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“...grey cloths trade to Japan received further
confirmation during 1910. The demand for grey sheetings and drills,
which was formerly almost entirely filled by America, has been largely
met by Japanese inferior cloths. It is held by some that this trade
will never be the same again, and that unless the price of cotton falls
considerably and soon, the Japanese will retain the position they are
winning. They may in the distant future be driven out in turn by
Chinese productions. In Chinese spinning mills the workman are said
at present to get less than half the wages of Japanese workmen.
There is an increasing demand for machinery for mining and
industrial purposes. The latter is often wanted for hand or foot
power only (such as cotton ginning and carding, also spinning and
weaving), and as the demand is usually from men of small capital,
cheapness is essential, and quality and durability count but as slight
justification for higher cost. This demand for cheap and light
machinery is largely met...”
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