Active discussion continues "in cotton trade quarters of the possibility of Lancashire's quickly making a substantial increase in—its contribution to the country's exports. There is a growing feeling that means could be found of making goods available for export at prices which should attract overseas Customkra, but it is rarely that a suggestion is made of any fresh market which could be tapped or of any existing market which could at present be extended, states the "Manchester Guardian."
The closing of markets as a dire: result of the war has affected otl exporting countries besides Great Britain, and it must have brought a considerable reduction in the total volume of world trade in textiles. Other factors which effect most supplying countries are the "panic" buying during the early weeks of the war when many customers placed orders to cover their requirements several months ahead, and the immenus which war condition have given to the production of cotton textiles for home consumption in many countries especially those "which grow colton. There is, moreover, the factor of uncertainty which makes customers hesitate to place orders when there is reason to doubt Tre; whether the goods can be made or whether, if they are made, they can be transported safely.
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