The daily gazette., 1882-01-03
THR CorroN ExrosIrIoN Ar A,

LANTA, it is claimed, has been q great
success financially; but still greater in
the results that it has Influenced. IL
has given strength and courage to the
Southern people to pursue with even
greater vigor the policy they had en-
tered upon several years ago Of erect
log mills and spinning their cotton
into yarn upon their own plantations,
and thus securing the profit of the
labor at home, and of encouraging the
er, ction of manufacturing establish.
ments and atilizlng the labor of the
young blacks, and the Immense water
power that abounds in many of the
States, giving them many advantages
because Of the absence of drought in
summer and ice in winter. According
TO English authority the value of
cotton manufactures in England is
1861, 10, ,C0o; and In the United States
$2S8, $50, 900. Were money as cheap
iu the South and West as in England
the United States could very soon be
enabled to manufacture as much cotton
as England does. The Atlanta Ex-
position has brought to light many
facts not heretofore understood as to
the resources of the South. Thus it is
shown that the cotton area, having
Widened from 1888, 600 acres in 1869
to 16, 19s, 900 in 1880 81, is extending
northwardly into Virginia and Ken
tncky. Cotton grown in Philadelphia
was on exhibition in Atlanta. Tn,
yield per acre is largely increasing
also, so that the crop of e,605, ,75O
bales of 1880 81 is expected within a
lew years to grow to 10, 600, 900 bales,
worth at 8 cents per pound 1850, 900, :
600. The crops Of various countries al
present has been thus estimated The
United States, AFRO, 900, 900 pounds /;
East Indies, 44s,4s5, $40; Egypt,
Smyrna, etc., 269, 1000, 900; Brazil
$4,000, 900; West In lies, 10000, 0OO-
total 8, 54S, 525, 410 pounds.
1t is there shown that more thar
two-thirds of the pounds of cotton
produced is raised in the United
States, and there should be no reason
why the country that produces this
great staple upon which the world il
year by year learning to depend or
more than on anything else for wear
ing material, should not excel al
other countries in the amount of its
manufactures, The labor to turn the
raw material into cloth is no greater
than the labor to grow it in the field,
while the latter labor does not require
SO much expense, is more comfortable
and more certain and profitable.
Money at low interest is what is de-
manded to enable the people of the
United States to employ labor and
excel in our products in many other
branches of industry in the North az
well as in manufacturing in the South.
Within the last two OF three year,
wonderful improvements have been
made in the manufacture of cottot
cloths, and it is presumed greater i'm
proVements will continue to be made
while the uses to which our cottor
cloth may be put is Increasing ever,
year. Calculations as to what it,
consumption may reach have beer
made showing that the market for i
Is vast and increasing every year. i
Is pushing many qualities of wooleI
fabrics entirely out of the market
Our own country, it is SAID, consumes
40 yards Of cotton cloh per capit;
per year; England q yards, ant
China 30. Putting the estimate a
20 yards per capita of the population
of the world, and it would REQUIRE al
annual product Of six times as man,
yards as Grea: Britain at present D 70
duoes. 1t would require $1,000, 90
bales of cotton, employ 0O,000, 90
spindles and provide work for {, 1000, 90