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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12

Figures indicate that there is about
100000 pounds of Pima variety of
cotton seed available in the Salt River
valley. A part of this seed will be
held in reserve to safeguard against
any crop failure and the balance will
be planted this year. in the valley and
other nearby growing sections.
1t has been variously estimated that
from $4,000 TO 100000 acres would be
planted to cotton in the Salt River
valley alone this season. Those who
are inclined to be conservative say it
will be nearer 10000 than 100000. while
those who claim to have inside" in
formation hold that approximately
| 100000 acres will be planted in the
valley and approximately $4,000 addi-
| tional acres outside this valley.
Judging the prospective acreage by
| the Pima seed contracted for with a
certain acreage which will be planted
to Yuma variety cotton, the figures
show up to. if not a trifle better, than
| 10000 acres for the valley.
| All growers agree however that the
acreage will be increased this season
in about the proportion that it was
! increased last season. when the acreage
| planted to cotton was approximately
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12
100000 ACRES IS ESTIMATE
Of COTTON ACREAGE IN SALT
RIVER VALLEY THIS SEASON

With the cotton crop in the Salt
River valley about harvested, the grow
ers are checking off their profits and
planning for another and greater cot
ton season. The season just ending of
course was the greatest in the history
of the industry in Arizona. In fact it
was about five times greater than the
preceding season--1916. And this sea-
son will see an increase in acreage of
about three fold.
Figures. especially cotton figures,
speak stronger than words. The 1917
crop which is now being finished up
represents. 10000 bales of long staple
cotton, the most valuable cotton found
in any of the markets of the world,
cotton which is selling around 60 cents
a pound, with prospects of it reaching
20 cents before all the Arizona crop
reaches market.
These 1900 bales represent at 60
cents a pound $3,600,O0O for the lint
alone. Seed, which is a very important
factor In the industry, is valued at 20
cents a pound.
The acreage for this 10000 bales was
about $4,000 acres. This included a
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12

before. This new land while it pro-
duced abundantly during the 1917 sea-
son was largely responsible for re-
ducing the average acreage yield TO
less than a bale to the acre. Two bales
were produced on old fields in excep-
tional cases and bd1e and half was
common in some parts of the valley.
There was another drawback to max
imum production last season. 1t was
the lateness of the year. 1t was esti-
mated that the season was backward
from thirty to forty days. This affected
not only the cotton crop, but other
crops grown in the valley. Lack OF
experience on the part of growers was
another item considered in figuring
the average yield of the valley, al
though this lack showed a decrease
over the preceding seasons.
Growers are rapidly mastering the
science of cotton raising and it is be-
lieved that this lack will be so reduced
this season as to render it of no great
consequence.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12

large area of reclaimed desert land,
land never before put under the plow
and water. This $4,000 acres formed
an area about five times greater than
the cotton area in the valley in 1916,
when 1000 acres would more than
cover the total.
This 1000 acres at the time appeared
a very large area to be devoted ex-
clusively to cotton, and the valuable
long staple cotton at that. 1t showed
a large increase over the few preced-
ing years of the cotton industry in the
valley and was believed to be about
the limit. Profits Nere ample, it was
believed then, to maintain that acreage
indefinitely, although there were some
who believed that the cotton acreage
would eventually decrease, to make
way for more valuable crops. The for
age crops, to maintain the dairy bust
ness and supply feed for a large region,
had held full sway for years. Cotton
was a new crop and had to be intro
duced gradually and thoroughly. 1t
brought a good price from the begin
ming but it was new while the forage
crops were old and established The
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12

