The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-12
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ence would have been more than suf
ffclent.

NO DANGER TO AMERICAN COTTON.
II take much interest in this ues
tton," wrote Mr.. Cardwell in his re.
port. Il desire to see the scholarly
efforts and the persistent researches
OF one OF my countrymen succeed; &c
see American mind do good as ooun.
terbalance to harm done by European
armies.
But years have elapsed aud the
swamps and sand strewn regions OF
the delta remain as thoy were when
the Texas man was consul general at
Cairo and for 1, 700 years before tina &,
although the SCORPION infested aad
hyena haunted depths of the "reo ION
OF Gehenna" have beeu traydraed
measured and explored by asc,re' OF
experts employed by the Egyptian
government, or representing scientific
societies of Europe and the United
States.
while the successful carving Of
the prcj cot would obviously have a
wonderfully stimulating tffeot on
cotton growing In Egypt" said Mr..
Whitehouse in discussing this phase
of the case, the cotton growers of
the south need not fear that q single
acre will be added to Egypt's cotton
area through my efforts for at least
five years. In 1891 and again In 1894,
III seemed certain that the work would
be undertaken at once. In 1898 q
contract was made for reservoir dam
at the first cataract; and even so we'll
informed a representative Of the
United States as Hon. E O. Penfeld,
appointed by President Cleveland
Ventured the prediction that | 600,
600 secs would be added before 1900
with an increase In the agricultural
output Of at least 20 per cent.
THE DAM NOT A SUCCESS.
But tn 8 expectations have proven
to be baseless. The dam itself Is a
we'll mile and quarter In length
The English engineers who designed
1t as a private speculation for an E 70.
l1sh company declare6 that 1t would
offer no obstruction to the high Nile,
but that the flood would pass as freely
through the sluioeways as o river
through the piers of bridge. On
August 8, last, when the reservoir
should have been empty, the Nile had
headed up over 30 feet and was tear
Ing through 140 passages, about 40
TO 90 feet In length, and tr 21 In
'.idth, at rate Of more than 50 miles
an hour. Deep crevices had developed
ON the downstream side, and 1t was
necessary to construct buttreSses in
great haste. 1t will take at least two
years to complete these and other re.
pairs.
The cotton crop has been increas-
ed by tho transfer Of sugar cane, land
cotton cultivation" continued Mr.,
WhitehouSe, but the official reports
show that the cops before 1898, when
the contract for the dam was signed,
have actually exceeded those raised
sine since It's CON plet,on, There has been
's Aouu ouo>iy 10 49, lnt4ss; zess s,el; he
whole scheme was a gigantic s%indle;
that o group OF English speculators,
OF whom Sir Earnest Cassel was the
principal, quietly acquired over ,0OO,-
600 acres, at prices ranging from the
government registration fee of 10
cents per acre up to $40 and $40, and
then agreed to build the dam in order
to raise prices and enable them to un.
load the land on the French and E 10.
lisn public during the four years the
construction work was in progress.
Even Lord Cromer appears to have
become alarmed at the impending
crash. The price of the lands was
&c 'ced up to nearly 5000 an acre, and
when the speculators have unloaded
the ground could not be remunerative
to the culJivator at any such prices.
WILL. NOT EFFECT PRICE.
But to return to the cotton ques.-
tion," said Mr.. Whitehouse in conclu
sion, the a merican growers have
nothing to fear. The Egyptian crop
OF this year Ia estimated to bs no larg.
er than that Of 1897 or about .26O,.
900 bales"
A resolution calling on the state de.
partment for all the papers relating
to Mr.. Whitehouse' operations In
ESygt has been introduced by Soma
tor Lodge and adopted, and the data
is now IN course OF preparation at the