Show A Paradox In Cotton Measured d in dollars the bales of of- the 1904 cotton cotton- crop ar are arO worth worthless worth less th than n the bales of the 1903 crop 1903 crop r p. p says the says the New York World The difference in total value is enormous A pound of of-gaw of raw w- w cotton which last February sold for 17 cents is pis worth Forth only 8 8 cents now Cotton Is selling at 4 46 40 a bale bal now now las gas compared with 70 to 75 a year ago At At that rate the total value of the 1904 crop will be less Jess than vh while le th the 1903 prop rop sold old for over It Is paradoxical that as one result of the Increased Industry stry of the southern planters they receive less If th they y had planted less cultivated less and allowed the boll bon weevil to flourish they would have been better better- off oft The Immediate effect will be to discourage urage southern enterprise enterprise enter enter- enterprise prise and and to t diminish nish the va value ue In International exchange of the United States' States principal article of export The consumers ot of The world will win be bethe bethe bethe the beneficiaries S |