New-York tribune., 1901-11-11
AMERICAN COTTON FABRICS.
BY THE BRITISH COMMERCIAL AGENT
IN THE UNITED STATES.

Washington, Nov. 10 (SpeciaD.-The competition
of American cotton manufacturers in the markets
OF the world is attracting considerable attention
among the great cotton manufacturing countries
of Europe as is indicated by the following
tracts from paper recently read at meeting OF
British cotton manufacturers by the British COM
uerciaI agent in the United States. The paper
itself was considered important that portions
of 1t forwarded to the commercial intelligence
branch Of the Board of Trade of London, and that
body announces that it may be examined by those
interested amy day between the hours of 10 a m
and o. M
Extracts from this discussion of American cotton
manufacturing have been received by the Treasury
Bureau Of Statistics as follows:
Speaking broadly, the standard makes of Ameri-
can cotton fabrics may be sold to limited extent
kets they can be disposed Of in considerable vol,
be positively stated that in the greater number of
foreign trade centres our goods are too hsh IN
price, due principally to the fact that they are are
pure sized. they are only given such & treat, S
to be easily woven, no attention being given to the
addition Of adulterants as such / am now SPEAK
in this class Of merchandise being very large.
Having the data. which. as manufacturers we
would naturally carefully examine the particulars
TO discover If any radical changes would have TO
be made in the machinery or equipment of the
mill to enable one to produce them
the large proportion Of the factories Of south
ern states ta are o.galitzu ft,cs % = cs tc Id
that with few inexpensive additions TO the APP
and medium sized gray goods. so largely purchased
bv manufacturing nations, be made salts
factorily and prof1taby and at competitive cost.
Such fabrics contain maximum of raw ma
terials Cotton and sizel. and a minimum of labor
is required in their production. Present conditions
in the industrial centres of the South are more
fayora BILE for their remunerative manufacture than
IN any other manufacturing country in world.
with which shall have to compete Immediately
we step outside domestic markets dispose
of the product of looms.
EXceutionally hard twisted warp yarns the
rule in American mills. although every unneces
sary turn of twist put into yarn
ayoidable expenditure and loss of production. 1t
is also surely known TO many of you that small
nuota of our mills much better grade of
y,ercha nra BILE fabric. which will compare favorably
with similar goods made by European competitors.
To one who closely watched the development
aDd cotton manufacturing indus
try during the last few years 1t is palpably
obvious that must very sooa enlarge the pres
ent outlets for goods. or. with our rapidly
handing productive capacity have our business
nerodfcaliv suffer from disastrous overproductton
and trade stagnation. and II must never be forgot
ten that the vital interests of almost every
her this body are lnVoIVeo III the prosperity OF
the cotton industry.
'' IN a nsner on Latina American Trade in Cotton
t-ab,ice which | recently presented to you. the
onetr11c.on of the standard English print cloth
even Comparison will show that it differs In the
-o very essential particulars of width and weight
|roro the standard American fabric. If print
ers had similar goods their export trade could be
,1arv considerable augmented. especially If their
coio,s and designs met the taste of the export
t-ade The cotton trade of the world is
- ~ ,niils and enlarging existing a great
&c and mean while doing practically
,othinr AT all to enlarge our market for the goods
r,ade hv these additions to our Industry.