The Independent . * ews about, _ the growing cotton plants tor Cotton hag f ollowed the Govern-ments report which showed that con-dition was only in May, the lowestever known in that month, the tenyears average having been 79. Theprice has been rising, and on the 22dit was 26% cents a pound. Not verylong ago planters were urged to holdtheir cotton for 20 cents, those figuresnot having been reached. The upwardmovement is due not to speculation butto trade demand and the prospect ofa small crop. Our own mills are usinglarge quantities. Supplies abroad aresmall. An advance of $18 a bale, to4
The Independent . * ews about, _ the growing cotton plants tor Cotton hag f ollowed the Govern-ments report which showed that con-dition was only in May, the lowestever known in that month, the tenyears average having been 79. Theprice has been rising, and on the 22dit was 26% cents a pound. Not verylong ago planters were urged to holdtheir cotton for 20 cents, those figuresnot having been reached. The upwardmovement is due not to speculation butto trade demand and the prospect ofa small crop. Our own mills are usinglarge quantities. Supplies abroad aresmall. An advance of $18 a bale, to40 cents a pound, at Liverpool on the19th, caused the closing of the Ex-change there on the following may be reopened soon, but sales forfuture delivery probably will be for-bidden. For lack of the raw material,working time in the English mills maybe reduced. Employees regard thesituation with anxiety. It is said thattheir wages have been increased byonly 25 per cent., while the cost offood has been (c) Vndericood & Underwood FRENCH AVIATORS WHO WILL HELP THE AMERICAN EAGLE LEARN TO USE ITS WINGSThese aviators, sent from France to instruct American airmen, are inspecting a Now York aviation training station in company with Americanofficers and aeronautic men. They are, from left to right: Lt. de Mandrot; Henry Woodhouse, governor of the Aero Club of America; Lt. Marquisan ;Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. N.; Lt. Montriol; Allan R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America; Capt. Fitzgerald ; Lt. Ducas; Lt. Rader, of the U. S. Air Service; Lt. Mairesse; Lt. Nasser; and Lt. Lemaire
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