London, Jan, 96.
In an address to the Royal Society of Arts, Mr. Bitton, Ohairman of the Cotton Growing Association, emphasized the enormous Possibilities of India and the value of the assistance rendered to the Bai by the Cotton Growing Association by reporting on new types cotton.
Dealing with the steps taken by the Association to meet the crisis vat the outbreak of the war, Mr. Hutton paid a tribute to. the patriotism of the banks in providing credits to the amount of £500,000 to enable the Association to finance various crops.
The view of the Council of the Association was that the industry had received @ setback and would require careful nursing to enable it to resume its advance.
The cotton and seed produced under the auspices of the Associa tion were now worth over £1,000,000 year and its work was only beginning. Largo districts in Africa were still untouched and in Mesopotamis there were possibili of growing sufficient cotton to keep half the spindles in the world fully -employed.—Reuter.
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