The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
MzERE CO77OW THREAD CONES FROM
ZHE GRE17 COLTS r7,LLS cocO7I AND

If we turn aside for a moment
from the paradox and spinners in Lancashire
ST. CAL or ChemnltZ 5000 miles more from cotton
field turning out finished cotton garments for MANY
peoples including some of the Americans who grew the
raw material, admire value of cotton goods
massed in the great world movements of trade From
The factories of Europe and Japan countless ships
parry increasing cargoes of cotton fabrics every civil
Hzed port Goods of this staple constitute vast
proportion of the merchandise hauled across ALL
continents, and where methods of
pause primitive and picturesque take I'D the bur
uen OF the worlds cotton output trudge with these
goods to customers along the remote frontiers
Cotton cloth the for Christianity in the ungle
p the Dark Continent to the savages the Congo cotton
cloth is more precious than ivory gold Under the midi
night arctic dogs drag seds laden with cotton goods
The condor and the eagle look down wonderngly unon
pack trains carrying the product of European cotton mills
across the Andes. The yak goes burdened with cotton
goods into Tibet Godowns along Chinese streams Owe
stored with cotton goods awaiting shipment and to the
upper reaches OF the Yangse Hoangho the native
Chinese trader his junk carries cloths and gar
mens to interior tribes Burros laden with cotton goods
from England and Germany pick way across the
mountains OF Mexico The elephants Of India and the
cames of the Levant and Egypt carry cotton goods
And the unique and almost unbelievable fact is that
this Incredible volume OF traffic in cotton goods eng
neered by countries that do raise the
supply. The energy and ambition Europe and Janan
pledged transporting goods to the
door, but America which furnishes manufactured
product and makes possible the invasion of
the world has little share the profit from that conquest
The contest among the powers to-day for trade and
cotton in form is the chief commodity carried AS
before in history the ships
the "are weaving the warp and the wool of the
worlds civilization" The ships of 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 consuming countries
And Germanys wonderful rise rivalry due to the
clear vision that the future of it's empire on the
The successes of Japan founded upon the
multiplying exports from it's cotton mills Sunrise
Kingdom is actually selling abroad cotton goods
than silk. and hitherto silk has been commercially
preme in the far east In fact goods constitute
important of
great country except America.
There is portent of great and revolutionary changes
in the worlds trade in cotton goods 1t is nconcevable
that other nations at the expense America
winning trade triumphs with a commodity which they
do not naturally possess which they obtain in
sufficient quantities outside of the United States,
which they could not manufacture at 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
worth of finished cotton goods year while part
of the world exports to us more than $5o0oOOOO worth
And there is logical why it should continue
to be possible and profitable for little halffrozen
try the roof of Europe reach America pur-
chase hundreds of thousands of bales cotton and
after carrying them the Atlantic ship them back
to the United States in finished form and in quantities
amounting in value to $15,0OO.OO0 in a year.
We have been unjustifably jubilant regarding
foreign trade. We sell abroad enormous quantities
of goods materials, but in respect cotton is
largely the product which there is little profit
Alone of all the industrial nations the United States
important factor in the sale Of cotton goods
mankind For instance of the international for
cotton yarns supply less than one-thrd of
cent.
Here is the record to the date of writing. discos
ing Americas unsuccess international trader
cotton goods
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF COTTON GOODS FOR
THE TEN MONTHS ENDING OCTOBER, 1908
Imports of Cotton Cloths Dyed Unbeached, Painted
From
England 5,705,453
France ........................... 517,047
Germany ........................ S29,SlS
Switzerland ......................... 297,360
Other Europe Observation-Disclosures. 22S,S18
Japan Observation-Disclosures. 80,526
Other countries 1897