Show COTTON STILL KING KINGS S DESPITE EDICT S OF WILSON Snowy Ball Retains Its Suo Supremacy Supremacy Supremacy Su Su- Su- Su o in t the e South Through New Fields By Harry B. B Hunt Of The Telegrams Telegram's Washington Bu Bu- Bu- Bu reau WASHINGTON Oct 20 Cotton Cotton is still king down South an and even evon the presidents president's proclamation requiring a license before it can be exported will not topple the snowy boll from its throne The cotton prevented from S going to i neutral countries will be more than absorbed by tho the tremendous' tremendous demand elsewhere The indicated yield this year year- Is only bales ind nd the demand is for about Wherefore cotton planters faced by a cent 10 price at atthe atthe atthe the beginning of the world war are arenow arenow arenow now enjoying 24 to 25 and expecting as much as 30 cents Prior to the war cotton was our leading single export Even now with all the shipments of food and su supplies plies to the allies it still ranks fourth important important important im im- im- im because of its use in muni muni- All of which is another reason for forthe forthe forthe the presidents president's proclamation He is endeavoring to keep cotton from leaking leak leak- ing log into Germany through friendly neutrals lIe He was led to do this by a study of ot the export figures The average mill consumption of I cotton by Norway was laS bales and the average prewar importation from us was but in 1915 this I rose to The average mill consumption by Denmark was and the average war pre-war importation bales but in 1915 1916 this rose to The average mill rom consumption for Switzerland was bales She imported practically no cotton from us I directly before the war but in 1915 1916 she took bales The average mill consumption in Spain was bales and her avera average average aver aver- a age e war pre-war importation from us was bales In Ia 1915 she took Figures for Holland and Sweden showed the most astounding demands and it Is these countries that are arc under under un un- un- un der den suspicion as German supply agents i Holland nd is not ordinarily a large consumer of cotton Her average mill mm consumption Is only bales and I she only took from us before the war waran waran waran an avera average e of bales But in 1915 she bought bales or just justi i about six and one half times her mill mm capacity I Sweden's mill consumption averI averages averages aver aver- ages only bales and she used I to take bales But in 1915 1916 she bought bales I She and Holland together in that year took seventh one-seventh of all our cotton cotton cotton cot cot- ton exports England was quick to see what I these figures meant As a result England England England Eng Eng- land finally declared cotton absolute contraband of or war President Wilsons Wilson's proclamation will finish the Job as a cogent reason will have hae to l be e given before a bale of cotton cotton cotton cot cot- ton will be he licensed for export |