Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-16
KING COTTON IS FAST BECOMING KING IN
 EVERY PARTICULAR
Impressive Figures Show How the South Is Going
 to the Front
YEAR 1910 BREAKS RECORD
(Ry Sidney Espey.l

Keeping pace with the advancing prosperity O. the south, the cotton crop of the United States is jumping upward by leaps and bounds. It was larger in 1910 than ever before. 9th CT nations, notably Egypt and India. both parts of the British empire, aro trying to question the supremacy of the United States in the cotton field, but this supremacy seems to be un- assailable.
 This nation exported s530,000,000 worth of cotton in 1910. In value of cotton exported. this exceeds by more than $5O,00o.0OO the best pre- vious record. but the quantity ex- ported, however, was materially less than in certain earlier years. The exports in 1910 amounted to 3,64l.- 0O0, ,00O pounds, but in 1909 the re- cord mark in quantity WAS reached When the exports totalled 4,574, ,000.- 0OO pounds. In 1908, however. the value of the export crop was but $439, 100000. The average export price in 1910 was 141s cents, as against 10 cents in 1908.
 Exports are Two-thirds.
 The exports of raw cotton repre- sent approximately two-thirds of the cotton production of this country, and this iatic between the exports and the domestic consumption has been maintained through a long per icd of years. In the early years this century cotton rapidly became the dominant feature of American ex- -oIts and even in the marvellous ad- vance Of agricultural and manufao- turing interests in the European mar Aet of the past twenty years, cotton bas more than held it's own. The nations of the world are compelled to come to the United States for their cotton because Of the scarcity of the staple in other sections of the globe
 An estimate of the cotton produc- ton of the world for the season of l910-11 supplied by the bureau of tatistics, of the department of com merce and labor, is as follows; impressive Figures.
 For the United States, 10,155. 900 bales of 500 pounds, India, 1.1S6.00O bales; China. 100000 bales; Egypt g7O,O00 bales; Russia, Asiatic pro yinces. 76S.0OO bales; Mexico, 125,- coo bales, and miscellaneous, in- cluding Brazil, Peru, Persia, Turkey, and other countries, 615,00O bales, making the worlds crop 17,049,0O0 bales of which considerably more than half was supplied by the United States.
 The British empire is making a great effort to increase the cotton crop of Egypt. It is believed that in that ancient land climatic and soil conditions ere extremely favorable to the development of cotton, and scientists believe that in the future is crop xill rival that of the United States. It is not yet a formidable factor in the worlds supply. how ever. The great mills of England | still look across the Atlantic for ;ne bulk of cotton for their looms.
 China now ranks third among the worlds cotton producers. That em- pire has an annual production of r. | 200. coo bales, most Of which is manu- l faetured into yarns and cleth by hand l machines, while 100000 bales are annually exported to Japan. Of the cotton crop of India it Is estimated that slightly less than one-half is exported. Of the Egyptian cotton practically all is exported, going chiefly to Great Britain and the Unit cd States. Its long staple and silky luster give it high value when used in conjunction with the shorter stap led cotton of other parts of the world.
 Outlcek is Favorable.
 The outlook for an increased cot ton crop in the United States is highly favorable, according to the government scientists. Despite the encroachments of the boOl weevil md the limitations which nsture has
 mrosed on the cotton growing area
 { is believed that intensive. or scien tific development, can be instituted | 1 regar1 to this staple with tho same good results that have follow 1 with other agricultural products
 cientists of the bureau Of soils am the bureau of plant industry. de
 artment of agriculture. are now pay
 ng great attention to this phase o
 Ire cotton problem. It Is believe
 that the advance of the boil weeyi as been stopped temporarily a
 east. It has not secured any stroni
 oothold in new territory Of the soutl
 3 the psst two years.
 The value of raw cotton importe
 uto the United States during th
 ear 1910 was, in round terms, abor
 l5,00O,0O0. of which s10.000.0oo cam
 Hrect from Egypt, s2,0Oo.000 frol
 the United Kingdom presumably fro