The Forrest City times., 1910-07-01
THE FUTURE OF COTTON.


 The Liverpool Courier, copy of which newspaper was handed us yes terday bl Capt. Jas Russell. has an interesting symposium of the views of prominent and able cotton men of the old world assem bled at the Brussels Cotton Congress. on the subject of The Worlds Inadequate Crops How to Increase Them
 The paper was sent 10 Capt Fus- sell by Ms Graham, who is now tour ing that country. and among other things it says.
 Considerable time was spent in deal ing with the inadequacy of the cotton crops of the world, and discussing means of securing better supplies.
 Mr. S. NJ Johnson tCaNnpore3 men toned that on the initiative of the British Cotton Growing Association large grants Of money were made to many provinces m India during the viceroyalty of Lord Curlon for the cX- | tension of cotton growing Tine move ment thus initiated had been sustain eel up 10 the present time with vary 1 ing vigeur and success He did not see why India should not in time pro- duce ten million bales of cotton yearly. or nearly aS much aS America.
 MT. A II. Dixon England) speaking on cotton prospects i'll Egypt said the i yield of the soil appeared To have got gradually lesS=a dimiHation of about - per cent i'll twelve years Still l ff l Egypt were by no means pessimistic
 Mr. R. II. Jackson and Mr !. NJ l Thomas reporting on he work of he British Cotton Growing Association. expressed acontident hope that within a mparatlYCiy short time there would be a large increase of cotton from the British Colonies
 Herr Moritz Schanz (Germanvy men tioned that e20,0 of public money would be expended by Germany this year on the promotion of cotton graN- ing in the German Colonies.
 Herr kuIllers AuStria mentioned that owing to the massacres in Asia | Minor Ill l9e9 the cotton crop of that 1 region Ter this season was 40 per cent lower than in the previous year. This season, however the area planted was larger than last season.
 MT. j. W. Fox director of the Mis- Slssipp experimental station1 stated that the present condition Of Ameri- can cotton presented no cause for alarm from the spinnefs standpoint statistics showed that for forty years up To last season the eF0poI America cotton had steadily kept pace with the demand. Should tle consumption ad1a9 during t4e next twenty yrti- HH sae same ratio d. during the past HtY wears ale demand for American e t0n at the end of that period "oa#t Ue -. Uo0. 000 bales No factor would Ae so potent in insuring a norma 1ppiy of cott0n ds stable price. Iue world must revise it's ideas as To the price of cotton as il had done with regard t0 meat and l wheat
 Asked by Herr kualer what lie thought the price should be, Mr Fox suggested l. cents q pound a state | ment which the Congress received with tncredulity.
 Herr kuller then asked il the Con greSs was to understand that Ameri- can cotton Was t1 be worth l5 cents. whether il Was big crop or small crop? Were they 10 bc in the position that all other things might change. but that the price If cotton was t0 be anehangeableE
 Mr. Fox repeated that in his opinion the cost Of cotton must advance t0 L. cents, owing To the advanced cost Of everything connected with cotton growing
 Mr. t l. MeCoa Montreal said t would be much better if cotton could be maintained at far level which would yield | jgst profit in the long run
 Mr Maeara pointed 6Qt that high priced cotton lad lhe effect If lessen ing the consumption Of cotton goods.