The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-10-06
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! world used nearly fifteen milhor
J bales Of American last year .anc
there Is no present reasonAto be
lleVe that the requirements have
undergone Important slrirlkAge
Last yQar's huge consumption
Woald have been impossible, ex.
cept for a great surplus brought
forward from the bumper crop Of
! 1914 With that surplus already
spun, or in process Of spinning,
it is not easy to see how the deficit
suggested by the governments
figures can be hridged But ex-
pericncc proves that, in the mar
kGS as elsewhere, the unexpected
happens with painful regularity
and that very high price ayerts
a famine, just as very low price
laycrtS glut, from whcih there
seems to be no escape.
Experts explain the uncomrort-
able shrinkagc Of production in
various ways. The boil wecyiI,
the diminished nsc Of commercial
fertilizers and the seasons come
i'm for their share Of the blame. It
is idle to weigh The various eX.
plantations the fact is sufficient
for all practical purposes The
South, having very small crop TO
sell, must get the highest possible
price; the spinner, face to face
with "A paltry supply, must econo-
mizc to the limit or close his Mills.
II is the conflict of these inter-
esls thai mderlles he wildncss
Of the market the spcculator, for
all his activity, is simply the
hands Of the clock.
Alas. the highest possible price
will mean little to a large part Of
the South Throughout the dis
tricts rayagcd by the wceyil il
would not greatly matter il mid
ding rose to 30 cents, for nothing
AN come of nothing and the
wcevil sweeps the fields clean Of
lint The present crop will, prob
ably, be more valuable than the
most valuable of its predecessors,
but the proceeds will be most I'M
qually distributed The for
tunate districts will be rich. the
unfortunate will be poor, in any
eaSc.
Such Il state Of things is mn
from the economic point
If view. The world needs a big |
crop an da big crop would imply
general prosperity for his section,
lnd. again, it is clear that the |
world will find some means Of as |
,uring an adequate supply The |
south can not keep the SplndlcS IN
'ull motion. The British schemes /
tor cotton culture in Southern
africa and other regions Of the ,
,mpire have SO far been cruel |
disappointment. Even under the I
stimulus Of our civil war and the |
'abulous prices which then pre-
'ailed, India did not begin TO
'ecd the spindleS The reason is /
obvious and is quite as cogent To- \
lay. With a population Of more !
han 400, 100000 India must think /
If her own stomach before she |
kinks of the world s back, Egypt, !
90. has bocn a cruel diNappomt-
ncnt. more especially ot late |
ears for il had bene hoped that,
With perfect irrigation and sell
led government, the land Of the
NiIe would justify lis ancient
oputc. But in Egypt also an in
sect (the pink boil worul has
mecrcd the forecasts of the cX-
1crts and the deficit is likely TO |
Increase as the years pass As to
he rest of Africa, nothing definite |
IS known except that the difficulty |
# getting efficient labor is enor-
nous, If not mSuperahlc Vet /
Britain may be trusted to peg
way I'LL the problem is solved IN |
mne fashion she never quits Il
.amc where the stakes are 50 vast.
nut years will be needed to de-
elop cotton culture outside OF /
ndia and Egypt and the South /
hould seek to remove the inccn-
i've by bridging the deficit which |
eaises the excessive price
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