Evening star., 1923-10-22

or methods. It's cotton coppetes o,,v
with our lowest grades, except IN
sSouthern INDIA, where a so-ca1lnd
.alnerican seed has been introduccd
VerW gW sn,. sne Malay peninsula, but it IS
10y 10y sIait proportion of the indian
fayorable to Indian cotton. u"-
:; Egypt The production is reced.
tion @ :" Of I1ssypt, 1ssy f. due. partly. to adop-
poll worm. and to the saturatjop M pi4tH -
6rs 5ns son with irrigation without
arainage; England no longer Is mas.
yer IN Egypt--tat least, outwardIy.-
anu ai! the Egyptians are not progress
u Sudan; sudan: This territory requires ir-
rlgation. Efforts are suspended On
account OF the political agitation IN
~ agyp6. yp6 ~ Eventually it will be capable
ot 4oe,00O bales. but not soon.
South Africa. After twenty vans.
emEres' nin II produces 100000 bales. but
OWING TO the high wild tronicsI
pass cotton growing is greatly hin
bvreu. by n,o dhe country is burdened, too.
Iarla; In half a century its natural
disadvantages may. be oyercanse
through settlement and development
australia England has subsidized
Australian cotton growing. and snma
progress has been made there in The
!ast three years, producing now about
$4,000 bales a. year. Climate dry
'apSl very high' population sparse
ona ;, Ilne t produces a small yield
ana Is peing nursed by England
= x :e#
Aside from the. British Empire. +he
best outlook for new cotton areas il
in Brazil, where for some ycars
there has been a small export sur-
plus, but the domestic mills use
nearly the full yield Brazil has
been encouraged by visits from cot
ton experts sent out by a federation
of master cotton spinners of Man
chester, England, who have advised
as to methods and seed. Brazilian
laoorers can make more in coffee and
sugar than in cotton, Cotton re-
Quires much hand-work. Brazil lacks
transportation, and the cotton has to
De carried on the backs of burros
hundreds of miles. Brazil also has
its insect pests. There Is some sue
cess in southern Brazil, at San Paulo.
In Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay
there Is lack of transportation, popu-
lation and irrigation. which unites in
preventing important cotton growing.
Peru raises a good Quality-150. 900
oales-but REQUIRES irrigation to
make an important yield.
Argentina. The German. rnultimiJ-
lienaire. SHINES. has bought millions
of acres in Argentina, which he is
planning TO colonize with Germans.
with the view to cotton raising, but
that will require many years to be-
come important.
Russia 1t had an export surplus
of 100000 bales before the war, but
since Russias collapse the surplus
has been wiped out. and that loss
more than equals all that the small
nations produce. Last year Russia
had for export $4,000 bales; this year.
100 900.
Belgian Kongo. It could raise cot
ton-by fighting insects-sbut there is
more money in its rubber. Persia
and Turkey in Asia nroduce small
yields. China produces. an inferior
grade. used only for their own blan-
kets and for stuffing. The Chinese
are now trying American seed, and
may improve. in long years, but even
then will probably use their product
at home.
The war practically killed the fax
industry of Belgium and Ireland, and
the result is that Europeans have
| learned to use cotton. where they for
merry used linen With all the de-
velopments in various countries
each with its own handicRps--it does
not follow that the total yield of the
world will more than keep UP with
| the increasing demand. There Is an
| increase of consumption-temp
| interrupted by the war and its after
math--amounting to+g1!00e- -e00 /. bales
| every three years. III. sSts-
tCopyright, 1928. by Paul Y. Collins r