Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11
This Years Crop Will Be Six Billion Pounds-Enough to
Clothe the World

| There IS no doubt but that the Increase
WIZ go on, especially II the demand OF
me world Is such as WIN keep up the
prices"
UNCLE SAM, EXPORTER.
Are our cotton exports Increasing.
Or. Galloway" / asked.
Yes. In 1850 we exported only four
ana one-half million bales OF raw cot
lon Last year our exports amounted
lo more than Z 200 600 bales, which. with
lhe exception Of three years was the
largest amount OF cotton the United
states has ever exported IN a single
year.
Another thing which Is even more
important" continued Or. Galloway, "ls
mat we are rapidly Increasing our ex-
potls or manufactured cotton We ara
pushing our cotton goods into every
part or the world We sent abroad
last year more than Si0,0 900 worth,
ana we snail send more from year to
year II is this that ia troubling the
Enlopena nations, As long as we fur
nished only the raw material they did
not care but they now look upon us as
a big competitor I'm the sale of tho
manufactured goods Of the world. We
ore extending our markets, not only In
Europe, but In the orient and especial
ly 10 Japan Japan has now about l.,
100000 spindles ana she useg six or sew
en- hundred thousand bales ~ cotton
annually A large part OF this comes
from the United states As to our ex-
ports OF cotton fabrics. our best GUS
toners are the United Kingdom, 81 269,-
200. Germany $,l050O0; France, about
E'Col, ana Turkey in Europe SG7, 900.
We send more than $4,000 900 worth Of
cotton goods TO Canada; more than ST.
100 600 worth to Mexico und Central
America more than $4,000 900 worth TO
the West Indies ana about 1900 900
worth To- South America, We are now
selling, IN round numbers, $l6.0O0OOO
worth OF cotton TO Asia 1000 900
worth TO OcoaniCa, ana S6St0O0 worth
10 Africa. So you gee our manufac-
tured cotlons form no small part OF our
national exports"
BIG FACTORIES OF THE SOUTH.
where are the chief cotton factories
Of the United States?"
Until within a few years they were
almost all I'm the north" said Dr. GA-
loway but some OF the biggest and
best Of the cotton mills Of the world
Rrc TO be found I'm the southern states.
In 1884 the northern mills consumed L.
$4,000 bales Of cotton while the south
cm mills consumed only $40 bales. Last
year only nineteen years later, the
northern mills took ,966, 900 bales, while
the southern mills took j., 95S 900 bales.
In other words, the southern mills con-
sumed as much within 5000 bales as tho
northern mills. There are now In tho
southern states more than $40 cotton
mills and 100000 spindes, The SOUTH
cen cotton cloth Is. however, less yau-
able than that produced In the north.
only the cheaper grades being manu-
featured IN the SOUTH
What kind OF labor have you I'm the
southern cotton factories?"
Most Of them are worked with white
labor. The labor As cheaper there, and
as the mills are right In the cotton
fields the cost Of transportation is less"
COTTON RAISING MACHINERY.
Can machinery be used IN the cot
ton fields, Or. galloway"
1T is being used and more and
more will be used IN the future. There
are machine cotton pickers now made,
which promise 10 be successful The
best Is one invented by Mr.. Lowry, tho
Inventor OF the round bale. by it's
use one man is said to do the work OF
four IL II proves success Il will
save thousands Of dollars TO the farm
ers Of the south, by enabling them 10
gather the crop before 1t is damaged by
the weather. This would also solve
come Of the difficulties which we are
now having In the district invaded by
the cotton boil weeyil."
FRANK q. CARPENTER,