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Re SSE LES STOR Ee . PAGE TEN BRITAIN SCORES IN COTTON BATTLE AND AMERIGK I RUBBER: Substantial Gains Reported "by Both Sides in «Struggle " BIG DEVELOPMENT England's Remarkable Ad- vance Related in London Commons London, May 17.--The battle be- tween the United States and, Great Britain for independent supplies of two vital raw products--rubber wud cotton--has been marked recently by reported substantial gains by both sides. On the rubber fromt, Firestone is making steady pro- gress in the Liberian sectar. Ford begins operations from his base in Brazil, and Edison continues impor. tant research work behind the lines, England retaliates with impor- tant victories in the cotton battle to free her from dependence upon America, Official reports, made in the House of Commons, state that from 1920 to 1927 raw cotton pro- duced within the Empire exclud- Ing India, inereased from 100,000 bales to 427,000 bales, "I'nrees fourths of this cotton was of the American type most suitable for the cotton mills of Lancashire. On the whole it was cheaper and het. ler than American cotton, The sup- ply of raw material is now not only larger, but more stable and more available to British demands, This remarkable development of Britain's cotton resources was largely brought about through the Cotton Industry Act passéd by the House of Commons in July 1923 for a period of five years. The Cotton Industry Bill, passed the Hoyse in April, 1928, prolonged the ation of the -original Cot- ton Act for five years, until July 18, 1933, The Cotton Act of 19 3 was born fn Lancashire, the huh 7 the eot- ton manufacturing industry of the world. Before the war the Lanca- ahve trade saw the meed of am in- dependent source of supply of raw cotton. Pioneer work. in develop. ing the cotton resources of the Em. pire was done by the British Cot- ton Growing Association. The pres. ent Empire Cotton Growing Corpor- tion was. ¢ in 1921 and then, in 1923, cashire came for- ward with the Cotton Industry Act scheme. Burden on ata re The act imposed a levy of six- pence (12¢) (Hor bale on the sale of raw cotton by cotton spinners within Great Britain, The pro- ceeds of the tax went to further anh VUonAWA You. - the - objects of the Emahre Cot- ton Growing Corporation. Praecti- cally the entire burden of the levy fell upon Lancashire, who veium- teered to carry the load. in order that Empire-grown cotton might be fostered and developed. The levy produced about £89,000 anau- for the work of the Cotton Cor. poration. Due to the long contin. ued depression in the trade, the levy was reduced to three pence per bale in the recently adopted Cotton Industry Bill, The men behind the Empire Cot- ton movement will' not yet talk of complete independence "Charlie Marchand (CANADA'S TE eave FOLKLORIST.SINGER) "throat easy" "I love to smoke a Buckingham cigarette after my concerts. I find them so throat-easy." Mr, 'Marchand and his Bytown Troubadours are arr outstanding fea. ture of the festival held in Quebec in May, The Canadian National Coun. cil of Education has now engaged Mr, Marchand to tour the on of Canada giving concerts with the object of pe tuating French-Cana Folklore songst n Buckinght C1G AR hal NO COUPONS = ALL QUALITY RE | rs .... 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Hurst, member of Parliament from Manchester and author of the two cotton meas. ures adopted by the House, told the United Press. "But every growth of a substantial character diminish our d d upon the American supply. Ultimately, at any rate, our development will offset any diminishing supplies from other countries." "Our idea is to develop cotton cultivation within the Empire and our p upon; America," Mr. Hurst continued. "The work began with the British Cotton Growing Association. The need for more organized effort was Tealized during the war and result- ed in the formation of the Em- ite Cotton Growing Corporation, he levy of sixpence a bale was operating voluntarily at that time, and the decision to make it com- pulsory was arrived at in order to evximinate a very few. backsliders-- less than ten per cent of the trade, A] to Research "The | does pplied Corporation not raise, sell,-or market cotton. 'I'he funds raised from the levy, and the interest on a Government loan of £1,000,000 also designed for fin- anciny the Oarporation, are -mp- plied to resea in all branches of cotton development, Included in the problems studied by the Cor- poration are cotton pests, methods of cultivation and production, soils and climate, irrigation, transporta. tion, and everything else connected with furnishing cotton for the mills of Lancashire, "The Government and the spin. ning trade are co-operating on the gigantic task of utilizing the cotton resources of the Empire. Quality and supply of raw cotton are es- sential to the future of the Lanca- shire industry. American grades of cotton are hest suited for Lan- cashire's needs, and we are develop ing three grades." A great increase in cotton mro- duction has heen ragistered since 1928 in the Sudan, which now pro- duces 140,000 bales of raw cot- ton annually, Uganda, East Af- rica, produces 130,000, the Sudan increase was aided hy two Empire Cotton Growing Corporation pro- jecis, the Gezira irrigation dam and the Kasala Railway. The Corpora- tion has also set up a colleze on the Island of Trinidad for the study of tropical agriculture, Japan Benefitted Japan, one of Lancashire's great- est competitors in the manufacture of cotton goods, is certainly hene- fitted, and almost suhsidizea, oy