32 COTTON 



WORLD'S DEMAND WILL GROW FASTER THAN FOREIGN 

 PRODUCTION 



It is not likely, of course, that all these attempts 

 to grow cotton outside the South will fail utterly; 

 but what does seem sure is that the world's demand 

 for cotton will grow much faster than the foreign 

 supply, and that therefore our country will be called 

 on in the future, as heretofore, for a constantly in- 

 creasing crop. 



And in support of this opinion the writer will 

 quote just three opinions, and then pass on to other 

 subjects. 



First, our own National Department of Agricul- 

 ture in its Crop Reporter for December, 1905, 

 makes this conservative statement of fact: "The 

 organized efforts of powerful associations of cotton 

 manufacturers in Great Britain, Germany, and 

 France to establish and stimulate cotton production 

 in the colonies of these countries, which began early 

 in 1903 with a large capital subscribed for promo- 

 tion, have so far resulted in no perceptible addition 

 to the world's cotton crop, and there are no present 

 indications of a competition of new fields of produc- 

 tion which will materially affect the foreign market 

 for the upland cotton of this country for many 

 years." 



LOWER SOUTH AMERICA ALONE CAN COMPETE WITH 

 THE SOUTH 



Even more interesting is the opinion of the late 

 Edward Atkinson, as given in an article in the 

 Manufacturers' Record in 1903. During the Civil 

 War Mr. Atkinson imported cotton from India, 

 Egypt, China, West Africa, Peru and Brazil, and 

 his conclusion is that nearly all the foreign cotton 



