The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
LOOKING FOR NEW FIELDS England Wants Cotton
 Territory. CAUSE FOR THE ALARM Tendency to Weave Staple Where II Is Grown. Statistics Plainly show the rnersase of Factories in the south, with the Consequent Loss h ],
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New York. Feb. 1s.-The Journal = Commerce today says that the cotton spinners of England seem thoroughIx alarmed at their. dependence upon tho United States for their cotton supply, this alarm being sharply intensified bx the present relations between the supplx and demand for raw cotton. The opinion. is unanimous that the culture of cotton should be encouraged in the British colp~s nies and possessions.
 At an influential meeting at Mancheo- ter. arranged by the British Cotton Grow~ ing Association, the Lord Mayor said 10 was of supreme importance that every possible effort should be put forth. not alone by this association, but also bY the government. with view tosthe grove ing of cotton In Africa and If possible fn the dependencies. The almost unlimited capacity for the production of every co1n~ modity in the States, on gigantic acait, was shown nowhere more forcibly than in the growth of cotton. sair the Lord Mayor. One State alone. that of Texass has an area more than double the area of Great Britain. The States were the most powerful competitors. and ths States wehe likely to be more powerful ia the future. The fixed ann of those engaged in the cotton industry was ultimately to lconsume on the spot all the cotton grown on the plantations.
 Significant Statistics.
 Tn 1890 the cotton crop was 7.s1i.ss2 bales. of which the States used g pee cent; Great Britain using & per cent Last year the crop was f0.6so.e8o baIes- The States used s7 per cent and Great Britain 28 per cent, an increase of per cent in the States and a decreasA of 10 per cent In Great Britain. The tendency of consumption in tho near neighborhood If the cotton felds was shown by the act that whilst in 1190 the North took 7s.7 per cent Of that cen-s sssasd m the Ssates and the South took 23.s per cent. Last year tiie North toolE only Si.h per cent and the South took
 Without being unduly alarmed. they might say that there was surely sufficient evidence to warrant the special visits of masters and trade union leaders to the States to take stock of the position and prepare for the struggle.
 Sir Alfred Jones said he could not share in the alarm which existed in some quarters. It was merely a matter of wisdom to look out for the expansion of cotton growing districts. particularly in English colonies. No one could bJecG to the Americans keeping their cotton III tAicli OUA NOAAtthy O0t " W4- 8 &a@It object to secure. that there should be constant supply for Great Britain.
 Must Be More Cotton
 The following resolution. proposed by Alfred Emmot, N. F., was adopted:
 That in view of the frequent disor- ganization and consequent loss to the cot- ton trade of the United Kingdom. owing to the uncertain supply of the raw mata- rial 1t is incumbent on all those inter- ested in the prosperity of the industries of this country to use every effort to in- crease the growth of cotton"
 Mir. Emmot in speaking of his resolu- ton. declared that the tendency in recent years had been to Q shortage of cotton on which Mapchester depended so much. He found that the American crop in 1881 yielded 6.5S9.0o0 bales of cotton. Of this there came to England 2.s44.oo0 bales. to the continent 1.752.oo0. and America had 1,e15,0 0O0 In 1902 the figures were 10, 70i. .ao0 bales, of which 3.o46.O00 came to England, 3.563. 900 to the continent and to America 4,a5e.0oQ The area for growing cotton in America was not expanding as they would like to see 1t. It was not expanding at any rate faster than the American and continental people were wanting cotton.