The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-08

/ tons yhithervk, Went tossparticipate in
| TIE great Cotton carnivai-@=the first
of Ytsg Kind vrhere has been exhibit
items of cotton in otner1astates and
cities" but they were merely, Incl
| dental tos,the main object Of exhib BIZ
j tfeu.s lIn.c INTERCHANGEABLE was
sGibservient to King Cotton. The
street decorations, souvenirs, postal
. eards, nladies' dresses and hats, men S
ties, anda tags tonslapels, automob iles
and roal Wagons, an short. every
thing that could be decorated was
adorned with the carnival colors-
green and white, symbolizing the two
prominent stages in the life of the
cotton plant,~the gTeenness of. youth
and the. whiteness3 of maturity.
The annual meeting of the Texas
Farmers Union was in session nearly
the whole week and certain actions
were. taken that will become histori-
cal events III ! e 4(4
Cotton From Many Lands.
l believe that there isaa feeling
abroad lamongst Americans that the
bouthern states have a'monopoly of
the cotton supply of the world. 1t is
true that up to this time we have
been the largest producers of the
staple, bnt a visit to Galveston Jared
the feelings of many who thought
we were the only ones. Not only
was there. cotton from. Europe, Asia,
Africa and SouthfAmericag but from
Islands of the sea, whose names
may be on the map, but are never
heard in connection with cotton.s -
Bales were on exhibition, imported
by Pauls iC5.@Heafd Of Galveston.s
The first thing that struck visitor
on entering the exhibition hall was
the collection of bales, and the con-
tYast between the foreign and the
home product. There was the typical
Texas bale, cumbersome in size, bad
ly covered with our coarse, loosely
Woven burlap bagging and insecure
~ bound with the usual iron ties.
They were in all stages from the
bale Just out of the press to others
that had been ginned5 two years ago,
and allowed to lie on the ground and
defy the weather, with the inevitable
result that the bale got the worst
OF it, as was shown by two or three
bursted ties, and the line bulged out
of all semblance to a bale. On the
other hand all foreign bales were
done up In SMALL tightly pressed
packages And covered with materials
SO close and heavy in texture as
wheat sack, and bound with six to
ten ties, although they were little
more than half the size of our bales
| was assured that the bales had
not been got. UP for exhibition, but
were fair samples Of the 'eommereiaF
bales of the countries they came
from. 80
No American could look at This
exhibit without feeling of shame.
A bale from the center. of Africa
showed that even the native African
had more intelligence in the hand
ling and working. of his crop than we
self-satfsf1ed' Americans.
Among the foreign bales | made
a note of a few as typical of the
many from other countries.
Egyptian cotton, TAT pounds,
bound with eleven ties. The cover
ing was like the material of a heavy
grain sack. The bale was squareIy
built and firmly pressed 1t was.
TnarRed as Worth-TS ~cents.-~Egyp-
tian cotton is in a class by itself,
and does not come into competition
with our staple It. is used almost
exclusively M the manufacturing of.
bread. 49, s@
Nicaraguan bale, was short and
8 49,