The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-03
THE DALLAS HERALD, SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 3 ,sss

supply iis markets. 50 as 70 cut or its p-eseut
heavy importation OF cotton goods from Great
Britain, the British cotton spinning and weav-
ing industries will We necSSSslily driven 10
compete more sharply With US. And, further.
more. India now actually eypoIts cotton goods
not only % The sttaus but 70 China whs ~ they
directly compete with American shee,ines
Time enough has not elapsed since England
compelled India 10 give up even ihe very slna
revenue cuiy of per cent, on imported Sfissh
cotton cloths, 1, ooterinine whether the rapid
increase OF Gotten mills in India vii Mt be
check d, mare cr less by Sach an absolutely
unrestricted competti0O with TIE great tstao-
lishmeats ana Unlimited capital OF The Laaca-
shire manufacturers
But even If the Increase Of Indian mills has
been thervby checked, il has certainly not been
ayeried. The imports OF British cotton goods
into India are not expanding. bat slightly de
clinng, having bsen SIS % ttOi during he fiat
seven months o. ISL. as compared With ElS-
$500 during the core SpO ding month Of lSsl
and fli GIG, y0duiing the corresponding months
o. lsSo On the Other hand, Tie export Of cot.
ton goodN o. lndtsn mapuiaciute Is decidedly
eniMging, having been Al $1,000 during the
nrs' seven months Of lSS2, as compared with
ttSsaWV during thesame months of ISL aud
ti,l0VQo during tho same months of 1850.
correspondent in India OF he London Econ
omlsL vourhed for as "a man well verscd in In.
Dian affairs, and not prone TO haS'y judgments,
gives an interesting account of the UOttuR mills
Al Ahm' dabad, which he describes as n great
| AWAY Wy, dHu tllc tnlei rural centre OF cot
ton spinning in western ndiN'
rms correspondent speaks Of great mi IL, re-
curing captlelS of half million dollars cash,
anu provided with machinery OF The very latest
aud most approved patterns or one such mill
be says that 1t was constructed entirely out ct
/ He odds:
Eseh Of the chief factories employs about
| LOO hands. OF whom only two are Europeans.
! lhey.hre owned financed aud worked entirely
| by u4nves, excepting one engineer, and a
| highH skilled Englishman, who superuteuds
repait of the machinery. The cotton aud all
othertSw material, are much cheaper than In
Englal, the labor is very much cheaper ana
| The EaApeau engineer told me IL was stcadier
| and ue4iy as effective. man for man The oX-
ira cost II the machinery is Ia some ev tent bal.
anced by \the cheapneSS Of building: bus fuel IL
terribly Cfar Indian coal-helds are q long way
oil by raj so they burn wood at an estimated
coat of mo T. than double the English rates fol
| the same AHouut of steam power.
! The WagSk Of the men employed us operatives
VINO are til ,Re-tfthS Of the whole number range
from 81 cen!k of cur money to 81 IA y, week the
| operatives harding themselves The wages al
women per neck range from 56 cents 10 ST.
and the waLM OF children per week range from
~ cents to 81 Aents M0agIc as these wages seen
! they are twtA as much as is paid for agrical-
! tural labor IN, Andia How possible it may bt
hereafter to TCNuCe the cost of fuel is not stated
| but at all eveAs the Economist Is well justified
| IN saying thatVte competition of India In eOttol
cloths Is MOTTO Ne despised in England, and tina
If lnoia capltall enterDrise and skill are capable
| OF doing so mu Il i'll the manufacture of cotton
| lhey threaten 4 aSat Britain with OmpettiOu il
| other industriesfr