Arizona republican., 1918-10-13
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900 bales of cotton bought by the Unl- ted States government for manufac~ ture into balloon, gas mask and arr plane fabric. was Sea Island cotton. We have now succeeded in proving to the government that the Arizona Pima cot ton is equally as good if not better, and that there is a supply available for | government uses.
 ] There is every probability that of | the total estimated purchases by the government in 1919 for it's war needs | of about 1S000 bales, a large portion will be purchased in this valley.
 This Years Crop 35000 Bales Last year our crop of long fibre cotton was approximately 15,000 bales. | Conservative estimates indicate that this seasons crop will amount to S5,- 900 bales. While owing to the govern ments limitation of automobile manu- facture there may be some temporary reduction in the manufacture of auto- mobile tires, the need of our cotton in other fabrics should develop, if prop erly fostered, a largely increased de- mand.
 When we realize that if 35,OOO bales are raised in this section over S2,200.- 000.00 will be distributed locally in picking charges alone, and that at price of only 65c per pound S11,3I5,oOo will be realized from this one product, it is evident that every possible effort should be made to develop new uses for this valleys greatest crop.
 Several remedies suggest themselves to relieve the present situation. Every possible effort should be made to get more spinners to use our cotton now that it's quality has been proven, and to bring more buyers into the market that we may have what the valley needs, an active competitive market. To do this in my judgment several things are necessary:
 Keep Up Quality First. We should use our utmost
 efforts to maintain government
 grading and keep our quality up to
 the highest standard.
 Second, endeavor to induce the
 government in view of the proven
 value of this cotton. to anticipate
 it's needs by purchasing at the ear Hest possible moment a liberal f supply of the cotton which is now being ginned.
 f Third, we should, in an organ [ ized way. probably through the backing of the Salt River Valley I Cotton Growers association, begin a systematic campaign of educa- tion in New England showing the
 unusual value of this cotton, and it would undoubtedly be desirable
 to maintain in that district, some trained man familiar with the To-
 cal cotton, as the business agent
 of this valley, to the end that when
 the spindles of the New England
 mills are released from the present government contracts for duck,
 they may be turned to the manu-
 facture of the many high class fab S rics which it has now been proven
 can be made from the Arizona
 Pima cotton.
 a Assist the Growers V Fourth. the bankers can be of d great help to the situation by as - sisting growers financially and 1 ,f am assured by our local bankers e that any man with normally good j. credit can obtain from them the g. money necessary to pay for cotton e picking, and that, anticipating re- l. turns from cotton, reasonable ad- n ditional advances will be made to ie meet pressing needs.
 y Fifth, if for any reason the local '- bankers feel they need outside aS- ', sistance to meet this unusual situ- ~ ation, they can arrange with the ~ National War Finance corporation, ,o acting through the federal reserve 1T bank, for additional funds for cot m ton loans. The bankers, however. ,t are apparently making deter i'd mined effort to study the real need is of the situation and prepare to take Is care of their customers needs from tn a cotton standpoint.
 Comparative Tables os There seems to be a good deal ( Ill misunderstanding as to the compara C. tive value of seed cotton and cotto or lint in the bale, and that the cotto m producer may have as much informa S tion on this subject as possible, 1 hay " with the cooperation of represents CT tives of the bureau of markets, pre- n, T, pared the following comparative table GU The following table is based on ,5 , cotton seed at S63.O0 per ton, and nv lint outturn 25.5%o of weight of