The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-11-01
WORLDS COTTON SUPPLY.
No Dancer Of Convection From Egypt and
South Africa.
Atlanta Constitution.

ters, and the same stalks would put
out better grade Of cotton during
the second year than in the first. In
some places the otslks were known to
have yielded cotton even as late as
the seventh or eighth year, but the
staple was very poor and unproft-
able quality. Where the plant was
pruned, the staple was Of longer
fiber in the second year than the first,
and Mr.. Stinson sees no reason why,
under the same conditions, the third
years yield should not hs equally as
good.
The labor in South Africa is entire
ly unreliable and unsatisfactory. The
aati.es work about 0shillings $3.50
per month, and feed. They perform
about one-third as much work as does
the ordinary negro in the South. In
addition to this handicap, the natives
never being fully broken into familiar
ity with the cotton fields, the means
and expensiveness Of transportation
seriously retard the advancement Of
the cotton culture. The maohinery,
too, is satiqusted, although mostly OF
American rake, and 10 for behind tho
most remote o. the island cotton pro.
decing ceu,ers Of America.
In the interior OF Rhodesis the ne
gr.s have no social rights chat c,se
recognized by law, and the natives ere
further from thc conditions Of the ne
groes in this country than one could
imsgine. Only few years ego they
were in revolt against the government,
| aud no CONCESSIONS have been granted
them. In the Cape Colony districts,
however, the negroes enjoy, to q cer-
tain extent, very restricted suff-
rage. As in America, they are better
slaves than masters.
In Rhodesia the winters are very
mild and the sunmersn not 40 hot as in
the South; neither are the winters as
cold in the lowlards. In Portuguese
East Africa, however, he found it hot
| the year round, in the GUNNER the
heat being very much greater than
that in the South. In all Of his ex-
psriments, covering the entire Rho-
desia territory aud seo.ions along the
! sail=eaa !a Pess::sSssess Pess::sSssess, he u55d uative
I labor and the tools and machinery
that was 10 use in that country before
his advent. With the machinery,
especially, he found reasons 20 be dis
Satisfied, and believes the extreme
eostliness in production lie ohargsble
| to that fses. !
In Egypt, however, Mr.. ssiuson
found reasone to looA with 2avor upon
J the industry, for there he found &hs
finsst cosson in the world, except tha
Sea leland cotson. bat the restricted
| area and: poor machinery will alwaye
tend 70 prevent Egypt from becoming
al serious competitor o9 the American
planters. The machinery there,
especially the gins, ass OF the most
primitive character, and really do
harm to the staple after it is gathered. .
According to Mr. stinson, the staple,
in the bolls: is far annerior to The
American.raised product, and Is ex-
oelled only by the Sea Island cotton.
The best grade Of cotton raised by
him in Rbodesia and Portuguese ranked
aud was olassed as being worth one
half cent per pound higher than the
American middliug, aud The Egyptie'
variety he raised In the same territory
equaled the best thes is grown along
the Nile. = .-. 90 49,. ....
He stated that the industry 10 car.
ried on in the Nile valley in Rgynt
almost exclusively by the process Of
irrigation, aud that every available
acre Of land is now under cultivation.
The crops never total more than 7OO,-
900 bales, .but strenuous efforts are
being made to bring tho total up TO
100000 bales annually. In the
bolls the cotton is Of the finest varie.
ty. but after put through the process
Of handling by the out.of date ma.
ehinery' the E6ber is .bsa!r Ssmsssaa
aud it's value materially reduced. s: /.
The Egyptian lands are owned.
%, -
principally, by British interests and
the land rents make tho cost Of pro-
dpcsion excessive. q Mr. stinson be.
lieves ahat, with tie land rents elimi.
mated, cotton csu be produced 40
cheaply or even cheaper than 10 tho
South. y 10 not an uncommon ching
90 and lands renting fof $50 spsr aacts
thisnsh 5,shssp referred dEssssios of'she
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