Show CHINA SHOWS GAIN IN COTTON GROWING Spinning and Weaving Also Spread Over Country I PEKIN Nov 6 It G.-It It is of interest to note that China is steadily gaining in importance as a cotton growing I and manufacturing country Ten years ago according to rough estimates esti esti- mates China produced about to bales of or cotton and had about power power spindles Today these figures compare with other countries as follows Cotton production bales of or pounds Clinia India United States Cotton spindles China I India rid la United States tates 34 Japan From Irom Shanghai where the industry was first established by British firms the and weaving in industry industry in- in on modern lines spread to central central cen ceo China ana north China Three kinds of cotton are grown a a. silky and alid good grown from front American seeds in Shansi and rough and short shon staple in and Shantung and a less rough and fairly good staple in Tung- Tung chow and Shanghai Tung I |