To Revolutionise Lancashire.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 256, 2 November 1904, Page 4

To Revolutionise Lancashire.

SI'LV.VERs" INVITED TOMOVE TO » AMERICA. HEW YORK, Sept 18 wou^ in^to h --- «J works to America e f hl'f iS^° W schouie has at its tack the leading financier 0 , the *><«* and or object tto consolidation ol the cotton interest. It j» D ui iorward ostensibly as a pl an to c IS cpttoa gambling and ajist tie d^ velopmentof thfe south, but its main object seems to be to form a w called the Southern CrttoiUw£ t,on, g and control the output It is Considered expedient for this purpose to secure Lancashire sy„ip a ! thy a nd support. The resolution, which was unanimously adopted, expressed stronghopes that the cotton manufacturers of Great Britain, either as an organisation or through the medium of duly appoint**! delegates, would visit the United States this autumn and make a personal study of the cot-ton-growing and m a nufacuring possibilities of the south. They were promised a hearty welcome. Speeches were made deriding the idea of growing cotton within the British Empire.