Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07
STATISTICS SHOW WHERE
AND HOW COTTON is USED
Data Collected to Explain Why 3,oo0,-
600 More Bales Necessary Than
Case Five Years Ago

Messrs Dick Bros. e Co.. one of the
| largest firms in the United States deal
Ing in cotton. give the subjoined as
| some of the reasons why the world
needs 100000 bales more cotton than
it did five years ago:
Cotton enters into the manufacture
of more articles of commerce today
than any other commodity except steel
Eliminate cotton and the stoppage Of
spindles and looms would be but a trifie
compared to the paralysis that would
visit countless other industries.
The railroads of America consume
250,000 bales of cotton annually. Cot
ton 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 100000
bales annually for the manufacture OF
tires and about $4,000 for the manu-
facture of leather" seats and cushions.
More cotton is used each yeaI to har-
vest and market the grain crops of this
world than would be required to clothe
the inhabitants of large city.
Electricity, powerful as /: is, cannot
get along without cotton. Millions of
miles Of copper wire annually owe the
perfection of their insulation 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.
The navies and merchant ships of the
world use more cotton duck today than
was required in the days of sailing ves-
sells.
Millions OF yards of cotton cloth are
used by the tobacco industry for grow
ing tobacco under shade and making
bags for smoking tobacco.
Cotton bags have displaced barrels to
a great extent in the shipment Of su-
gar, salt and flour.
Cotton is used in the mining and
marketing of coal About 100000
yards of cotton duck annually are
made into coal bags.
About 20000.000 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 re-
qured to make cotton duck to place
around the asbestos sectional covering
in which the steam hot water pipes of
hreproof buildings are inclosed.
Cotton blankets have displaced wool
en- blankets in many important mar
kets of the world
Cotton cloth has taken the place of
wall paper in thousands OF modern
homes
Cement companies use about 100000
yards of cotton bagging annually
The government requires about 4,000,-
600 yards of cotton duck annually for
coin bags.
Millions of yards of duck. forty-slx
inches wide, are used annually for the
purpose of filtering oils.
Cotton duck is the basis of rubber
betting and all kinds of hose. Sales
to these branches of the trade amount |
to $4,000 900 Yards annually.
Millions of yards of cotton cloth ara |
used in large cloth signs and advertise |
ments.
More cotton is used in "linen" shirts |
and collars than linen itself.
Mercerized cotton goods to the ex- |
tent 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 expensive |
of woolen fabrics.
These items furnish few OF the rea-
sons why the world needs 5000 bales
more cotton than it did five years agH,
the fact that new |
markets have not been extensively de-
and the worlds population has
shown no sudden increase.