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AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL 



Look to the progressive increase of the population for 

 the last thirty years, and mark, that the reduction in the 

 value of cotton is commensurate with that increase. For 

 brevity, take only the eight following states, or for the 

 exercise of individual calculation, the table, given at the 

 end hereof of all the states : 



Total 8 States, 1,275,072 1,932,592 3,085,944 4,373,000 

 Increase from 1820 to '30 5H per cent. Yearly, 5^ 

 '30 to '40 59l " " 6~ 



'40 to '50 47" 4^ 



Or in 30 years the population multiplied itself 3 

 times. Placing in view, the progressive increase of cot- 

 ton for the same period of 30 years. 



From 1820 to '30, - - 6,509,587 bales. 



'30 to '40, - - 13,680,004 " 



'40 to '50, ----- 21,178,128 " 

 Increase from 1820 to '30 over preceding 10 years 



" '30 to '40 " 1082 



" " '40 to '50 " " 54}g 



a falling off in progressive increase of 54 IS per cent., but 

 probably in the next ten years there will be no increase 

 over the last ten. To ascertain how long the production 

 has been at a stand still, let the above be divided into 

 periods of five years. 



