The daily independent., 1936-10-14
BRAZIL SELLS
MUCH COTTON
TO JAPANESE
Orientals Have Turned To
South America Since
We Raised Duty
Copyright by United Press

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the biggest customer for the
United States crop, Benjamin Ad-
Ter, cotton statistician, told The
United Press tonight.
Adler said that japanese farm
ers in Brazil produced about 5OO,-
900 bales of Brazil'S 0,G0O-bale
crop this year and that Jaran's
takings of 250,0O0 bales of Bra
lillian cotton since June are Is
times what they were last year.
This docs not mean that our
sales of cotton to foreign coun-
tries will fall off this year or even
next year." Adler said. THE world
is recovering from long period
of industrial inactivity, and tex
tiles arc in the vanguard OF that
recovery.
Our exports Of cotton should
increase, the use Ct it at home
expand to a new record, and the
present crop Of 11.600,000 bales of
American cotton should fall short
of the worlds requirements and
be consumed at rising prices.
When this present world popu-
lation of 2,225,O00,000 people
wants it's needs Of cotton goods
satisfied, it will require much
larger crops than the world has
vet produced. But unless we FOL-
low the policy of give and take IN
our trade with the world we will
sell 2 diminishing share of its raw
cotton needs.
1T may be only a coincidence
that since June IF this year, when
duties en- Japanese cotton goods
we're raised because Of pressure
brought by certain textile groups,
this phenomenal increase in pur-
chases of Brazilian cotton by ia
pan took place. But the inference
is strong.
Japan took over 100000 bales
of cotton from us last year. It's
value was SlOO,OO0,000. She sold
us S4,O00,O00 worth Of cotton
goods. We buy Brazilian products
worth $5,OOO,OO0 and sell Brazi!
goods valued around S25,O00,OOO
Japan too is profiting by her
purchases of Brazil cotton, as her
trade with Brazil, which was nor
mally around 100000 yen, has
increased to 50,000,000 yen. So
important has Brazil become as a
potential market that Japan sent
an economic mission there last
wear. It was headed by II. HlraO.
Japanese shipping magnatc, now
in the emperor'S cabinet as minis
ter of education. 1t also had as
member KeizO SCki, director OF
the Toyo Spinning company o1
Osaka. worlds largest cotton mill.
Il conferred with these gentle
men before they sailed to Rio anc
acquainted them with the Brazil
ian cotton situation. This sum-
mer a Brazilian delegation went
to Japan to repay the visit. 1hcy
stopped off at New York, and its
cotton delegate. Dr.. Jose Garibaldl
Dantas, called on me. Although
Dr.. DantaS let it be known that
Brazil had probably reached the
limit of her COtton-groWln9 pro-
gram at this time due to the need
of providing foodStuffS for a grow
ing nation, I felt that his purpose
was to confer with japanese mills
and cotton merchants looking to-
ward an increase in their use OF
Brazilian cotton.
THE fact that two of the three
large Japanese cotton shipping
concerns active in the south OF
the United States are also active
in Brazil leads me to believe that
Brazil is ready TO engage upon
large cotton expansion program.
Recently one of these Japanese
shippers sent its representative
from Brazil to Osaka to take
charge there of the sale of Bra
lillian cotton only. At the same
time another Japanese industrial
| ist formed a cotton development
company in Sac Paulo and>iS al
ready shipping machinery to Bra
zil for the handling of the crop.
Cotton lands cultivated by the
Japanese in Brazil amount to
100000 acres. They are very in
dustrious, work long hours and
produce exceptional yields Of cot
ton on their farms. immigration
to Brazil has been restricted in
recent years. Some time ago I
discussed the Brazilian cotton Sit
uation with DR.. Arthur Souza
De Costa, Brazilian minister of
finance, and I learned that re-
strictiOn of Japanese immigration
as well as all other immigration is
for political reasons only. 1 learned
that the Japanese in Brazil are
highly regarded and that more
liberal immigration policy would
develop.
There are over zoe, 100000 acres
of potential cotton lands in south
Brazil that can produce cotton
equal to the American uplands va
riety. Brazilian cotton was grown
from American seed. Tho two
cottons will produce identical tex
tiles