Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-18
COTTON CROP IS
GETTING BETTER
BY LEAPS AND
BOUNDS
Each Year Sees Large Pro.
duction and Supremacy of
the South Over Balance of
World is Unchallenged.
GREAT BRITAIN RUNS
US A CLOSE RACE NOW

Special to Evening Herald
Washington, Npril lS--kccping
pace with the advancing prosperity
of the south, tho cotton crop of ia"
United states Is 'uwpng inward by
lenps ana hounds II was larger in
1910 than over before. ptbcr ma
ti"ns. NOTABLY Egypt and India. both
parts uf the Hriiish empire. are try
ing to question the supremacy uf the
United states Ia the cotton n.ld hut
tbs supr"macN scoms Ia bee uuassail- D.
nhic
rhis nation exported s53o. oo0 o0o
worth of cotton In 1910. IN value or
cotton oNpnrtod this exceeds by more
than SEQ 900 GOO the best prpv,uns
record hui tho quHntitN exported.
however, was materially l"ss than IN
certain eurtor wears Tho exports ln
1910 amounted 10 3.64l ooo. opp
pounds but in 1905 the record marx
Va quantit, was reached. when tho oN-
porte totalled l.31i 0UN. ."p0 pounds. lu
lHnN. however the value of the -
port crop was hut Si3s.u00. n0u. Tho
.v,rugo ,Npur prier ~ 1870 was itis
cents. as against io cents in iso,
The exports of raw cotton represent
approx imat,lN twu-thiris of tho cot.
ton production of this country. and
this ratio hotN,yu th. exports and
thr domestic consumption mas been
maintained through long period af
yeats. ln tho varlA Years ct THE Dpu-
tuN cotton rapidrN hcvumo IN, domi-
nunt t'aturo oi American exports Hnd
even ~ the marvellous advance ui aa.
rieulturt and mauufactutine Interests
u tn' European market uf the un~t
3" Years cotton has mnrc than held
its own The nations of the world are
compelled To- come to ia. United
states Tor their cotton b"causc of th,
scarcity of the staple IN othcr sections
ot IA, gloh,.
Ar estimate pf ih, cotton pro%uc-
ton of the world tor the season of
lP1o-19il. supplied bg the bureau ct
statistics uf the department of COM
neroc and labor is as follows.
For the United states. TO- ts5 noo
bates of SOC pounds; india s.lsG.o0
bales. china. i.2o0. .uou bales. Egypt.
3tu.ono bales, Russia tAsiatic PROV
iurosl. iHs oop bales. Mexico. i95. 600
bales aud miscellaneous Including
lirazil. Peru, Persia. Turkey and other
countries $4,000 bairs. making the
worlds crop lS.oi9.Jr0 bales. of
which considerably moro than half
was supplied hy the United states.
The British empire BE- making a
great effort To- increase the cotton
crop of Egypt II is believed that IN
that ancient hand climatir ana soil
conditions are extremely favorable 90
the development of cotton. and sci.
cntisis brlirvr that in ~. futur, It's
crop win riVai that oi the United
Stat"~. II ls not Yet u formidnhl" fac
tor Of the worlds supply. however,
TN" great mills of England sin look
across the Atlantic for the bulk of
cotton for their looms
china now ranks third among The
worlds cotton producers That en-
pire has an annual production of
! goo. zoe hHlos. most of which b. man
ufactur"d into Narns and cloth hN
hand machines. whil. .dn. .0un halrs
nr" annually exported To- japan pf
the cotton crop OF india IT, ls cstuat-
81 that slightly less than on,-hnlr ia
exported. nf the Egyptian cotton
prac,ioaily an n exported going
chiefly to Great Hritan and.the INIT
"a states Its long siapl, ANA SILKY
lusior give IT a high value when used
~ conjunction with thr shorter
s,apl"i cotton of other parts of the
world
Tho outlaoH for en- Increased cot
ton crop Zen the Initcd states is high
Is favorable. sccordiug t. thr gov
rtnm'nt scientists. DESPITE the pu-
croHr rhmrnts of the buu Wrpvil and
ih' limitations which nature has ina
posed on IN" cotton growing area it
II beloved that intensive. cor scientific
developments can hc sstitutcd iu re-
gard to this staple with tho Same good
rcsulis that have folloWed with other
asf cultural PRODUCES scientists OF
the bureau of spilS ana ot the bureau
"t plant industry, department ot AK
riculturc, are nov paving great at
t,n,ion to this phase of thy cotton
problem. Il II believed that the adj
vance of the boil vccyil has boon
stopped temporarily at least Il has
not secured any strong foothold in
new territory of the south IN the past
two Ycnrs,
The value OF raw cotton imported
INTO the United states during the year
lsio was,'n round terms. about SIS
ooo, 900, uf which ,i0.000.0oo cam.
dircc, from EgypL 81 600. Goa from
the United Kingdom. presumably
from Esypi. nearly sl.0GU.0u0 from
Peru and Siaa. n0n from china.
Another factor affecting the cotton
situation L. TN. rapid growth OF cot
ton cloth from England. manufnc,ur-
cd largely from its own cotton. The
c'ttol cloth supply of this country
annually shows an increase uf domcs-
Tie manufacture. but Eneland's textile
industries are :" FIRMLY organized ana
rntr"nrhed that for many years her
American rivals made little hcadwaN.