Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-29

raising cotton. Many samples Of cot.
ton have been received from agents Of
the association that Lancashire manu-
facturtrs have pronounced good, some
Of Il quite equal TO the American pro-
duct
Aaa result Of all mat has been done
thus far II is confidently asserted that
I'm Engands possessions all the cotton
needed by her mills can be raised, and
as much more as the rest OF Europe
NAV need Indeed. one enthusiastic
member declared that America would
some day be importing cotton IRON
British colonies But that was 5al1
at a banquet and allowance must be
made Tor the champagne
COTTON FIELDS OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.
The latest reports OF the association
gives o. long llst OF pnces in the Brit
ish colonies and dependencies where
cotton Is now being grown on can
be grown It Us being raised in Malta
and cyprus. ln Europe. IN ASIA aa u
of course well known, It is extensively
cultivated in India, bat 10 b. also grown
An Ceylon IN the Straits settlements
and In North BoneO ln the western
hemisphere II s grown In The west
Indies. ln British GuIua, ln Honduras.
An Fiji and in Australia ln Africa cot
ION has long been staple product of
Egypt and lH now being cultivated lh
seunaar and Shcndl the planting is exc
tending, and as soon os lhe oauNlIl'
Berber railway Is completed WIZ pe
greatly extended Cotton can De grown
In parts Of South Africa, such as the
Lydenburg district swaziland ana ga
sutoand II is grown IN Nalal ana ln
the Guiana river district of cape COZ
ony. II nourishos In Rhudesla, IN BRIT
ish Central Africa ana ln Uganda no
various districts on the west coast
A. Is cultivated 40 Lagos, Sierra Leone,
IN GAMBIA, on the Gold Coast, In north
orn and southern Nigeria also in Maui
ritlus and the Seychelles and IN 81
Helena.
Itisln Africa, and more especially IN
West Africa that the British Cotton
Growing association expects 10 en-.
throne another King Cotton, who VIII
some day rival the American pOtcntdte.
IN this district the inhabitants have
been familiar with the growing spin
ming. weaving and dyelng of cotton
for centuries before william the Con-
qucrer had invaded England II ls one
OF the benencent results OF the early
spread Of lslamism which taught the
virtues Of cleanliness and clothing, be-
sides closing the gates OF paradise
against those who get drunk. In Ma
hometanlzed British West Africa the
weaving OF cotton Is universal Not
wlthst0nding the primitive nature Of
the looms, some Of the cloths produced,
II Ia declared, are 80 beautifully finish
ed as TO defy European competition.
But owing to the care laylshed ON their
manufacture they are much dearer
even there, than the Imported Lanca-
shire article, In the great city Of Kano
the Manchester Of Africa with
more than 100000 inhabitants, the cot
ton Industry plays paramount part
and the same Is true OF many other
centers Of Northern Nigeria
The total area Of the British posses
slons In West Africa amounts In round
figures TO 100000 square miles The soil
n said TO be we'll adapted TO cotton cu-
ture, II only one-tenth Of II were de-
voted TO that purpose az the rate OF
one-thlrd OF q bale TO the acre II
would yield 100, 100000 bales. Cheap Ia.