The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-10-07
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II aside for a moment
from the paradox and irony spnners in Lancashire
St Gall or Cbemnz. 1900 miles and more from cotton
held turning out finished cotton garments for many
peoples including of the Americans who grew the
cav material we can admire the value of cotton goods
massed in the great world movements Of trade From
the factories of Europe and Japan countless ships
carry increasing cargoes of cotton fabrics civil
'ized port Goods of this staple constitute vast
proportion of the merchandise train across all
continents and where methods of TRANSFORMATION
pause primitive and picturesque up the burl
den OF the worlds cotton output and rudge with these
goods to eager customers along the frontiers
Cotton cloth payes the for Christianity the jungles
Of the Dark Continent to the savages Congo cotton
cloth Is precious than gold Under the midi
night sun arctic dogs drag seds laden with goods
The condor and the eagle down wonderingly non
pack trains carrying the product of European cotton mills
across the Andes. The yak burdened with cotton
goods into Tibet Godowns along Chinese streams are
stored with cotton goods awaiting shipment and To the
reaches of the Yangtse Hoangho the native
Chinese junk carries cotton cloths and gar
nents to interior tribes Burros cotton goods
from England and Germany pick their way across the
mountains of Mexico. The elephants of India and the
camels of the Levant and Egypt carry cotton goods
And the unique and almost unbelievable fact is thai
this incredible volume of traffic in cotton goods eng
neered by countries that do not the ra
supply. The energy and ambition of Europe Japan
pledged to transporting cotton goods the
door, but America which the manufactured
product possible the commercial invasion of
the world has little share in the profit conquest
The contest among the powers to-day is for
cotton in form is the chief commodity carried.
7,
the sea ARE weaving the warp and the wool of the
worlds civilization" The ships western Europe go
forth laden with cotton goods England leads in the
mighty world traffic. That kingdom has had the far
seeing wisdom to provide cheap transportation between
the factories of England and the consuming
And Germanys wonderful to rivalry is to the
clear vision that the future of its empire
sea. The of Japan founded upon the
multiplying exports from its cotton mills The Sunrise,
Kingdom is actually selling abroad cotton goods
than silk, and hitherto silk has been commercially
in the far east In fact cotton goods constitute
the most important factor in the commerce of every
great country except America.
There is portent of great and revolutionary changes
in the worlds trade in cotton goods 1t is Uncomfortable
that other nations at the expense of America
winning trade trumphs with commodity which they
not naturally possess which they obtain in
sufficient quantities outside of the United States and
which they could manufacture profit but
fact that sell the product and at times,
below the cost of raising it, There is logical
why the United States should sell Europe only $4OOOOOO
worth of finished cotton goods year while that part
of the world exports to than $50000000 worth
And there is logical reason why it should continue
be possible profitable little halffroZen
try the roof of Europe to reach out to America
chase hundreds of thousands of bales of cotton and.
after carrying the Atlantic ship them back
the United States in finished form and in quantities
amounting in value to $l5,0OO,000 in year
We have been unjustihably jubilant regarding
foreign We do sell abroad quantities
of goods and materials, but in respect cotton it
largely the product which there is little profit
Alone all the industrial nations the United States is
not an important factor in the sale of goods
mankind For instance OF the international demand for
cotton yarns supply less than one-thrd per
cent
Here is the record, up the date of writing discos-
ing Americas international trader in
cotton goods
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF COTTON GOODS FOR
THE TEN MONTHS ENDING OCTOBER, 1908
imports of Cotton Cloths Dyed Unbeached Painted Etc.
England ,7O5,453
France Oli,V4i
Germany S29S19
switzerland 297,36O
other Europe 228,S18
Japan Observation-Disclosures. SO526