The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-17
a Scheme to Do Away.
neutrality-suspicious. Of q
the Staple.
MANUFACTURERS TO-
JOIN WITH PLANTERS
Attempt Being Made to Interest
British Government in Plan.
More Than $5oo,ooo,ooo
Taken From Product
III Going to the
Factory. l
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$ LONDON, September l6.-Thc elmlna>
ton OF manipulntors from the cotton marx
kot Is a dream cherished by the great Al
y English cotton splrners. G{55ts9 9k
Successful--at least to a great extent-<g8 n
In the adjustment of their troubles With
their employees, they are now turning
their attention to the discovery OF q 5s
method for preventing the recurrence oe s
the situation Of two years ago, when, aa
consequence OF the price of the stap.A
being forced UP and kept at a high figs III
ure, large number Of factories Iii Eng N
land had to shut down, thousands Of II
men were thrown out Of employment and N
many manufacturers Of cotton goods
were ruined. e "a Is ,ji
3& G. w. NIAGARA, OF Manchester, d b
wealthy cotton goods manufacturer, who y
is president OF the International Fedcr<
alton OF the Master Cotton Spinners'
Association, Is prime mover In the plan. ~
which makes gathering Of statistics a In
regard to tho staple an agricultural un-S
idertuking by the uld of which the 2mar~lt
3ket Is to be regulated by tho ordinary
+ law Of demand and supply. M
May Join With Planters. 4s5
There is a possibility that the cotton
manufacturers may Join hands with tho 4
cotton planters in an effort to prevent
the control Of the staple from resting Iu %
the hands Of tho manlpulators
An attempt Is being ana Ia to intoresh
the British government III tho plan, and A
1T is beloved that the movement will.
( have the sympathy of King Edward, whd
expressed hlnself recently In his speech
to Parliament as being in sympathy with "
the objects Of the conference. We 5huvoE
Gnl a ,,xrl.,
Srlblc effects Of gambling in cotton said \
tMacara yesterday THE man who hnas \
not studied the subject docs not realize (
what mn irnpSrtant thing cotton Is
a3A$$ Reckoning the annual crop u t four I
pence per pound, Its value Is over 6 1G0, x.
i 00O, 600. aking into account what Is pro- Y
Sduced from cotton fabrics and such, tho Z
value of the crop runs up to ESQ, 900, 000 '''. ~
IAnElncrease of "a half penny in prlco&
per pound on tho cotton crop A Of tina
world means E91CO0 100000 through the sac-8
ttlon OF manipulators; e50O, 1000 from
plantation to factory. M y ss5555i3 AZ Y 8
a 1.-Two years ago the price OF the raw
product was raised from fourpence 4, to
IS to say. the cotton y
planter got tho lowest price and tho
mnnufacturerrhad to pay a higher, which
means that tho enormous sum OF 800, -
100000 was taken out OF cotton In the
process of going from the plantation to q
factory, q sum which Is far great ter thnn
tho capital invested In the cotton fac.
tories In Great Britain. Itals nothing
short of calamity IL the farmer or the
planter does not get q prof table price fo1'i
(, his crop. Tho man who is responsible !s &
an enemy not only to him. but to tho
manufacturer to the latter's employss, *
to the legitimate middemnn, and. last, n
to the consumers Of cotton goods, who 4
are, In the main, the poorest people In Y
the world.
"rho international Federation Of Cot-
ton manufacturers at Its last meeting de-si
5clded to take steps to ascertain exactly
what was tho consumption of cotton
ending August 3lst, also the stock in
hand, at that date, this is very im-
portant, but does not cover the ground; IL
what we now need Is authentc infornla- II
4 ton regarding the supply of the raw
material"
From members of our association on 4
the continent have had representations n
that we should appeal to the British gov-..
ernmont to try to influence other governs X
ments to make n gathering OF statistics IN K
regard to crops as an international jun-t ts
dcrtnkins." VI 5
after comforting with Mr.. lllbin md
that DIR object Is essentially the same ms
that Of tho International Institute OF <
Agriculture. this appears to mo to in-
dicate that as farmers and manufacturers IL
working along the same lines, a combhna-t
ton Of their efforts might prove ffre-
sistibc. Z. .Ss1}
"sr Thomas Elliot, secretary Of the
Board OF Agriculture, who was a member
or tho recent conference held In Italy, has
assured us of his interest, our hope and
expectation is to rid the whole Of the
cotton industry of the mnnipulator'
"In our efforts We hope 20 secure the
hearty CO. operation of President Roose-
waltz" sM