The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17
MAKE EVERY GIN
SECONDARY MILL
TEXAS COTTON GROWERS sue
GEsTs THAT YARN BE MANI
FACTURED.
EQUIP WITH SPINDLES
TEXAS ALONE HAS st5.0oG,9 900 IN
VESTED IN IDLE MACHINERY.
MOVEMENT TO HELP cor
TON GROWERS.

San Antonio. Texas. Jan, ia plan
by which the Texas farmer may dis
pose of his surplus cotton crop and
which II adopted In Southwest Texas,
would make San Antonio the logical
location for the largest cotton goods
manufacturing plant in the entire
South. mas been devised by w. r. Long,
OF the San Antonio Chamber of Com
merce and for several years Stats
:ician on cotton affairs for the state
of Texas
Texas has $3.50 idle cotton gins,
representing an investment Of more
than SIS GOO DOE" said Mir, Long These
gins are equipped with expensive ma
chinery which Il used only about three
months Of the year. Two-thirds of the
investment in every gin is represen ted
by the engine. boiler shaftIng, pull
leys. betting. building and grounds
All Of this could be put TO other uses
durinx the season vi ben the cotton
crop is being planted and grown Two
owners of the gins realize that II is
great waste to allow this machinery
TO lie idle, and they arc asking Tor
suggestions AS 10 what products they
can manufacture.
Put spinaics In Gins.
why not make every gin a secondary
cotton fNFil- LII NttiSF NOk'AHs "a nay wv
put spindies Ia each one OF thea 1850
idle gins for the fanufscture OF cotton
yarn. to he shipped to some central
cotton mill and there manufactured
into cotton cloth. At cost OF ap~
prox imateIy si.500, the Epindles could
Toe put in for the manufacture Of cot
ton yarn or thread
THE ginner who knows nothing
about the manufacturing end of cot
son may say that he cannot operate
spindle hut he viii be taught the
proper use Of the machinery by the
experfs whom the manufacturer OF the
spinning machinery will send with the
machine The process is compare
lively simple and the services % This
expert would ee required FOR only -
short time
In Southwest Texas there are 500
Etn plants. whsch co0fd consume 1000
bales OF cotton ard make eil the yarns
for the largest cotton factory in the
south. San Antonio would be the iogl-
cal location for this factory
Heavy stock, Heavy ati'inx.
Two Significant facts attracted my
attention during the last week THE
frst Is that the cotton mills In New
England are running three shifts. "a
day To keep up with the enormous de-
nand for cotton goods, and even then
are pressed with more orders The
reason liz obvious; the war closed the
mills in Europe but did not stop the
demand for clothing. The American
mills have been called upon to handle
practically the entire worlds cotton
business
The other fact is that Texas is now
carrying the heaviest stock OF cotton
in history. WAREHOUSES and gin barns
ztAR rAn
pie being held for rise in the mar
ket This cotton. while temporarily off
the market. Is stili figuring in the sta
ttstics, and the buyers and spectators
know II viii be available sooner or
later.
The foreign textile industry is Grip
pied by the war. Even with i,nme-
diate peace. IL would be q long while
before business could be resumed on
normal basis. In the meanwhile, the
American sninrers viii be sending
their goods all over the world. As IL lis
to-day, the American spinuers arc not
capable of caring for any huge increase
In the demand for American cotton
goods, or the surplus cotton CROP
Texas should DO Its share
s"Instead OF shipping several million
bales of the cotton crop abroad and
then buying cotton back In tha form
OF finished goods the United States
VIII be sending the finished product
abroad. To do this. there must a great
Increase in the cotton mill industry
In this country. II Is up TO Texas to
seek way of manufacturing much
or Its cotton at home. There In no
better method TO make Texas~a cot
ton manufacturing State than by in
teresting the ginners and the cotton
men who have already invested their
money in the cotton business and who
VIII benent mostly by IL.
In addition to the many advantages
OF letting the ginner be the cotton
manufacturer. he could Gull the cot
ton as II is being ginned and pay the
best price for IL. This would not only