This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...well wisher to the colonies could desire. The proportion of our imports which come from foreign sources may be thus shown: From Foreign Countries. From British Possessions. Proportion..-60 o/o.-85 .-88 '89 ..-86 -85 .-89 .-84 ..-83 And reflecting that in the last century the larger proportion was ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...well wisher to the colonies could desire. The proportion of our imports which come from foreign sources may be thus shown: From Foreign Countries. From British Possessions. Proportion..-60 o/o.-85 .-88 '89 ..-86 -85 .-89 .-84 ..-83 And reflecting that in the last century the larger proportion was supplied by our own colonies, the present diminutive proportion so supplied evidences, one would think, a palpable superiority in foreign countries in this respect, or gross mismanagement in our own colonies, which are abundantly equal to the production for our requirements. Upon this subject we Will however hereafter discourse, and consider the relative abilities of each cotton producing country, as shown by their past and present rate of progress. UNITED STATES. The immense strides made in the cultivation of cotton in the United States; the comparatively cheapened supply, since it entered into competition in our market; and the power its effect on prices exerts on the supply from other sources, gives to it an importance second to none in the world. Anything which may throw light on the subject of the cultivation and prospects of supply, therefore becomes of general interest, forming, as it does, the mainspring of the most important manufacture of our country. Our knowledge of the production of cotton in North America is comparatively recent; indeed it seems probable it was very insignificant until the close of last century; but whatever may have been the proportion, it was confined entirely to the supply of a domestic manufacture which could not have been of any extent. In 1748, seven small bags of cotton were exported from Charleston, and again a few in 1754. In 1770 ten bags were...
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