Arizona republican., 1921-12-15
Ability to Produce in America All Long Staple Cotton of This Type Demanded by American Manufac- turers if Industry is Protected

Ability to Produce in America All
 Long Staple Cotton Of This Type
 Demanded by American Manufac-
 turers if Industry is Protected.
 am preparing exhibit e." at tached hereto, consisting of map, prepared by the department of agri- culture, showing the location and the area of the lands located in the irri- gated valleys of the Southwest, ot approximately 240,00O acres. on which American Egyptian cotton was pro- duced last season, and showing the vastly larger area in the Southwest where climate, soil and irrigation conditions are favorable to the growth of this type of cotton.
 The cotton producers of the South west, alarmed at the delay in grant ing tariff protection, have decreased their acreage in Pima cotton this year to +89, 600 acres. 1t is estimated. however, that if the protection asked is granted, "a sufficient acreage, ideally suited for cotton production, will be developed in the Southwest within the next. five years, to pro duce. all the cotton of this type used by American manufacturers. This would mean doubling the acreage on which production was carried on in 1920.i In doubling this acreage, every effort will be given to providing for balanced agriculture involving crop rotation and soil conservation.
 The plat presented as exhibit "H, D showing the exact types of this cot ton, prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, illus trates convincingly the need for pre- serving in America this remarkable industry, which only asks that the same protection be given the prod ucts of the farm as is granted to those of the factory.
 Danger to American Manufacturing
 Industry in Allowing Production of
 this Type of Cotton to Pass into
 Foreign Hands.
 At present Egypt produces an nually about 100000 bales of this type of cotton. America produced 103.0e0 bales, Peru about 5000, the Sudan about 10000, and Nigeria and Uganda in Central Africa about 2,e00 bales each in 1920. The worlds de- mand for fabric made fronre fine cot ton is increasing. England, with a keen sense of trade advantage, has definite constructive plans under way, through her control of barbar- ous and semi civilized countries to control the Hong staple production =
 
 if we allow this American industry to perish, our American manufac- turers will eventually pay such Q price for this essentially needed cot ton as the nation or nations winch control its production may demand With remarkable vision. England Is laying her plans for obtaining her raw materials for, the benefit of her manufacturers in those equatorial lands where native labor is unlim- tied and the price of production is not-1a factor. Recently, I had the opportunity of comforting in England with the very able manager of the English Ginning Cotton association, who with the cooperation of the government, is spending 10000 per annum in. the development of new fields of cotton production. Mir. Himbery's report to the World Cot ton conference on this remarkable development is attached hereto, under the head of exhibit "I' This or ganization brought about the pro- auction in Nigeria, Uganda. Sudan and Mesopotamia last year of S0,400 bales of cotton, of which approxi- mately 10000 were long staple cot ton of the type referred to in this statement, and the estimate of pro- J tries is 146,000 bales, with an ulti- mate production of nearly 3,000,000 bales. I have enlarged and am pre- senting herewith under the head of exhibit a map accompanying Mir. Himoery's report, in which the areas shown in black, and under British control, are those in which long. staple cotton is being grown. E- 1t is very proper that England be awake to her commercial inter- ests, and it is certainly time that the United States should realize the need of maintaining, through pro- lection, this cotton industry of the Southwest, which has such immense possibilities of development.
 It should be. borne in mind that the agricultural producers asking for, a tariff on cotton are merely =yoicingi the principle that protection 1 should apply to products of the farm as well as to those. of the factory. l Respectfully submitted.
 (Only the exhibits relating t, comparative production costs O production are here. reproduced.)
 --s- Exhibit "c"
 Statement of the production O 1 Pima and Sea Island cottons in bale: during the past five years:
 
 American Egyptian Sea Island Year or Pima CD CD 1916 ..... 3,331 117,559 | 1917 15,966 92,619 1 1918 ...... 40,34S 5220S l 1919 ....... 42,374 6,916
 1920 ....t.... 1o3, ,000 1,725 r. f1)s5e0 pound bales.
 CD 400 pound bales. Y
 Eestimated imports of Sakellaridis 1 Egyptian cotton in equivalent 50t pound bales during the past five years:
 1 Year Bales (500 pounds) l 1915-1916 .............. 2Q4,000 i 1916-1917 ..s.......s 119,000 l 191T-191S ..........; S0,000 l 1918-1919 .......... 10000 I .191a-l920 .a3 340, 900
 Exhibit "E"
 | Production table of Pima or Amer.