The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-12
.R.AISE ENOUGH COTTON
TO @CLOTHE THE WORLD.

Than 81 ,10U,U0 bal les ~ ext s. 10 III caIle
Georgia. with almost 10000 bales les and Il,
mn. $4,000 bales rs a
$5s8l,"Where Is tho center Of cotton prodlic-i
3tionY,, NJ $ a n "A iSs55 4 n sS
!. n "Itsis Just about where It was half g
century ago Il was then twcnt y-eights
miles southwest OF, Birmingham, Ma. N
1860 II was seventy sight miles east OF
jackson, Miss, and In i $50 ninety q
wa s thirty. four miles west OF tJn OK soil, &
so thnt you see tho cotton terrific ls
we'll blocked out and II does not vary
much from year to year" " III .
#j8l.1t.iB our,cotton that keeps the factories
gof tie world going, Is It not, Dr. Gallo
3m.ayf',, 3as 3ss IA II H
Yes. rs tho great nations across tho
aterlare dependent upon us for their "a v
material. Any change In cotton prodlic- II
itio$i Is rapidly feltsin the manufacturing
ceEters OF Great Britain and Europe. II
affects wages, 1t determines the food SUP Y
ply and sometimes even lie itself. During
the last two years there has been greanl 4
distress In many English manufacturing
towing on account OF the high price OF raw
cotton, bout a yea ago, 9it Is 50 ID. that
$50. 900 lnborers there were working short
time and that relief funds had to be
graised for them. III . 81 s5t%
John Bull Raising Cotton.
5.''But John Bull Is trying to make him
self independent OF our cotton. is he
&S n 5 II ~ 3} hi ~. N
Il believe 80. but there is little prospect
that he will be able TO do so. lie has no
IN the production OF cotton. r he British
Cotton Growers Il ASS ociation has been
active In trying to raise cotton n frlca,$
India and the West indies. AS Cotton 8ls be
ing planted along the soudan$a and also.in$
Nigeria; on the Sold coast. and in Sierra
Leona and Gambia: but 80 far I he only
SUCCESS Of account Is iii Egypt. T here.
tho Yield aggregates something Ike 500 ]
thousand bales per annum which lis less
than one.thrd OF tho annual crop OF
Texas. NJ ~ gsi
$755,''The Germans are also trying to ralse
cotton In their African possessions The
,Kolonlal -Kirtschaftliche -Comitc Of Berlin
has been arousing interest In the subs
.ject. 1t has collected cotton seed and
man American colonies. It offers pr"
miuIns for the best crops and gives free
transportation from Germany to the colo
mics. j has even gone 80 far as TO promise 4
.toSbuy4the entire crop at q fixed price. *
tits delivered at the coast ready for shl p
nent; and also to furnish the planters
1T greatly reduced prices. Some 1
agreed to transport this seasons crop \
FREQ OF charge. a55i3tt. & rs 5af 5s
I'm. order to carry out these. expert s
ments Germany has secured cotton ex- 4
3perts from Southern States to take 4
charge II OF them. She EAis 81 alsof sending A
her experts to this Country to study the
me hods Of cotton culture which prevail
IN the South. So far we have no idefinite
.statinttcs showing lust what the Germans
are doing In Africa, but We know that
her first cot ton shipment from her colo
MES was received In December, ! o02. and
that 1t consisted of only four bales. It
Will be a long time before any fear need
be felt from Germany as q cotton COM 1
.petitor. * "a :8ss8 N
Uncle Sam Exporter.
Are our cotton exports ncreaslng. Dr..
Galloway ?.''sI asked.
y es. In 1880 we exported only four and
one-half million bales Of raw cot tom Last
year our exports amounted to more than
seven million bales, which, with the ex-
5ception Of three years. was the largest
amount OF cotton the United States has
ever exported III, a single year
thing whichis even more im-&a
portant, n continued DR.. Galloway, f$5'' Us
that wo are rapidly increasing our ex-5
ports OF manufactured cotton. We are
5pushlng our cotton goods nto every part
OF tho world. We sent abroad last year
more than forty million dollars worth
and we shall send more from year to !;
year. It Is this hat Is troubling the
European nations. AS long as no FUR
nlslicd only{the raw material they did not
care but they now look upon us 8
big competitor In tho sale Of the n1anu-
featured goods OF the world w arc ex-
tending our markets. not only in Europe,
but s in the Orient, especially in Japan.
Japan has now about 100000 spndles.
and she uses six or seven hundred thou
sand bales OF cotton annually, a large
part OF this comes from the United
States. AS to our exports Of e cotton
ia brics our best customers are the United
Kingdom, 81 10000; Germany, 81, 1oG,o 600;
France. about see5. 900, and Turkey, in Eu.
ropo. 4, SCI, coo. ssl We send moro than So
900 900 worth Of cotton goods to- Canada;
moro han s1.70o, 900 worth to Mexico and
Central America; moro than, FaISoo' 0o1
worth to the West indies and about
81. GOO 600 worthto South America. We
oO0. 900 worth OF cotton to Asia, $l2. 900
worth to Oceania, and 1851 900 worth to
Africa. So you see.g our manufactured
cottons form no small part OF our nat onal
exports 4 q Il, 5s 3.;5it ISL "A u,
Big Factories in the South.
.'yyhhre arc the chief cotton factories Of
the United Statcs?'
"JJntil within a few years they were
almost all In the North" said Dr. Gallo
way. "but some Of tho biggest and best
OF tho cotton mills of the world are to
be found in tho Southern States. In 1884
tho Northern mills consumed 4 ,637, 900 bales
Of cotton while the Southern mills con-
s,,med only $40 bales. Last year, only
years laterathe Northern mills
took 1866, 900 ba les, while tho Southern
mills took l,e5s, 900 5ba les X IN other words,
tho Southern mills consumed ms much
within s 900 bales MS the Northern mills.
more than, go cotton mills md seven mill
lion spindes. The Southern cotton cloth
is, however, less valuable than that pro-
duced In the North, only tho cheaper
grades being manufactured In the South"
3i'sWhat kind of labor have you In the
Southern cotton factories Nj,
l'Most Of them arc worked With white