The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-14
Egyptian Cotton Established ia r.>...

" "' - - N''>' IiIH'N TWO lttltI> fiil>
week from Mr. W. W. Wentworth. nr
knrnry. in the >amr State. will, ,c.nu
To the progress of his experiments with
Egyptian cotton. which contain matter
of much interest fur cotton producers
generally.
In one letter Mr.. Wentworth reports
that his ''crop of Egyptian cotton is
ginncd and about ready to send tn
ii0st0n. where cOttoms of this and tlcr
grades find ready sale at good prices"
and tie adds that the 800 pounds of
thnt product 'will bring as much ns
5,0oD pounds of lint from common cot
tom About 1.500 pounds of he Ey,p-
tan lint. he explains. WAS g,tl,u,cd
from Il six Acre tract. which WAS at tie
rate nt 210 pounds ,n the acre. and the
rest from Il patch which, owing to the
late stand and "thr detrimental li,tl..
bug called boil wcrvil. WAS almost Il
failure.
In another letter. hr rrmnrh> hat
had he received .'tllr assistance. l..,.c,l
for III lS9j from the scientific gentle
men. Texas would To day br >lippi,,.
thousands of bales of this beautiful
fibre" to factories in the North, am,l
''realizng Il handsome profit" OF the
four different c"ttnnS now grown IN
this c"mntry-Srl island. E.yptian.
long staple. native. of |! iurhcS in
length. and the short or common cot
tnn-hc says, ''thc Nit Milf lEgyptian)
stands sprccmincntly alone. as no other
cotton approaches the prcnIiariticS of
its fibre The strength of the Texas
raised, the silky iistrc. and the soft
feeling of fine lambs wool. places it
peculiarly alone" aud he adds: what
IL victory for Texas! to know that on
her ordinary cotton lands, from the
Sabine to the Rio Grnm,lc, she can pro-
d'lcc Il 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 "or.linHry
cotton lands in every part of Texas,
and Mr.. Wentworth remarks that arms
"strong 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-
ducts
In an editorial note introducing one
OF his letters. the Journal says: 1--WE
may add that Mr.. Wentworth tells us
in IL private note that his cotton, sent
to Boston and classified by an expert
in fine fibrcs, was vulued Mt IA cents IL
pound" And he adds that the Egyp-
tinn. on our Texas lands, will produce
variety. His cotton was ginncd on the
Idea" roller gin, and not by the Nc
Carthy knife roller gin. All
honor to him. He has labored nnsclf-
ishly, overcoming obstacles for the
common good, and we think within
half n decade, when Texas is producing
several thousand bales nf Egyptian
cotton annually, Mr.. Wentworth will
lind that his work is appreciated as it
deserves. He has won his fight. The
Journal cOngratulatcs him most heart
lily.
from all this that Mr.. Wentworth has
made /; complete and notable success
OF his effort to Introduce the culture OF
Egyptian cotton on Il large and prof
itnble scale into this country. llc has
grown it by the acre and made it pro-
duce as much as ordinary cotton. IL
will grow on ordinary cotton land and
Is worth three times as much as Or,li-
nary cotton. The Texas grown fibre
is even superior to that grown in Egypt
The "boll 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 in this State in their
interest.
Possibly the "cotton problem will
be solved for the more intelligent and
progressive cotton farmers by the pro-
duction of this fine fibre iA large quan-
titles, leaving the coarse and cheaper
product to the rest. The demand for
tho fine fibre has grown rapidly in the
past few years. and is growing every
year. No limit can rs yet be assigned
to such demand. AS it is stronger
than the common fibre, it may well
displace that fibre in many manufac-
tnresin which the lnttcris now employed
alone, and SD make new demands rs its
certain supply increases.
1t is to be noted, finally, that there
is u present established market in this
country, for the fibre which il supplied
by the Egyptian grown product, and
which will insure our farmers high
prices for all they can produce for sew
eral years t.. come; an.l that when they
arc i'll position to supply the whole de-
mand they will be i'll position to move
effectively for tho exclusion of the for
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