
nowned Valley, with a capacity Of supplying
: population perhaps equal to the twenty odt
millions of England. She has what England
has 50 wisely utilized. ready access to tn
sea. She can gain t.,- tr'p,.wy'9'i a;ia tll'
wealth; now alone aselsings'+ ~. ~.
The enormous production of the Western
! States, increased this year by The monst<pu
portent Of Califdrhia' 3 exportables Sexcess O.
twenty-five million bushels: of wheat, shoule
. warn the pcoplepf tie ss'Old Commonwealth
to devote part Of thsir capital and part OF their
future accumulatiens to some industries acces
sorry to agriculture, SO as to afford a home mar
] ket for the produce, Of 1leae fertile fields.
: She has, it is true, a sparse population COM
S pared with that OF England, but the fact, new
: ertheless stands prominent. that she has many
: sons and daughters who will be swift to avail
themselves, blythe sion of this valuabl.
\ industry, of occupation, at once honorable
, wholesome, and adequatelsssc Compensated tn,
, mills, OF modern date, with lofty ceilings, adj
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