Show COTTON that the american cotton grower has reason in feel deeply concerned over the advance of the british up the allo la made evident by tho following roni a contemporary our manufacturers already import bales per annum of egyptian cotton as its long and staple Is of particular kaluf illi in several kanda ot manufacture and as a mixture with american grown cotton thirty uvo years ago sir samuel baker predicted that the british control of the nile would render england independent of the cotton fields 0 america egypt and tho soudan are the finest cotton growing countries in the world and experts who have investigated vesti gated the capacity of the babrel ghazal region state that it alone could supply the worlds cotton demand since tho british occupation of egypt the cotton crop has been doubled last year amounting to more than one third that of all india and about one ninth that of this country when the existing scale of southern wages is considered it is evident that the disparity in advantages will bo very hard to equalize it looks as it B cent cotton or less would bo the rule in egyptian production if tho manchester capitalists so want it which they unquestionably do A subscriber aska bow we account tor the large volume ot money especially gold now in tho banks ot the united states while only three years I 1 ago there was apparently a distressing scarcity since the cleveland bond issues over in gold have come into the country from foreign countries and in the meantime the exports have almost ceased this favorable balance has been added to by the output ot the gold mines of the united states including akasaka Al asaka to the extent of at least malting a total of in gold since july 17 last when american control began at santiago the customs collections at that port have amounted to altogether the customs revenues in that department have been at the average rate of per month or a year there has been no discrimination between vessels of different nations in the matter of entering and clearing at the port and this policy according to the report of collector donaldson has largely increased the revenue from duties on all kinds of necessary supplies ezra richardson is selling all kind of candy to churches day schools and all public places ot a charitable nature at exactly cost he has over ibs of different varieties on hand so dont overlook the number |