Show tj w I li I If f r WhcrcCotton i is Kine I 1 f r I t L Ilow Colton IM I Iiokctl ami tlopuioilloittio MmUut J I H tn 0 r CtefiCemittiemanJ lUalJii ItaHttntbtH Situ 1I1t I I Aanxtllr ntn Hit Cold Mnel of Hi trUQnttr 1 toiti bf > Our Colt i I 4 Couititlttn in Istft Ml M d CUH Ill Iud fA HcrllanJ i I I I llax 0r Cfc li fMJ fr I A Imdmtlniaf itS > f S fliaUtltn i 11 fA Trtfi aW Olhtf Vjlltn tthul OIH of 111 Grtatil Maitjf fndntin I j i hJI iJ tl Ike Unim i 1 CerinmiX im by rrink U Lt nur I lteul Corrtieoideie olll Mwt ATLANTA No emler inn iSjA UKISGllie put week I Iliave been tiavellnic through lome ol 1 Ihe rlcheit cotton illttrlcli tURINGlhCIUCic I J 1 I rom Wllhln lon lo Atlanta over the Southern railway Tie I line rum down rcujh Vlr fc 1 ginla and erase the belt of U pine level uplandi ol North ind South CnWlna In lo Georgia I rode for hundredi of mltet tbrouth field loaded with Ihe woolly white Cher and here In Atlanta I tm In one of the chief coiton italet 11 Ihe Union The who hive not travel id ihrouh the loulh In the autumn have no Idea ol the gorgeoui iplcndor with which nature here dccoratci Ihe dying year The mount In are now ablm with color You ride through foretti where the green Inei mil with Ihe teavei ol oilier Ircei of all the colon of Ihe rilobow The conlratu are Etlt than Ihote of the nonh The treen It greener Ibe red leavei I ringe in cohr Irom thit of freih blood to royil puP pu-P and the yellooi ire of every line from a pate delicate lemon to that of the purett gold Such treel t are olten the letting of Ihe coiton plantation wtlch conilit of Ihounndt ol little green and biovn builct whicn are now weeping their predoui lean of now In aome fieldl the green boll or ball containing the cotton are uit ready lo open In oriieri the rib ol the boll hive cricked crick-ed and the Held ol brown and green I ipotled or iluitet with white Agiln you tee placet where Ihe crop li I lip lo bunting and the gieit tufu lungou ready to drop lo lie grounder Into Ibi bindi of the plckeri Some ol Ihe field are alive with men and onn gathering cotton Negroci andwhllel walk through the roi mil pick III while boll Tbe tlatklei ling allhey pick and their rich loft olcci lion Into lhecirwindo iaiwellyby Aln jny ol the ilitloni Ihere ire bales of cotlon reidy for ihipplng lo the fictoilei ol the north and louth Netrly every little irmhoaM we pttt hit one or more balei In lu yard The loaJt ar lined with wagoni full of what In Ihe diitince looks like newly waihed woolbul which li freihly picked collon being carried to the gin where the iced mutt be taken out before the collon cm be iclJ Other wigoni haul lalel ol coiton bringing Ihe ginned article luck to the faimert liomet fhe driven tccni hippy llur ho w lo iflt M Ihe old negro ling aihrluuli nil Ihree balei ot colton along In Ihil old carl drawn by an ox He illijodnc for he tin on hit vcart crop and he knowi li will I bring him Ihe money for hit winter 1 t luppllet UII OCII 0TtOIl COIII rami I The cotton crop It I the great money j crop ol Iheiouth 11 II 11 ktod prot perlty ihlnei out ol the ficci ol i both darklei and while and more than li 000000 louli reloice If I bad Ihere It a cry ol bird limei and want creepi in al the cabin door The extent of the collon area of Ihe country U nol well under itood at 1 Ihe norih Ihe collon bell coven twenty lour degreet ol longitude and about ten degreei ol latuudi li now muI aboul 6wouo qUAr milei oriccordlngtolheccntutcil I I almcnt onethird ol the leltled pirn I of the United Sutei Tlili area ol collon growing lenllory ci uld be neatly In creater and at It it I only about one twentieth ol It It I uted lor raiting cotton There are In factonlv about jooooooo acrei of collon lanlailont I and we have an empire ol coiton 0Uwhl Ich tal never been tilled 1 he cotlcn tell hat it population popu-lation of about r j 500 oo > ol whom 5 000000 are negrnei fneie > eople produce moie lhan half a tile of coiton per cap Ul every year or more thin Ihree l balea annually 10 rich lamllyuf five or Irim tevtn to nine million balei ct collon every ear Ihe cotton we r tenlh expoit annually uno more than Ihe output ot I Ihe old minei ol Ihe world It It atmoil double llul ot Ihe raid and illver mint ol the United Sutei In 1891 r It looted I up Ihe turn III lluootoo and In bq4e ha I one of tlie bljtgeit collon > UIdiol ourhUiory The coiton then raxed amounted In round Humbert to 9890 o4ob It Tlilt li n ere than hill i 11 of r the coiuri LIOOII t In the world Ue are In fact Ihe 1 grealcit cotlon groueiioi 1 theunUinr I and could we tell all the coiton in r landt could produce at high ilcu Ihe oulh would t b II e rirhet i art ol Ihe United States Today cotton ft I bringing between