The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

OHIIeu otdteS SVH6ul oe
 Cardir. Wales. writes the State De- partment at Washington that flew re- alize the extent to which tho cotton
 industry of England Is dependent on
 the cotton crop of America" and gives
 the following summary of the cotton industry offGreat Britain which affords an idea ofstts5 esrnagnitude and this dependshdAs Ssa 'sl='t --.
 Capital inveSted. directly
 and indirectly n,946.6o0,00O Value of raw cotton im-
 ported yearly. e. e. .. Gz1S,S92.5Oo Gross value cotton goods
 made yearly. .. 659.647.50o
 Value of cotton goods ex-
 ported yearly. .. ..... 447,71s.ooo
 dustry.. =. ..... s4o.ss5.o 900
 People dependent on the
 industry. .. .... iv'ooo,vov attention to this remarkable exhibit.
 to which Is added the fact that the
 raw cotton Is all imported by British
 ships. the cotton goods thus manufac- tured are all handled by British mer- chants and the entire profits from this gigantic industry are hereby enhanced
 many millions of dollars. a large part of which should come to America and
 the enormous profits be added to the
 wealth of the States producing and manufacturing the products and to the
 ship owners transporting them.
 It is estimated by expert statisticians
 that England's total profits from cot SSS9. .320.000. The figures for the same
 year show that of the ls.074.s60 hun dredweight of raw cotton imported that 15.440.574. or three-fourths. came from
 the United States. In other words. three- fourths of the gross prohts of the
 British cotton industry for 1905 were derived from the manufacturing of the American raw product.
 The statistics given are as signifi- cant from the American point of view as they are serious to England. Amer
 ican shipping should be revived and
 built up for serving the cotton carry ing trade, and American manufacturers from the South should secure most of l the profits which now go to the Brit ish. The loss to England of American
 cotton would create among them a pe-
 riod of industrial depression greater
 than ever known in the history of na-
 ous efforts are being made to develop
 new cotton fields In the possible cotton belt of the earth. Outside of Egypt
 with It's 3.223.s94 hundredweigh" of an | inferior staple last year, tho. efforts have been far from satisfactory v0IumlnOuS report nduo Dy tle cotton commission sent out by the Lancaster (England spinners has just been made public. which is of deep in- l terest to the South. The leading fea | ture of the report is the recommenda | ton to purchase lands in the cotton | belt of the United States for the pur- l pose of supplying the British market. | It sets forth that there is ample land | in the cotton growing States of the South to produce cotton to supply the worlds requirements for many years | to come. and that with scientific culti- vation one bale per acre should be pro- duced, while the great economies are | possible in ginning, baling and trans l portation." Already has 1t been an- nounced in the press that 3.o00,0oo acres of lard in Texas have been or are to be purchased for this purpose. Such a movement on the part of for
 eign government would seem to at least involve controversial possib'li-
 ties of a somewhat questionable nature,
 and suggestive of a matter of allen
 ism not altogether pleasing to Amert- cans. That would have been little
 more in place in colonial days prior to July 4. 177S.
 The advantages the Sonth possesses over every other portion of the earth for producing cotton Of a quality that can nowhere else be raiPed and which
 Is essential to the manufacture of Amer fabrics of cotton goods. Is a special gift bestowed by nature upon no other | country. and which should never be
 bartered or surrendered under any con J dition any nation of the globe. Eng