The Cotton Interest, and its Relation to the Present Crisis [pp. 279-286]

COTTON INTEREST —-RELATION TO THlE PRESENT CR18l8. 2;]
SUPI, Y l\ EURSOPE AND UN\ITED STATES.
!1%0-61. 1859-60.
H~itel Stte ~l.1........,,71)11140700
East I talic~(s.....]! 573.000
Blrazil.................0't r 106.000
L'~~~~) )........1.25 0 5.0~00
West4 Inies.............! 47,0(0
T:t,tal..............4 96, k000) 5.60,0110(
Av. ~I/CO?,~l,.tiu\.().!!1 10~8
Ba'les n. ). to S<,lp.. 1. 36 (;70) 9.695
Date ~,f kill'ing ft',).,t.' 1)t. 15. Oct. 301.
1358-59. 5857-58.11856-57.;1855-56.! 5854-55.!, I53-54.
3,S51.00 53114 01,.0 2 9'59 50O; 5 28,1)00 2847 50o!)2,91,0,000
514.0'09.1-60.l00 7.3$0 1))! 472.0100 59:1.')) oo 8 0:(~ 00
130,000o 1260.0) 19w)01)1) 1.,8000) 150.,0)00 140.00))
l19,1))0 1570100(}' 15(1000o 1S2.000' 194,1051 5000000
301.000 54,000 38,(01): 51.00o0 3l1J.o)'22000
4674,50uj 3.89~l 100 4, 5500 4.371.01)110:',6:101 5o3.5');0,000
1512 i 1.l~~4 94 s}5, 89
4,~5 53 5 3 1.166 25.'2S~2 1,391 74
No)v. 116. Nv. 10. Oct. 8. Oct. 24. i o. 1l. Oct. 25.
CO,NSUMPTIO)N OF EUROPE'L ANDO UNITED STATES.
t(.eaH,'Liti ).CI.1........2.390)0001 2 61,3.00o12.294 000) 2,175.001) 1 961,000 2 254.000 2'.99,000 1,967.000
Unilel::tC e.........i 650,000 792.0100$ 760.)000f 452,l000 702 0)0 0 65'' 0 1)94 01) 111.000
F ra,nc,..................', 1 t?001) 621.)000 525,j'I)01 517,000) 447.000 526.001) 479,!i001425.1000
H~,il,')t&lB,:l,'ium'' l5q')1)001 It4.0001 155.000; 1791.000 1.2 (111$, 51;1,00(1
. I - ~~~~~~~I 18Hl 1...1)) 110 2'1 1 ).',7 01.
1trai.......... [', - on " ~ -4 H,1.....0,,01 4!180001 112.00) 29(!.0001' 2' 501010 511 (LO't 970
TDiest...'.I,'.'1.!;)~ s...... io iL.0) (130)0 11, 05. 1..1100 42' 0
Tot'd............... 5 070,0001) 5,113,00014 411,000 5,068.000 5,781 000 4.290.0)00:1.9111000.4 64,o000
0:1~l,1)itio to the ahove tables it is p)roper to state tl~at, at
thec],,s:,f 15~!0''I''{, Eng~llisb spi~lnel's were known to 110111 more
tha~l 1(t)t.O! i, bales in excess of wixat they lhad a year helore,
,,) }~:t the ac'xtuanl eon~lsmltio1) 55.08 ll 011 5300 al~les' and,
ina,:1)' l(1 as~ aL the lat est (litte they 1101(1 10ss hy ahout 1")'),))
thlxil 7t tthe openi1g-~ of the y~ear, the actual amounit used in
i;iiwl~l bie ahout 2,52.000.)O bales, or th~ereaboilts; thus, the
'110:,al (j51t411tit5 ant uIi'tctured will not p~resen~t so wvide a differ
CN'O
I.')' cl0e::t of J40aluary, lS461, th,e continecntal Thalllfa(eturers
V):' s)tit to holdl 0 5!}11;.(}(!(} bales more tll:an us1141, yect th~e coinhOCe, 1x;ot ctl()'o tlhe conltinent during 161, from this country
and1 Finn llared, was f'ully as 1large as the yeoar beforeo; at the samne
tilme, We'.r1 given to understatnd that they' are nowv no bettor
snupl1iic~i wit 14 stoclk relatively- titan in Jngln~~tn. It' tl1is he
true2 tll~cro bus been an increase ratther tlhn falling~ off in eontiOneital mnan ufactures.
Ncith~er tlhe annual statements from Great Britniin or the
centincnur are yet at hand. The latest reliable accounlts from
LiVerpoc, i or" to the 2~7th~ of lDeeelxbcr, and g'ivingr the businless
oIf tilat port onlys. Thse amount take~n for oonlslmption1 wa4s
'l' l..},;),b;0 lase against "i')(,526 00 tlhe year boforeo-a differenee
of only 346,000'~~, notwvitllstandilng the high prioos-whilo spin
Tie s onl1t1l abont 70,000 bales, again11st 183",000~ a year ago.
Tle t(1,'l. l7 hand was of' all sorts 55,0 packag_es, (If' whxieh
only i'~i(54,.'i) wer Americano, withl about 70),000 bales10 only
knowvn to 1)e afloat from India, Brazil and E~gypst. During tile
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