Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-10

DoAdIy ana coIt sroWing-Will re-
ceive the attentj Y their exalted
rank in the c4 - exports from
this country m the United States in
dustrial exhiOi IT the Paris exposition
of 1900. The aterial that will make
up the cotton and wool displays from
America has been gathered together
in Washington from all parts of the
west and south through the agricul-
tural department and under the s,1per-
vision of the Washington bureau of the
Paris exposition commission, of which
MI Charles Richards Dodge is repre-
sentative of the secretary of agricul-
ture and director of agriculture. Cot
ton and wool samples of the finest DOS
sioie growth are stored in the ware
houses of the commission and are being
prepared and packed for shipment from
Baltimore in the near future.
The cotton exhibit has been collected
oy Mr.. John Hyde, statistician of the
department of agriculture. About six
hundred samples of growers cotton
have been received from the actual
growers of the staple, many of whom
are the regular correspondents of the
agricultural department. A superb
series of Sea Island cortons has been
sent in by prominent firm of cotton
factors, who are specially anxious that
this long staple cotton may be shown
at Paris. This particular item of thu
q will
special samples of the gr>wth will be
Kept on hand to be given to Europeans
interested in the product
The farmers collection of upland and
other cotton will be shown under plate
glass in panels measuring two by five
feet. There will be twenty-four differ
ent varieties in each panel. Duplicate
specimens of the staples displayed in
this manner will be stored in the bases
OF the cases for examination purposes.
But limited number of samples of the
various classes can be given away. In
its entirety it is expected that the Paris
display will be the finest cotton collec-
ton ever brought together at any pre-
vious exposition.
In order to show to the foreigners
who have never seen cotton in it's nat
ural growth a large glass case will be
provided in which will be seen a full
sized cotton plant, with open bolls. pre-
cisely similar to the millions of such
plants in the southern fields. This dis
play will be made in the exposition
proper on the Champ de Mars At
Pare Vincennes, an annex of the expo
sition, and some little distance from
the main buildings, there will be a Sec
ond exhibit showing the latest process
of preparing cotton for shipment Bal
ing machinery and congresses will be
shown in operation. But as this will
be somewhat remote from the exposi-
tion proper, there will also be shown in
the cotton space at Champ de Mars
miniature models and old fashioned
congresses. These will be contributed
by the Southern Railway company as
a special exhibit, and with the cotton
will be shown models of a
plantation wagon, in which the cotton
is transported to the railway station,
box cars filled with the tiny bales and
in a train on their way to the markets
of the east. This exhibit is expected to
prove exceptionally interesting.
Illustrating the Importance of MAX
ing fine cotton exhibit at Paris, it
may be stated that the American ex-
ports of cotton during the Dass x,aar
amounted to over $3.50. O.OOO. .OOO While
on the subject of figures, it might fur
ther be borne in mind that the Ameri-
can material shown in groups VII and
of the forthcoming exposition (agri-
culture and food products), Director
Dodges department, represents 20 per
cent OF Americas exports to foreign
which last year amounted to
more than $500, ,00O 600.
The wool exhibit has been collected
under the direction of Mr.. j. R. Dodge,
who was for twenty years statistician
of the department of agricu ture, and
is recognized authority on sheep hus-
oandry. The exhibit will represent the
different breeds and grades of United
States wool. The exhibit Will
be composed of selected samples
Philadelphia and Boston. In many
Instances there will be three sam
Piles from each fleece showing the
different qualities. Among the tools
shown will be the famous merino, the
SaXony, the Ramboullet and the De-
aine. Especial attention will be paid
to the long combing wools such as the
Hampshiredown, Oxford
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