Alaska sentinel., 1906-11-22
CHANGE FOR TEXTILES.
Industry Now said 10 Be Making opportunities In Ihe Orient.

Opportunities In the Orient.
 The market of Asiatlc Turkey for ,alicoes. prints and other cotton tex tiles has never received the attention t deserves from American manufac- -urers and exporters says Consul Thomas H. Norton at smyrna. The value of the total annual Imports of such goods into the Asiatic provinces )f Turkey now exceeds S20, 1000, 900 and smyrna and the adjacent territory ab- sorb nearly one-quarter of the trade. The weight Of the annual importations of cotton goods into the port of Smyr- aa Is more than 6,0o0 tons. The united kingdom of Great Britain enjoys the bulk of this profitable trade, her expor- tatioDs to Smyrna last year amounting in value to S2,140,000. Italy comes next, with a record of s763, ,OO0, and the United States third, with a record of s15l,000. The balance is shared by Germany, France, Austria Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland and Holland. only the first two of which can show more than s100000 in the value of their exports.
 Great Britain has practically a mo- nopoly In the market for muslins, mulls, printed and colored handkerchiefs and furnishes most of the calicoes and white goods, bleached and unbleached. Italy contributes many unbleached cot ton. Drills come chiefly from Italy, Great Britain and France Heavy cot ton cloth Is supplied chiefly by Ger many and Austria, 8 certain amount coming lately from Greece. Cotton shawls are sent from Germany and Austria. America contributed but lit tie to the trade except the standard gray sheetings, the cabot" so thor oughly appreciated throughout the orient In certain distributing points in the interior the cabot" occupies a predominant place in the market
 The city of Koniah requires annually 10000 pieces of American cabot" A good indication of fairly prosperous community Is afforded by the trade of the island of Mitylene. The annual mi portation of foreign cotton goods there is valued at ss0000. It includes g. 600 pieces of drills, black and white; 2.050 pieces of gray shirtIngs, 1900 pieces of madapollam shlrtings. bleach ed and unbleached, and 1000 pieces of cabot"
 While the American trade In cabot" illustrates the durable success to be attained by continued adherence to high standard of production In a single article, American manufacturers ought to consider whether IL Is not worth while to cater to the widespread de mand in the Turkish market for very cheap cotton textiles. Of ginghams and other light eottonades local pro- duction Is steadily increasing, but this fails to gain on the growing demand. The trade in these articles at Smyrna amounts to about S5000O0 each year. IL consists of goods costing from 10 to 20 cents a meter. for widths varying from 50 to no centimeters. Italy at present Is the country which chiefly supplies this market Then follow In order Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria and Great Britain. The Uni. ted States is hardly known In this mar ket.
 A field in which there Is no local competition Is that of calicoes and prints. Here also Italy leads In the sales, absorbing 55 per cent of the business. Great Britain holds 25 per cent and other European countries 10 per cent additional Germany is now devoting special attention to the prep aratlon of designs which meet the pop ular taste, and promises soon to obtain a strong foothold In the market.
 This matter of design Is, Indeed. all important in an effort to capture the