The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-01
HERE s THE SECRET
WONDERFUL NEW COTTON PLANTS
WILL ENRICH THE SOUTH.

Seed Brought From tho Heart of Equator
, iaI Africa by . Wanderer and Trans
planted In Georgia ID Discovered t.
. Make a Most Wonderful Yield. SO Mar.
velous Indeed That the South 10 Making
Gigantic Strides Wherever IL ID Used
Romantic Story of How 1t WIS Intro
duced and the Man Who Did 1t.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. Sit has been lef,
% Adolph Kyle, an English Jew, VINO, i
alive, is now somewhere in the klon-
dyke region, to revolutionize cotton
growing in the south; to change the
method of production of he greatest
money crop in the world, and one that
brings $3.50, 900 annually to the pro-
ducers, aside from that which accrues TO
the transportation companies, the fac
tors, dealers in futures, manufacturers
and merchants, says a correspondent for
the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
From a few seed brought from the
heart OF equatorial Africa three years
ago enough cotton has been grown to
prove beyond a boubt that he has been
the means of solving the problem Of pro-
fitable production, which has SO long
puzzled the political economists Of the
country. In spite Of all that has been
written and said on the subject, the fact
is patent to every thinking man that
cotton is still king of the south and the
commercial monarch is more firmly seat
ed upon his throne than ever before in
| the history Of the world.
With India and Egypt successfully
| competing with thesouth in the produc-
ton OF this great staple. the planters
| have become uneasy and have been seek
( ing in vain for some means OF cheaper
| ing the production by increasing the
| yield and reducing the acreage and num-
/ Der of hands and live stock required TO
make and harvest the crop. 1t is the
only crop that can be grown in this sec
ton free from the disastrous competition
with other sections of the union, and. al
though the formers have become impov-
erished in trying to grow cotton on worn
out lands and with free labor managed
on the old slip-shod slavery system, they
still cling to it as the only crop that will
command ready money at any and all
seasons and that can be stored away and
held back for a rise in price from one
season to another.
So much by way Of preface to the re-
marka bic and roma ntic discovery with
led to the introduction Of this wonderful
m d. he al
hills Of Georgia. The manner in which
it was accidentlly found smacks Of the
career of Barney Barnato. Indeed, at
the time that BFarnato was investing
in the clay pits of Kimberly and laying
the foundation of his fabulous fortune
another adventurer Of the same resour-
ceful race was making his toilsome way
through the miasmatic swamps of the
upper Congo on the road to the discov-
cry of thar wonderful plant that is Of
more importance to the commercial
world than all the gems from all the
mines Of the dark continent.
One day in the Autumn of 1894, trav-
eler, bronzed and bearded from the eff
fectS of the tropical sun and long sea
voyage-about As years of age and ro-
bust and sinewy-signed the name "Ad-
olph Kyle, England" on the hotel reg
lister at the Kimbal house, and ordered
his somewhat cumbersome baggage car
ried to his room. He was soon surround
ed by a crowd Of curious colonies, after
the manner If the hospita BILE southerner.
who were anxious to learn what par
ticular brand Of spirits he affected, and
incidentally something Of his anteced-
ents, and whether or not he had any
spare cash to invest in suburban lots or
mining schemes.
Partly through natural garrulity, and
partly through a desire TO crafty the
manifest curiosity of the colonels, he be- |
gan to relate scraps Of his adventures
among the jungles Of South Africa, and |
OF the remarkable sights and scenes |
that came under his observa ton. He re- !
haled them with stories, tales OF the |
slave trade, which made their mouths |
water, and Of the wondrous vegetable |
productions OF that region OF eternal |
summer
KYLE TALKS OF HIS TRIP.
In December, 1892, I Joined a party |
out on tour OF exploration to the coun-
try Of the Congo. 1t was an arduous |
undertaking. full OF periis and prive-
tons, but We were all young Englishmen
who had started out TO seek our for
tunes, and We had all TO win and little
to lose, and for many months we wan
dered among the jungles of central At
RIGA, meeting with the savage tribes
and passing through strange scenes in
bic such as may be seen only In
that wonderful land
''One day along in 1s93 we pitched our
camp on the outskirts Of an African VII
lage, about twenty miles south OF the
and about a thousand miles
from the coast. I observed growing near
the camp thicket Of mammoth cotton
plants. twenty feet in height and COW
cred from top 20 bottom with snowy
pods and blossoms. Il attracted my at
tention because OF the abundance OF the
fiber and the peculiar appearance Of the
plant. which was iimbless and bore its
seed pods at the base OF the big. broad
tig-like leaves and only few inches from
the stem OF the plant which shot straight
up from the gronud and appeared more
ike a young tree.
II tried 10 learn of the natives what
use il any they made of il. but they
seemed utterly ignorant OF its utility.
had seen cotton growing in Egypt and
the similarity Of the two plants caused
ne 10 think 10 myself tina; IL this plant
could be introduced into a civilized cot
country and could be made
u grow as iuxu-ianily and fruit as
sbun5antlv as /: did there in the prime