The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1910-07-14
COTTON.

~ u NANs
Missoun cotton and by produ ucts
brough more IN 1909 On the market
than ever before In the history of this
industry for the state, regardless of the
kct that the crop ES Z third smaller
than that of 1908, the banner uroduc-
uol year. Labor Commissioner ]. c. A.
Killer yesterday made pubic figures IN
tended for the 1910 Red Book, the
annual publication of the bereau OF T.
Dor statistics, whichgo 70 pro We this
assertion
The twelve cotton growing counties
Of Missouri all In the southeast conner
OF the state consisting Of Butler, Dunk
In, Howell, Mis<ippi, Nex Madrid,
Oregon. Ozark, Pemiseot, Ripley,
Scott, Ssoddzrd and Tzney counties, IN
1909 produced = total of 1855, 90
pounds OF seed cotton which was valued
At s., ,954, ,720, after the lint had been
separated from the seed Al the gin
The crop alter ginning made a.
$40, 500 pounds of cotton fibre, valued
At $5,225, 1924. Cotton fibre brought
more per pound In that year than It has
II any time since the civil war, aver
aging 1+.29 cents IS compared with
9-23 cents for 1908, which year was
the banner production year for Mis-
SCUM Cotton seed also experienced
= phenomenal inc1eae IN value per ton,
selling At $27-7O As compared with
S15-65 Per ton for 1908. For this
1909 average the panic price Of seed
for growing purpose early N the spnng
OF 1910. when lale hosss killed many
acres which had been planted, causing
the value Per ton 70 jump 70 and re
main zt $50 per TON for few hours
and then drop down TO an average OF
$40 ton. IS not taken II consider
alton
The Yalue compilations are based on
the average price for the entire coun-
IT As given out by the federal cotton
census bureau instead Of only for Mis-
SCUM
COTTON MILLS NEEDED.
Most of AGissouns surplus cotton
after Il leaves the gin s shipped IN
500 pound bales. either by boat or
rail, 70 Memphis where i Is further
compressed. sent 20 4 guH port and
hom there by an ocean steamer 70 the
New England states 70 be made up In
10 cloth Some Of the fibre comes mp
the riyer 70 S. Louis and there Is turn-
sd INTO cotton goods, but not IS much
Is ought 10 be the case Right here
Is where Missouri has : great future
All Of the cotton Of Texas. Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Louizna, Ms
sissiDDi, Alabama and Kentucky ought
10 come into this state and be here
1urned into cloth, made into clothing
and other RecceSities and then sold IN
the markets north. south and west of
Missouri The Ozark regicn oi the
southern central portion Of the stale Is
full Of natural EzterpOEer which Is now
going 10 waste and which could well be
utilized for manufacturing purposes
There exist In fifty counties sufficient
water falls and swift Towing streams 70
easily develop twenty million horse
power energy. ready 80 be hzmessed
and run enough textile mills TO absoz5
al Of the yearly cotton production
Of the states named, with the crop Of
Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico and one
or t~o other southwestern states thrown
In
While Missouri already holds high
rank As . manufacturing state. there
Is no telling hon great future IS =
head when al of the wasted energy
of the Ozzrks Is put 70 use- Gigantic
fzcrories VIII then do. the banks OF the
Merimzc, Usage. Gzsconzde. Currnt
White. Point, Fiat, MoReau, Black and
other streams Of the southern hzh Of
the state In some riveE dams would
have 10 be constructed 10 hold back
the food water for future usc- The
Usage znd Morezu MYERS. which n
msnv places 6ow through nzroT chan
nels between high bluffs and mise Eom
eight TO twenty feet after very heavy
rainfzIIs. are two splendid specimens
for damming purposes Millions OF
Of ponds energy are wasted D. them
alone annually. -