Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1929-06-19

King cuton has greatly extended his dommons in the industrial held
cur, says the sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. The fba h"* I'm
the 1 extension ion Of old uses have maintained or increasd per capita Consumption
of cotton in spite If the reduced dimensions OF wonens dresses and COMPETE
Formerly eesson was used almost entirely .y; for t ssth hing. but Of" r uses uses.
lets are automobile tires s5 auto BODIES bodies cotton. Cotton 0 s5 ss and ba'n.x IAN" me
es power betting electrical insulators' cleavage and binder Cloths il" 81
constructions, sears trucE wheels and other machinery parts
ton annually. In 1921, 219ooooo pounds of cotton fabrics wer used in tire
ALSO BY the % "to industry ST. y" for "u uphost nry'' tons, curtains ur nm'c carpp t'| tire lovers
padding Innings. electrical insulation rubber tubing, and brake lands: All
these uses were relatively unimpmtMt twenty years ago.
Cotton bags ued dM in the wholesale grocery of, trade trade, f" "%o $751; "n , '"'r; r. SALT salt
equivalent gh' to " about $4,000 bales the bakery trade, 10000 ha.< and the fer r
titer industry, 1000 bales. Bags for handling coal, mail and n"ney also
take small amounts 1t is estimated that if cotton bags were a." for p"ekag-
alone. about 100000 bales of raw cotton and waste would l." required II
If cotton cloth were used a a bale covering OF 60 per cent OF the average
cotton r"p about 100000 bales would he required for bag n 1t is est
supply would raise the seasonal average price of cotton by *boa Il cent a
90 fha, pr producers sd rs J', The =" asg HD" w wo "uut in '' sG$Ss. 20 S4 DI tI :' h':s Ip'v xia,
Out es' tess rs1s n" vs.t snon nat that Gotten eo5m1u has s, o1| nmta1s, "I1r jae Dassins
ia removing from the bale, but jte coverings cot less r~|pa in years of
cotton tagging that can be sold in competition with jv g"
fabric S": aS , '%s'' "* :'$ growing %S's s s"t",| It's " i*"," !" %' s' +. t." H. ,", ,or: ANY y'n %r
f"r vibration ease Of repair and low rwtn make IL the "' textile for this
yards of coton cloth and 10000 square yards were used>i its 30 gas cells.
o: c ""'n" c'"" %"::' thro"sD " more .' attention /" D' +" design S "" ".>n.~,i iS ' ps';erns
with style tendencies faster eolors and using coupe "" Ibes with cot
er IS than ia 'f fr several several ' Years. r%~ '"" ''''~ '' ' @.''S vogue I"
Tn use of nosinch bedshrets rather than the Ho1r.> .n=th sometimes
sold is d means Of extending the use Of cotton in a n Oh and standard prod
act and opens I'll an additional outlet for OttnOW square yards of wide
~hrt1ina annually. Awning manufacturers have LauI:":1 " threeyear cam
"aEn '" increase the the, use OF their Ir"1"t and tsHn :" l' possible gain in
!hir marker III 23IE0tH0 square yards annually. I&e ue of lotion traffic
nttlcrs in place Of paint on city streets is estimated to" require 5IEElUNi
square Yards OF cotton fabric Il year Cloth ITO n X, q cleavnee plane in
.pment. roads will take about 5tHNt"m square yards 1fs YEAR nd its use as 4
binder in rurin4 AN asphalt surface j" ordinary road opens up an imgnal
nu1ke. Every mile Of such ROAD would use a rrHmum Of $500 sf~
ards Of fabric,
The Uuited States Department of Agriculture, the department of Com
uerceu and the Cotton Textile Institute are cooperating in a survey OF. tie
un;m1in of cotton, tryp" to find in what industries It is used and where
Is. H- NAV, he extended >They have found cot~a HyiHg used in 100 differ
Ill ~"y~ ." the farm. aside from the n"oseh"d household uses. aside from
,,nhHg number over 100 Railroads use cotton in over 40 different ways
i.lihEn. tiidrs max. considerable use Of cotton, Modern steamboat use much
rHnp ,.Hfni =uM~ thar sailing vessels
lMp "tNlorHr"t OF @ Uses and the extension Of old uses are essen
tl IL" Su| Stained progress OF the cotton industry from the standpoint of both
"IloH producers and manufacturers tie Foundation asserts Efforts in this
E4.t"n tG@rTN- Wan support.