1000 acre crop of 1916 was a most sue
cessful one from every way of looking
at it. The price had gone UP on ac-
count of the war demand. 1t advanced
to around 40 cents early in the season
and later to so cents when the worlds
supply began to drop.
Cotton, long staple cotton or the
kind that flourishes in the heat of the
Salt River valley, attracted the atten-
ton of outside capital. Capital con-
sidered it an extra good investment and
in consequence there was a remark
able demand for Salt River acres. One
large company moved in and started at
once to reclaim the desert. Ranchers
who had never before tried to raise
cotton decided that they had better
try crop of it and started Immediately
to put the ground in shape. Cotton
soon became the chief topic of discus
sion in farm circles.
The result of all this activity was
that the area was increased from 1000
acres in 1915 to $4,000 acres in 1917.
This 34,000-acre crop was an unusual
success. There were drawbacks due
to the lack of experience on the part
of some growers, and because of a
shortage of labor at times, but l., 900
bales, or 100000 pounds of lint, and
a relative large tonnage of seed, showed
what could be done and was done on
$4,000 acres of land the first year il
was planted to cotton.
But $4,000 acres will soon look as
small as did 1000 acres a few months
ago, for from all the estimates avail
able, there will be planted in the Salt
River valley during 1918 from $4,000
to 100000 acres of cotton. But until
the planting is completed the exact
acreage cannot be known.
1t has been proved year after year
that the long staple variety of cotton
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12
MORE COTTON To
THE ACRE WILL
Be RAISED HERE

More cotton to the acre it is esti-
mated will be realized from the 1918
crop than from the 1917 crop. This
estimate is besad upon certain rules
which never have failed. One of them
is that cotton grown upon old alfalfa
land will produce the maximum guam
tity.
1t has already been arranged to plant
a large acreage of old alfalfa land
throughout the valley to cotton this
season, and from this land it is esti-
mated as a conservative maximum that
the yield will be one and one-half
bales to the acre, with exceptional
cases running to two bales TO the acre.
1t will be impossible for anywhere
near the maximum to be raised from
fields planted on new lands that have
never had any kind of crop upon them
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12
GOOD LAND AVAILABLE

The remarkable success of the
cotton industry in the Salt River
valley has created a corresponding
demand for land upon which to
plant the long staple variety.
There still remains a fair amount
of land which is being offered at
attractive prices. ranging from
500 to 5000 an acre. The range in
price is according to location of
the land and improvements prin-
cipally.
Very little land is now available
for rent, hut snsli tracts for cot
ton can he purchased on terms
which give a chance to the man
who is really anxious to get on
the soil.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12
PIMA COTTON PRODUCES FINEST LINT
MESA ACREAGE ESTIMATE

The cotton acreage in. the Mesa
district of the Salt River valley
will be more than doubled this
year, according to estimates made
by the Mesa Egyptian Cotton eX-
change.
Seven thousand acres were
planted to cotton in this district
last season and $4,000 are to be
planted this year. The most of this
will be put in with the Pima vari-
ETY. of the long staple cotton. The
acreage to be planted to the Yuma
variety will be SO much reduced
that it will scarcely figure in the
crop.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12
ENOUGH PIMA COTTON SEED
SOLD To PLANT $4,000 ACRES;
100000 POUNDS NO|N.ON HAND

$4,000. In 1916 the acreage was APP
proXimately 1000. Three times $4,000
would approximate 100000 acres, and
there is much more than enough Pima
seed. deducting the quantity to be held
in reserve to plant $1,000 acres. =
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12

does better in the Salt River valley
than in any other part of the world.
The cotton from this valley is better,
by the closest analysis, than that
grown in the delta country of Egypt,
its home, which for many years held
first place in the markets of the world.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-02-12
& O. Flows Pa Listers P go Planters P & O. Culivator


development
the Salt River Valley Implements
help this development why the Southwest Cotton Co. used them
They first both ndbd
with nowwhite blanket of coton
the soil that will
plant the seeds and This planting being done with
planters.
tnnd
between
the cvator will called
the soil cultivated cuvato
rows ori 1rgatin
After the plants have the bls fluffy white the
will gather
to prepared for
will
Pa middle1eake planted with listers
o
large SCALE The Southwest made thorough several
plemens handled selected
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-30
Italian University Makes
Collection Oh War Books

