The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-19
why COTTON Is HIGH
THE MANY USES THE GREAT
STAPLE is PUT TO.
1t Enters Into the Manufacture of
More Articles Today Than Any
Commodity Except Steel.

More Articles Today Than Any
Commodity Except Steel.
A circular letter of a New Yo-H
broker, recapitulates few of the
uses to which cotton is put. In view
of the oft-asked question as to where
the 13,000,0OO bales or cotton sL
when made into manufactured goods
the following will be worth whil".
Eliminate cotton and the stopage
of spindles and looms would be but
trihe compared to the paralysis
that would visit countless other In
dustries.
The railroads of America con-
sumo 250,O00 bales of cotton annual
ly. Cotton duck Is the basis of the
airbrake hose; of enameled ceilings;
the plush chairs are of cotton; the
leather seats are of cotton.
Automobiles require about 290,
900 bales annually for the manufac-
ture of tires and about $4,000 an
nually for the manufacture Of leath-
er' seats and cushions.
More cotton is used each year to
harvest and market the grain crops
of the world than woulu be required
to clothe the inha bitants Of large
city.
Electricity, powerful as it Is, can
not get along without cotton. Mil
ions Of miles of copper wire annual
ly owe the perfection of their insula-
ton to cotton yarn or tape of cotton
cloth.
The armies of the world today
are clothed in cotton cloth-khaki-
or something similar. This country
alone requires about 100000 yards
Of eight-ounce khaki cloth annually
for Its army.
1.-The navies and merchant ships
of the world use more cotton duck
today than was required in the days
of sailing vessels.
Millions of yards of cotton cloth
are used by the tobacco industry for
growing tobacco under, shade anG
making bags for smoking tobacco.
Cotton bags have displaced bar
rels to great extent in the ship
ment Of sugar, salt and -four.
Cotton Is used in the mining and
marketing of coal. About 100000
yards of cotton duck annually are
made into coal bags.
About 2O,OOO,0OO yards OF cotton
duck are made into overcoats with
blanket lining, to take the place of
heavy wool and fur garments in the
American and Canadian northwest.
Thousands of bales annually are
required to make cotton duck to
place around the asbestos sectional
covering in which the steam hot
water pipes OF flreproof buildings are
encased.
Cotton blankets have displaced
woolen blankets in many important
markets of the world.
Cotton cloth has taken the place
of wall paper In thousands of mod
ern homes.
Cement companies use about
8,DO0,000 yards of cotton bagging
The government requires about
100000 yards annually for coin
bags.
Millions of yards OF duck, 46 in
ches wide, are used annually for the
purpose Of filtering oils.
Cotton duck is the basis of rub
Der betting and all kinds of hose.
Sales to these branches of trade
amount to 5O,000,O0O yards annual
ly.
Millions of yards of cotton cloth
are used in large cloth signs and ad-
vertisements.
More cotton is used in linen
shirts and collars than linen itself.
"Mercerized cotton goods to the
extent of hundreds of millions OF
yards sell in competition with silk.
Cotton is used to a greater or
less extent in all but the most eX-
pensive of wooden fabrics.
These items furnish few Of the
reasons why the world neesds 3,000,-
900 bales more cotton than it did
five years ago, notwithstanding the
fact that new markets have not been
extensively developed and the world 5
population has shown no sudden in