Arizona republican., 1914-02-10
ARIZONA COTTON
 FOR MAIL BAGS
Carl Hayden Tells Depart ments of War and Post office That Salt River Valley Product is Best for Fabrics

Owing to it's greater strength, and to other advantages, Arizona Egyptian cotton is receiving the attention of many buyers, but the market is not vet as broad as it should be. Hon. Carl Hayden, representative in congress from Arizona has interested himself in the proposition of marketing Arizona cotton with the government, with the possibility that he may be able to pro vide that AriZona's product shall be specified for certain classes of fabric and thread used in the army. Mail bags, army tents, and other fabrics that demand strength and wearing quail ties may be some day manufactured exclusively from Arizona cotton.
 In letter to the Phoenix board of trade yesterday, MT Hayden said: 1 am informed that arrangements are being made by the office of mark cts of the department of agriculture in cooperation with the New Bedford Tex tile school to have a quantity of the Arizona Egyptian cotton spun and Wov- en into different fabrics under condi- tions that will allow close compar- son made from l inch and 14 in up- land cotton and that the bureau of standards will then test the strength and durability of these fabrics, of | which they will have a complete his tory.
 T am sure that these tests will be satisfactory and that it can be dem onstrated that it is to the financial ad- vantage of the government to use the strongest and most durable fiber in the manufacture of mail bags etc"
 MT Hayden's letter. telling of Ar- zona's cotton, is as follows. It was addressed to both the postmaster and to the secretary of war.
 Sir:
 My attention has been called to the fact that certain articles for which the post office department contracts, re- quire the use of exceptionally strong cotton in order to produce strong and durable fabrics. ] understand that this is particularly the case in regard to mail bags and the coin bags used by the money order division
 In this connection. I wish to state : that a variety of Egyptian cotton is now being grown in the Salt River val ley. Arizona. which produces markedly uniform fiber, F inches long and pos sessing very great strength. Of this variety, which was developed and in- troduced into cultivation by the U. s. department of agriculture, some 1000 bales were grown last summer This cotton has been examined and tested by many spinners of fine cotton and the opinion has been unanimous that it equals or excels in staple, strength, and quality the best fiber which is import ed from Egypt for use in the manufac- ture of fine cotton blOths and fabrics which must possess great strength and wearing quality. Manufacturers of automobile tire fabrics have been warm in their praise of this cotton. Several hundred bales of this cotton produced in 1912 Were purchased by the Ameri- can Thread company and this firm has also been .a heavy purchaser of last years crop. For the manufacture of the strongest and best grades of sew ing thread they have found it fully equal to the best cotton which they import from Egypt
 It should be noted that this Arizona cotton is a special type, grown mo- where else in the United States and not competing with any other American cotton. It can. however. be advan- tageOusly substituted for the cotton grown in Egypt, of which American spinners import every year some 1S0,- 900 bales for use in manufacturing cer- tain classes of goods.
 Since the exceptional strength and fine quality of this cotton have been fully demonstrated I would suggest that your department should take steps to have it thoroughly tested by manu- facturers who have government con tracts for cotton goods in which strength and durability are especially requisite I am sure that the officials of the department of agriculture will be glad to render every assistance in preparing the specifications for cotton goods used by your department This 1 new product promises to be very i'm pOrtant in the agricultural development i of my state. and I shall highly appre- ciate any consideration that you may be able to give to this possibility of | utilizing our Arizona Egyptian cotton. i
 Yours very respectfully
 CARL HAYDEN,
 NJ c. Arizona. |
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