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Show COTTON AND CASH. At the moment American farmers who have romoved to tho westorn provinces of Canada foal sure that thoy havo seen theMast of the- spring snowstorms and argsputtlng In early J i crops, Texas has been sendlntr to nr kot, with tho usual ceremonies, Us first bale of cotton of tho cm rent year The festal bale was carried to a gulf port on a special train, and received re-ceived along the route with fitting appreciation. ap-preciation. Texas raised about 1 000 -000 bales In 190S and again In 1909, and. though the mark was not reached in 1910. the amount of money received for the crop was satlsfactorv. Tne state raises Tour or five times as much cotton as In 1S79. a year In which the price went as low as 9 1-4 The low-est low-est price in 1910 was 1C.00 During; the last Democratic administration, between 1893 and 1S9C. the lowest price was lelow 10 throughout, and, for the most part, bolow 9. S.'nce then Oklahoma has swung Into line and Is making a great cotton record The political point Is mentioned as a reminder of tho extent to which the south has shared the long era or prosperity. The world's production of gold, which has just been announced again, hns only half the value of tho American cotton crop. And the Amor-lean Amor-lean corn crop Is worth twice a6 much as the cotton crop, it Is expected that the growth of Egyptian cotton, which has n special value for cortaln lines of manufacture, will lie largely promoted pro-moted In the irrlgatod regions of Arizona and Southern California As American manufacturers are" importing import-ing over $14,000,000 worth of Egyptian Egyp-tian cotton annually, the importance of this extension of cotton culture Is fevident If this year's cotton yield in the United States reaches 14.000,-000 14.000,-000 bales, its value will be not far from $1,000,000,000. And this is but one of tho big American crops. In western Canada the farmers aro watching the spi outing of radishes They aro too far north to raise oven corn If making money is the chlof object of agriculture, the American emigrants in tho fnr north have guessed guess-ed wrong. SL Louis Globe-Democrat. I |
