The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-15
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We extract the following from an article In
the New York Trade Bureau. written by Major
Vim. q. Wilde. the correspondent OF the New
York Herald. showing the adaptabilitY of the
aoil OF Louisiana to the cultivation of juta and
the prospects OF the manufacture of iute Dag
ginH tn New Orleans. The recent able articles
Of Major Wilde In the Trade Buresu on the fer
ility OF our soil and the advantages OF our city
ee commercial port are deserving OF commen-
dation and are worthy Of emulation. for no
doubt any longer exists In the minds Of our
Northern and Western friends of the benefits to
be derived from developing the agricultural re-
sources of our fc-l.le soil. and the profits that
may be gained by capitalists establishing man.
ufactories In this city, on account OF the prox-
unity OF the raw material and climatic advan-
tages The natural advantages of our port are
now also doubly enhanced by the deepened
channel at the ietties. besides an extraordinary
influx of products Is expected here from the
West by river, and from the interior by the pro-
posed great improvements OF the railways al
ready centering here. and from the early COM
pletion Of those projected.
am told. indeed. that In all the appliances
In which hurlaps are now consumed the jute
would be found particularly adapted. Indeed.
IL some respects. am assured the jute is much
TO be preferred to hemp while Ii stands side by
cleaner than the 1rst, while In all those luuali-
ties which giys % %sspeeia excellence to 6re #
the particular beauties Of the latter. In the
manufactureo OF the jute every single portion
textile goes Into cloth and cordase fabrics; s
iOf CARPETS. oii.clotSs, etc. and and the butts OF
facture Of the coarser bagging. The principal
sections for the production of lutte Is Bengal.
The American i market alone consumes mil
produced In this country is that which is raised
In the Southern States, more particularly In
in 1858. jute 10 the value of IS. 1855, asa was i'm.
ported into the United Stases. 10 1879 this
amount was further increased. and reached
the very considerable sum OF $749t 513 The
average rate OF duty on this was 22so per cent
The above figures will show the importance OF
this article Of commerce In American .a indus,
this country. although such terms are used In
the market reports to designate bagging manu-.
factured here out OF iute hbre imported from
The jute is distinctively Southern plant.
since 1t cannot be raised north OF Tennessee.
ed with unnsuai danger, being exposed to all
III II III he soil oi Louisiana is particularly adapt
especially suitable for the growth Of the iute.
The low. demp. half water and half soil lands
Of this section Of our great country would seem
widest luxuriance. and ditching. which is so
absolutely necessary for every other plant
crown on the sofl OF our State-most particu-
iarly for the ramie-for the iute is not found to
be- required. Your CORES pondent saw last
eummer q plant from a late planting which had
been taken from the field Early In July and
rams planted into vessel of water with the
smallest quantity OF soil at the bottom. The
plant wac two feet and half at The time 1t was
franspianted. When last seen 1t had grown to
the height OF Ave feet and was then In seed.
From the II would sppear that the Jute Is al
most absolutely water plant.
The yield OF the jute In very poor land may
be pl1t down ar high a. S0a0 pounds to the acre.
Double that amount. I am creditably informed