Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-15
COTTON GOODS IN TURKEY.
One Foreign Country Where Ameri-
cans Have a Very Good Show.

Consul w. G. Magelssen, writing
from Bagdad, furnishes the follow
ing information concerning the con-
sumption of cotton goods in that
part of Asiatic Turkey.
Cotton goods form, the principal
item Of imports into Bagdad, and
their consumption is yearly increas-
Ing. Their value exceeds 81 100000
annually The most important Bag
dad houses have their own buyers In
Manchester and these supply the To-
cal market with only such goods as
they know will find favor here. Brit
ish cotton manufacturers study the
requirements and wants OF the peo-
pie with whom they desire to trans
act business, and the result is that
seldom, IL ever, does British cot
ton goods consignment arrive here
that can be quickly disposed OF.
Some thirty years ago Bagdad firms
had no buyers In Manchester; to-
day fifteen native merchants have
branch houses there. The great bulk
of the cotton importations Is British.
Terms Of payment are cash on arri-
val OF goods, though sometimes a
credit Is allowed after arrival.
During the past year Italy has
made strong efforts to share In this
market, and the quantity of cotton
goods hitherto imported from that
country has trebled. Direct ship
ments from Italy were made, but
more important consignments came
via Syrian ports, where Italian man
ufacturers make frequent calls and
where they are represented by agents
who extend their business operations
to these parts. In hosiery Italy
stands at the head as the supplier
Of this markets wants, while the
cotton cloth importations have con-
sisted mainly of prints. Austria is
also making progress in the Mesopo-
tamian cotton market.
1t Is not many years since Ameri-
can cotton goods found their way to
Egypt and the Sudan. Five years
ago Syrian houses placed important
| orders with American firms for cot
ton goods to be shipped to the east
| and west coasts of the Red sea-
Gradually American cotton goods
have worked their way to Jibuti,
| Alden, Bombay and Karachi, and,
are now slowly working their way
up the Persian gulf. In Koweit and
| Bahrein American gray sheetings,
thirty inches wide and thirty-six
yards to the piece, are finding favor,
and from these ports they are being
distributed to interior points Of Ara
bia, where they Al known under the
name of "AmeriCani." The same
quality Of cotton goods that sell in
Persian gulf ports are also suited for
this market. American gray shirt
ings have made their appearance also
on the Persian side of the gulf, hav-
ing come through Bombay commits
sion houses, and from all accounts
they are being kindly received. All
the gulf ports maintain close connec-
tionG with BagGad, and In view of
this part of the world 1t would seem
that this market is we'll worthy the
attention of American cotton manu-
tGcturers.
Bagdad supplies northwestern
Persia with foreign goods of many
kinds, and owing to the constant de-
velopment of these regions the i'm
portance Of Bagdad as q commercial
center Is ally increasing. The sub
stitution by the natives Of imported
goods for those Of local manufacture
and the increasing popularity of the
diverse varieties of cotton goods
among the Arab tribes present many
attractions to European exporters,
and American manufacturers will do
well to follow their example and
keep a sharp lookout on develop
ments in Turkish Arabia.
The reports Of Manchester, goods
show decrease for 1906, owing to
! high quotations and distant deliver
les. The year saw a shortage in the
imports of English gray yarns. In
dia quoted cheaper prices and sup
piled Bagdad with about $500 bales,
valued at $4,000. Some $50 bales
Of bleached yarns have come from
Great Britain, their value being
$4,000.
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