, 1905-11-30
Big FIELD FOR COTTON
England Will Investigate South
west, Says Edward Atkinson.
LAY CoLoNI7E VAST DISTRICT

Hoston That ItE1-
ian Peasants on Virgin Lands Could
Add C.0oO.oGo EaicS of Cotton and
3~10,0Go,O00 Bushcls Of wheat to the
present Annual Production of the
UniIed States.
The possibility that English cotton
manufacturers may look to certain por-
tons of the south and southwest for
insurance of Il steady supply of cotton
j. suggested in Il recent issue of the
Manufacturers Rccord by Edward At
EIlSon of Boston, who has recently
returned from England. lie says that
ia conversation with his British friends
he made the following statement:
The present crop of maize of the
United States is grown on 0 1000 to
10000 square miles. The present crop
Of wheat is grown ON $1,000 to 10000
S,iiarc miles; the present crop of cot
ion upGa less han 10000 square miles.
We may add 10000 to $4,000 square
Lilies for rice, tobacco, hops and such
other IIinor products of the soil rs
enter into our exports. making Il total
'''' . - VI ''''' FNhAI' HIiI oul
or ~3,OC2,OOO. emitting Alaska. On thi;
;,alall fraction even of our arabic land
the people of the United States are
fully supplied with meat, dairy prod
ucts, grain and cotton, with IL large
excess for export, mainly to Great
Britain.
Our kin beyond the sea are mainly
dependent upon us for food and cot
ton. We may mainly depend upon
t.s..l for Il market for our surplus.
Such being the fact, | hold that they
nus bc recognized and that the atten-
ton of in Great Britain
Should be turned to the development
ar tie resources in cooperation
With -.
! 1.-TWO most important groups of in
Ncstigators are now being organized
so find out whether my statements. III
most Incredible to them, can possibly
he sustained.
Having thus measured the area of
these special groups, | then affirmed
that n section could he defined in north
Crn Texas. oklahoma. the Indian Terri
tory. northern Louisiana and perhaps
Il patch of Arkansas. coupled with an
area of the prairie rice land of Louisi-
ana and Texas, of 100000 square miles
corresponding to area now in maize,
wheat. cotton. tobacco, rice and hops.
of which not one in ten was yet under
the pillow or not yet developed.
Il stated that the land is there. the
capital abundant. the power of direc-
ton simple, all that is needed being in
tclligcnt labor, preferably Italian and
southern European. italian peasants.
Icing accustomed to live on fruit and
....l.r-Ai, would find in this section
every ~nriety of the scmitropical fruits
Increasing III abundance and an ample
produce of the hard macaroni wheat.
Il also called attention to the fact
that tie Red river navigation to New
Orleans and its atllucnts offered cheap
and quick transportation on the way to
Liverpool. that several great systems
OF railroads were Gridironcd along this
whole section. will ample railway
service. and that the school system.
from the public kindergarten to the
state university, the normal schools.
the technical schools and the agricul-
.tural echools, was in complete working
order.
NlA'll lIlsl'It lllhn u nv " lIitlll
incrcdible-statcmcnt (can it be SuS-
tanned 0-to wit, II quarter part of
this area of 23O.OUO square miles never
yet touched by the pillow. say $4,000
square miles. may he devoted to cotton
II wheat, IL by intelligent c%ultiva-
ton G.OUO,OOO bales Of cotton may be
added 10 the present crop of the United
states ut the present rate of product
per acre and 100000. 900 bushels of
'rhcut may be added to the present
crop of the United States ut the aver
ggc product of this section ut the pres
"nt time, or an increase of about 30 per
cent on the present product of the
whole country. Whether or not these
statements can he justified will pres
emily he proved by the two lines of in
N~cSti"Ntion from England to which I
have referred"