The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-18
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aa llIsij allssE % Cotton Showers
iat Raluiact urers. q. y
no IMPORTATION Of UPLAND COTTON. :
81 !, 3 raes and Snlno OF Egyptian Cot.
g;ssSs Z on .sRSuEh Peruvian" Cotton
{ 8 ~ ~ II So Compete In the Least Pos
5ss siDie Degree With Amy Description
III Amcrican Cotton.
AIRED ,al 3. Stephenson, in Textile Amer

III "
On June Sth the United States Senate
eMended the tariff bill by imposing q du-
aS az Of 20 per cent. ad valorem on raw
S cotton. In the debate upon the sub
81 tect letters were read, stating that the
IS present comparatively low price Of our
sss'tsea island cotton" was due to the i'm.
81 ton Of foreign cotton, and that
Il the imports during the present season
would greatly exceed those Of last sea
5son.y No facts or figures were given
S$to} substantiate these assertions. The
3 most remarkable document presented,
& lrowever, was q letter from Mr. Wilbur
s f. tVakenlan. secretary OF the American
Is Protective Tariff League. in which he
u gave free play to his Imagination by
b saying that until recently the ilnporta-
sitionS have been chiefly of Egyptian
II cotton, but now upland or staple cotton
q Is also being imported to q considerable
extent
He thus tried to make 1t appear that
4 not only our long stapled sea island
cotton, but even our short stapled up
+! land cotton" We're being subjected to
competition in our markets by the i'm
q poctation of foreign cotton, and de-
d nha1lded duty Of 3 cents per pound
Ito give protection to .;he cotton grow
7 ing Industry Three times since the
3# 10Th q have asked MIR. Wakeman TO tell
me whence these recent ,mportTtions Of
E upland cotton" came, and when they
came and In what quantities. These de-
Il tails have not2y yet been furnished, and
q never will pc. as his statement that
II s'upland cotton" is being imported is
81 absolutely without the slightest foun-
II da,tionin fact.
4 NC. IMPORT, OF ''UPLAND COTTON"
.%2I have official and other reliable In
Y formation ITO substantatc the slsser-
i !tion that not a bale Of foreign cotton
d similar to our upland cotton has been
n imported, and that no foreign cotton cx-
SceptS Egyptian cotton has been used in
our cotton mills for over thirty years.
81 The appropriations. OF foreign cotton for
have been practically Of
$Eno other kind but Egyptian and Peru
afYt an.f During the past few years a few
Il baieS or Chinese. East Indian and Afrl-
81 can cotton have been imported to be
81 used by WOODEN manufacturers as Il
3 cheap substitute for Peruvian cotton
Il the entire quantity being only about 15C
III bales. "a few bales OF other growths
81 have been brought to New York, Bos-
ton and San Francisco for trans-shfn-
3sment to Europe and Canada Instead OF
being more, as alleged, the importations
& OF cotton since September 1st 1896
" have actually been much less than for
4hhe corresponding season OF last year
III For nine months ending June list the
8iHnportations Of Egyptian cotton were
81 o., 945 bales. against 1920 bales for the
;s nine months ending June 1st. 1896 FOL
n nine months ending June 1st the impor
IS cation OF Peruvian cotton were $40!
Il bales, against 1892 bales for the min,
4 months ending June 1st. 1896.
y s5 EGYPTIAN AND PERUVIAN I'M
PORTS.
ii$ES' The following ia BILE gives the import
Il OF Egyptian and Peruvian cotton an,
"a the quantity Of American sea islam,
cotton taken by our spinners for eac
year lending August 31sO since 1889:
@:Es5 Imports Imports Takings S. !
Egyptian Peruvian cotton by
-s-t.- .-.-.-... cotton. colt ON IL & sninnnr