LECTURE BY MR. C. KEARSLEY, very interesting lecture given on Wednesday night before the Union—Church Literary and Social Guild by Mr. C. Kearsley on the subject of "Chinese Cotton, from the Plantation to the Spindle." There was a large attendance.
In introducing his subject, Mr. Kearsley said that he intended to show the passage of the cotton from the plantation to the spindle and loom. He would not deal with ical details, but would try, in ing & way as possible, and by the aid of lantern slides, to give a good idea of the processes of growing, ginning, opening, spinning, ete.
Cotton growing and ginning, he said, was branch of the spinning industry that was, as a rule, neglect: ed, or at any rte little known by the average spinner and manufacturer, owing to its being carried on in a district usually far removed from the cotton mills His experiences in two planting and growing seasons in China had convinced him that there was a need for combination between the farmers, merchants and consumers, as everything pointed to a big future in China. There was need for a better quality of cat-ton, and he asked the question: "Why import American cotton t" The Chinese had the land, the climb ate, the experience and the people who possessed a number of qualities which could, in four or five years, be so improved as to ensure that Chinese cotton could almost take the place of American cotton. Chinese cotton had another pdvantage, viz., good colour.
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