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OXFORD GAVE A
TALK ON COTTON
Says There Must be Greater Produc-
tion of Long Staple Cotton in
This Country
An unusual opportunity came to the
College Friday afternoon to hear one
of England’s most prominent and re-
liable economists speak on the sub-
ject of “Cotton”. John A. Todd, Cot-
ton Economist of Oxford
speaker.
Mr.
ternoon,
Todd arrived in the early af-
rather unexpectedly and it
was impossible to inform everyone of
his being here, however,
and some students were present to
hear his talk in the Y. M. C. A. chap-'
el at 4 o'clock.
Earlier in the afternoon he was |
ral
taken for a trip over the College prop-
erty and he expressed himself as
impressed with the Col-
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Finance in
by Price, of Com-
merce and York, in
most unusual terms,
about the extensive and valuable work
that the College was doing.
statements of Mr. Price were so
strong that Mr. Todd feared disap-
pointment on arriving here, but he
said his curiosity was so aroused that
to He
not had
said
Mr.
he resolved come. yes-
terday, that only Price’s
comments been confirmed in his opin- |
ion but even extended. “You have a
wonderful thing here,” he said “There
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is no use in my attempting to speak
of your institution in a comparative
way for there is nothing in the world
| to compare with it. I have visited
agricultural colleges in every country
and have not seen anything that was
| like this. We have one in India that
| Empire,
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weight Clothing (ready-
to-wear) 1s most complete.
Then, too, our tape is always |
ready to measure you for a
KAHN TAILORED GARMENT
BRANDON & LAWRENCE
He then gave the prospects of Eng-
| land’s possible future cotton supply,
to relieve the present shortage and
* | said that certain quanities could be
grown in every division of the British
and
though she would al-!
ways lead in the production of the |
long staple Egyptian cotton,
yet it |
{is impossible but that America shall
continue always to produce the bulk
| could,
| duction of short staple
of the good middle class of cotton.
He gave the warning that England
however,
| cheap labor.
is as large, but in no sense compar- |
| able to yours.”
The theme of his talk in the Y.
C. A.
supply of cotton in regard to
M.
was the question of the world |
con-
sumption and production.
He was familiar with the cotton in-
| dustry,—growing, marketing and
| manufacturing,—in this country and
especially
| every other country where the staple |
| was hard to detect, and could .only be
| done so by examining every seed in
[is grown.
| In the beginning he gave
a short
| history of the last four or five cotton |
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| crops in the United States and told | }
| and serious steps at once.
| why the varying and unreliable sup-
| labor and fluctuating prices hurt the
| consumer. Coming up to the last
much of which is still in the
hands of the producer in this coun-
| try,
| fered for
crop,
it and the little demand for
|it to the short staple and bad grade.
And at this point he dwelt with con-
siderable stress on the increasing de-
mand and price for cotton of longer
staple. “The position today is not
merely cotton but staple of cotton.”
the
| tires can
| be made only from long staple cotton,
large
industry.
caused in
automobile
This is part by
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and as it now stands the development
of the automobile industry depends
entirely on the production of the long
| staple cotton, which means that
time at least,
| staple cotton will demand an untold
| premium over
| ton.
for
some to come long
the shorter staple cot-
“There is no opposition of interests
existing now,
| rubbish, and
just that.”
we
this country is full
| ply of these years, caused by weevil, |
the faculty |
he attributed the small price of- |
want cotton but not |
of |
Much interest was
those present when he
marketing cotton and many questions
were asked. He said conditions here
were deplorable and must be improved
by community cooperation, but said
that such a movement could not come
from the spinners, because of the
fact that no one spinner could use
one growers cotton. The length of
the staple varies as much as one-
eighth of an inch from weather con-
ditions, and the spinner must have a
certain staple, which can only be sup-
plied by the broker, who collects from
many districts.
He also stirred up great interest in
his discussion of the pink boll worm,
as to its presence in|
Egypt. He warned that its presence |
a given area as there is its favorable
hiding place. He urged immediate
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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, Aprl 3.
Free Picture Show
o’clock.
Sunday, April 4.
Bible School, 9:15, Guion Hall.
Morning Services
Hall, Speaker, Dr.
Giddings, Sociologist,
University.
Y. M. C. A. Chapel Service 6:30.
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Baptist Services, Guion Hall, 2::
Methodist Services, Y Chapel, 2 ih
Presbyterian Services, E. E. Bldg.
2:30.
Christian Services, C. E. Lecture
Room, 2:30.
Episcopal Services, Room 10, C. KE.
Bldg., 9 o’clock.
Mass for Campus Catholics, Room
19, C. E. Bldg., 9:30.
Monday, April 5.
Science Seminar, Physics Lecture
Room, C. E. Building, 8 o’clock.
Speakers, H. J. Reinhard and A.
H. Leidigh.
Animal Industry
20, Agricultural
R. P. Marsteller,
“Regulatory
Inter-State
Stock.”
Plant Industry
Council, Room
Bldg., 7:45, Dr.
Speaker, subject
Laws Pertaining to
Shipment of Live
Council, Exten-
sion Service Building, 3 o’clock.
Speakers: Dr. Maurice C. Tan-
quary, “Boll Weevil Control” and
Mr. Farrar, Marketing agent for
the * Cotton “Belt RR.” R., “Can
Florida Methods of Handling
Green Tomatoes be Adapted to
East Texas Conditions?”
M. E. Society, M. E. Building, 7:30.
Tuesday, April 6.
Play, “The shrivel
Guion Hall 7:30.
| Wednesday, ar 7.
Picture Show,
Admission 15c.
Friday, April 9.
Entomological
Bldg., 4 o’clock.
of : RKitty”
Airdome, 6:30,
Seminar, Agr.
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