CONTENTS 



PAGE 



INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE 1 



BRAZILIAN MONEY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .. 8 



INTRODUCTION 9 



Invitation — Composition of International Cotton Mission — President 

 of United States of Brazil's Attitude towards Cotton — Assistance 

 rendered by Government— Books of Reference— Itinerary— Method of 

 Collecting and Imjiarting Information— Resolutions of International 

 Committee on Rei^ort — International Cotton Congresses at Stockholm 

 and Rio de Janeiro in 1922. 



CHAPTER I 

 GEOGRAPHY 13 



Boundaries, etc. — Density of Population — Immigration — Grants by 

 Government— Nationalities of Immigrants — Climate — Death Rate — 

 Climatic Zones — Rainfall — Waterways — Railways. 



HISTORY OF BRAZIL 21 



Constitution and Government — Taxes of Federal and^State Govern- 

 ments — Export Tax — Characteristics of Brazilians. 



CHAPTER 11^ 

 COTTON SPINNING AND WEAVING INDUSTRY .. 25 



Early Development— Hand Spinning and Weaving — Table of Cotton 

 Mills, with Capital, Spindles, Looms, etc. — Falling-off of Imports — 

 Cotton Mill Machinery — Spinning^Weaving — Cotton Used — Wages — 

 Pedra Mill— Paulo Affonso Falls— Electricity— Fuel-Profits— Trade 

 Organisations — Welfare Work— Tables of Imports of Cotton Piece 

 Goods and Yams — Table of Exports of Cotton Piece Goods. 



CHAPTER III 

 GENERAL REMARKS ON BRAZILIAN COTTON .. 51 



Indigenous Cotton — Early Development — Cotton Important again to 

 Assist in Poli-cultivation — Remarkable cotton yields destine Brazil to 

 occupy i^rominent place as World's suppher.^World's Shortage of 

 Staple Cotton — Egypt's Decreasing Yields — North-east Brazil and Sao 

 Paulo's future lie in Cotton — General prospects of Alagoas, Sergipe, 

 Bahia, Minas, — Drawbacks : Shortage of Population — Ginning — 

 Difference in Cotton Ginned by Roller and Saw-gins — Mixing of Seed 

 — Cotton Seed Farms^Establishment of Ginning Factories — Pro- 

 duction of Roller-gins as compared with Saw-gins — Necessity of 

 recognising Quality and Grade — Insect Pests — Exports of Raw Cotton 

 and Countries of Destination — Annual Mill Consumption — Annual 

 Production. 



CHAPTER IV 

 STATE OF SAO PAULO 69 



Geographical Notes — Exports and Imports — Sao Paulo's Powerful 

 Position in United States of Brazil — National Pride- — " Bandeirantes." 



