The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-02-08

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But I meant not only China
but other portions of the world
I thoroughly agree with Mr
Shepperson that the. immediate
remedy is curtailment of pro
duction, but / disagree with hin
that for a permanent solution
we need the hand of God t.
smite our soil and curtail it
yield. On the contrary, | sa,
that greater consumption is tn
safe, sane, natural remedy.
will not give myself as authorit,
but quote one of equal weigh
with Mr.. Shepperson.
Mr.. A. T.. Brittop, presiden
of the New Orleans Cotton Ex
chance, in his address to tn
Convention, said:
''While this great crop ha
given to the world more cottol
than IS presently wanted, tn
time is close at hand when
thirteen million bale crop vii
prove entirely inadequate to tn
demand. In justification let M
quote an eminent authority.
The consumption of cotton ha:
increased so greatly within th'
quarter of a century that there
would appear to be no limit K
its future possibilities. 1t is esti
mated that of the worlds billior
and half people, about 500 mil
lion regularly wear clothes
about 75O million are partially
clad, and $50 million habitually
go about naked, and to clothe
the entire population of the
world would require forty-twc
million bales of cotton of 500
pounds each.
It therefore seems more thar
likely that the cotton industry
will go on expanding until the
whole inhabited earth is clothed
with the product of its looms.
This is not an unreasonable
conclusion when we consider the
fact that cotton is the cheapest
material known to-man.
In a letter from Mr.. Eristel
Ashcraft, of Alabama, I CLEAN a
a few citations Of interest, quot.
ing from the textile world:
':Our English furnishers have
been unable so far to produce a
cotton cloth like your American
sheetings, so popular in the
Persian Gulf regions.
From Bagdad, Messrs. Dumus
Glen & Co., write: "Our Mr..
Dumus has seen at Bagdad i'm.
portations of cotton sneeting
and cotton yarns of American
origin. Can you inform us where
the centre of manufacture can
be found" The writer of the let.
ter referred to says further: I
have before me a letter from a
private correspondent in Abys.
sinia who says:
The son Of a Naba Abouka
har said to me other day. Since
the American sheetings are SO
reasonable, why does no Ameri,
cans come here to sell us. A
great fortune would be made
quickly: In this country, where
the population demands only
tangible things, it would be
worth more than all expositions
in foreign lands to have right
here a simple supply house -
sour Abyssinian trade is con
trolled by two firms. one al
Alden and the other at Marseil
les. We are obliged to buy from
these two firms or do without.
Quoting further from a reliable
merchant in the East. he says:
"The American manufactur
ers have succeeded to such ar
extent that it is difficult to com
pete with them with goods from
other countries. :"
Unfortunately, however, these
goods pass through the hands o-
big people in Alden, and we can
not get them unless we pay big
prices, which are not the manu-
facturer's prices, etc.
I could cite numerous illustra
tions of this kind to show thai
Mr.. Shepperson is mistaken
when he says that our manufact
urers cannot compete with
foreign made goods on account
of the tariff duties on textile
machinery, dyes, etc. An aca'
demic discussion of free trade
and free ships is, however. use
less. but I would respectfully re-
fer him to the recommendations
of the Pan-American Congress
which met in Washington in 1896
If the tariff is at the roof of the
trouble, why has Europe been
so much alarmed over an invas.
ion of American goods: I had
the honor to be one of the speak.
ers at the annual dinner of the
New York Chamber Of Com,
merce a few years ago. when
Governor Cummins made that
memorable speech giving utter.
ance to what has since been
called the "IoWa 1da." He saiG