Show Russia's Cotton Needs Imply American Market If It Russia succeeds In its Ita plan of raising the standard of living within its boundaries to the level of that in western countries It should be a large user of American cotton according to toa a study prepared by the New York Cotton exchange The rep report rl of ot the study points out that hat before the war Russia consumed four lour pounds of cotton annually per capita comparing with 12 pounds in Switzerland and 19 pounds In this country In the past five years the average Russian kussian consumption it says was 56 pounds against approximately approximate approximate- ly y 25 pounds In this country If It raised to o the standard in this thu country the Russian Rwan consumption annually would be about bales At the present time annual consumption of all growths of cotton cotton cot cot- ton i Is about bales baIes and is slowly Increasing the study contin contino ues Russia is now using very little American cotton whereas before the World war her mills consumed to bales bale annually Owing Oy to the difficulty of at arranging purchases purchases purchases' pur pun chases chases' of cotton abroad Russia has been forced to expand her own coton cotton cotton cot- cot ton on acreage Into areas where cotton growing is uneconomic If Russian per capita cotton consumption consumption con con- should Increase Increase per cent during the next few years to pounds that Is Js to approximately half the he per capita consumption in the United States Russian annual cotton consumption would be about bales as against an average of in the past five years year this stu study Jy estimates Since experts on Russia arc of ot the opinion that Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian cotton production possibilities are limited to bales ales for the next few years at least It t would be necessary under such conditions con con- for tor the Soviets to import about bales of cotton for lor the remainder of oZ their consumption re re- American cotton would wouldn In n all likelihood constitute the bulk of ot such |