Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-09-14 | Page 4 | War Causes Cotton Exports to Fall off in Big Amount

WAR AR CAUSES COTTOm COil ON EXPORTS TO fAll fAllOff FALLOFF Off IN BIG HIb MOUNT AMOUNT w. WASHINGTON Sept 14 The Tho Tho extent of the effect of the tho European 1 war on the thc American mer ao cotton industry a 1 was disclosed dis dis' disclosed closed toda today in the census bureaus bureau's 5 August cotton cOlton consumption report showing show show- in log ing that during August only 21 10 bales of cotton colton was exported T while during August u last year 2512 bales T went abroad I Great Britain took on only ony bales bates this Au August while last a t Au August she bo took Germany a took onI only two fifty wo bales 3 against a year car ago ngo France took only five bales bale a against 5 5 93 a year ago t Oj Italy took 1516 1316 against a year car a ago o and ana all other ither countries took look against IO 53 a acar year ear a ago o. o Tho supply of cotton durin during tho the year of 1914 1014 T winch which l cb caned 31 was more than The exports for fornie forthe forthe the nie year amounted to GIS b bales ales the domestic cOD consumption 55 bales and the 9 quantity a ti on nand and August 31 was wag about 1516 63 1 bal An extraordinary inar feature of tho the report report re re- port was as the fact that mote more cotton was imported during AlI August than was exported ex cx- ported by bJ the United States w which 1 last year supplied almost 61 per cent of tho worlds word a cotton