Another evidence Of the far-reach.'
ing efforts of German propaganda.
which unfortunately is not so readily
silenced as the German guns, is in
cluded in a collection of books re-
Gently presented by the English gov
eminent to the university library at
Bologna. Italy. 1t takes the shape of
an anti-English book printed by Ger
man agents in San Francisco, and it
is written in the Hindustani Ian
guage. 1t is probable that German
propaganda was widespread in a num-
Der OF Indian DIALECTS.
The English gift forms part OF a
collection of books, pamphlets. pho
tographs, documents and other
printed matter pertaining to the great
war which has been begun in the uni
versity at Bologna. The :. collection
already consists Of about 1000 vol
umes. Noteworthy additions have
been sent in by correspondents ap-
pointed from abroad. The French.
government has also sent in a number
of volumes.
The University Of Bologna aim.
eventually to have a fair sized bibii-
lography Of books on the war. a
photography As almost an
tmpossibility.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-30
1T is NOT NECESSARY

If a proposal now before the finance committee -
adopted, congress soon will be asked to impose a tax on
proprietary medicines. Already, the proposal has met
with criticism and objection throughout the country, and
a strong protest undoubtedly will be made to congress.
The proposed tax is one on necessities, not luxuries.
One does not take medicine because one likes it; one
takes it because one is i'll and must do something. Medi-
cine, then, becomes a necessity, and proprietary medi-
cines are poor peoples medicines. The committees are
withdrawing many of the taxes on luxuries, so there
seems little call for increasing the tax on medicine. The
manufacturer now pays a two per cent tax, and the pro.
posed tax is five per cent on his sales.
This tax is on the manufacturers sales, but it will
have to be passed on to the consumer. The manufacturer
now is carrying a very heavy burden in the form of adj.
ditional war taxes. His tax on sales, his income tax, ex-
cess profits tax and corporation tax have over-burdened
him, and the additional three per cent tax on sales viii
make it impossible for him to meet it alone. Naturally
the wholesale price will be increased and the tax will be
passed on to the retail druggist. The latter must be
allowed a fair margin of profit, and he. in turn, will hav.
to increase his prices. So it falls upon the user of the
medicine, and. in the case of proprietary medicines, this
happens to be the person least able to pay.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-30
Prophecy Fulfilled
Timely Quotation From Bryce's eThe
American Commonwealth"

The following from the introduce
ton to Bryce's 'The American Com
m~onwealth" is being SO strikingly
fulfilled in these stirring days that
the prophecy is worth quoting, It
was written in 1892, or about that
time.
THE institutions Of the United
States are deemed by inhabitants and
admitted by strangers to be a matter
of more general interest than those
of the not less famous nations of the
old world. They are, or supposed to
be. institutions OF a new type. They
form, or are supposed to form, a
symmetrical whole capable of being
studied and judged all together more
probably than the less perfectly
harmonized institutions of older
countries. They represent an expert
ment in the rule of the multitude.
tried on a scale u~nprecedently vast,
and the results Of which everyone is
concerned to watch. And yet they
are. something more than an expert
ment, for they r believed to disclose
aid display. the type Of institutions
toward which, as by q law Of fate, the
rest Of civilized mankind are forced
to move. some with swifter, Others
with slower, but all with unresting
feet"
II With ten new republics proclaimed
in Europe and Asia In this epoch
making year Of 1918. the prophecy of
Lord Bryce seems moving swiftly to
Its fulfllment. Will the kings OF
Great Britain. Belgium, Italy ana
Japan be the only monarchs left In
the world ?-E f. Merriam, In Bos-
ton Transcript.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-30
PERSHING
From Major Frederick PaImer's new
book, America in France"
(DOdd, Mead & Coz

