The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-28
How We ARr HAMprauD aY "srANDPArlsm.'


The department Of commerce and labor furnishes
figures that eloquent arguments IN favor OF
the increase Of cotton manufacture BY the United
States and showing the disadvantage vt which the
protective tari places the OF this country
when in competition with that OF other countries In
effort to increase the volume OF our exports and
imports with other nations.
when we take into consideration the fact that we
produce the raw product and that we possess the
skilled labor for its manufacture the disparity be.
tween the volume OF business done by English cotton
spinners and those Of Ameri,a with Asia and other
countries IS startling. For instance last year the
United Kingdoms exports OF cotton manufactures,
including yarns. we're valued at 4476576oO, while
those OF the United States we're valued at only
s55ls97oO. OF cotton piece goods the United King
dom exported sS44,6so9oo worth while the value Of
this country's exports of piece goods was only
s47652. 400. Asia is the greatest market both for
England and the Jnited Sttaes Thither more than
60 per cent Of Engiand's exports Of cotton manu-
actures go while the proportion Ut exports that
go to Asia is even larger.
In 1905 England's cotton exports to Asia were
$2o2,2i2,6o0, and those Of the United States
sSesss.200 OF England's total exports to Asia $40.
624900 went to China and Hongkong where the
United States sold sS3577sOo worth Of its cotton
manufactures The exports to Africa we're for the
two countries. respectively $29,4561O0 and s42S2OO
But probably the most notable OF these compare
sons is the showing she trade Of the two coun-
tries in cotton goods manufactures with Central and
South America To Central America England shipped
s5651900 worth Of its cotton manufactures and the
United States s2s9l 400 The disparity in the exports
to South America is even greater for England sold
ss2.o02.soO worth, while the United States sales
amounted to bnt ss476,5oo.
AS for the markets of Europe, the domination Of
English spinners is absolute. For example we with
mills in the cotton patches sold to Germany last
year $2210O worth OF cotton manufactures whereas
England disposed OF s5.s1950O while for all the rest
Of Europe the figures were respectively, s149 6Ot
and s24495,2oo.
There is some encouragement. however, in the
fact that American exports Of cotton manufactures
have increased steadily, and in some instances
rapidly IN three years for example the value Of oul
Exports to Central America went from $942 500 tc
S1560.50O The increase OF exports to soutl
America has been very slight. indicating littl,
progress toward the taking OF that market.
The greatest increase has been in our cottor
manufactures exports to Asia. In 1903 the value o.
our exports to China was SSS00,oO0 and in 1905
/ s33.014S0G. Within that time these exports e
Japan have increased from s26,S0O TO ss2S,3O0 bu
notable that while the increase for the year 1so
was than s5O0.ooo the year 1905 it has beer
less than 100000 The decreased ratio OF increas'
might be attnbrted to the growth of the spinning in
dustry in japan, and doubtless that has been one o
the causes but that It has also been due to British
competition is shown by the fact that England'
exports OF cotton manufactures to Japan have in
creased from s420s7OO in 1903 to $47SO47OO in 1906
With fair tariff and the erection of more mills
in America particularly in the Southern States, h'
disparity OF business in cotton exports now existing
between England and the United States would soor
be materially lessened.