New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17
IMMIGRATION OF LABOR.

The New York Herald announces as ,
happy thought from England q projec
which emanated from New Orleans ant
was many months ago committed to tht
Mississippi Valley Company. domiciled il
Liverpool. We are gratifed at the con
sideration Of the suggestion, and entirely
indifferent to its paternity.
The thought. as it was communicated
from New Orleans. was much more com.
prehensive than as stated or argued in the
Herald. England is dependent for cotton
upon climates in which that staple may be
grown. She had long hoped that her
Indian possessions could produce suf-
ficient supply Of cheap cotton to secure q
monopoly Of its manufacture. To this
may. perhaps. be traced the imputed
Intervention of England in behalf of
Texan independence and isolation from
the United States. The idea that aboli-
ton would operate in the Southern States
as it had done in the British West Indies
may account for the interest manifested
by Exeter Hall in the cause Of American
emancipation. and in Withholding the
prefer of friendly offices in the war
of secession. The extraordinary reorgan-
ization of the cotton industry of the South,
with the result of a restored production at
an enhanced market price. seems to have
convinced the English millers that they
can never divorce themselves from de.
pendence upon American industry. and
that the quality and quantity Of cotton
produced in India is insufficient to sus.
tain the demand for the frmer and finer
fabrics for which England has established
such reputation throughout the world
There is another reason why dependence
upon Brazil and Hindostan would be too
perilous for SO vast an interest. Russia.
whatever may be her present professions
or policy with respec. to England. has an
interest in extending her territory toward
the tropics. Her present productions
require this exchange. The bust
ness and even the wants Of her
people demand such commerce.
The State policy batfled 70. a mo-
ment by the capitulation of Sebas'opoi.
may be at any time revived with the Pun
jaub and Calcutta as objective points, in.
stead of Constantinople. 1t is not neces-
sary to do more than refer 70 the com.
mand Of Khiva and the line of Asiatic
advance, with the total inability of Eng.
land to contend with Russia for the mill
tary possession of India. This policy
gives a serious value to the cotton field of |
the South as basis of British supply |
Here we have the renewed authority of
the federal government. with the acquies- |
cence Of the Southern States. The sole |
to the permanence of cotton |
culture has been removed by the substi-
luton Of free for slave labor. The sup.
ply. then. will be steady and adequate.
Calculation has shown that the alluvial
soil Of the Mississippi valley. properly
protected from inundation, would yield
nine million bales. The tributaries Of the
and Texas would produce as
much or more.
Here. then. is a capacity for cotton pro.
1uction, safe, permanent, and adequate
o run all the spindles Of England. At
his point it becomes the duty of the
British ministry to turn their attention to
he policy OF planting cotton in the valley
4 the Mississippi. 1t would not only
rove an eligible enterprise on the grounds
tated, but it would be advantageous in
ONE other important points of view.
. 1t would furnish better field for the
Employment of British agricultural labor
han either Canada: Australia. or the
northwestern States Of the Union. 2. The
lcrease of the bulk shipments would
lrnish better freights to British shipping
The payment for the cotton crop
ould be made to larger extent in the
roducts Of British manufacture than if
otton was produced elsewhere. the con.
lmption Of the American producer cor.
spending better with the styles OF !
ritish goods than that Of any other
eople.
We do not take up at this time the
opacity Of the true corn zone OF the Z
nited States. that lying in the upper
alley Of the Mississippi, to furnish food
T the mill and other operatives Of Eng
nd. An examination into this capacity :
ould show good reasons why England
'uld adyantageously send labor into the
Of corn as we'll as cotton.
The political consequences Of abundant
of scarce corn and cotton need no: be
lverted upon here. They will constitute
most important argument in favor of in
resting the ministry in their considera-
IN. 4 political reason Of the most
tent character will be the increased and
ciprocal commerce between the two n
tions OF England and the United States,
England will throw one division of her
Dor into the corn fields of the West and
)rthwest. and another into the cotton | NJ
sion. she will have acquired the basis
an alliance more to be relied on than |
the treaties which now bind her to the | ia
ecarious interests of princes. Il,
If the New York Herald will copy and r.
i'd this article to the cabinet of her 81
jesty and to the commercial shipping in
4 manufacturing interests Of England, in
will confer signal service upon all the s sn
erests referred to. OF