The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-30
K7ZRE C0TZON THREAD CONES EPON-- ~z@vs
ZHE GPflT COLTS nm s c0CO71 AND

reveal a world of opportunity passed mLFE vi
II we turn aside for n rlomort
from The paradox and irony spuuors in Lancashire
~ Gan or 'Ncmul2, 5000 miles and from n cotton
field. turning ont finished cotton garments for many
peoples including some of the Americans who grew the
IA" Wal"rn' We can admire the value of cotton goods
WHSS"d 30 the great world movements trade. From
Che factories Of Europe and Japan countless shipsi
carry increasing cargocs of cotton fabrics TO every civil
hzod port Goods woven of this staple constitute yasd
proportion OF the merchandise hauled by train across all
continents and whore modern methods transportation
pause primitive and picturesque carriers take up the bur
den of the worlds cotton output and trIdgc with tpcsc
goods to eager customers along the remote frontiers
Cotton cloth payos the way Christianity in the prIe
OF the Dark Continent; to the sayaGcs Of the Congo cotton
cloth is more precious than ivory gold Under the mid
night sun arctic dogs drag sleds laden with cotton goods
The condor and the eagle look down wondcrngy upor
pack trains carrying the product OF European cotton mills
across the Andes The yak burdencd with cotton
goods into Tibet Godowns along Chinese streams are
stored with cotton goods awaiting shipment and TO the
upper reaches of the YG-tse and IIoangho the native
Chinese trader his junk carries cotton cloths and gar
mcnts to interior tribes Burros laden with cotton goods
from England and Germany pick their way across the
mountains Of Mexico. The elephants of India and the
camcls of the Lcyant and Egypt carry cotton goods
And the unique and almost unbelievable fact is that
CHS incredible volume OF traffic in cotton goods cng
necrcd by countries that do and raise the raw
supply. The energy and ambition Eurupc and Japan
pledged transporting cotton goods to the rcmoest
door, hut America, which furnishes the manufactured
product and makes possible the commercial invasion
the world has little share the profit from that conquest
The contest among the powers to-day IS
cotton some form is the chief commodity carried As
before in history the ships that and rccross
the sea ARE weaving the warp and the wo0f Of the
worlds civilization" The ships Of western Europe 70
forth laden with cotton goods. England leads the
mighty world faic. That kingdom has had the far.
seeing wisdom TO provide cheap transportation between
The factories of England the consuming countries
And GrrmHuy's wonderful rise to rivalry the
clear vision that the future Of its empire the
The of Japan founded upon the
multiplying exports from its cotton mills The Sunrise
ia HTlu abr dol
than silk aud hitherto silk has been commercially SUI
preme IN the far east In fact cotton goods constituted
the most important factor the of every
great country except America.
There is portent of great and revolutionary changes
in the worlds trade in cotton goods. II is inconceyable
that other nations go the expense of America
winning trade trumphs with commodity which they
do not naturally possess, which they cannot obtain in
sufficient quantities outside of the United States. and
which they could not manufacture at profit but for the
fact that we sell the product near and, at times,
below the cost of raising 1t. There is logical
why the United States should sell Europe only 100000
worth of finished cotton goods year while that part
of the world exports TO than S50000000 worth
And there is logical why it should continue
to be possible and profitable for little halffro2en
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 them back
10 the United States in finished form and in quantities
amounting in value to $l5,000.000 In a year.
We have been unjustihnbly Jubilant regarding
foreign trade. We do sell abroad enormous quantities
of goods and materials but in respect to cotton 1t is
largely the product which there Is little profit
Alone OF all the industrial nations the United States is
not an important factor the sale of cotton goods
mankind For instance of the international demand for
cotton we supply less than one.thrd of one
cent.
Here is the record up TO the date of 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
From
England 20, 40 ADJ
Switzerland 29I,3G0
other Europe ZEoSlo
Japan Observation-Disclosures. S0526
Othor countries ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1897