Arizona republican., 1921-12-15

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 government standards now recog- nized throughout the world; an or ganized system of government in spection of standardized selected seed, and a study of the most prac- tical uses of this cotton by American manufacturers; and. finally, owing to its extreme strength, combined with lightness, its successful use aft CT the most exacting and careful tests by the government for our air service. both in aeroplane wings and balloon cloth.
 During the war, as chairman for the Arizona Council for Defense, I co-operated with the United States government in arranging for sup
 plies of Pima cotton so urgently needed for -aeroplane and balloon cloth; was present at the New Bed- ford mill at the time this cotton
 was being manufactured into aero plane cloth, and obtained the results of the laboratory tests when made,
 which showed the exceptional value of this cotton when great strength
 combined with lightness was requir-
 ed. In attached exhibit 'B, will be found a statement showing the re- suits not only of these tests, but of OlAtI lCSto NOlA04SeNN cJ tire manufacturers and by the Unit ed States bureau Of standards and the bureau of markets, all of which demonstrate the superlative value of this cotton. While Pima cotton has shown up most satisfactorily in all these tests we are now working to improve the methods of cooperation, specifically in marketing, and through more care- full land selection. improved meth ods of cultivation. cleaner picking and better ginning and baling to still further improve the standard qual- ity of this cotton.
 It is interesting to note that the
 government in developing this long staple industry in the Southwest was but reviving an ancient industry, practiced by the prehistoric peoples in the Southwestern valleys, and l now have in my possession seed cot ton and finely woven cotton cloth, made, by the prehistoric people which I obtained while exploring cliff dwelling in Arizona.
 Owing to the encouragement Of the government, aided by the conditions created during the war, and the greatly increased demand by cord 1 tire manufacturers the production of Pima cotton in the Southwest has grown from 3,331 bales in 1916, to a
 production last year of 1OS.0 900 bales. 1 The wisdom of the government in encouraging this new Southwestern | industry has been shown by the fact 1 that during this same period the in- roads of the boil weevil have reduced | the production of the famous Sea Is- | land cotton, almost identical with the Pima in length of fibre. from IT, ,559 | bales in 1916, to a production last year of but LIPS.
 Pima cotton is. today, the only | extremely long staple cotton pro- ! duced in important commercial Quan- titles in the United States. The at | tached exhibit e." showing the production of American Egyptian and Sea Island cotton from 1916 to | 1920 inclusive, and the import of Sa- | ke1-Egyptian cotton, is convincing evidence of the need of maintaining 1 the production of Americans -Egyp- tan as a national industry.
 It is an unquestioned fact that the l fine spinners of the world now rec ! ognize in Puma cotton, carefully | graded and stapled. type the equal and probably superior to any cotton | grown in quantity in the world.
 Owing to the difficulty experienced ! during the war by the American | manufacturers of cotton fabrics in | obtaining Egyptian cotton, the use of | American-E Egyptian cotton. especial | ly by the tire manufacturers, large | ly increased; and there was also a steadily increasing use of fine spin- ners, when assured they could ob-
 tain this exceptionally long and uni | forrnly running cotton in quantities: | and an opportunity was given te | prove the exceptional value of this 1 cotton, not only in aeroplane and | balloon cloth, but in other fine fab- | rics. The attached book of samples shown. as exhibit 'D," illustrates fine
 American cloths now being made | from Pima cotton.
 At the outbreak of the war the
 farmers of my district in the Salt | River valley were nearly ready tc abandon the production of this long
 staple cotton because of the low
 price received below actual cost oi
 production, and entirely out of line
 with it's real value. The prices
 brought about by the war, however
 encouraged the farmers to continue
 production, with the result that C
 really valuable national industry was
 established. In other words, the
 Americana Egyptian long staple in.
 dustry was practically saved by tft
 submarine The attached exhibit
 F. showing production and price
 of A'nerican-E Egyptian in the Sal
 River valley of Arizona for period of SIX years clearly illustrates thc
 foregoing statement.
 Reference has been made 10 th'
 various uses Of this cotton: the bu;l ' of it goes into what is known a:
 cord tire fabrics, made from No. 2. |. counts of yarn. Another use is in flint ! ls-r~- yarns, such as shown in exhibit ID,
 fine shirting made frcm Pima cot ] ton of Nc 60 to No. so yarns. while