The Pulaskian., 1918-03-08
CAUSE FOR
 CONSERVATION
ENGLAND PLANS TO RAISE HER OWN COTTON AFTER THE WAR, DEPRtViNG AMERICA OF
 ITS BIG MARKET.

Another good and sufficient reason for diversifieation of crops comes rom England to the effect that the Briton expects to grow his own cot ton after the war, and the planter of the South must break away from the all cotton habit before this time ar r1ves. With only the United States to depend upon for market, cotton will be drug on the market.
 The manner in which the British industry is looking ahead for the de- velopment of trade after the war has already excited interest and adnira- tion everywhere. In spite of the trials resulting from the long duration of the war, the English have found it possible to look ahead and anticipate the demands of peace.
 Perhaps one of the most interesting reports with regard to cotton and cotton goods, is that recently made by 8 committee of which Sir H. Birchenough was chairman, which treated in detail proposition where by England could make itself self-de- pendent for raw material supplies. It will be interesting to note, in the course of the report, that special pre- cautions are urged to prevent Egypt ian cotton from getting into Germany.
 The report, which covers many in- teresting phases, reads in part as fol lows:
 "There is already deficiency in the worlds annual cotton crop, as compared with the present possible consumption. It is probable that un- less special steps are taken this defi- cieney will tend to increase in the im- mediate future The cotton trade in the United Kingrom is at present mainly dependent on the United States for it's supply of raw material It is eminently unsatisfactory that one of the principal industries of the United Kingdom should be so largely dependent upon one source of supply, and that a source entirely beyond it's control
 eff proper steps are taken, it is req sonably certain that all the cotton re- quired by the British Empire can in time be grown within it's own terri tories The actual and potential sources of supply within the British Empire are India, Egypt and the Sou dan, the West Indies and some of the African colonies and protecto- rates. Of these India offers the most promising prospects of any consider able increase of output within a req sonably short time.
 Able to Control Spinning of Fine
 Count Yarns.
 The cotton grown in Egypt and the West Indies is of special character, which cannot at present be produced on large scale in any other part of the world, and therefore the control of these sources of supply enables the British Empire to control to a great extent the spinning of fine counts of yarn, which are mainly used in the production of the finer cotton mater ials. This is the more important in- asmuch as there has been for many years a marked tendency in the Brit ish cotton industdy toward the spin ming of finer counts of yarn. In the West Indies, Egypt, and some of our African colonies and protectorates cotton suitable for the spinning of these fine counts can be grown under exceptionally favorable conditions. The British Cotton Growing Associa- ton is practically at the end of it's resources, and unless some new de- parture is taken it will have to cur tail rather than enlarge it's sphere of operations.
 Recommendations To Increase Eng
 fish Cotton Supply.
 In view of the urgent necessity for the adoption of immediate measures to meet the shortage of cotton the following recommendations are made:
 "1) That representations should be made to the Secretary for India urging upon him the need for the i'm mediate acceleration and extension of the excellent work which has already been taken in hand by the Indian Ag- ricultural Department.
 "(2) That the governments of Egypt and the Soudan be moved, through the proper channels, to take steps to increase the growth of cot ton within their territories.
 To Prevent Germany From Getting
 Egyptian Cotton.
 "(31 That the Egyptian govern ment be urged immediately to estab- fish machinery for controlling the ex- port of the Egyptian cotton crop in order to safeguard the requirements of the British Empire and it's allies, and to prevent any possible leakage GO or storage for the account of enc my States.
 "As there is now available very