the Cotton Industry Bjll. Three- fourths of the cotton produced in Uganda is sold to Japan. The Jap- anese Government subsidizes steam- ers in order to obtain the cotton as cheaply and rapidly as possible, And the steamers take back te East Africa, partly as ballast, print. ed cotton goods previously sent from Lancashire. The British view is that Lanca- shire could have the cotton that Japan buys, if she wanted it and cared to pay for it. Tt is certainly not suggested that Empire-grown cotton should be sold only to Lan- cashire, When other countries take Empire cotton not suitable to Lan- cashire, they leave available the suitable- grades, It 8 suggested that when the Empire grades be- come more formidable competitors with the American grades used in Lancashire, the apparent anomaly will be corrected. TALKING PICTURE PROCESS WAR ENDS American Telephone and Telegraph Gets Three Big Contracts New York, May 17+--A contract war between two giants of the elec- trical industry, pending the out- come of which progress of talking movies was almost at a standstill, reached its climax Tuesday in the signing of contracts which bad been sought both by units of the American Telephone '& Telegraph Company and The Radio Corpora- tion of America, Three great movie producers signed long-term contracts with Electrical Research Products, a Western Electric and A. T. & 7T. subsidiary which some observers believed to all intents block the R, C. A. from the commercial talking movie field. Both Western Electric and R. C. A. have planted talking movie sys- tems. licenses for which they have sought to place with producers. The R. C. A, system ig used by Film Booking Office, and the Western Electric System has been in use some time by Vitaphone and Movie- tone and was recently adopted for use in the Firnatone process of First National Pictures. This left Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky, Metro-Goldwyn Pic- tures, United Artists, Universal Pic- tures and Keith Albee-Orpheum still to be signed up and it was recognized im the industry that the licensing company to get them would practicallly have the field to itself. J. E. Oiterson, president of Elec- trical Research Products, Tuesday announced that the first three 'of these companies had signed con- tracts securing them licenses under Western Electric and A. 1. & T. patents, and that contracts with the ether twe producing compan- ies were in preparation. A VERY NECESSARY WARNING (From the Los Angeles Examiner) Unpleasant warning, but neces- sary. The Federal Government sees danger of another outbreak of in- fantile paralysis this summer. Doc- tor Harris, New York's health offic- er, warns against danger of spinal meningitis. RRA OT Lond) WE | aaavatindy PRIDAL, baad vy, 4 can REPUBLICAN NOMINEE "VIEWS WITH ALARM" Chicago, May 17, -- Franb O. Lowden rests his candidacy for the Presidency on the Republican party's willingness . to. meet the farm problem. "If the party is wunwiiling ta meet the-issue, I do not want the nomination," he asserted here to- day to a select audience of four Teporters. The former Illinois Governor, emphatic in his declar- ation, punctuated his statements 'with short-arm jabs to the nearest reporter's chest. "I do not want the kind of fame that rests on an unsuccessful *ampaign,*. he ob- served. : $19. 75 ¢ Lowden, on his way from Wash- ington and New York to his down-State farm, sees the possibil- ity of defeat if the party does not accept arm velief as ome of its duties. RAILWAYMEN OF ALBERTA HONOR V ET. OFFICER Edmonton, May 17--Marking the retirement after 50 vears' railway service in Canada of W. A. Brown, General Superintendent of the Cana- dian National Railways at Edmonton, he was the honor guest at a dinner last night by more than 300 railway officers and employees and men prominent in the civic life of the city. He was presented with an illuminated address and a purse of the gift of those associated with him in the Edmonton district during the past 22 years. RED CIRCULARS DISTRIBUTED AMONG MEN OF US. NAVY Washington, D.C., May 17.-- Commenting today on press Te- ports from Aix-La-Chapelle, Ger- many, that ten communistic "cells™ have been established in the United States mavy by the third interna- tional, Secretary Wilbur declared that the mavy department had no knowledge of any such condition. He said, however, that "we have knowledge of the fact that efforts have been made to influence mar- ines and sailors in this country and in China." 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PEASANTS ON HORSEBACK Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 17-- More than 100,000 peasants, 2,000 of them on horseback, and all wearing the picturesque native costumes, participated in a demonstration here today favoring independence of Czechoslovakia and the unity of that country and Bohemia. The demon- stration was a counter to that staged in Budapest yesterday, honoring Lord Rothermere for his activity in op= position to the Trianon Treaty. JOHNSTON'S Remarkable Values in Men's and Young Men's Clothing This Week at Johnston's Special-- Youths' SUITS Youths' Long Pant Suits in regular varsity style. your boy steps out in one of these Suits you'll be proud When Tweeds. plain Blue or and moderately Accessories Our showing of Golf Bloomers, Hose, | Sweaters and Caps, is most pleasing priced. Shop at Johnston's Men's Toppers There is. still a long topcoat season ahead of us, in fact, the topcoat today is an all summer service coat, to $35.00 Belts buckle. 'Men's and Boys' ! 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