CROSBY, ALPHEUS. 



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EXTORTS OX COTTON IIASUFACTCREB. 



YEAR KND1NU JUNE ). 



uted, painted, or dyed. 



bile and other duck 



ick... 



tior inanuuicturcH. 

 Total value. . . 



ISCO. 



1,408,508 



::..'.".< 



B,iM,i6i 



$10,934,796 



1859. 



i,. '.',;- 1 

 815,666 



4,477,OHtt 



8f\at,n 



those totalB arc small, but they show prog- 

 "8, and suggest the direction in \\luch we are to 

 lor the relief we now need; always remember- 



ing that the great lesson which our investigation ha* 

 tiiught in, tliut if we would huvo a healthy, rapid de- 

 velopment of our cotton manufactures in the future, 

 the cost of production muxt be lessened until foreign 

 customers can take our surplus. 



The following tables, compiled with the 

 greatest exactness by M. Ott-1 rum pier, of Zu- 

 ridi, show the imports and consumption of 

 cotton in Europe, in thousands of bales, for 

 1874, and afford valuable comparisons with 

 preceding years : 



The receipts at the ports of Spain, Sweden, 

 and Russia, and the consumption in Italy of 

 native cotton, are not included in the above 

 statement. Although the American crop of 

 this year has exceeded the previous one by 

 240, 000 bales, and although the European re- 

 ceipts from other countries amount to 159,000 

 bales more than in 1873, the estimated stock 

 in European ports has increased only 29,000 

 bales. While the total deliveries in Europe 

 are only 80,000 bales less than in 1873, there 

 has been a decrease in England of 186,000 

 bales, and, for the Continent, an increase of 

 156,000 bales. In the opinion of M. Ott- 

 Trumpler, this shows that the actual con- 

 sumption in England in 1873-'74 must have 

 exceeded the apparent consumption, while the 

 contrary was the case on the Continent. 



CROSBY, Rev. ALPHEUS, A. M., an eminent 

 scholar, professor, and author, born in Sand- 



wich, N. II., October 13, 1810 ; died at Salem, 

 Mass., April 17, 1874. He received his early 

 training for college at Gilmanton and Phillips 

 (Exeter) Academies, and entered Dartmouth 

 College at the early age of thirteen. He grad- 

 uated in 1827, and after teaching for a year was 

 recalled to Dartmouth as a tutor, where he re- 

 mained for three years, and then entered on 

 his theological course at Andover. In 1833 he 

 was licensed to preach, and the same year 

 chosen Latin and Greek Professor at Dart- 

 mouth. Four years later, the professorship 

 was divided, and Prof. Crosby took the Greek 

 Language and Literature, and retained it till 

 1849, when he resigned, to devote himself 

 to the preparation of collegiate text-books. 

 Dartmmith did herself honor in retaining his 

 name on her Faculty as Emeritus Professor. 

 For the next six or seven years his leisure time 

 was devoted to the promotion of popular edu- 



