Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-28
Misesllansuas asading.
COTTON GROWING ABROAD.
Leading Nations Are Endsavorins TO
Encourage Production.

Leading Nations Are Endeavorins 10
Encourage Production.
England Is not moving alone toward
the extension of the. worlds cotton
supply, The schemes of the British
Empire Cotton Growing association,
which has now received a royal char
ter, are of much greater dimensions
than any others now before the world,
and the chief augmentation Of future
cotton crops will come from the Brit
ish dominions.. But IL the present at
tempts to promote international ac-
ton are carried out and there Is q
general concentration on cotton grow
ing in suitable localities the foreign
sources Of supply are worthy to be
taken into consideration. France, for
instance, has wide colonial regions
suitable for the crop, and In the valley
of the Upper Niger there has been q
considerable output Of cotton. Algeria,
too, has proved its suitability by past
evidence. During the cotton famine
following the outbreak Of the Ameri-
can Civil war an abundant crop Of cot
ton WINS grown there, and some French
manufacturers believe that the indus
try might now be revived. At that
time 10000 acres of cotton were cul-
tivated. and II at the present time S5,-
600 acres could be restored to such
cultivation France would enjoy an an
nual native crop Of 10,5o0,000 kilo-
grams (23,14S,5S5 pounds) Of cotton
Cambodia, too, produces consider
able quantity of cotton and the cultf-
vation is being extended.
In Spain a bill to encourage cotton
growing has been introduced In the
Cortes, the plan being to extend the
crop by offering prizes and other In
ducements to those who raise It. Italy
has great and growing cotton In
dustry, employing 2,700.000 spindles
and 171,0O0 work people. 1t used Sio,-
600 900 pounds Of cotton In 1903, as
compared with 270,0OO,OOo pounds In
1900. In 1882 the value of the product
of the industry was a5,S00,000 ($2S,-
225, ,700:) In 1908 1t had grown to el3,-
SOC. 900 (ss5, ,6s7, 1909 Naturally, such
a market would welcome native cot
ton, and it is believed that the crop
might be cultivated profitably in Italy,
At any rate the cotton which was
grown there up to 1873 was useful
though not of very high quality, and
a better staple might now be obtain
ed.
Germany has been very active In
this matter and has In some respects
gone ahead Of England. 1t offers many
incentives to colonists to devote
themselves to cotton growing. A price
has been offered in advance for ops
raised and premiums have been g ven
for the best crops. The colonial COM
mittee also furnished gins and bale
presses free of charge, and the Ger
man steamship line Of Hamburg Of
fered free transport. The result was
that the Saxon Spinners' Union. which
had previously had cotton from Ger
man West African, received In 1909 the
first consignment from German East
Africa, and there was the prospect OF
supply from Togo. Saadani, Usamoara
and Pongene Germany also sent Its
EXPERTS to the cotton fields in the
southern states to study cultivation
and established an Office at Dar-es-
Salaam to organize all cotton scher:ss
and see them properly carried out
Railway development for transport
from the inner lands to the points OF
shipment has also been taken in hsnd.
This systematic work has had the
best results. The Togoland cottor, has
shown a marked improvement, IN
consequence of the teaching which has
been impaired, and 1t was entimated
that the crop there In the current year
would reach 100000 pounds. The area
sown has been greatly extended, and
next years crop Is expected to yield
1000 bales Of 500 pounds each. The
Reichstag has voted the funds neces-
sary to construct a railway for trans
port from LONE to Palime. In Ger
man East Africa there are 1000 hec-
tares (4,942 acres) under cotton. but
when the Nyassa railway is completed
It will be possible to cultivate the Kill
wa. district, where there are 100000
hectares (247,104 acres) Of good cot
ton growing land. To obtain the ad-
vantages of cheap transport and ready
markets the government Is aware
that nothing would tend to develop
cotton growing so much as the open
ing UP of light railway lines.
The Dutch have also given atten-
ton to this important question, as 1t
affects their East Indian colonies. Two
varieties Of cotton have long been cul-
tivated in Java and much has been
done to develop the trade. In 1902 the
cotton export Of the Dutch East Indies
amounted to about $500 tons, half OF
which was Of Japanese growth. The
administration VI lhC piCoieS'~J -
Samarang, the chief centre Of the cot
ton cultivation, is promoting and pro-
tecting the interests Of the planters
and the government has provided a
sum of money to be advanced as loans
and premiums.
The regent Of Denmark has studied
the question closely and has succeeded
in producing a staple which sells for
pence az cents) a pound In Holland.
Even in Palestine there Is likely to be
a revival Of cotton growing. UP to
1866 cotton was grown there on con-
siderable scale on the belt from GAIA
to Tyre, 100 miles long and 5 to 2o
miles broad. The export from Pales-
tine during the war averaged 2OO,O0O
bales, and though the fall in price led
to the abandonment Of the Industry
there Is no reason why at fair prices
II should not be re-established. The
Palestine cotton is inferior to that OF
Egypt, being shorter, but 1t Is indig-
enous to the soil and fiourishes, where
as cotton from foreign seed can only
be grown successfully with expensive
irrigation works. Still, even the in
ferior native cotton is of a useful kind
and cotton from Holy Land may be
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