The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-29
WILL COMPETE In
COTTON GROWING
Plans of other Countries to Become Independent
of Southern States of America.

I with free transportation or cotton
i freight on the colonial railways and
| on the steamship lines which has
/ been granted for the purpose of en-
| couIaging the industry.
The attention that has been given by
United States consuls to this move
ment for the emancipation of European
cotton manufacturers from the Amer
lean market is remarkable in view OF
| the fact that no special instructions
were sent TO them calling for reports
on the subject. Consul General Evans
at London reports on the efforts of the
British Association to increase the cot
ton production of the British West In
dies and of the British colonies in
Africa. Consul Marshall Halstead at
Birmingham, forwards informa ton
covering the same ground and Con-
sui Estes at Antigua sends a report on
the encouragement of cotton planting
in the British West Indies.
Consul General Hughes at Coburg
and Consul Haynes at Rouen send re-
ports on the efforts of European coun-
tries, especially France, to develop cot
ton production in their colonies. The
most elaborate report on this subject
from France is submitted by Consul
Thackers, who gives in great detail an
account of the work being done by the
Association Cotonniere Colonials to de-
Ve1op the cultivation of cotton In the
French African colonies.
No country is going into the encour-
agement of cotton production in its
colonies more energetically than Ger
many Consul Monaghan at Chemnitz
submitted a report as long ago as last
December, calling attention to the prog
ress being made in the German East
African colonies and especially to the
obtained result at
tributed to the skill of the American
planters whom the German government
engaged to go to East Africa to in
struct the natives in the proper meth
DDS of cultivating cotton. A recent re-
port from Consul General Hughes at
Coburg tells of the results obtained in
the Kilwa district of German East At
RIGA. He says that cotton received from
this district and tested at the German
Cotton Exchange and by the Union of
Saxon Cotton Spinners at Chemnitz
showed that it @as nearly as good in
staple, color, etc. as the highly valued
Egyptian product, from seeds of which
ii was grown. He reports that the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce de-
Clares that it is better suited to replace
Egyptian cotton than any other quality
known. Consul Schumann, at Mainz,
has recently submitted report on cot
ton culture III the Gefnldn colonies, IN
which he says that plantations have
been established in Togo, German
Southwest Africa, and German East
Africa. He also says that a German
syndicate contemplates the culture of
cotton in Asia Minor.
The present cotton corner may be of
some benefit to the planters of the
Southern States during the present sea-
son. 1t is certain that those who are
able to get part of their crop into
the market during the first few weeks
of the season will profit by the present
high prices. In view, however, of the
evident determination of European gov
ments and manufacturers to stimulate
production in other parts of the world.
and in view of the great impetus neces-
sarily given to such a movement by the
straits through which the European
manufacturers are now passing, it may
well be questioned whether the ulti-
mate effect of the corner will not be
| detrimental to the American planter.