The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-18
WIDER USE OF COTTON
by HOME INDUSTRIES
Mayor Ainslie Backs New Movement
Started to Aid Farmers
In South.
MANUFACTURERS CAN HELP
Substitution OF Home Staple for Inn
ported Jute VIII Give Impetus to
Business, Which Will Help Mills
and Every One Else.

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In conjunction with tho "buy-a-balc-
of-cotton" movement. Mayor George
Afnslie, who Is chairman of tho
buying committee OF the Richmond Cot
ton Buying Club. said last night that
no waB heartily in favor of a movement
which has been started by some manu-
facturers TO stimulate wider use of
cotton products In commerce.
a'If manufacturers and others whose
products are packed IN containers Will
useScotton sacks and wrappers there Is
no reason why the consumption OF cot
ton inHhi3 country cannot be Increased
SO per cent" Mayor Ainslie said This
plan will create a largo demand for the
staple, and Will not only help the grow
SeEs, who now face n critical condition.
but will be OF vast benefit to cotton
manufacturers. In turn their employees
VIII be aided, and the movement IL Civ
en- proper support by those who are in
q position to do so. will be made to
reach into practically every walk OF
life"
DUNLOP MILLS USE
COTTON SACKS ONLY
For the past two months the Dunlop
Flour Mills has discontinued the use
OF all bags not made of cotton In
every bag which leaves the local mills
caro- Is inserted calling the atten-
non OF Southern merchants to the fact
mat only cotton sacks are being used
while bags for other materials may be
had for slightly lower price, the man
agcnnent OF the mills feels that 1t is
aiding the South by using cotton en-
tirely. 1t pays between $500 and $500
daily for the cotton bags, which will
SlSe an idea OF the enormous demand
for cotton which Will be created II 9TH
or manufacturers and producers will
follow the lead and substitute cotton
'iforf3ute and other materials now large
ly used.
The United States. according to May
or Ainslie. consumes about 40 per cent
or It's cotton crop. and, he points out
THIS consumption can be Increased SO
much that II will be unnecessary to i'm
port much. II any, Jute from India
Business firms which are I'm SYM
pathy with the idea to increase the
home consumption OF cotton. have
found. in some instances, that they
have been able to use more thar 100
per cent more of cotton products by
disseminating tho use OF jute. Instead
OF using jute for buriap covers. cot
ton saks have been substituted for
such products as flour bags. feed bags
and bakers' bags.
"LET JOBnER DEMAND
COTTON FROM PRODUCERS"
T Let every jobber. retailer and bak-
or in Richmond" Mayor Ainslie said,
demand that his flour feed and what
cotton. and not I'm burlaps or some
other material. The expense for cot
ION is triiie more. but feel certain
that broad-minded business men will
figure that he will get his money back.
and more, because of the increased
prosperity enjoyed by the cotton sec
lion N&a 2&1f
Mayor AinslIe added that not only
-four and mill feed may be packed
in cotton sacks. but mentioned such
articles as sugar. fertilizer. grain and
produce which could be. he pointed out.
put in cotton sacss, thereby making
"A demand which would cause the home
consumption to jump by leaps and
bounds.
The producer Will use cotton. II the
iobher will demand It," declared the
Mayor Therefore. 1t Is readily seen
that everybody can help In this plan;
ii nuts 1t up to the individual to see
that, the jobber demands from the pro-
Queer the use OF cotton. This is some
thing worth striving for Remember.
it Will bring the home consumption
from 40 per cent OF the total crop 10
60 per cent.
COTTON MILLS WORKING
TWELVE HOURS ONLY
THE cotton mills now are barely
operating twelve hours day-they
should be operating twenty-four. One
Western concern has changed its pack
ing methods, SO that, instead of con-
sumns $4,000 worth of cotton goods
in "a year, II Is using s367.500 worth.
smother thing" the Mayor con-
timed. America raises not one pound
of jute. but she does raise cotton"
Mayor Ainslie said that he was de-
termined that Richmond should con-
tinue to take conspicuous part in the
movement to aid the Southern farmers,
and this new idea. he believes, will
do more to be of actual service than
any plan which has yet been sug
Sested.
This scheme does not conflict In any
way with the "huy-a- bale" movement.
but is suggested by Mayor Ainslie to
strengthen tho general plan to buy in
the present crop left on the farmers
hands because of the European war.
The Cotton-B Buying Club continues its
campaign, and the soliciting commit
tee will begin In earnest this week in
canvassing the city.
Because of the convention here last
week of the American Bankers Asso-