The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-01

ttts ~ usrhans largely due TO the fact
that the domestic consumption y ih,itas- /
iuei as cotton mhuWh uttns ,,ttV Ia /
considerable progress 10 that country III
recent years. 49,. .,,.
~ TO the contiihution u the East indies ,
10 the worlds supply VI cotton, u COUNTRY +
tuat fnr a long time was considered dan 4
Aniou4 rival ot tut Tinted Sinteey Mr.
lhonns Ellison an pminept stutlstislah ~
our t'fViI Vnr II wnB the current Opinioh' Z
10th Ia Engldnd ANA IN lhdia, thut sne I
cotton crop Of th0t country was elual 70 /
some 100000 tu ooVOtUO bales " Amer, !
can weight somo authorities indeed, went !
90 iar as 10 estimate the yleid ht lIVVV- I
~ bales. But the fact that the tAuaVf, I
binary high ptiCes current uurihs tly ciVl ]
war failed to- raise tile import inlo Europe
to more than l,SI4UUO huies, against t5V,' |
coo IN 1861. was proof that the crop
: could newer at any time nave renchea Que
/ uuli on the smnlest previous estimates
! Mr Ellison doubted ttnis was "a losol
wuethrf the cop ever exceeded @'oOQVOu
7 baits. Tile records show that Mr.. Etlisuu
was very ncnriy correct, for so iut as
! known the crops OF that county, as ~
uic0tcu Dy tue exports aud domestic NH
/ consumption, have rufoy ever exceeded
! $4,000 BALES OF 400 pounds, and the ay'
einge annual drops are lar 0eiow these
ngures.
Among the noteworthy changes that have
taken place In the cotton trade Of the East
/ Is the decline Of the exports OF raw cot
] kNu AtNW AuH AAHrA iAAAN9s ~ 80 800 sNN
exports to Europe amounted to over LOO.
co bales Of 400 pounds, IN 1ss0.is0O %
! A,1It,UuU hules Of 90 pounds, aud Ia l3oo
/ l5U1 to only S,3b,UUU UaleS Of 4uu pounus
| II rs quite noticeable fact that IN recent
I years Italy, Belgium Austria; Hungary,
I France ana the Lult1d Kingdom have eGch
| teen taking les- and less East indian cot
ton. 1he failing Cd OF imports into the
( Jnltrd kingdom Is remarkaulp. NOi very
naty years ago English splnners con
srUed over n malt unlllou bales, but now
the consumption Is utmost hHlgnlhcatt
Ard every pound " East Indian cotton
displaced means It's replacement br q pound
OF Antiicau cotton OF better quality.
\ To what extent the deCiiue IN the exports
or cotton nom lnda to Europe Is due
the increase IN domestic consumption and
90 exports 20 Japan (which country has Of
late largely Increased is purchases OF In
dian cotton, aud 60 what extent 1t Is due
90 the cheapuess and superiority of Amer
lean cotton, Is an interesting subject for
investigation IL can only be partially due
80 Increased home consumption, because In
some years there have been ample surplus
stocks for export The director general OF
statistics 20 the government Of India, IN
the Review of the Trade OF India a few
years ago, attributed this decllue to the
fall In ihC price Of American cotton caused
Dos unusually large crops, and this eN-
panauou seems undoubtedly correct
The cotton supply from Egypt has grad
ually Increased from the date OF It's intro
duciiou Zoo Lower Egypt In 1920 but the
great Development of cotton culture IN that
country began with the cotton famine or
1861 1865 In 1850 the government reduced
and mia also stlnuinled the culture. and
tbo annrai average cxport for the decade.
1851 -lAlO was $1,000 bales Of 4OO pounds.
u.Nt VJ"g' Nu,t ,L s'""iHs @ -,
Ihp resumption of shipments from America
after the civil war but has steadily In
creased lbs output, as shown In Bulletin
| 40 80. once Of Experiment stations, u.
n ! 'tiNa t'oTfUu plant. ~ The
, CtpOrta have Increased from 2Rd.UOO bales
" lu 1870 10 49,, coo bales Of 800 pounds
ir 1900
, Rut the Egyptian cotton can hardly be
! s,nsidarsl +, risai 81 the INLAND stanie of
4 n,cric5 Il moro ike ar Sea Island
, ,I.., ot.borrb n1t as Apc and "a usrd
q gl,' " 41.nouLn h'L ns ~ ~, I,,sh ND
III '1 1 49, ,r,nr i" t - a. is ~ q
t Uaht brnwnlsh huc ana among spinners
= Is considered Q sprelaliy' feFhaps tne PSI
e evidence ot ihis ues In the tact that oNi
IS ties nj Egyptian cotton, The Imports III
% lHUolaul amounted to 80, Al bales OF 6O
20 uds.
@ Is plain that where these sources are
Il l.,tiDe '0e f-tifsd state must snnnlv inc
" d.8rleo,y
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4. a the same time the Factors tna' nave
n brought the American product into greater
y rso m,st h. cons,dcred
Since 1870 the Increased consumption on
s the continent. In the United states and
y I'm 1ndia hns been cnormCus If mas also
h heen Very isrse In C,reaf Britain, though
:, mgcb IosSs MA in Inc United states and
W ggrri,nv tDiccd Tho T@nitcd States is
80 lnIe'1 ,uc nltnT Sic o,,,t,
Il, Fla q ,,erid b,, Inc in isns faEeI the load
& from Great BrWip' which ma ma , held "a,
&f" as p saa'@ @ssa fps 5s'
~. crr4siufr rrrn. If no gouthorn States NJ,
~ nrc 4unpivfnr thr world yritb moro than