The sun., 1907-08-27
TINE CnrrON RUSINESS.
Na Condition In the United states and N
other Countries.


| other Countries.
To TaE EDITOR or THE SUN-SU: In your
editorial OF to-day you state that India now
produces some 1000 900 bales tof cottonl Annu-
| ally and Egypt some 1.2OO,OOO bales, anu
| contrast this with my alleged ststement
| that tho right combination OF soil and cii-
/ mate for tho growth Of the cotton plant u
lacking In other countries" IL IL quite true
| that Is the way my statement was published
by you. but II you will refer TO the original
COPY Of my letter you will end IL to be: Ma
ture has located In our Southern States over
the requisite area the right combination OF
soil and climate for the growth OF the cotton
plant. That combination 10 lacking In other
countries" Your omission OF the words
over the requisite area" made the sentence
smoother. as was doubtless your sole inteD-
ton, but IL destroyed an essential part OF lite
meaning. I have no doubt you Will regret
more than do that you have unwitttngy
based your reply on the imperfectly published
sentence from my letter.
Egypt produces cotton so fine and long 40
to place II In a class OF textile materials by
itself. Moreover, the supply 10 limited. and
~ IN within q few years that dam has been
built In the Nile at vast expense to increase
the area Of cultivation by increasing the
area submerged by the annual rise Of that
river. question the accuracy OF your state
ment that Asia and Africa produced cotton
centuries before anybody ever heard OF
America" Perhaps we can both agree that
Asia and Africa produced cotton before the
discovery OF America by Columbus. The
fact that the cotton famine during our civil
war. when cotton sold a. high as 81 90 pound,
failed to increase permanently the cotton
growing area of Asia and Africa outside OF
Egypt. and the further fact that efforts TO
stimulate cotton growing on those continents
since then have met with such discouraging
Nk,N II 49,. d. ~ 4
csshira declines 20 support the enterprise.
should be conclusive. The world wants cot
ton by the million bales and can find 1t only
In our Southern States.
Your broad proposition that the export
OF finished products rather than raw mate
riais is one Of the important points Of differ
can be accepted only with certain qualinca-
tons From the Japanese working for ten
ended last June o, ,Se4. .ssl worth Of sllk goods
subject to the Dlpgiey duty. and sold them ta
here that attract the Japanese TO this country
IN such numbers as TO create q serious race
ufacturers to compete in the Japanese market.
During the year ended June. 1900 we
6oSgns 81 GsrmsnSy SO 1857 81 r5 %snn .d
and during the same time sold her siOI. .SSS, ,In
you will find by comparing the high wages
and high standard % living in the United
states with the conditions disclosed by this
evidence from German sources:
., Woenenoertehts der Letgsioe, Monat,chrr flr
Texta- Indusins, April - i9o7.--Rechenbsch,
Ss,T O,aTSns %, ne" wage list has eesn prepared
woIkmen, but as II was not accepted, from 10000
Tqr%eS 1 Ss W. .a, sSs wHr Ts1 p1 ssx july
1ens wossr S.S 1 q oc
Sosdsg The spnndn n,cs and 't wssSer s%S
employed s BY w. j. RSsenths In Schw.idn,s ar. out
per cent for piece WORK and ' pfios BY the n hour
Of 30 pf. nv centsl for and 30 pf l4Ss centsl
for women. and a reduction OF one half hour In
,Annaeeroer Woohenolar. January 80. 1907
nesh here is Increasing very rapidly During % the the
| past year the number OF animals Of all kinds
decreased ,sss the number Of dogs and horses
lively the total slaughtered for the being
xen,ie@sn who had LOST % vsIasGe hunting fsi % dog
was Informed that his dog might be found In the
IN company with several police orrcers the owner
Of the stolen dog wen: % tho house to which he
discovery. Fourteen persons we're crowded in two
nsrrow rooms; In % one Of the rooms was = freshly
other skins Indicated that a number Of other dogs
of dom s The police s,c:ed four
cse"n.er TaCssaa MATCH is eElgg,c, lost Eseg
from q butchers advertisement You ssk II horse.
nesh is nourishing food s II heathful and really
| other snIrnssi You have the astonishing reply;
Horsencsh exces all others In nutrltive value being
! superior to the best beef lamb. veal or pork
Here comes diagram showing tho relative
an analysis BY Professor Koenlg, the result being
as follows: Horse. nj per cent; beef is7S per
lamb. les. to l7ii per cent; pork, II.si TO 20 Is
"Horsenesh Is the best and most nutritious and
therefore the cheapest meat. The constantly in
creaslng consumption. which In Germany during
compared with g.. 900 In the previous SIX months,
shows plainly that the wholly unfoundod
SorseSess Really young clean snd Of 'ns er1% Gsss
quality. The best that can be offered"
Whether the manufacture of cotton goods
under the conditions existing in Saxony and
Silesia is desirable depends altogether on
| worth living: Any difference Of opinion on
this score IL fundamental and argument over
it will be proftless. Those who. like YOU
! ditions may fairly be expected TO agree that
| an export trade gained by lowering the wages
| and living conditions among our working
| people would be curse to the country
| to is but bagatelle compared with the prod
uct OF domestic or foreign mills, a mere incl
| dent In vast trade. Our cotton mills, paying
wages from two 70 ten times higher than their
they can do 20, supply the domestic demand
| for cotton goods, IL foreign countries want
| any Of these goods at prices based on Ameri-
let them buy at low prices from Saxon and
| Silesian swestshops until the downtrodden
| workers in those pl!sces lift themselves to the
nasay domS While ssy srs slowly and
| on Americans should stand pat. This is our
| place in the cotton business
BOSTON, August "a. SAMUEL s. DALE.