Conference Convened to Discuss Ways of Making Improvement Shanghai, Mar. 16.
'The National Cotton Products Improvement Conference, which being convened under the auspices of the Chinese Cotton Mill Owners' Guild and a number of cotton planting experimental farms to discuss measures for the improvement of cotton production in China was formally opened yesterday at the local Cotton Exchange.
About one hundred delegates and ests. including representatives of the cotton mill owners" guilds in various cities throughout the country, representatives of the agricultural colleges of various univers! ties, cotton experts and. representatives of the Ministry of Industry, the Commercial Commodities Test ing Bureau, the Greater Shanghai Bureau of Social Affairs and. the Shanghai Municipal Party Head~ quarters were present at the open-
over by Mr. "Yung Chung-cheng, ing ceremony, which was presided the well-known cotton magnate, Mr. Yung. dwelt upon. the" importance of the cotton industry to the welfare and livelihood of the people. He said that ax many of the daily necessaries such as clothing, blankets, ete, were made of cotton, an enormous quantity of cotton' was required by China an~ unally. He deplored the fact that due to the inferiority of the quality report for the year 1930, he point-out, showed the total import of [cotton for the year to be more than 2,000,000 piculs, valued at about. 100 million taels.
Continuing, Mr. Yung posted out that China at one time ranked as the third cotton-producing country in the world, That she should now have to rely so much upon foreign imported cotton was rome thing of which all native cotton Producers should feel ashamed.
'After referring to the great portance which was being attached by' the various foreign countries such as America, Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy to their cotton industries, Mr. Yung urged that improved and modern met be immediately introduced in China for the improvement of cotton production.
He expressed the hope that under the guidance of the Government Authorities feasible schemes for the promotion of this important industry of the country would be sdgpted at, the conference:
Mr. H. ¥. foh, Vice-Minister of Industry, read a''speech on tchalf of Dr. il, H. Kung, who was unable to attend owing to pressure of duties at the capital, Dr. Kung said that with the conclusion of the military operations, the. nation jas a whole must concentrate efforts upon national rec -fteam Navigation Coy ners othe Mifated ait! "Foch tala that the Tachi was a vessel running' between Shanghai and Yangchow, vid Tungchow and ports: She was commanded by one. Woo "Ahskeng and the chief engineer's name was Hsu, Both these men had been in the company's service for a number of years. fof native-grown cotton as well as the antiquated methods used in cot~ ton cultivation, China had to, import a large quantity of cotton from foreign countries. The Customs
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