The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-14
Egyptian coil"n Established in Trxas.

week from Mr.. w. w. Wentworth. OF
karncy. i'm the same State. with regard
to the progress of his experiments with
Egyptian cntton, which contain matter
OF much interest for cotton producers
generally.
In one letter Mr.. Wentworth reports
that his ''crop of Egyptian cotton is
ginned and about ready to send to
Boston, where cOttons OF this and other
grades find ready sale at good prices"
and he adds that the 1,SO0 pounds of
that product "will bring as much as
5000 pounds of lint from common cot
ton.n About 1,5O0 pounds of the Egyp-
tian lint. he explains, was gathered
from a six-acrr tract, which WAS at the
rate of $50 pounds to the acre, and the
rest from Il patch which, owing to the
late stand and "the detrimental little
bug called boil wecvil, was almost Il
failure"
In another letter. he remarks that
had he received "the assistance begged
for in 1895 from the scientific gentle
men, Texas would to-day be shipping
thousands of bales of this beautiful
iibrcr to factories in the North, and
"realizing handsome profit" Of the
four different cnttons now grown IN
this conntry-sea island, Egyptian,
long staple, native, of 1! inches in
length, and the short or common cot
ton-he says, "thc Nit Afifi (Egyptian)
stands prc-cminently alone, as no other
cotton approaches the pecnIiarities of
its tibre.'' ''Thc strength OF the Texas
raised, the silky lustre, and the soft
feeling of fine lambs wool, places it
peculiarly alone" and he adds: "What
victory for Texas! to know that on
her ordinary cotton lands, from the
Sabine to the Rio Grande, she can pro-
iucc superior fibre to that imported
from the fertile valley of the Nile.
valued at $3.50 per acre" 1t will be
noted particularly that the cotton in
question can be grown on "ordinary
cotton lands" in every part OF Texas,
and Mr.. Wentworth remarks that arms
s.stlUng in wealth" have now come to
his assistance, after his four years of
struggle, and it may be assumed that
the crop he has introduced will soon
figure extensively among Texas pro-
duets.
In an editorial note introducing one
of his letters, the Journal says: 1--WE
may add that Mr.. Wentworth tells us
in private note that his cotton, sent
to Boston and classified by an expert
in fiue tibres, was vulued at ID cents u
pound" And he adds that the Egyp-
tian, on our Texas lands, will produce
as much, acre for acre, as the common
variety. His cotton was ginned on the
"Ideal" roller gin, and not by the Nc
Carthy knife roller gin. All
honor to him. He has labored unself-
ishly, overcoming obstacles for the
common good, and we think within
half a decade, when Texas is producing
several thousand bales of Egyptian
cotton annually, Mr.. Wentworth will
find that his work is appreciated as it
deserves. He has won his fight. The
Journal congratulates him most heart
lily.
1t appears to be q safe conclusion
from all this that Mr.. Wentworth has
made complete and notable success
of his effort to introduce the culture OF
Egyptian cotton on large and prof
liable scale into this country. He has
grown it by the acre and made it pro-
ducc as much as ordinary cotton. 1t
will grow on ordinary cotton land and
is worth three times as much us crdi-
nary cotton. The Texas grown fibre
is even superior to that grown i'll Egypt.
The boil wccvil," which attacked it
this year, does not affect that cotton
alone, but attacks any kind; it is ut no
special disadvantage on account OF this
foe. We submit to the cotton planting
fraternity in South Carolina that the
experiments of the modest, patient
and untiring" Texas pioneer is well
worth repeating i'll this State Ill their
interest.
Possibly the COTTON problem" will
be solved for the more intelligent and
progressive cotton farmers by the pro-
ducti0n of this fine fibre III large guam
titles, leaving the coarse and cheaper
product to the rest. The demand for
the fine fibre has grown rapidly in the
past few years, and is growing every
year. No limit can as yet be assigned
to such demand. AS it is stronger
than the common fibre, it may well
displacc that fibre in many manufac-
lures in which the latterisn0w employed
alone, and so make new demands as Its
certain supply increases.
1t is to be- noted, finally, that there
is IL present established market i'll this
country, for the fibre which is supplied
by the Egyptian grown product, and
which will insure our farmers high
prices for all they can produce for sew
era years to come; and that when they
arc in position to supply the whole de-
mand they will be i'll position to move
effectively for the exclusion OF the for
cign product under our Protective tariff