Arizona republican., 1913-09-24
Indication That in Another Year It Will Bring into This Region an Annual Revenue of More Than Three Million Dollars

Three Million DOllarS
 The Egyptian cotton industry in the Salt River valley is advancing at d Frate that will, from the present indi- cations, in another year, bring into this valley upwards of thre million dollars. One year ago the total crop of the val lev did not exceed 2S0 bales. This years crop at the present time prom ises $500 bales, or possibly more. This, figuring on last years price is due largely to the fact that the farmers of this valley have associated themselves in a number of cooperative compan- ies, which have again associated to- gether in an organization known as the Salt River valley Egyptian Cotton Growers Association, with headquar- ters at Mesa. These organizations con- sist of the Mesa Egyptian Cotton -Ex- change, incorporated, with 1900 acres signed up; Chandler Egyption Cotton Exchange, TOO acres; Tempe Egyptian Association, 465 acres; Scottsdale Egyptian Cotton Association, 113 acres; and an association at Phoenix.
 When this cotton was planted last spring there was a great deal of talk of the inability of the farmers to har- vest the crop. At the present time ar engagements have been made for the bringing in of a number of Papago and Apache Indians as well as several hundred people from Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas, for the picking of this years crop. This is due to the efforts of the Salt River valley Egyptian Cot ton Growers Association. The officers of this association are: c. J. Water T1 well, Scottsdale, vice president; w. H nox. Mesa, secretary and Kmanager; D. M. Arnold. Chandler, treasurer and C. T. Hirst, member from Phoenix. The advertising and publicity work has been in the hands of the secretary and manager. The campaign for bringing in of outside help was started in Au- gust, and at the present time, upwards Of 20O0 enquirerS have been received from pickers and people who desire to come to this state and engage in the culture of Egyptian cotton. Of this number at the present time over three hundred are on their way or have made definite arrangements to come to the Salt River valley between September 2 and October ,. Many more have signified their intention of coming la ter in the season. when they have har- vested their present crop and disposed of their lands, and will engage in the culture of Egyptian cotton. A large majority of these people will become rentors; many of them, however, will purchase land and become land-own- CTS. and all of them are needed to de- velop this new industry. The work has been financed by the members of the various cotton growers associations and is to have certain amount of fi- nancial assistance from the county
 Four gins are to be erected in the valley this fall. The Mesa Egyptian Cotton Exchange is putting in a ten stand Platt-Roller gin, which, when completed, will be the largest and most up-to-date of it's kind in the United Sates. It is being equipped throughout with the most modern machinery known to the ginning industry. The cotton will be handled direct from the load or storehouse to the gin by suc- tin. Seed will also be delivered by air to the see house. or customers seedboX Storehouse is provided to handle any extra cotton that may be delivered to the gin In order to take care of the crop arrangements have been made to keep the gin in operation day and night.
 This exchange will also install thoroughly up-t date oil mill, will buy the cotton seed and manufacture it into oil and cotton seed meal This gin is being financed entirely by the far mers with the aid of the Tempe Ma tional Bank They have also. through the same source. been enabled to ad- vance the growers money for the thin ming and hoeing of their cotton. and will be able this fall to finance the growers for the picking, also assist them so that they can sold their cotton until such time as the market price warrants it's sale; the intention not be- ing to in any way attempt to corner the market, but to see that each man is in a position, financially, to hold his crop for the highest market and not be compelled to accept the first offer made to him
 The Chandler exchange is installing gin that is practically duplicate of the one in Mesa, with the exception that this year. they will not install an oil expeller. These two exchanges have also had several hundred acres of cot ton gone over by the government ex-
 perts and all foreign or reverted cot ton removed from the fields, so that they will be in position to furnish
 absolutely pure Egyptian cotton seed
 for another years planting. These will be the only places in the valley where seed that is guaranteed to be pure will be for sale. The Universal Fibre Gin company of Maricopa county, James Afdrich. president; H. A. Severing- haus, secretary manager. is installing
 a gin at Glendale. and will take care
 of the cotton tributary to Glendale. The Arizona Egyptian Cotton company | is installing a gin and oil mill at Phoe- | nix and will gin the remainder of the crop around Phoenix. The Tempe and Scottsdale people will gin with Mesa.