New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
World Scant
On Clothes for
Next Winter
Cotton Manufacturers Ex-
pect Government to Favor
Textile Industry With
Priorities in Shipping
Must Deliver Own Goods
Need of American Merchant
Marine Emphasized AT Ma
tional Association Meeting

IiuUhi fhSHBt itstAOAs fANN 'AASs
Cotton manufacturers anticipate
heavy foreign buying of American tex
tIles Of all kinds with the atraighten-
ing out of commercial relations be
tween the nations Of the world and the
,hs reestabjshment Of trade routes.
The contention chat American goods
should be aaried TO other lands ln
AmerIoan abipa V9a strongly empbe
slsed al group dyaeusalon which took
nIaea yoetefday at tho moruug ues
s,oa oe tho National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers meeting being
uald at Che uotui HlDmow.
"Iho world must po clothed foid
John 81 hWreutc. Hostou cotton
manufacturer, wno acted ua chairman
si tho meeting 'aui ~ Mup Go Amcu
eeo manufacturers TO supply tue uec-
assafy cioth II Us with 1oWyt tHat
View taa nua,lYB as Amerioah ,atwl
stindlas yetn thp 1att mWoutV ot the
aphdA rsap!t ore 20 noai ot faadt
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tg eige the Utmost eaHsidataliaR ta
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AeHt.bullt and nRnad shlp7 Htila 90.
pressing liWselF as 0ppHsrt "a eafarl,-
ial4t sNhffshlB eF operation as q HsH.
sFal HflHelHie, he eall that the present
Situation contained tleWtHt5 Hhieh
might mako government G#AefshlG aHa
operation feasible and desirable
"bumtihe l0UU vessels un the mafhpi
az laW pilep tu Induce butlut,' hr
said, "wBdd close ub the American
shnyafAs They could not withstand
this competitions Also the governs
mept would etahd to lose billions Of
dollars, since these ships were con
sttueted VA a period when the highest
costs prevailed If the vessels are sold
to private individuals or corporations
how can we be sure that they may not
at some future date be resod or trans
terred "a some other way to foreign
owuers2
In my opinion these ships should be
used 20 build up foreign markets that
are promising, but TO and from which,
at present, the volume Of trade Is not
sufficient to justify the Investment OF
capital IN private steamship lines. We
could put these ships on unfrequented
lanes OF travel and develop new mar
kets by running them at loss for
year or mere such course would
not be pateWahstc, for our civic port
improvements suhWaya and other pub
nc utilities are founded on the same
lleA They return too small Ii profit "a
lHVlta capital but since they hclp
ba'ld up the commercial relations OF
lRe eoWmuplty they are undertaken by
elglt, State or national authority"
(hv tAtt ttet II ia diltlcut 90 attract
american capital Ga amy ahippug en-
feptse, Mr. Norris added. ts nuothor
reason why lt might not bn advisable
1eF lhe government to cell tho ahlpa ia
tf'hie eWurfa nov
tabut'a ATTITUDES a Factor
THE preat0t domluatau of oruulkrd
NPef lh tHt country would not pormltu uf
lhs aphaliuu af thenp fhips by pH,ple
IhltFssi tald Bm j. btlfe uf lhe
fNet)l Fpptr futt Cltpoutlhu W tho
S8la.onof 4r Nduils eaart tIr
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ME if8f kafIt5 eart e fhfauA' tlelr
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hlaAa.aa sad siBe5 bsl}aa GaaGiqe u
flsk.s, who las aneHi iYe yeafa ih ina
typAAY, toYk sbt fopf ief d few mIU
nee atd t8ld tha cation mpuuiaet0fhFv
W5s Y they hone t4 do huaInpaa ia ibe
nslkaNs they INSIST esthhliHh a high
ssiiamsfaisi reputation and q ffm trade
,.Ihs greatest haadIeap which Amer
~ lqshptaetgfeys have had in trade
, wv thh balksHa" ~ hald, "ia w over
sssWihR ma reputation fpf chipping ln
sNllgf ana misfepfeBohtpd goods, The
"hpis tJa1s hes suffered baeauae ~ gH
sef1taieUa hfaetIen4 ~ . few American
sashgfaaipfsfs, What you ean gain
asg " opportunity gov mgst hold W