1847-48.] ME. FINIflE'S TOVR YEAES IN TIlfNETELLT. 127 



Hadras Government refer the sample to Dr. Wight, 197 

 the Chamber of Commerce, and the Court of Directors, 



— ^Before sanctioning large purchases of such Cotton as 

 Mr. Finnie recommended, the Madras Go- j[i„„tgg „f 

 vemment referred the sample for 'the Oonsuita- 

 opinion of Dr. Wight and the Madras J'SSe^s^, 

 Chamber of Commerce ; and at the same Pari-'Eetmn 

 time required from Mr. Pinnie a clear ii^^'J'P-^*^- 

 business-like statement, showing how much Cotton of 

 the same quality as the sample forwarded, Mr. Finnie 

 could command within the ensuing six or twelve 

 months ; as well as the price paid to the grower per 

 candy, the cost of packing per candy, the cost of transit 

 to the port, and the freight charges. In a word, the 

 Government desired to learn the data on which Mr. 

 Finnie based his statement, that a safer remittance 

 could not be made. 



Dr. Wight's report: Mr. Finnie's sample is "good 198 

 Tinnevelly," which no one could mistake for Ame- 

 rican, — Dr. Wight reported on Mr. Finnie's sample as 



crop of Tinnevelly thus cleaned, provided always that purchasers can 

 be found willing to give a reasonable price for the article. 



" Hitherto I have not proclaimed success, because I did not con- 

 sider that it had heea attained. ; but I believe now that we have 

 commenced a very pacific "revolution" in Cotton among the demo- 

 cratic republicans of Hindoostan!! A free and more independent race 

 does not exist. They are not fond of a total change, especially when 

 unprofitable ; but a little persuasive eloquence to convince them that 

 we are in earnest, especially when accompanied by the consonant 

 clink of the coin they like, will speedily bring them to compliance 

 with reasonable demands on their efforts. 



" A complete reformation has taken place in some of the Native 

 Cotton cleaningf houses here ; hitherto they have been fiUed with 

 rubbish and a " compound of villanous smells," and now they are 

 clean, nicely matted. This was effected by reason, applied through 

 the shafts of ridicule, of which the people are peculiarly sensitive. 



" Amidst mountains of opposition, I have persevered in my efforts 

 to awaken an interest in the people on the subject of the importance 

 to them, individually and nationally, of preparing their great source 

 of wealth in a manner that would render it valuable abroad. The 

 people themselves scarcely knew that they could make the Cotton so 

 clean until they were made to try. They have never had a demand 

 for a clean article, and it is not strange they did not prepare it. 

 Why should they?" 



