Evening star., 1914-10-09

lures of cotton have been felt by the
merchants of Washington. as is testi-
fed by statements made to reporter
for The Star today by the heads OF the
cotton goods and domestics depart
| ments of several of the stores.
The manager of the dcmestics de-
partment of one of the large depart
cent stores declared that even IN tnls
| the first week Of the cotton soous
been noted at the store which nave
encouraged the management to plan
for an elaborate special sale OF cottoi
fabrics of all kinds for next week.
He said that while the cotton show
in Washington. as well as simllar als
plays in other cities, should be looked
on as almost purely educational In
their immediate effect, the SHOWS
would certainly bring aoout ,,ues
familiarity with cotton manu1acures
and thereby increase the use OF COTTON
fabrics of all kinds. ia
"that this movement to popularlze 'he
use of cotton manufactures Is MOI ~
he confined to this single week. II Is
to continue all this month ana ouras
the entire winter, and as tiine p p
the women of the country-tne HUus
keepers and buyers for the famlnes-
are certain to learn more and more
about cotton goods and to use them
more and more generally.
Benefits to Follow.
Az another of the big department
stores it was said today that the ell
fects of the movement had been felt at
the store and that increasing dement's
were confidently expected to follo" as
the women of the District or ColumDia
and the entire country became more
familiar with American cotton manu-
factures.
Comparatively few women, the man
ager said, know that cotton table,
cloths and napery, so highly merceriAeu
and of such excellent texture as 10
eiVe il every appearance of linen dam
ask. can be bought. This damask;
made in the mills of the south as Wen
as those in New England, IS reVela-
tion to many houseKeeeR5;ers. ee5;eTs " Mn is not
linen. The same is true of the hlsher
grades of cotton blankets, which are
now made of a finish, weave dye anu
weight actually superior to blankets
made of all wool. Most persons do not
know these things, and they have to pc
taught. For this reason feel tnat M the
effects of the movement TO increase 'he ne
cumulative, rather than immediate:
though we have already seen results u
the movement in increased denano-
The manager of the domestlcs anu
cotton goods department OF anothei
store expressed himself as rather pes.
sin,is,ic in regard to the effects of
the boosting movement. he caiieo h
tention to the fact that the Soutn
cotton crop this year is approximateiy
n. 600. 900 bales, while only about 4.ooo,-
o0n are consumed in manufactures In
the United States annually Lasting
benefit to the cotton planters OF tne
south. he said. will be more likely
to come about through decreased acre
age and decreased production OF cotton
than from a Sentimental buy-a-bale-
of cotton" movement
Lower Prices Later.
At still another of the larger estdo-
lisfments it was said that results VI
the cotton show an dthe movement 10
increase the use of cotton faDrlcs, etc.
had been noted, though 1t was expected
that the full effect Of the movement
would not be felt for some time Manu-
facturers, it was stated, are dlsposlng
of cotton goods the raw material of
which costs in the neighborhood of IA
cents q pound. Cotton is selling today
at about half that price, or cents
pound, and goods made of this year S
cotton it was believed, would be lower
in price than similar goods now on the
shelves; but goods made OF the ne"
cotton will not be in the hands Oh re-
tailers for at least another year.
New Bill Includes Tobacco Growers.
Congressmen from the :1,;thern cot
ton-growing states have swept the
boards clear of all pending legislation
for the issuance of emergency currency
to be loaned to cotton growers exclu-
sirely, and this morning presented a
brand-new bill to the banking and cur
rency committee of the House. 1t is
members
House who are begging for emergency
currency legislation to meet the So
called slump in the cotton market will
get behind the new bill and push it as
far as possible.