The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-25
EXPORTS OF AMERICAN COTTON.
Not Yet Able 10 Make InroRds Upon
British Markets.


There are yet worlds to conquer fer
the cotton manufacturers of the United
States True, their axp2sts of cotton cloth
have increased from 1876, O00, Geo yards in
1880 to 258, Go0. 600 yards in 1900. and would
doubtless have been much greater in the
last year but for the extremely high price
or cotton. Yet when the exports of cot
ton goods By the United Kingdom for the
year 1900 and preceding years are exam
med It becomes quite apparent that there
is still a large opportunity awaiting a peo-
pie who can plant the factory beside the
cotton field and operate It with cheaper
coal better machinery ard more skiIlfuI
and effective labor than that of the nation
which transports its cotton many thou
sand miles. brings its coal from thou
sands of feet below the surface and yet
distributes more than !. 000 Gee. 0G9 yards OF
cotton goods TO the world every year
The Accounts Relating to the Trade and
Navigation Of the United Kingdom for
the Year 1900" which has Just been re-
ceiyed by the Treasury Bureau OF Stats
tics. shows the expectation OF cotton cloth
from the United Kingdom to the various
parts Of the world for the years 1898.
1883. and 1900 Il shows that the total
expectation OF cotton piece goods OF all
kinds in 1900, vas 5,O34 go 500 yards. or
about twenty times our own exports for
the year, despite tns fact that four ifths
OF tie raw cotton from which il was made
was produced in the United States. The
total impOrtatiOns Of raw cotton into the
United Kingdom in 1900 were 1876, 172
hundred weights OF which u 190 169 hun
7-r~
2,IS9,T22 from Egypt. 333. TO from India.
27o,462 from Brazil and 1904 from other
countries.
The total value of the cotton imported
into the United Kingdom in 1900 was II
OZI,1Sl pounds sterling or S199 $50 600 and
the total value OF cotton manufactures
exported from the United Kingdom in hat
year was 81. 032, 313 pounds sterling. OF
$500 600 900.
True, the United Kingdom has not rEa-
terially increased her expectations CT cot
ton goods in the decade during which the
United States has more than doubled heT
exports in that line; yec she has ,eddiiy
and sturdiiy held her OWL IA the markets
OF the world against the aggrcssions oi
other countries. The exports of cotton
piece goods from the United Kingdom in
1880 were ), 124 $50 Gj0 yards. and in 1900
as already stated. 5.034 $50 eco wards
Germanys eXpcrjE OF cotton manufaa-
lures, which are stated in her oficiaI
publications in Kilograms and not in
yards. increased from q. 2S5 AGO -Iogra rs
+. in 1880 to 81 &c. 0G1 Kilograms IN 1893
From France lb@ exports Of cotton manu-
features in 1893 were 1926, coo kilos. and
in 1899 80. gG3 G09 kiscs. Thus while The
United States has shown q sreatel
percentage Of growth in her exports OF
cotton maDufa cures than thai OF any 9TH
or nation during the decade. ire fact that
Europe. although buying most of its cot
ton from the United States exported II
1900 more than 300 Gee 600 worth Of cottCT
manufactures while our own manufac-
turers were exporting about S21 gee GGf
worth, suggests great future possibilities
for people for whom nature has done
50 much in her supply Of the raw cotJo1
and of all the requirements for its usnu-
faCUuFe