The new era., 1909-10-07
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ZHE GREAT COLTS TYiLLS c9cO7I AND

from the paradox and irony spnners in Lancashire
81; Can or chemntz 5000 miles and from a
field. turning out finished garments for many
peoples including some of the Americans grew
raw material we can admire the OF cotton goods
massed in the great world movements trade From
u'e factories oil Europe and Japan countless ships
carry increasing of cotton every civil
iized port Goods staple constitute a vast
proportion of the merchandise hauled across all
continents and where modern methods TRANSFORMATION
pause primitive and picturesque carriers up the bur
den of the worlds cotton trudge with these
goods to eager customers along the frontiers
Cotton cloth the Christianity in the ungles
OF he.Dark Continents to the Congo cotton
cloth is precious than ivory gold Under the mid
night sun arctic dogs drag eds laden cotton goods
The the eagle look down wonderiprlv mon
pack trains carrying the European cotton ms
across the Andes The yak goes burdened with cotton
goods into Tibet Godowns along Chinese streams are
stored with cotton goods awaiting shipment and to the
reaches of the Yangtse Hoang-ho the native
Chinese trader his junk carries and gar.
ments to interior tribes Burros cotton goods
from England and Germany pick way across the
mountains of Mexico The elephants India and theI
camels of the Levant and Egypt carry cotton goods
And the unique and almost unbelievable is that
this Incredible volume of traffic in goods engi-
neered by countries that do the raw
supply The energy and ambition of Europe and Japan
pledged to transporting cotton
door but America which furnishes unmanufactured
product and makes possible the commercial invasion of
the world has little share in the profit conques
The contest among the powers to-day is for and
cotton in form is the chief commodity
before in history the ships that
the sea ARE weaving the warp and the woof of the
worlds civilization" The ships of Europe go
forth laden with cotton goods England the
mighty world traffic. That kingdom has had the far
seeing provide cheap transport alton between
the factories of England the consuming
And Gernanys wonderful rivalry o the
clear vision that the future of its empire the
The successes of Japan founded upon the,
multiplying exports from its cotton mills The Sunrise
Kingdom is actually selling cotton goods
than silk, and hitherto silk has been commercially
in the far east In fact goods constitute
the most important factor in the commerce of every
great country except America.
There is portent of great revolutionary changes
in the worlds trade in cotton goods 1t is inconcevabe
that other nations at the of America
winning trade triumphs with commodity which they
do not naturally possess which they obtain in
sufficient quantities outside of the United States and
which they could manufacture profit but the
fact that sell the product and times,
below the of raising It, There is logical
why United should Europe only s4OO0OOO
worth of finished cotton goods while that part
of the world exports than $4,000 600 worth
And there is logical why it should continue
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 them the Atlantic ship
the United States In finished form and in quantities
amounting in value to $15.OOO.OO in year
We have been unjustifably jubiant regarding
foreign trade. We do sell abroad quantities
of goods and materials. but In to cotton it is
largely the product which there is little profit
Alone of all the industrial nations the United States is
not important factor in the sale of cotton goods
mankind For instance the international
cotton yarns supply less than one-thrd of
cent
the record. up to the writing. dsclos
ing Americas unsuccess international trader in
cotton goods
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF COTTON GOODS FOR
THE TEN MONTHS ENDING OCTOBER. 1908.
Imports Of Cotton Cloths Dyed unbieached Painted Etc
Rasland .s5,7o5453
&tance .................-..... 5lLo47
Swt1eraho aoo'ooo o
Other Europe ..-.:....-............. 22sslS
Japan .......................... 8O.526
Other countries ..-......-...........- l2s7