Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15
LOTS OF COTTON NEEDED.
Ohio Steel Ex,cls 1t in Manufacturing
Importance.

Cotton enters into the manufactures of
more articles Of commerce today than
any other commodity except steel.
Eliminate cotton and the stoppngt. of
spludleS anal looms would he hut a trifle
compared To the PARALYSIS that would
visit confess other industries
The railroads of America consume
-auuth bales of cotton annually. Cot
ton duck * the basis of the amhrake
hose. of cnamced ceilings, according to
The Technical World. 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 manufac-
ture of leather seats and cushions.
More cotton is used each year to har-
vest aud market the grain crops of the
world than would be required TO clothe
the Ihhahitants of a large city Flee
rclty, pow ertul as it il. cannot get
along without cotton. Millions of miles
OF copper wire annually owe the per
lection OF their insulation Ia cotton warn
or tape or cotton cloth.
The armies of the world today are
clothed in cotton cloth--khaki--o some
thing similar This country alone re-
cures about 100000 yards of S-ounce
khaki cloth annually for its army The
navies and merchant Ships of the world
use more cotton duck today than was re.
CURED in the days of sailing vessels
Millions Of yards of cotton cloth are
used by the tobacco industry for growing
tobacco under shade and making bags
for Smoklu. tobacco.
Cotton bags have displaced barrels to
great extent in the shipment of sugar
salt and flour
Cotton * used in the mining and mar
kcung of coal Abuut 100000 yards
of cotton duck annually is made into coal
bags.
Abom 2O.O00OOO yards of cotton duck
is made into ovetcOats with blanket lin.
ing to take the place of heavy wool aud
fur garments in the American and Ca,
madam northwest. Thousands of bales
annually are required to make cotton
duck to place around the asbestos sec
tiounl covering in which the steam hot
water pipes of freproof buildings are en-
closed. Cotton blankets have displaced
wooden blankets in many important mer,
ketS of the world.
Cotton cloth has taken the place Of
wall paper in thousands of modern
homes.
Cement companies use about 5000 900
yards e. cotton bagging annually
The government requires about 1000
COO yards Of cotton duck annually for
coin bags.
Millions of yards Of duck 4G inches
wide are used annually for the purpose
of tillering oils
Cotton duck is the basis Of rubber
betting ana all kinds of hose. Sales to
these bra inches of the trade amount to
Jo.OOOOD yards annually.
Millions of yards of cotton cloth are
used in large cloth signs and advertise
ments
More cotton is used in "lincn" shirts
and collars than linen Aprcprizpd cot
tom goods TO the extent of hundreds of
millions of yards sell in competition with
silk.
cotton is used To Il greater or less OK
tent in all but the most expensive OF
| wooden ia brics.
! These items furnish few Of the rea.
| sons why the world needs 3,O00,O0O bales
/ more cotton than il did five years ago
! notwithstanding the fact that new mar
! kets have not been extensively developed
and the worlds population has shown ne
! sudden increase.