The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-01-06
SOUTH HAS NO RIVAL.
World Will Never be Independent OF
Southern Cotton.

Frequently reference is made in
dispatches from Europe and other
foreign sections that cotton is going
to be raised at this or that point
outside of the United States. These
statements come thicker when the
Southern cotton farmer is getting
good price for his product.
The following from the Columbia
State will be interesting reading on
this point: ~, -.
In a recent address on the general
subject of packing for Export"
Charles. NJ. Pepper, special agent of
the United States, gave it as his
opinion that there is no ground for
apprehension that the cotton crop Of
the South would ever meet with sue
cessful rivalry abroad. Mr.. Pepper
has travelled all over the world in
Yestigating for this government the
conditions of agriculture and COM
merce in other countries. He paid
particular attention to experiments
Of cotton growing in different parts
of the globe and his conclusions on
this subject are worthy Of the closest
consideration. He said: - ,.
"This matter of foreign shipment
has an. especial interest to-, the South.
The time is not coming when the
world will be Independent Of the
Southern cotton crop. Efforts Of for
eign governments to, increase the cul-
tivation in various tropical countries
may meet with some measure of sue
cess, but, as you. know, the applica-
tions of cotton are increasing all the
time, and the crop of the Southern
States is more and more essential in
meeting the worlds demands. This
is true whether they are supplied in
the form. of raw cotton for mills in
foreign countries, or whether a larg-
er proportion of the cotton is worked
up here at home, as all Of US hope
to see DONE" .,-.,-. ,...'... r
Mr.. Pepper is right; the world can
not raise the sort of cotton, or at
least in sufficient quantity to affect
seriously the Southern crop. The
steadily increasing demand for our
cotton, will more than offset the har-
vests of a few favored regions.
It is well, however, to remind our
cotton growers and cotton exporters
of another point made by Mr.. Pep
per-as to the careful packing o.
cotton for export. The South should,
he said, be able to work up its cot
ton for export in manufactured form,
as we'll as ship it abroad in such con-
.dition as to appeal to the foreign
buyer. On these points he remarked:
"In coming down from Washington
and seeing the mills that are going
up, and the additions to what only a
few years ogo were new mills, l
have been deeply impressed with the
prospect of working up larger pro-
portion of the cotton near the fields
where it is grown. Also have been
impressed with the possibilities that
lie before your Southern mills In the
way of meeting the demand, not only
here at home but abroad, for manu-
factured goods. You are only at the
threshold of your industrial possibili-
ties. 1t is, therefore, Of unusual i'm
portance that your mills understand
the requirements of the foreign mar
kets and should study and practice
the details of packing for foreign
consumption"
The South need have no fear as tod
the future of it's great crop. If we
protect it from ravages of all sorts
at home, we shall find that the mar
kets Of the world will be always open
to it.