Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-18
WHERE COTTON GOES.
Many and Varied Uses Of King Of
Crops.


Not long ago a man noted for broad
cial situation said This Is the age
Of cotton. 1t is just as far in advance
of the iron age as the iron age was in
advance Of the stone age"
Cotton today plays bigger part in
industrial development than any other
commodity except steel. 1t enters into
the manufacture Of more articles of
commerce than any other product OF
the soil. Eliminate cotton, and the
mere stoppage Of spindles and looms
would be but trif1e compared with
the paralysis that would visit countless
other Industries.
why has a new record for con-
sumption been established? Where
has the cotton gomez"
"The world has just begun to find
out the countless uses to which cotton
is put. There is hardly an industry OF
Importance today that does not pay
tribute to King Cotton. The man who
takes a trip on a train hardly realizes
that the railroads of the country are
among the largest consumers OF cot
Ton. Yet cotton duck Is the basis OF
the air-brake hose; cotton duck is the
basis Of the enameled ceilings; the
plush chairs are of cotton; the leather
seats in the day coaches and smoking
compartments are cotton. An expert
in The employ of one of the leading
car building firms in this country says
that he believes the railroads and troll
ley lines in this country alone require
an amount of cotton cloth equivalent
to a quarter Of a million bales
Our information leads us to place
an estimate Of 100000 bales annually
as the present amount of cotton re-
quired for motor cars
1T would be difficult to estimate
the amount Of cotton required yearly
for the harvesting and marketing OF
our great cereal crop. Thousands OF
bales annually go into the making of
bags. We believe the largest indiyid-
ual contract for cotton goods In the
world is the one placed annually by
the International Harvester company
1t calls for millions Of yards Of cotton
duck to go into the manufacture of
aprons, carrier and elevators for
thousands of reapers and binders,
headers and thrashers, and a recent
authority places the output through
out the world at 100000 new ma
chimes annually, and this calls for 50,-
600, 900 yards of cotton duck running
two to three pounds to the yard.
Electricity Is the most powerful
agent in the world, but it cannot get
along without cotton. Millions Of miles
of copper wire annually owe the per-
fection of their insulation to cotton
yarns or tape of cotton cloth. 1t Is es-
timated that the sales in the New York
market alone amount to 100000
pounds of yarn weekly to the electri-
cal industry.
To-day the service uniforms Of the
armies of the world consist Of khaki
cloth or something similar. The Unit
ed States alone requires about 5,OOO,-
900 yards Of eight ounce khaki cloth
annually. When one comes to figure
out the amount OF Khaki required for
the military establishments of Great
Pritain, Germany, France, Russia and
other countries, the total Is likely to
reach staggering proportions.
The navies of the world use tre-
mendous amount of khaki and other
duck. 1t is said that more cotton is
used by our battleships today than in
the days when sailing vessels consti-
tuted our men of war. While the sails
have disappeared cotton duck is so eX-
tenSively used for awnings, coverings
for launches and similar purposes,
that the amount of material required
is even greater now than In the old
clipper trade.
"Another demand for cotton cloth
has been created by the increasing
use of cotton cloth for growing tobac-
co under shade Several hundred
acres Of land in Connecticut are COW
cred in this manner. One large tobac-
co company uses 100000 yards of
cloth for its shade culture in Florida
and Cuba. The same company also
uses 1000. 900 yards of cloth annually
for making bags for two of its popular
brands of smoking tobacco.
Cotton bags have displaced barrels
to a great extent I'm the shipment of
sugar. salt and flour. With cotton at
fifteen cents a pound the bags would
be cheaper than barrels.
Cotton plays an important part in