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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1914. 



COTTON NOTES. 



LARGE INCREASE OF COTTON EXPORTS IN 25 YEARS. 



/^VFFICIAL statistics of the United States exports Eor 25 years 

 ^S show that cotton shipments rose from $251,000,000 in the 



fiscal year 1S90 to $610,000,000 for the same period of 1914. The 



luring tlu- 25 years reached a total of ss. 076,000,000. 



orts of cotton manufactures increased from S'lo.000,000 to 



$51,000,000 in the time named with a total expert in the period 



of $708,000,000. 



In the earlier rope took practically all the raw cotton 



exported, although of late Japan has taken considerable quantities. 

 The total i American Japan in 1912 were about 



240,000,1 KX) pounds and in 1914 177.000.000 pounds. 



A comparison of the exports oi raw and manufactured cotton 

 for the years 1890 and 1914 to the various grand divisions shows 

 following results : 



1890. 1914. 



Value of exports of — 



Raw cotton $251,000,000 $610,500,000 



Cotton manufactures 10,000,000 51,500,000 



Europe 1.400,000 8.000,000 



rth America 2.800,000 21.100,000 



South America 2.700.000 3.800.000 



ia 1.700,000 9,000.000 



I iceania 000 8,800,000 



rica 600.000 800,000 



The cotton manufactures exported during the year 1914 in- 

 cluded the following quantities, with their destination: China, 

 89,000,000 yards; Philippine-. 86,000,000 yards; Central America, 

 0,000 yards; Cuba. 24.000,000 yards, Canada, 21,000,000 yards; 

 British West Indus, 15,000,000 yards, and India, 14,000,000 yards. 

 As a whole Europe took 7,000.000 yards; South America. 41,- 

 000.000 yards; Oceania. 95,000,000 yards: Asia. 125,000,000 yards ; 

 Africa, 9,000.000 yards, and North America, 138,000.000 yards. 



Cotton imports during the last quarter century were valued at 

 $259,000,000, the largest part coming from Egypt. 



While Asia exceeded North America as a market for Ameri- 

 can cotton goods in the aggregate for the last 25 years, North 

 America, including Canada. British West Indies, Hayti, Cuba, 

 Santo Domingo, and the Central American Republics is now the 

 leading market for American cotton goods. 



ACTIVE TIMES WITH NEW ENGLAND MILLS. 



Large credit loans have recently been obtained by France and 

 Russia, which are benefiting the manufacturers of New' England, 

 particularly those making cotton duck and hosiery as well as 

 woolens. 



According to report the French have secured credits for $10,- 

 000,000, to which extent orders were placed which are keeping 

 the New England mills busy. Many of these mills were already 

 working overtime producing goods previously ordered, and 

 the new orders will doubtless ensure their operation on a twenty- 

 four hour schedule for weeks to come. 



Just as the establishment of these large French credits was 

 followed by the placing of large orders for the government of 

 that country with the New England mills, so have the new 

 Russian credits been the signal for like activities on the part of 

 the agents of the Czar. 



Philadelphia manufacturers have been laying in supplies of 

 yarn from the smaller textile centers, which is an indication of 

 prospects of future business encouraged by the low prices of 

 That similar activity has not been witnessed in New 

 England is caused by the unusually heavy buying from that 

 quarter with the low prices during the early part of the war. 



While the large stocks of goods on hand would have allowed the 

 execution of these foreign orders a large proportion of the former 

 are of a quality unsuited to the needs of the belligerent nations. 

 It is. moreover, a question whether the amount of domestic ma- 

 terial sold to foreign nations has been sufficient to affect the later 



•e of prices. Buying orders for the domestic trade which 

 may result from a cold snap would make demands upon makers' 

 stocks which they would be unable to meet. 



Colored cotton goods have in some cases been taken off the 

 market until supplies of colors become more assured. 



BRITISH COTTON GROWING ASSOCIATION. 



This association has made satisfactory progress during the 

 la t three years, the total quantity handled in its various sec- 

 tions bein ively; 1911, 60,800 bales (of 400 pounds); 

 1912, 71.4(H) bales; 1913, 78,800 bales. The operations of the 

 association are in West and East Africa, Sudan and the West 

 Indies. In the year 1914 it is anticipated to attain an aggregate 

 duction of 100,000 bales. 



A project was launched at this year's Taris Cotton Congress 

 for the establishment of a model cotton plantation in the Punjab 

 di-inct of India. The funds will be provided by a company 

 with a capital of $300,000. The Indian government has granted 

 a free lease of 7,500 acres suitable for cotton, in proximity to the 

 North Western Railway. A system of intensive cultivation will 

 be adopted on the plantation. 



REDUCTION OF COTTON ACREAGE. 



It is announced that 33 counties in Georgia will make a com- 

 bined reduction for 1915 equaling 42 per cent, of their acreage 

 planted in cotton. In 15 of these counties the reduction was ex- 

 pected to be 50 per cent, or more than that proportion. 



COTTON GINNING RETURNS. 



In the government return from October 18 to November 1, gin- 

 nings are shown as 2,207,116 bales, bringing the season's aggre- 

 gate to 9,828,695 bales, or 855,177 over that of same period last 

 year. Sea Island cotton included in the above numbered 43,331 

 bales, compared with 42.S04 bales to November 1 last year. 

 Ginnings by States to November 1 were as follows: 



Florida. Georgia. So. Carolina. 



1911 bales 21.038 33.841 1,684 



1912 11,067 16,276 1,544 



1913 16,356 24,570 1,878 



1914 19,270 23.164 877 



In four of the cotton States the figures to November 1 exceeded 

 those of the last eight years. 



EGYPTIAN COTTON ACREAGE REDUCED. 



An Egyptian government decree reduces the acreage of cotton 

 for the agricultural year 1915 by about 50 per cent., with a view 

 to limiting the production to the requirements of the market, and 

 thus maintaining a reasonable price for the crop. The decree 

 provides that the maximum to be cultivated is to be 1.000.000 

 "feddahs" or 1,100,000 acres. Planting is entirely prohibited in 

 the Upper Egypt basin. It is also prohibited for any owner or 

 lessee to cultivate more than one-quarter of the area of an 

 estate. Lands benefiting from summer irrigation will be con- 

 sidered as forming separate estates. 



SEA ISLAND COTTON IN SANTO DOMINGO. 



According to the report of the British Charge dAffaires at 

 Santo Domingo, cotton shipments from that source decreased 

 from 350 tons in 1912 to 247 tons in 1913. Though progress is 

 not being made tei illj in the cotton growing industry of the 

 island, there is a prospect of the plantation of Sea Island 

 cotton established by an American company at that point turn- 

 ing out a success. 



CANADIAN OPINION ON THE WAR. 



In discussing the economic consequences of the war. the "Revue 

 Economique Canadienne" remarks that the profits which may be 

 made by Canadian factories in consequence of the precarious 

 situation of European industries will only be temporary and will 

 be insufficient to make up for the losses which Canada will inevit- 

 ably suffer by the war. 



