The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-08-03
EGYPT .SD CUilNN.
7,!i.,n,ut OF tl.y IG,,t "f War on the
staple.
.ya u.iu.. Y,mt.U Uraocni'

y. r.i.ua. 7,nr ,.Ucmor,H
rhr Egyptian question and in lis direct,
a well a. indirect. bearing Oh the great
staple ,OntitIins to attract considerable
attention in cotton cirrl,.-, and III" gcncr.
al impression N"rui,tD br that III" ont
lrDh i indefinite. Apprehension also
stu! 'Xi-t- thaL Notwithstanding the pre-
caIii"AS taken ~ regard to tll" Sucz
canal, is navigation might yet be inter
lnp'ci f"i"r" The prre'n, trpribl", aIc
terminated. winch would bc uuit" Sc
r!uu- disaster ~ East india European
trade. and particularly Ia tia, ni Eng
land whi"h country received i,JIJ
tDII- IN 1871.
The t"tai shipment, of cotton from In.
,ia sine" January ! lave been l,G;G,p,J
bales against G13,nUJ bales for the same
time IN iN'i III" total shipments from
India IL l-Nl w"r.. ,Iln.FH bal"-, aud til"
wear bctrIc -, ,uJU bales. From these
icw figures can be cstiu ,rl how disas-
truU- 10 English commerce il would be
u the old, long and "irru!tDu, route
arpImh the cap" Of Good Hope had to be
resumed. ts far ~ regards the ship
inclt~ from Egypt rh"y amounted 20 over
i"' u'm hal"", cHIal tOiDJ.nDb bales Of our
| cotton, for the ,c:tson ending September
,l--n->i anl .uitOu tor ln1J 81 Sep.
t"i!Gi''r !. 1871 10 july -, this year, they
amounted Ia -, III bales, against $50 =
>, for III" same tim" last year. tOnsC-
uurntly the situation really resolves its
self into H." following positions: First
the ''r"h"nt status rXrItr> little apparent
apprehension >r'oid tho result Of n
general war, IT !, believed. would cause I,
! n!H'o:!"! ,!ci:u. ,;'.m sc cotton thirdly,
the interruption Of Egyptian shipments.
| ol cotton may vri create moderate en-
haEccmcEt ri values. while Il disaster to
| thr Su"z Canal might drive up cotton
even beyond the most snIignino "xicc;a-
| tons. Therefore. taxing the position al
| together the future outlook IUr American
cotton srcm, favorable with one cXcrp-
| ton, a general European war. whirh,
| though apparently hardly probable, j,
| however InN-iblc, owiiIg to the icalniiscs
| brtw"en The powers in regard to Egypt
| consequently What is called European
| cgiir' ri may III 4 ease OF emergency be
| dissolved.
| Til" time of gathering the Egyptian
| cotton crop is II little earlier than O:lrs
| hence it would only bo tho Ilcw crop that
| may he materially effected by tn" war ~
tie bulk Of iiIn did crop has already pcei
shirpcl.
different ways, one called 'MisEain' and
tho other bali" In tho first case irriSa
ton begins as soon rs the seed is in the
ground, by steam pumps and 0tlef
means, and ~ continued in regular in.
tcrvals for s0nc time every twcntiGtl
''ay. later Oh every tenth or twelfth day
The fields thus worked produce general
IS an average crop OF four to five c,ntars
of cotton per zero a rantar being 81
pounds. Fields bordering on canals
] which dry up during tho low Nile, Ol
;nUsc belonging to the smaller planters
vino possess no means of artificial irriga
tiOn. arc planted Bali they AFRO solely
irrigated by the Nile, and consequent,
tho result Of the crop is dependent on M
early supply OF water from the Nile.