The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-15

planter and fAs
closer touch. - plan better UcteNas
~ haunx and w-a-ehouslnE the stanHd
nraaucI and 20 4iscGss raciho1S f"F
tn elimination of the cotton spcvnla-
tar In addition - .as ara
manufacturer present there are sky
r,ei~hmen tNenty- Germans
seven Frerehmen and several manu-.
f~nctur~rv from Austria Portugal @aa
ether countries Mos 70 them haF@
never before seen cotton n
the aeids ard know i only IN tae
mill They coFae 10 sec he" u I. Pr"
duce5 and u get ia closer touch @it8
the men who grow 81 They and 'hf4F
predecessors have spent millions - dol-
lars uu~succesfally trying ~ grew u
n English. German. French ana
spanish c~olonIcs Failure has attend
ed every attempt nxcept ~ such small
quantities and ~ quality that Il does
not compete Win the COTTON grown
in the South Egypt produces only
500. Oo0 bales. and i cannot srcai.y
increase its crop while The south has
the land and the climate q Increase
it, crop ten fold
Nowhere else can II be srown AM
the foreign spinners know they must
depend on the south for their supply
\ short time ago they mad some doubt
whether the south could produce
enough cotton 10 keep up With the
demand and we're in trauhle over the
problem Of increasing their spindles
T-,--,ar .+EaFs- convinced them that
the South could produce az much
cotton as the world needs and that
II prices were remunerative the sup
ply would steadily Increase. The
South now raises IS per cent OF the
cotton grown and can Increase 10 any
given demand. In his speech 70 the
association Governor Hoke smith said
that there are 100000 acres In the
south upon which cotton can be
grown. Less than one-hfth or the
cotton land in the South Is In Guilt
walton. lie added.
w ask your attention to our claim
that while cotton may be grown with
partial success in many countries or
the world. yet nature has intended
this TO be the favored section for the
growth of cotton in It's perfection
This is not due TO a better knowledge
with reference to tho culture pos
sessed here. but TO a combination Of
soil and climatic conditions that exists
WI else
with us only second in import
ance to temperature il the distribu-
ton Of ~rainfall among the seasons
suited regularly 10 cotton culture. We
have two dry and two wet seasons
each year and then a frost that Kills
the plant and insures a silky. fine
staple.
1.-The increased production and use
of lint cotton in this section has no
parallel a century ago We exported
thirty-six thousand bales. Thirty-fve
years ago 4.474,0O0 met the demands
of the market. Last year 13. 500. 900
was non too much for the mills of
the world.
Las year European mills alone
took over 1900. 600 bales Of Southern
cotton.
This section has produced the lint
cotton and Your machinery has made
the finished ~roduct leave far behind
all fabrics made from cotton's three
rivals-wool. flax and silk.
While the use Of cotton has been
increasing 50 rapidly throughout the
world in spite Of the Increasing price.
the worlds wool production de-
creased from 1895 II 1905 40 '
cent. During the same period the
worlds consumption of lint cotton in
creased 10 per cent.
The future demand for cotton
manufactured goods should Increase
even more rapidly. Modern civiliza-
ton is advancing through the open
gates Of Asia. and the isles Of the
ners MAY join hands to clothe the
world Won have a any1T1nn lnr
tiny"
Governor Smith went on to say that
the spinners could rely upon the
South to furnish a supply as a perma-
tent proposition to meet your ever
increasing demand and 1--WE invite
you to investigate the capacity of
this section to furnish cotton and
quit troubling yourselves about cot
ton fields in other countries vet to be
found but While the Southern farm
ers can grow greater crops they
cannot be expected to grow an ex-
~cessive crop and have their increased
labor rewarded by less pay for a large
crop than a small crop would have
brought"
The aggregate wealth represented
by the delegates to the convention Of
International Association Of Cotton
Manufacturers and Growers is con-
servatively estimated to be $3,e67.-
100000. G. b. Bryant. Of Charlotte.
=. G, secretary Of the American
Manufacturers Association, appor-
tons this wealth out among the va
rious branches OF the cotton indus