The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-14
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FoR COTTONS BENEFIT.
The proposed Cotton Carnival. for
the south in which the value and di-
verse products Of the cotton crop win
be presented in tangible forms is an
endcavor which should Immediately
commend itself. to Southern people.
Aside from its value to the business Of
growing. handling and selling and
manufacturing cotton. the South needs
such an exhibition to impress its own
people with its wealth and Importance.
The suggestion for a cotton exhibi-
ton OF wide scope is one Of the re-
suits Of the recent meeting Of men In
tsrested in the cotton seed and cotton
seed oil business In Atlanta. The sug-
gestion was originally advanced by L.
A. Ransom. Of Atlanta, who was iden-
titled with the cotton seed business in
Atlanta. But 1t lay dormant for a
year to be revived by Secretary q. 8.
Viewer. OF the Montgomery CONNER
cial Club who brought it forward
again and gave II new life Mr.
Viewer is well known. advertising
man. and he appreciates the splendid
give cotton IN the South.
| It Is perhaps natural that the sug-
sestion for an exhibition which show
the development OF the products Of the
cotton plant should come from the cot
ton seed men. For the most remark
able advance Of any of the many lines
OF trade or manufacture dependent
upon the growing OF cotton IL the cot
ton seed business. Only few years
ago II was thought that cotton seed
were not worth hauling to town to
sell. After the farmer had selected his
cotton seed for the next year. he was
ready to strew what remained on the
Lground for fertilizer. II he was q good
farmer. or. as great many others did.
he let them 80, not caring what be-
came OF them.
Hut In this business there has been
4 remarkable development. Many new
and unexpected uses have been found
for the products Of cotton seed OIL
For one thing Il has sold high. in
snowy bottles labelled BEST Olive
OIL" In the culinary art now It has
been frankly accorded q high place
and there no longer exists the neces-
sity of Disgusting It as olive oil" al
though the practice IL still largely fol-
lowed. And in many other ways cot
ton seed OIL has proved its value to
commerce.. They are making lard Of
the product Of the crushed cotton seed
any many cooks are positive that for
cooking purposes 1t Is cleaner and bet
ter than the high priced product oh
tanned from the hog The sale Of this
new commodity has rapidly increased
I'm recent years.
ers that have been found in cotton
seed. when we consider seed, together
with its other various and sundry bv-
products. we can easily understand
that an exhibition which fully and
faithfully represented the development
nj the business OF crushing cotton seed
and marketing its products would be
show. in itself sufficiently entertain
ing and instructive.
But a cotton exhibition would have
even a wider field In presenting the
growing of the plant and it's manu-
facture into cloth. The exhibition
should have a bearing on the import
ant movement to induce Southern men
to wear cotton goods. Certainly ne
cooler ,or neater clothes for Southern
summer could be found than cotton
weaved goods. The question to be
solved Is to find way to induce
Southern men generally to wear such
clothing. When this Is done a great
and profitable demand for cotton
would be created to the blessing Of
the Southern farmer. II the manufac-
turer OF cotton goods suitable for
mems clothing would present a full
and complete exhibition Of their goods,
a great advance will have been made
towards popularizing the wearing of
the products OF the fields OF the
South.
When we consider that the cotton
goods manufacturers OF England. Of
New England. of the South. would be
brought together-that the wonderful
scope of the cotton plant in supplying
the wants of mankind would be put
before the visitor-that he would have
the opportunity of grasping the null
tiple uses to which the neecy staple is
put-we cannot fall to appreciate the
greatness OF such an exhibition.
It is a matter in which the whole
South should feel a vital interest.
THE FOURTH's HARVEST.
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