The sun., 1919-05-16
TO STUDY EUROPE'S
TEXTILE CONDITION
Cotton Manufacturers Send
Commission to Investigate
Situation Abroad.
WILL STAY TWO MONTHS
Delegation to Discuss Closer
Relations With Industries
in Other Lands.
WILL STAY TWO MONTHS

The American cotton manufacturing
industry. for the FIRST time in its his
tory. is sending a commission to Europe
to Investigate textile conditions on the
other side OF the Atlantic, to discuss
with European textile manufacturers
international relations between the tex
tile industries In various parts of the
world and particularly to stimulate In
terest In the conference to be held In
New Orleans in October. The commits
sion sailed from this port yesterday
on the Baltic II Is going to Europe
under the auspices of the execu-
tive committee Of the World Cotton Con-
ference and Is certain to arouse world
wide interest In the meeting of cotton
men to be held at New Orleans in the
fall.
The full delegation will be in Eu.
, rope moro than two months and some
members Of It will be there at least
three months. The entire commission will
visit Liverpool, Manchester, London. Rot
terdam, Brussels, Client, Lille, Havre and
Paris. In order to cover all of the &C.
cessible leading textile countries of Eu-
rope the commission will break up into
several sections after visiting the CEN
tres named. The smaller parties will
visit Italy. Switzerland. Portugal, Spain
and Scandinavia.
Personnel OF Commission.
The commission consists of eIeven
leaders In the American cotton industry.
Fuller E Galloway. president Of the
Manchester Mills Of La Grange, Ca, 10
chairman Walter Parker, secretary Of
the Association OF Commerce OF New
Orleans. 10 vice-chairman W. Irving
Billiard Of the Merchants National Bank
| or Boston is secretary. The other mem
bers of the commission are Alpheus
Crosby Beane Of Became Brothers Of New
Orleans; James T. Broadbent, agent Of
the Meritas Mills Of New York; Randall
n. Durfee. treasurer OF the Border City
| Manufacturing Company Of Fall River |;
| George l.. Gilmore of X. NJ. Gilmore q
Co. of Somervllle. James Inglis of the
| American Blower Company Of Detroit.
w. Mcclellan of the Alden Mills of
New Orleans Russell B. Lowe, president
Of the Parkhill Manufacturing Company
OF F1tchours, Mass, and John E Rous-
| maniere, president OF the ]. Spencer
Turner Company of New York
Inc upheaval In manufacturing costs
and In international trade, the Gripping
OF the textile organizations of France.
| Belgium and Russia and the rapid rise
\ or the Japanese textile industry are
| some OF the wars effects which have
stirred textile manufacturers to new in
terest In international affairs relating
to their industry.
To Confer on Japan's Expansion.
While the commission ID in London
will confer with representatives of
English spinners who soon are to visit
japan to obtain FIRST hand data on the
remarkable expansion and prosperity of
the Japanese cotton spinning industry.
In all OF the countries which II will
visit the commission will discuss COM
paraive manufacturing conditions with
leaders OF the industry IN those coun-
tries. Thus members Of the commits
sion and European manufacturers with
whom they confer may have clearer ideas
than at present as 10 tariff changes
which every country should make The
world labor programme adopted by the
Peace Conference at Paris is another
subject regarding which the represent
atives Of the American cotton Industry
will make inquiries.
The investigation, which the commits
! sion will mako and the discussions into
which It will enter with the European
textile manufacturers. will be prelimi-
nary to the deliberations of the October
| conference. Having in that way OBJ
tained points Of view OF foreign spin
ners, the committee which has the con-
ference in charge will be enabled TO plan
the world cotton conference along lines
which will be most profitable. 1t is ex-
pected that, as a result OF the visit of
the commission to Europe. there will be
large delegations from practically all
important textile manufacturing coun-
tries of the world in New Orleans next
| fall