The thing which held their loyalty
with stronger bonds than those Of his
interest in men was that spontaneous
human quality, lighter by the smile
ct interest in every man and break
ing out in a laughing sally when
aomething caught his sense of humor.
The French spoke Of the "Pershing
mentality" which meant coming d.
SHect to the essentials of the subject in
Hand.
took an interest in all the chap
Sslains and the welfare workers, and in
everything that pertained to the care
S0l. h soldiers. Subordinates eaah
eAw only n professional side OF
him; and, OF course. the supreme side
ssWnS the soldier preparing his army
1lT actiOn and directing It in action.
11S0se who wondered about his rea-
~ for some decision suddenly
4tasped 1T when they understood that
10 was looking out acroAs the cOun-
stx5.saway from the red tape Of orRan4
tNGttOn. which he had cut remorseiess-
3Ss past the headquarters Of comman.
high and low TO the men who
1870 fighting, whose courage, morale
G19eMSkM were the vital human and
5&11fatary element.
s%RsKsaGreat army formed Of recruits
N1hdsr his personal influence. Be-
a 4Se6laiera shad been long In France
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-30
EVENING EDITION..
Our Corn6eld An Empire
IN. Y. Times.)

The German empire is a pretty big
place: big enough to support a Kaiser
and a lot OF Kings n Princes ana
their families, to say nothing OF an
army and a few peaceful people. still
it lacks a few square miles OF being as
big as Uncle Sans corn field. Y
tria has had quite a prominent place
four years, though all the area
dominated by Emperor Charles is n
ly a little more than that OF Americas
wheat field this year. I
There are eight states in the union,
each Of which planted a larger area
in wheat in 1918 than the whole area
Of Belgium. .
But America Is not a big wheat
producer per acre, in fact it fans far
below the worlds average. For the
fifteen normal years before the war
began, the wheat production per acre
was 42.5 bushels in Denmark, 1874
bushels in Ireland, 35.1 bushels in
Belgium, 31.5 bushels in Great
Britain, 29.7 bushels. in Germany,
20.2 bushels in France, 1871 bushels
in Austria, 1871 bushels in Hungary,
| 1877 bushels in Rumania, and 14.1,
bushels in the United States.
Mindful of the boast that all
<AIllOE1CdlIS CdI W1AASC OASou LA u SAAO
prevalent impression that good living
is more general in America than any
where else on earth, n would ex-
pect the United States to be the
largest per capita consumer of wheat.
but it is not. France and Belgium in
normal times eat nearly a third more
wheat per capita.
For the ten-year pre-war period.
each person in France consumed $50
bushels of wheat per year, in Bel
GUM, $40; in America, sal; in Italy.
6.21; in Great Britain, GIT; IN Aus
tria-Hungary, $50; in the Neither
lands. 4.29; in Germany, 1898; in
Germany probably ate as much
bread per capita as some Of the 9TH
er nations, but the Germans have al
ways favored the rye loaf. In India
and Japan, rice takes the place of
bread in the human diet. =
Wheat berg almost universally
eaten and its production being limit
ed by climate and soil conditions, it
has become n of the worlds great
est articles of commerce. One-ffth
of all the wheat grown in the world
is exported from the country of pro-
duction to some other country and
much of it goes more than halfway
round the earth from the. field to the
bakery.
Although wheat is possibly the
greatest bulk in the worlds interna-
tional commerce, there are other agri-
cultural products that far outstrip it
in the proportion of the total produce
ton that leaves the country Of orig
in. Sixty-six per cent of the cotton
spun in countries that do not pro-
luce it, and "a per cent of the worlds
tobacco is smoked by the people of
nations that do not grow it. Forty
per cent of the sugar sweetens the
diet of non-producing countries. and
~ per cent Of the rice is eaten by
foreigners.
Although Americas corn crop is the
biggest thing in the world in an agri-
cultural way only Z per cent Of it
leaves the country.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-30
JUSTICE FOR GERMANY

