Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-04
Reviews History of Industry.


beginning saying that it was founded in
failure. He referred to the difficulties in the
early periods of promoting manufacture of
cotton and other goods by the colonists as
the result OF prohibitive laws under Dutch
and British rule. Even late as IVA the
Secretary said, wool cards were the only
articles OF machinery allowed to be i'm
ported into this country.
OF the cotton industry now Mr. Straus
said:
To-day there is invested in this Industry
t6l3.Ur,tnO, nts annual product is 1885, :
"p-about One-twelfth of the value of this
class Of goods that enters into international
trade. The sO-Called yellow race are stead
i!y Increasing customers of your goods. and
as they advance and prosper. provided we
keep their good will. they will buy more
and more of your product and of other
American manufactures. China took $40
"No'" less from you last year than the
year before. How much Oh this was due IN
ii silent n-!mpOrtat.on agreement which
was used 50 effectively by US preceding the
revolutionary war, and which is known hy
The modern name OF boycott, ! leave YOU
10 figure out.
Development Of the South
Optimistic forecast of the future devel-
Opme1t OF the southern states was youch-
hafed By s. y. ID. North. director of the
census bureau, in the course of paper
on Some Present and Future Conditions
Of Cotton Production and Manufacture in
he United States
Director North predicted that at the
next census and at each succeeding census
foT ii long period the southern states will
show Il greater relative advance both in
agriculture and manufacture. than any
olacr section OF the United States He
Sa'd mat In the past seven years there had
been a marked tendency to consolidation in
ginning. lie predicted that the next great
advance In the evolution in the handling
OF lint cotton would be the supplanting OF
the present preliminary and somewhat
4o"se form OF packing by the general In
Production Of gin congresses
He declared that, inasmuch as the trans
pOTtauCn facilities Of the south had moi
kept pace with her marvellous Industrial de-
NrloQmeut. the producers had realized that
II they were TO get the fun value OF their
product they must not attempt TO market a
year supply in four months, and that
Therefore II was best for them 10 hold these
stool r. and as far poss ibl, to eliminate
taUSr mlddlemcu who have not In mind the
mutual interest Of produce: and consumer
Traces Every Bale
lie referred to the cooperation of the De-
rar.mrut of Agriculture and the census bu-
leau. and declared that the census system
Is a count ald not an estimate or guess.
Ike oihc" Therefore being enabled to trace
c>sry bale of cotton that goes from q gin
merry 10 tie market lie said that the
most confusing element in cotton statistics
lGe numerous standards of bale
weights. The gradual perfection of the
methods Of the ginning census, he said had
been followed 10y the complete eliminate on
Cf speculative estimates OF the size OF the
crop ~ a factor III fixing the price.
II the growth continues at the present
rate Mr.. North continued q majority OF
the American spiudlcs will be south of the
Mason and Dixon line.
Il look forward with confidence" he con-
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States. instead of exporting practically two
thirds of its cotton crop, will manufacture
10y far the greater part of II at home. and
will secure for her own people the enor-
NOUS profits which lie in manufacturing this
staple
Ship Subsidy Advocated.
Strong advocacy Of q ship subsidy was