The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-18

the United States Intellectually the IEA
cotton growers are surrounded aud ~
roerccd by factors which have no other Fxx
purpose than to keep them In TINS be. ILAX
nightcd vassalage From this condition
Influences of "A new American spirit IFA~
must liberate them. IM2n3
We smile at the Celestial shiyering In
the midst OF coalnolds larger than the lxR
state OF Pennsylvania. Americas atti- FAIs
tudo toward cotton H. almost equally Ikf
groteaque ON the southern rim OF the In U
United States, within an area OF prac- UF~
IDEALLY II states, Is grown so per cent X q
81 the worlds supply OF cotton The re
naming 20 per cent. grown In South ! @N
America India and the far east. Is OF an liz
Inferior quality and cannot compete l -
Nth the cotton grown in the United | -
States Notwithstanding this enormous VExL2
advantage tho fact sul remains that 49,
this heaven sent boon, paradoXlca IEsI
though II may seem dorR not enrich, L.
but rather impoycrishes. the southland VE
This Is tale of commercial inepti S7@A
tude our greatest asset f. our greatest =
humiliation Cotton Ia king, but 1t IL Il ~
badly served monarch. other nati0ns IA -
by farsightcd policy, intense activity, SsyDNr
and commercial alcrtnoRa, have over
come tho tremendous advantage we
have and by beating down the price of
the raw product. and with cheap labor on looms
and machinery for tho manufacture of the I'm.
lshed product. now control the markets OF the
world In tho orient, where We once had our
share OF TRADE. the market to say the least Is
slipping from us II seems almost a travesty
on American business methods that English
and German manufacturers can 20 on the
docks at Galveston and take our raw cotton.
carry It to Europe In subsidized ships. weave
Il with cheap labor. rctranRport It TO the Uni.
tod states pay the customs duty. and under
SCH our home manufacturers There is some
THING wrong here isn't there?
Cotton "a the clothing Of tho uncountod mul-
tttudcs and even those born 10 the purple dc.
pend upon cotton for much OF their apparel
ing King Coton's dominion Is mankind
America, therefore. predicting practically
alone, a commodity vital 10 civilized NE and
progross has in that harvest tho secret OF
incompatible wealth and power 1t Is not
stool or lumber kerosene or corn that iusures
enduring leadership Tor the United states Vast
capital and dynamite genius have gone into thu
development Of steel. yet this is trausitory.
Tho scopter OF steel must ultimately slip from
our grasp The iron orc beds of the Lake Su-
pcrior region are doomed Experts have mum
bored their years ms less than a generation
l.umhor cannot furnish permanent lounda
tion for our industrial pre- emIncnce The for
ests are fast vanishing OIL has contributed
one OF tho lending items 20 our export trade.
and has multiplied incredibly the fortunes OF
is managers. but the owClls cannot disgorge
their Numiuunt forever. Besides the Haku
folds are ready 20 compete cur corn and
wheat before the end ~ many decades viii
be consumed nj home Argentina, central Eu.
rope and Manchuyia produce these cereals In
proligal abundance. Even u our corn and
wheat were the worlds sole sufficient supply
Ms I'm the case Of our cotton the oversee ma
lions could dispense with those staples. As
some OF them now do Millions upon millions
OF Mongollans have not yet developed an M
petite for anything save rice But all OF them
are clad In cotton goods An additional inch
ON the shirts worn by the MonEouns would
mean one million bales OF cotton. and This IS
the market that IS slipping from us
Cotton Makes America Supreme Among
Nations.
Thus IL IS cotton and cotton alone that can
make America permanently unique ana su
prpme among the nations. This iaet makes
srntesque the record or our unsuoress In sell
ing finished cotton products across the sea
'rhe only foreign customer that counted OF all
importantly iu tGo totals Of our export trade
declined England Germany. aud Japan ART
forcing our ships from The Pacific. just as they
crowded them Of the paths 81 the Atlantic
we should be carrying Cargo1s 81 cotton goods
~ MI the ports OF the earth Instead Of that
the nations send here FOR SO per cent Of their
raw supply manufacture II into All forms OF
commodities, outsell u in all the worlds mar
sets. and even succession! ship the manai-s