1t has been well understood that no part of the pun
ishment inflicted by the victorious Allies upon the Ger
mans is to be dictated by mere malice or vindictiveness,
although that is precisely what would follow if the victors
allowed themselves to be actuated by the spirit that Ger
many manifested in her prosecution of the war.
Equally we'll it is understood, or should be under
stood. that justice can be properly served only by stern
treatment of those who shaped and those who, by their
open applause or silent tolerance, approved, Germany's
conduct of the war. The German people should not be
permitted to set up and get away with an alibi on the
ground that those directly responsible for hatefully crimi-
nal warfare are no longer in control of German affairs,
They must accept their share Of the blame and be held to
a strict and>drastic accounting for it.
Professor Deissmann of the University of Berlin ap-
peals through the Archbishop of Canterbury for merciful
treatment of Germany at the peace conference Tin the
name Of Christianity The distinguished English church.
man, in a correspondence in September, 1915. gave Pro-
fessor Deissmann a fine opening to utter a few timely
Christian sentiments. The professor did not avail himself
of the chance. His silence then suggested his belief that
Christian sentiments had no place in a Germany success
full at arms. His plea now indicates the eleventh-hour
Fconvicuon of a rank opportunst and coward that Chris
tian sentiments are quite in order toward a Germany lick
ed and disarmed.
Putting it frankly. the professor is simply one more
witness to the fact of the hypocrisy and yellowness that
pervade the German heart. Germany deliberately made
a bed to suit her selfish ideas. The Allies mussed IN the
bed fearfully. Now it is up to Germany to use the bed
bumps broken springs and all. She ought to thank her
stars for not being strangled in the bed and tossed into
the garbage can. ..
If the peace conference performs as it ought II will
think livery minute of justice in terms of the interests q,
those whom Germany outraged and of the welfare of all
humanity. To think of it primarily in terms Of Germany
will be to inflict upon the world another great wrong The
real danger is not that Germany will be too harshlv treat.
ed, but that she will escape with less than she deserves
Minneapolis Tribune.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-30
is 1T CLEVER MELODRAMA?

Englishmen have little faith in the German revolu-
ton. They look upon the food riots and the abdicat'on
Of William of Hohenzo1lern as a ceverly staged melo-
drama, and they sit in the darkness of uncertainty ana
await the climax, when the hero Che long was a hero IN
German eyes) shall return and claim his own. They
do not believe the kaiser has abdicated, that autocracy
has been overthrown and that Germany shall be governed
with the consent Of the people. They believe none OF
this, and they are not alone in their belief, for in many
corners of America the same thoughts are entertained.
Englishment want to know with whom they are to
deal at Versailles, and they should know. Germany has
much to settle at that sitting, and she must have a gov
eminent that will deal fairly, squarey and frankly. She
must compose herself for her evil, day, must strip her
executive house of the insignia of a revolutionary gov
eminent, unless that government is sincere and represen-
tative of the people; she must present a united and an
honest front for the great task of reparation. So far,
she has not done so. She has made no official announce
ment that the kaiser has gone: she has made no attempt
to follow, to punish that arrogant, inhuman coward, who
brought suffering and death to his country and made 1t
accursed Of the world.
Instead, Germany, defeated and cringing in a hole,
has appealed to the Allies for mercy. Give us food, else
we starve' has been her cry. Her voice never has been
raised in confession, never has uttered words OF peni-
tence, only cries for pity. All yes! they fear famine and
anarchy now, but they feared it not when Belgium was
starved and destroyed, when France was invaded and
tramped under the iron heel. Germany fed on the fat
of the land for over four years, but now she cries for food,
and her cries are the voices of Hindenburg, Of Luden-
dorff and all the beasts who kept crusts from the chill
dren. of Belgium and France. And this whine comes
to America just as all German propaganda has done.
1t is little wonder, then, that Englishmen have no
faith in the German revolution; that they doubt the
kaisers abdication. Little ' wonder that they
see in it only a well-directed attempt to
stir up a revolution that will fail and will
be followed by one that will restore the kaiser's throne.
But Germany is not very clever in such tricks: somehow
or other, the zimmermann's and the Won Bernstorn's
bungle. They have bungled before, and, if this revolution
is but a bit of stage-play, they are bound to bungle again.
A cue will be missed and the play will be off! Germany
has got to make reparation, the kaiser has got to pay.
The Allies demand this, and they will see that the ac-
counting is made in full.