The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
FOREIGN COTTON CULTURE.
Consul General Richard Guenther Send
an interesting Report.

Consul General Richard Guenther Sends
an Interesting Report.
washington, June 1.-(Special y
United States Consul General Richard
Guenther, at Frankfort, Germany, who
has. according to instructions to all
American consuls been watching for
eign efforts to promote cotton culture,
sends to the Department of Commerce
and Labor the following observations
On British Cotton Growing in Africa"
At the last meeting of the British
Statistical Society, held at Manchester,
the vice. president Of the British Cot
ton Growing Association submitted
report on cotton production and con-
sumption and the prospects of the Gull
ttvation of that staple in the future.
From the report the following in
formation is taken:
Taking the last FIVE years. the
worlds average production of cotton
per annum has been 100000 bales.
calculated at 500 pounds to the bale;
production during the year 1898 was
$500, 900 bales This gives an in
crease of but coo bales during the
last five years, or an average increase
of 100000 bales per year, which does
not keep step with the increase of the
worlds population and the much great
err use and demand for cotton fabrics
times.
The report gives interesting infor-
nation on the efforts and experiments,
made and making, to increase and i'm
provo the production of cotton. Eng
land and Germany show the most ac-
tive interest herein and give each 9TH
er the results of their Investigations
and e: ICriments. The Germans have
gone eaints tly to work in their Afri-
- H.
try a principal cotton supply source.
Africa, owing to her climate, soil.
and population, is better fitted for cot
ton production than any other of the
continents of the globe and will be-
come the greatest supply field of that
k,sple after civilized methods of gov
ernmen and economics have became
dominant there.
The British Cotton Growing Associa-
lion has directed its efforts mainly up
n, tte British possessions in Africa
assisting planters by monetary grants
IN some of the colonies. Experiments
mad. have proved that prospects for
cotton cultivation on an extensive
sci. are highly promising in British
Central Africa and British West Africa
1t is expected that in the first named
there will be 100000 acres planted In
cotton before the year 1905.
The British possessions in west At
RIGA cover 100000 square miles, con-
tanning 10000, 900 negroes. and easily
capable of producing yearly cotton
crop of 100000 bales. The speci-
mems of cotton raised in Sierra Leone
are splendid in quality. this colony
viii become a great cotton supply
market For Gambia and the Gold
Coast prospects are also promising
The conditions for cotton cultivation
sre good in Uganda and British East
All lea.
1t is a notable fact that cotton from
Egyptian seed has not given good re-
suits in America. India. and other con
tinents. whereas the planting of thai
seed in eastern and western Africa has
produced a staple of equal quality to
the Egypt; n cotton wE'ch is noted fol-
its silky snftness.
Finally, the Sudan will become
great cotton territory when transpor
tafion lines are established which viii
stimulate Immigration o: field hand!
from other sections,
Tie exIerEion of cotton cultivation