The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-24

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thoughtful considernuo ion OF the I'M o 1 ea y
subjects with which he has to dc s'all A.
q terrible tax upon the time ana
onnreies of any man, and 1t is no WONDER
- 5,,usv citizens shrink from these pub
,ic duties, especially when they receive We
< nav for their services and freq nently
net only harsh criticisms In return " NJ
1,ut somebody must attend to the pub ~ D
,,c business, and civic duties are as pin ma
IN os INV other duties Of life. Those
WHO do make the sacrifice however
Il, work honestly and selfishly LOT the
public interest should have the sympa.ils
md cordial support of their cons s .ituefl.s'
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The Cotton Industry.
Z. ! recent meeting OF the British
Association held at Cambridge. Eng =
there was an earnes. discussion OF the e
oo+ton crisis. Mr.. j. A. Hutton, VICE
chn irn,an OF the SBri fish Cotton GROWING ny
Association, read a paper in which ne
a., ,,cf, the efforts Of the association 70
relieve Great Britain from Dependence 1E
iron the United states for raw COTTON.
n said that the short time on when
the English factories were running was
not entirely due to the shortage OF COT t',F
Mt was largely owing to the serious
= yravntlon OF the difficulty BY nume .f'-
Gus spectators. 3 Z,
Mr. Hutton pointed out that probapiy
81 was not generally realized now very
coslv It was to remedy this state OIL
anairs. apart from the English mus -
n. ynr into the hands Of foreign com
etltors. He estimated that no less tI1ai
100000 people iii this country were
me- "a or less dependent on the cotton
81 AIDE. The employers alone were losing
sso, oOo n week through short time, anu
NE total loss to capital and labor IN the
cotton and other allied trades through F'' n
out the country was not less than VI
500 900 per week, or 1S75 COG, 900 per IN.
nun. MI. Hutton said there was was ny
hone Of any Immediate relief.
In connection with the efforts 70 IN
crease the supply, he mentioned the he cor
dial operation Of the British con NJ.
mental movements, for It fully re- re
cogniaed that Great Britain and the rest fr !;
! &c Europe were In the same boa y, ana
must help one another. 81 81 ST
The remedy for all this IS within Y, hin the
mower and grasp Of the South Y ? sst Q
this time the South has been \ g Die Die \ 9
supply the great bulk Of raw cot on re-
ouired in the whole world, and IT ! VIII y
be able to supply the increasing demand no
~ nroner steps are taken, for the South
By no means produces as much s co!1to 2
as her lands are capa Bile sof prod ucirlg.
This year the South viii M kes asslafllrg e
crop Of cotton but next year she 3 hould
make a larger crop. It is most IN
yiting field for the Investment OF capital
! md for profitable exploitation.
$It is an anomalous condition, truly,
when the demand for cottonSis greater
than the supply when the supply from
4 the South is well under the South 8 ca
,pacity to produce. Foreign nations are
SPENDING a great deal OF money in try-
ling to develop new cotton fields, but
4 thus far their efforts have been unsuc-
/ cessful. But cotton pro is no ex-
i pertinent in the South Our lands are
4 natures own cotton fields, and II a for
cigners can afford to spend money in
experiments across the ocean, surely
Americans can afford to spend money
i|nthe further DEVELOPMENT OF Southern
lands. Already a company with large
i capital has been organized ! Q grow cot
4 ton in the Southern fields and we ex-
4 pect to see many such companies organ
lied for the same purpose and see then,
4 sc extensively Into the 8cotton-producing
i Industry 1t is a tempting field.