The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-03

lean cotton we're shipped to England, OF
which eight bales were seized in Liver
pool as improperly entered, on the
ground that $50 much cotton couldn't
have been produced in the United
States, and this was more than one
hundred and fifty years after the first
importation into England OF cotton
grown in this country. In 1852 the eX-
ports we're IA bags; in l786, = bags; IN
i787, 100 bags; in 1888, 389 bags; IN
1889, 842 bags and in 1870 81 bags.
l76l-The average value of the cotton
exported this year was Is cents per
pound; the crop of the United States
was equal to about four thousand five
hundred of our present sized bales, OF
which three-fOurths were grown in
South Carolina and one-tourth IN
Georgia. About One-tenth Of the crop
was exported.
17931This wear was rendered mem
Orable in the cotton trade by Ell WHIT
news invention of the saw gin. UP TO
that time but very little OF the upland
cotton was cultivated, and not single
pound was then exported from the
United States. The exports were OF
sea island. The upland, or short sta
pie. cotton is so very difficult to sepa-
rate from the seed that for consider
able period it was not worth cultlVat-
ing for market. No sooner, however,
had Whitney's ginning machine been
constructed than the cultivation OF THIS
species of cotton became the principal
object of the agriculturists In Carolina
and Georgia. In the early years OF Its
culture so tedious was the process of
separating the lint from the seed by
hand that man could scarcely clean
more than one pound in day. The
next operation was blowing the cotton
to clean it from dirt and knots. A
large bow, made elastic by cOmplica-
ton of strings, was used. This being
put in contact with a heap of cotton a
workman struck the string with heavy
wooden mallet, and its vibrations
opened the knots of the cotton, shook
from it the dust and dirt, and raised 1t
to downy fleece. Hence the term
bowed" once applied to Georgia cot
ton. Whitney's saw-gin was patented
in 1894. The average price OF cotton
in Liverpool this year was Is. 70,
l795-GeOrgia cotton of a good quail
ity offered in New York at Is. I'd. per
pound.
1922 War with England. The price
of co ton goods, such as had been pre-
viously imported from II to 70 cents
per yard, advanced to 75c by the case.
1873 Price of cotton in this country
II cents; in England l6d. to 26. Con
siderable cotton was exported during
the war in neutral vessels to the CONT
nent. whence, doubtless, much OF 1t
found it's way to England.
lSl5-The rise in the price of goods
during the war had given great impetus
to the control of mills. In this year the
importation of goods from England re-
commenced. cahcoes of course declined
and many mills that had been built at
extravaganza rates became worthless.
lS25-After the opening of this year
the prices of cotton advanced from 10 to
% cents in this country, and from Sd to
lI3d in Liverpool, on a prospective
short supply, and consumption was
checked. There were no killing frosts
in the cotton states, and some plants
''ratooned" (sproutel from the old
roots the next spring. The late bolls
opened, and picking continued all win
ter The position was reversed and cot
ton prices fell fast. Cotton costing 70
cents in Charleston netted only cents
in Liverpool after long holding.
Yearly consumption of cotton in the
United States 100, 600 of our present
sized bales, or less than One-tenth of
the quantity now required annually by
the American people.
MI Mt
as staple crop in the following order;
Georgia in 1871; Tennessee, North Car
DINA and Louisiana in 1911; Alabama
and Mississippi in 1871; Arkansas in
| 1926: lastly, Florida and Texas.
| lS6l-5--Civil war in the United States
commenced. Middling upland in New
York was then worth l2t cents. From
| this point the price advanced with
heavy fluctuations till in August, 1864,
/ it had reached Sl.90 in currency. In
3 months, June, July and August, 1864,
cotton advanced to so cents per pound,
or $3.50 per bale. Thenceforth the price
decline was very rapid, prices running
down to 80 cents per pound in April,
1865.
In seven months, from August, 1864
to April, 1865, the drop was $3.50 pei
pound in currency.
The course of cotton since the war i:
we'll known. Its fluctuations and the
crop movements from 1869 up to thu
close of the cotton season 1896 have
been complied with care and ar,
known to all in the cotton trade.
Indigestion is easily overcome By
the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, be
I Il, !