The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-23


 are freauently planted maize. yucca. and even 'iguandul" Ca species or ieh- til designed for pasturageJ
 The best cotton lands in this district are those lying In the vicinity of Tu- bura, where petroleum Is found. and Sitio yieio. on the NJ Sdalena river. Transportation from the various cen ters to this city is by donkey back on fairly good bridle paths. whenever the rains have been more or less aoun- dant before the blossoming the staple is Iona and elastic; on the other hand. if there has been a drought during that interval. the staple is shorter and more brittle.
 ,r Colombia who thoroughly under stand its cultivation. The crops are raised by an infinite number or pc. ones' 0aborers), who own their small nieces of land or are squatters on gov srnment lands. Almost invariably
 noney is advanced to them by the Bar rannuiIla exporters on the security of their crops, for which they are paid oni inc spot from 75 cents to s1 per arroba ftwenty-fve pounds), picked, accord ing to- the cleanness of same. good part of the last crop has been sold at inc latter price, As a rule the cotton ,s very dirty, and that materially af- fects its marketing in Europe.
 Ginning and Shipping.
 The gins are owned by the buyers and exporters, who. when ginning for others. charge s1. 50 per quintal, net. The results of the ginning give one third fiber and 'two-thfrds seed Tn weight. Freights to European ports average IS per cent ad vaiorem on cot ton and about 90 per cent on seed. A uuintaI Of cotton costs the exporter, r. 0. b. Barraaquilla, $s, more or less, for which he gets from Sll to a1o Tn Europe. according to It's condition. With the Inducements now onered py othe government there will be large | increase in the quantities raised. There will also be competition among the buyers. with resultant better days 10 1 the5 farmer, who, in this country, IS more or less a helpless being, at the | mercy of the merchants. The class or X cotton raised in Colombia today IS the l Egyptian, apparently superior to that that | grown in our Southern states. tne l Peruyfan IS planted this year to a great extent and prom 1 ices to surpass in quality | the one now in use. Laoorers here | are not adapted to cotton picking. Tn l view of that it has been suggesteo to | the Government that an sAmerican ex- pert, together with lot Of negroes | from the Southern States, be secured | for the purpose of running experiment. al farms and educating the Colump mpiAn hands in the premises. There are nve gins in this city, all American, but II would seem that they were discaroeo | ones in the States dumped over here'
 These notes should be of interest to manufacturers of guns and other cot ton machinery, since more appliances will be needed as the industry assumes 1 larger and larger proportions.
 It may not be irrelevant 10 repea.
 that the Government has also decreeo
 bountfes on the following products
 On tobacco $1 per quiAtal until July | 2o. 1910: on cultivated rubber, $4 pei ouintal until July 20, 1914. and on cor
 fee, $1 per quintal until July 20. 191O
 All of this means encouragement tC
 the growers. This new impetus giyer
 to the natural resources Of this coun'
 try should also interest the other man
 ufacturers, as 1t will eventually mear
 more prosperity and higher purchas
 ing power, followed by more genera
 demands.
 Imports of Fabrics.
 The cultivation of cotton in Colom
 bia is principally for the export trade
 at least I see no immediate possibility
 of it's being followed by inherent man
 ufacturing industries. There Is al
 reason to pelleVet tneEeAofep thdt HI
 stead of being affected by a large pro
 portion of raw material our sales O
 manufactured cotton to Colombia will
 with proper and close attention, b. gradually increased. AS mentioned il previous reports, the foreign trade o , Barranquilla is about 65 per cent. O ) the, total foreign trade of the county ; and the imports of cotton good , through this port during the calenda year 1906 amounted to S,34S.04S pounds 2 of which Great Britain entered 5.165.
 124 pounds; United States, 1.602,6 50 pounds; Germany, 510,6S0 pounds Italy. 397131 pounds; France 379,99 pounds: Spain, 275,4 ,45S pounds and oth CT countries 17,407 pounds. This Is al increase of 2,702.s02 pounds over tn ! preceding year The American good are liked here very much, but tn
 Manchester goods are purchased cheap l. Fer. Besides. the EngIish people sen !. att better salesnen sthan' Americans ; The only American goods that sell her l cheaper than the English goods ar : unbleached domestics (prints and drill
 ings). in the sale of which the Unite
 States takes the lead. Great Britain
 sales are mostly in shirtings. yarn Q and cloths not specified.
 z There is only one cotton mill.
 small one. in this consular district. tn , underwear factory of A. A. Aycadi Ii & Go. of this city. The whole equiI = ment consists of one spinning machin a fifteen looms and thirty sewing ma = chimes. Forty girls are employed. an a the production is thirty-six dozen UT : dervests per day. A petroleum mote A of eight horsepower furnishes the CT d ergy.