The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-29
-:: E2-ccv3 Nct.-- 9.

,rsw,rn,,. c,;.;r;sr, e. his untenablc
nos;.;: y ;r.m 4 ,jemcc;a.;c standpoint |
- lava l.;.,h tariff nn ;mroriea raw
cotton rs 4 mcarS to h,lp the South |
..,r roF.o, nrrtuc,r. IIa does not
oucstion the accuracy cf our figures
IS 70 there being crlv lG0,nG0 bales
E E,yn,jap cnttcu inp,t Il into
this countrv. and Goes not attempt
. uisprove our ,tttcmnnt that tbs
small amount even though absolutely
forbidden access to our shores would
,ot brln tEc cotton fum,r to al:y
,,nreci, ,'aI,)e extent but sin;,ly goes
3, ,., that tho.. ;p,nnrtat;ons
,.;..jt increase Well that is a weak
,.ome eff They might. but why
haven't they! Great B!it.in has
ocen ransackirg the world to lind
some favored land that wo0li pro
4 ice a staple equal t. ours. 50 have
aer continental heiShbO:s ana they
AVE not yet found 1t. And TIC
proof Of it is found from statistics
which we submit from governmental
reports, the accuracy Of which he
"anIot afford to question: ana "h'cn
Alll be a sufficient answer TO 'ne uh
Supported claim which be makes 'Ha'
Se do hot produce one-ha!i the cotton
# the world. Ihe teures a'e iol
1891 %, and SHOW the ]o'al coAsun'P'
ton OF co''ch III 'He "oi'" ~ ~
3D. '''''''' "''eS' y" 'o' "na
Great h;l'a'" c'psu'ne' r. '''''r
blles CT cotton IEe cohl'henC u
Earope consumed ''o'o''0o o'les ol
c)tton, the United States ''Zl''oO
b. .les, and some ether couh'iles
smell"r amounts. Oar t''ai crop lof
tAat year Was something near lo'oo0',
090 bales, showing production o.
something near three-iOur'hs OF lhe
worlds supply OF cotton by the
Southern States. Those figures dis
pose Of the Dispatchs contention,
and we must accept the figures Of
oflicial reports, as otherwise arsu-
ment is useless. As a further answer
to the Dispatch in regard to the
claim that the South manufactured
tbo L,ll If ;ts co.ton we snbmit the
following fyures as to the number
of sn;nd]os IN the world all taken
from the same source. Great Britain
had IS 400 OOp spird!cs. the CONT
nent Of Europe 2S,25O,000, the
Unit q States lG, 235. 90, Iadla 3,1lC
OyO, making a grand total of 81, $685..
600 spipdIes in the world, oulv a
little ever Is millions Of which are in
the United States and little less
than + millions in the South. From
these figures it would seem that the
cotton manufacturing of the South is
only an infnitcsimal part of the man
ufacturiro of the world. To simplify
this little, if every one Of the l3, 49,
600 bales weiohed 500 pounds there
were 6,sGS, 10000 pounds of lint cot
ton consumed, which would give a
little over 13 pounds per spindle.
At this rate the Southern mills con-
sumed about Z92 million pounds.
The mills of the United States con-
sumed l billion III pounds, while
the mills of the rest of the world
consumed 5 billion, 7S7 millions, 79l
pounds, CT more than five times as
much as We consumed here at home.
contention in view Of these figures?
And it is lame and impotent con-
clusion that it arrives at when it says
that it is irving to bring the Demo.
cratic party back to its ancient faith
of high protection when it is recalled
that the Democratic party has been
for nearly three quarters Of a century
4o oo3 .,,a+ o,r own stoto come
near being plunged into war in nulli.
f,ipo this very atrocious law, and