Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
COTTON GROWING IS
Being GREATLY REVIVED

of their crop as late as January-some
continuing picking even into February.
Picking Season.
The length of the picking season II
a further advantage In simplifying the
labor problem. Last fall advertise
ments were inserted in many papers in
the south, stating that 1000 laborers
were needed in the cotton fields OF Cal
ifornla. This brought many expert
enced cotton pickers, but the labor sup
ply was still insufficient, and many In
dams were brought from the Sacaton
reservation in Arizona. Some of the
Mission Indians Of California and Mex
leans from below the border gave the
new employment trial. and II Is prob
able that the supply Of labor from
these various sources will be equal to
all future demands. In the south 75
cents per 100 pounds Is the prevailing
rate paid for picking. In the Imperial
Valley many growers paid s1.25 per 100
pounds. and 81 was the lowest rate paid
last season. Some pickers achieve as
much as a bale (of 500 pounds) in
day, but the average is nearer $50
pounds.
California's First.
CALIFORNIA; first cotton crop was
practically all taken by cotton mills of
Oakland, and was converted into Irvine,
rope, bedspreads and similar articles.
Experts representing great thread
manufacturing and textile Industries
have examined and tested the fiber, and
have pronounced It equal to the best
of the same varieties grown In the
Southern States. Representatives OF
large cotton mills ut Toxic and Kobe,
Japan. have Investigated conditions In
the Salton basin and the quality Of the
cotton produced there, with the double
object of finding new sources OF supply
for their mills and of ascertaining what
opportunities there are for their own
countrymen to engage In cotton cul-
ture
Rates to Orient.
Rates OF transportation give the Cal
irornia cotton growers decided adj
vantage In supplying the cotton mills OF
the orient The rate from Texas points
to San Francisco are 80 cents per 100
pounds higher than from the Imperial
Valley. It In evident, then, that cotton
growers of the Imperial and Coachella
valleys have an unlimited outlet In the
markets OF the orient, and that the
expansion OF the new industry will re-
suit In great enlargement OF our trade
with Japan. II Ii evident, too, that the
manufacture OF cotton goods In Cali
rornia must receive n great Impetus
Much of the production so far has been
marketed In Oakland; and the growth
of the industry OF cotton growing In
the Salton basin will inevitably result
IN putting many thousands OF spindles
| whirllng in the manufacturing centers
OF the State.
For several years the government has
been experimenting In the Imperial
| Valley with Egyptian cotton. similar to
the Sea Island cotton grown ON Islands
| OF the coast of Georgia, but with long
or, finer and more elastic fibers. II Is,
in fact. the most valuable cotton pro-
duced anywhere, and millions OF dol
lars worth are imported into the Unit
ed States for mixing with the inferior
staples of the South. 1t appears to
have been concluslvely proven that
/ Egyptian cotton will flourish in Call
fornia as well as In Egypt. II further
experience confirms this opinion, CALI