The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-09
day a large proportion Of the troops
OF the different countries wear cotton.

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day a large proportion Of the troops
of the different countries wear cotton
The navy, too, uses an enormou
amount of khaki duck-even more
than when sailing vessels constituted
cur men-of war. Nor has the declin;
Of the sailing vessel diminished tn,
use OF cotton duck for ships; 1t is EN-
ployed SO extensively for awnings, fol
coverings for laurc ches, and for othel
things, that the amount OF the ma
terial used remains just about the
same as bt fore. In South Africa an6
other Of the British possessions the
flax du k has been displaced as covers
for fat cars and vans and for tent:
and wagon covers.
COTTON AND RUBBER.
Cotton is an absolute necessity tC
the rubber trade. It is used In rubber
belting, in the airbrake hose ON rail.
roads. in automobile tires and garden
and fire hose. In fremens coats and
the storm hats worn by sailors, and
the loose weave Of osnaburge Is the
foundation Of rubber overahocs.
In the leather business 1t Is equally
Indispensable, being used as drills In
the lining OF shoes, and as the basis OF
the enameled COOS called leatherolds,
OF which wagon tops, cushions, etc,
are made. In the ''slickers" worn by
teamsters both drills and duck are
used.
Other coats for which it Is estimat.
ed 10, 900, 600 yards are used annually
are the cotton duck overcoats with
blanket Innings, before which the
heavy wool and fur articles have given
way In the northwest. Though Cf cot.
ton they are waterproof and are even
considered warmer. One other conclu.
sive evidence that the nations of every
cline will eventually make the heecy
staple their covering.
Flour mills, sugar re6ueries and salt
concerns use Gotten bags in the hand
lirg OF their &c DDS; the government
Uses 100000 yards OF cotton duck
every, year for coin bags, cement is
put into cotton bags; and coal; and q,
600, 900 yards Of duck annually are
made into feed bags for horses. In
minirg heavy duck is used for drain.
ing the less accessible portions of the
mines, and the wick in the little lamp
which the miner wears In his hat Is Of
cotton. Paper mills and pottery estab.
lishments use great quantities Of
duck; the one as dries and the other
in abstractiDg the water from the
clay.
In localities where tobacco must be
grown under shade, Stats are giving
place to canvass. Immense sheds with
the cloth covering stretch over acre
upon acre, thus giving rise to demand
for cotton goods In another direction.
Ole tobacco company alone in Cuba
and Florida employs one million yards
or cloth for this purpose. And the
same company converts every year four
million yards of cloth into bags for
smoking tobacco. The lines OF bust
SIS which employ cotton in some
form are SO many it almost appears
that expansion OF trade Is but new
and increased demand for the product.
With The discovery OF every new OIL
we'll there IS the need of mt re- heavy
duck for tiltering; and every large
modern building constructed calls for
asbestos jackets to ever the steam
pipes-in the making of VIII ich cotton
Is employed.
NEW NEEDS EVERY DAY.
Where formerly blankets were made
only Of wool, they are now made large
ly Of cotton, and in South Africa, II,
is said, the woolen blanket has beer
completely driven cut by the cotto:
| blanket.
New needs are being discovered fol
cotton every day-many of them
small, that is, calling for small out
put 10 meet given need-yet each in
itself a necessity OF prime considera
tion, and In the aggregate footing w
to an enormous total For instance,
the proportion In which cotton enters
into the composition of paper is no,
great, and perhaps will not ipcreas
10 any extent, but think of making
bricks for building houses OF cotton,
and tiles OF the same for hsarthstones
aud laying pavements! To what ex,
tent may not this growl
Truly 1t would appear that so long
as the Inventive genius Of man lends
itself to meet his requirements there
will be no end to the uses to which
cotton may be put.
~ 10 S'cA DCiicFeu uudu Wbdu may
| be called the concealed uses OF cotton
invisible and unacceptable prima
tacie-will in time come to exceed
those others where It's employment Is
patent and general. Certainly 1t enters
into the manufacture of more articles
OF commerce today than any other one
agricultural product.
PAUL LINCOLN
Proved His Case.
The ,ihcraw Chronicle says Col. j
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