The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-03-27

OF me NOfiu euofu mucn IocO iSI rturCtiOr
and discussion at the present time, bit
the principal point Of interest il the in
/ c.. ased competition with Great Bri ain on
I the part of the United States, the Conrinen,
and India Ii appears that whereas
Great British consumed 40 4 pr cent. Of
tie worlds cotton supply OF 699, 600
} bales in lSG0, her consumption of the
SIS 600 bales comprising last years
supply wss but 10 g per cent-a decrease
I of eight PER cent Ga the ether hand.
the consumption by the United States
| increased from 19 pr cent in 1860 TO
% 6 per cent in lS1S-a gain OF 5 ) per
cent The Continental consumption in
| 1860 was 81 ) per cent. sgsiust So per
cent. in ISIS gain OF - per cent
| India, which had lev or no cotton mills
in 1860, consumed 3 | per cent Of the
total supply Of cotton in 1873. Great
Britain reid her ground pretty we'll be-
tween 1860 and 1871, but very adverse
chsnge has since taken place. Throughout
the world, "A recent events have demon
stra,,d in an especial manner, the markets
for tie produce of Lancashire are b. coming
more aud more insecure in con-eqUence of
the activity of American rivals, who are
taking lover prices than Lancashire Can,
under or. sent circumstances, afford TO
accept.
It's unnecessary TO remark that there
hsd been at wo,k, since lS60 two il flu noes
which have badly injured the Briti-h
cotton manufacture fhe Increase Of
capacity for production was continuous,
AID he quality of goods was gradually
d.reri, ralipg. The markets OF the world
e. sha anfttv ~
cotton cloth which England could man
ufsc,ure, and the world Was being cheated
and found it out Buyers, commercial ex-
perts, and the official figures Of government
experts, at,ested to this crooketness in the
quality Of IN ,pufactur,d goods, and cris-
is has, therefore, come; aud the condition
scenes 10 be growing worse, even IN those
districts here the mills are noted Tor the
latest improved m srhinery.
At the end of 1860 The p'ice Of middling
cotton WAS 10 and 104 cents per pound.
Since that period slavery has been up
rooted, and labor at the : Iuth disorganized
but vet we have during the past year
raised perhaps the Target CT p OF cotton
on record. The crops of the eleven yesrs
since the war amount To $50 600 bales
more than for the same period preceding
it. II we take lsrg-r number ot years,
bringing the compsIisons down TO date,
We find that the difgrercs has now
amounted 10 4 number Ot millions IN
favor OF the rressnt free iabIr syst IN Of
the South. Ia Texas ard Arkansas mole
than sixty per cent. Of the entire crop Ia
raised by white labor.
Thirty yesrs ago the superior machinery
Of England enabled her, in spite OF Il
protective tariff, to drive American goods
out of our market. NV American
m chiuery ia equrl, if not superior, TO
+ iglish. The diffrrence in wages, t0o,
used to hamper American competition
with the chesp labor OF Europe; but with
improved tools and machinery ard the
intelligence necessary 10 their u-e, a
great change his taken plsce in our in
transitional trade sine 1875. This il
the secret If labor troubles in England,
the strikes OF the operatives, and the
walls Of the manufacturers, that there
are TO market. for th.ir goods, and that
new outlets must be found.
In view OF the renewed activity now ex
perienc-d by the cotton and dry goods
trade, perhaps few figures in connection
with this d-psrtm-nI OF Industry, upon
which 40 many thousands Of persons
depend Tor livelihood may be apropos
The cotton trad. of the United States has
grown from go 593 bales in 1S21-2S TO
5000 600 bales in 1SI.-7S; and the
UnIr.d States 'n-umption lin bales from
120 595 To- 100000 in The peri d of fifty
years The exports have grown from
coo 900 bales in lS27-2Sto ) $50 600 bales
and the average net weight per bale has
increased IRON $50 pounds to 440 pounds
during this p ri d. The average price per
pound (middlirg uplands, in NV York has
varied from ) G3 cents in 1874 45) TO l0l
30 cents I'm 1868 CA The latter WAS in
the war Period. In ls67-6S the price
fell to 81 S. cents At this writing the
qunta'ion- read Is I6 cents per pound
which is trih- higher than it has been
for some time past, but ia tuo ,ents lower
whst il was in lS51-52, and precisely what
il was for the average Of lS30-3l.
The average price per pound OF midi
ling uplands at Liverpool, last year, was
6 % CENTS The highe-t price in thu
East fifty years in Englsnd was Id 1864,
when it was quoted at q cents per pound;
and the lowest price was In lSi1-iS, 1893
csnts
inN eaiy consumption Vi co,.on II
.he n,leu ota'es Is Aoou. ons-'Ntii,h o.
,he qnan'ily no" reiiien "y o'
hnel oa" ni.,iI IN ne iu' .ane s,, =,
of new England will be made more striking
when il il stated that the entire capital
Invested 10 the Business in the Uniteh
States, fully $40 100000. or nearly two
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