The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-24
PLANS FOR THE SECOND
WORLD COTTON CONFERENCE


ward to the second world cotton cea-
ference. which is to be held in Eng
land next June. This great trade con-
gress will bring together representa-
tives of every branch of the cotton IN
dustry, from the growers of the raw
cotton to the finishers and dtstribu-
tors of the manufactured goods. 1t is
to be held in accordance with the de-
cision reached at the first world cotton
conference at New Orleans in October,
1919. where it was voted that the cot
ton trade of the world should assemble
in Joint convention once every two
years.
The conference next June will hold
part if its sessions in Liverpool and
/ part in Manchester. The decision to
meet first in one city and then the
other was made in Difference to the
frinedly rivalry existing between these
two great centers of the Lancashire
cotton industry and in view of the
strong claims which each could ad-
vance why it should be honored at the
seat of the congress. The sessions in
Liverpool will be held on Monday
June 10, Tuesday June IA, and We'd
nesday, June Is. The sessions at Man
chester will be held from Thursday,
June Is, to Wednesday, June p, in
elusive
AS at the first conference held in
New Orleans this congress of the
worlds cotton trade will be divided in
to definite groups for votoing purposes,
but the number of these groups has
been increased from eleven to thirteen,
as follows: growers, ginners, seed
crushers and manufacturers of seed
products, compressers and warehouse
men cotton merchants, transportation,
banking and insurance, research and
statistics. spinners, manufacturers,
finishers (incIuding bleachers, dyeTs
and printers), textile merchants and
converters, and manufacturers Of tex
tile machinery.
To American readers, one of the in
teresting and perhaps puzzling points |
in connection with the foregoing list |
is the distinction drawn between spin
ners and manufacturers. In the Amer
lean cotton trade the terms spinner
and manufacturer" are synonymous. |
In the English trade however, ayspin-
ner is one who spins the raw cotton
into yarn, while manufacturer is one
who weaves the yarn into fabrics. The
distinction is more important in Eng
land than in this country because of
the fact that in England the spinning
and weaving branches of the trade are
70 rthe most part separate, while in
this country they are largely combined.
The enormous size of the industry |
which will be represented at the meets
ing next summer was brought out for /
chilly at the New Orleans conference,
whvfe is was stated that the total val I
ue Of the capital invested in the +
worlds cotton trade, based on present.
values, is about $S0,0O0,0OO,00O Thet,
industry gives employment to 6,O00sii
600 people, ON whom are directly de-
pendent 100000 others. This enor-
nous industry consumes annually
from ten billion to fourteen billion
pounds of raw material, from which is
made the only kind of clothing used
by hundreds of millions of the worlds
population and the principal apparel of
other hundreds of millions.
The cotton trade of this country took.
the lead in, organizing the first world
cotton conference last year, and it is
to have prominent part in the second
conference. Fuller E. Galloway of La
Grange, Ga, one of the best known
of the south, is chair
man, and John T. Scott of Houston,
Texas, prominent banker is the vice.
chairman of the executive committee, +
which is in charge of the arrangements
for the coming conference. It recent
y met and decided on the dates for the
sessions and the organization into
roting groups as outlined above, and
he number and makeup of the stand
ng committees.
There will be thirteen standing com
each representing one Of the
thirteen voting groups. The make-up4
If these committees has been careful
y planned so that they will equitably
the various interests con-
The committees on the produc-I
ion of cotton, seed crushing and man
fracture of seed products and COM
PRESSING and warehousing will be head
ID by American chairmen, in view Of
he fact that this country leads In
hese branches of the industry. The
Committees on the purchase and sale
# cotton, banking and insurance mer-
handising of cotton products and man
facture of textile machinery, will
ave joint chairmen from this coun-
ry and England, in recognition of the
act that both of these Countries are
Qually concerned with these divisions
t the trade. The committee on trans
spinning and finishing of
otton goods will have English chair
len, in consideration Of the vital inn
of transportation problems to
ne Lancashire trade and because