leten and elxht cent a i ouuu nd at Ilili the lanlcu can make n oney They ure luak ng money nov > andthe onlv people down her I who aie talking rli hard llmei are the pollllclani Ihe I nllice icekell au J the ollllcal agilalotl The cotton ClOp thit > cnr will run overt over-t too ooo balei We ill set more than f 100 oco coo in gold Irom I urope for our c lion within ihe nrii few n ontht and the pretent incieaie cur gold icierve comet lively Irom cotton OIK IOTTON tumicm Hut let me lellyoii where Ihe mott and belt colliiii U ia ted Uuilnc l the pan rw weeki 1 have met tome ol the igken ol our cotion ihlppcri and cotton nUnten and lae collerled miller buut tne cinditlon ullhe woolly I I > lint III evety part of Ihe world Oily a lew U igo Mlitlttipcl Alaban a were lb v fading coiiun produ cu ol I Ihe Unlu now T livelier I m Unite ipect tkai all the ictt Uit t tearor ahr In Ih COlltll yr 0118 < 3 and l94 Teiai iroduccd over juuoooo pjieior nearly one third ol tie mure rp ol te United btaie UWM IboUlhl Ih1 It 0011 piotuce alike 11 Id r c bul onhI h uual cop Th 10110 IcrtllOy 01 lb couatry Caa b i en r01 Ih lolowlnlr taLle JIln Ihe Unul1 tld rur 1t193 T 01 0 < 1 ItrJI lii s 1 = 8 ° nobeUn = = = hair 170 oo > > haV r = = J t Mo K 13 bAtH Tne American balei ol cotton at lulr weigh more than Ihote ol Iurope where Ihf eitlmalrn re In lalct nl 400 pound l an I he I crip wii in tact > mott Itn million tialei I lurp i ol the fijurci cf Hie world output lilt > ear but th < ciop for ifloj amounted In round i m Lcn to hltern mill on bilci At lhn nan tlio Unite I butct 1 produced Ihlrdt r all Iho coiton ol the world ill unloubteJIy furiUli morellun hill of the world lupply Hill rur fUR GlUT ConoHraOCCIKO I cotid > ta Hut whit ae the lanlj wl Ilch make collon Here U I the IUI wlili the amoul tied lurnlil ed in 193 I UIII < lalet as MO bO i = = TUI 01 en 001I Ie f p A oud 01 tC7 3 11 I I 01 h nod n Ii = Ur 10 hn Total for Ik world 13 ITOOVO tulc Tne coiton ate i In all the other coun Irleill grow Ing I urope ind Alia wouU like lo Independent ol n aril they are doing all they can tu annulate co Ian raiting eltewherr Thty canuol luccced hoaever lor there li I no 10111 the world 11 good fur cotinn at Ihil of omo pant nl the Untied Stalea The famed bea Illand cottcn which growl on the Ltlanda olf the coail of South Carolina and Georgia ll I ihe finett col tut that old mother earth hat ever wotn upou her buaom and uther lardt have tiled In vain lo urpaii It I law It during dur-ing my vltil tu Uiuntuiclt Ga tail week Our oidlaary collon plant rmw from one lo three c1 hUh Tnc Sea Illand cotton growl like a tree Hid plant at Ihe ground li I al big around ai u broom Hick and ll toweri aloft lo the height of ilx 1 leet and upward tboollng oil branchei every tew Inchei wl Ictl 4re loaded l with coiton bolh 1 These Iwlli are al big ai a black walnut with the hull on and wheu the cotlon It I lino llliangtdowuall our Ihlanl like 10 many ball uf while popcorn The cotton cot-ton u ai hue n nlk It iblnci like min nd In liter It Irom one and a hall lo theo Inchu luoJ tho lunlClI cUlluII fiber In Ihe WOII and about one Inch lunger than the cotton Iron other parti ol inc United bum All ol our ratio i lurpaiKi thit c I other countries wittf tue e > cc tin of Ihat I of Igipt which It nut to J ood at Ihe bea Illand but I ll better than II e cotlon town bk In the Interior of the irutli lypllan I cotton It I valuable lo mla with our coiton and It lurpritcd me to hnd Ihat our manu faciureti Import about 100000 balei of I gplMi collon every year I he foOI ieldof I I Pgpl tlooka limp il 1 Ihe lime ol our lIe civil war aidid alto Hut ol India Ihe moment bumler waa lire1 upon colion well up like a hat The kiiglitt lictorlei aoon ran outcf lhelriupplaml II Ine pile of cot f rla up OIr li n iluubled I and quadrupled The Khedive ol HUPI 1 look advantage of Ihe tiluillon lie put out Irimente coiton plantation and between tWl and iMj ihe crop ol I I lypilin collon In 13 J I creattd over four bundled ler cent hi nee lSi when the ugllili I practically i got rID ol Ihe country they have tried lo itlmulite cotlon I raiting In I tl e valley ol the Nile and Ihe luurei ibote liven repieienl one ol Ihe biggetl crept I gilt I tin ever hid lam told I I Ihat Hie linjliih are now atiemptlng I I lo ettibl III th uilton factonei In the luburbi ol Cairo and Ihat a mill li I now beta built at lloulak there near the farooui muieum In which the mun of the airiohi I I When Iw I BI In llombiy India a few yeari ago 1 taw great cotton tactorlei there ana Ihr I Tngllth I cap lilitii lold m > tl at our wrr had made India I I a great J cotton country Today ll rank neit lo Ihe United btalei hut the Ind ai cotton li I ihuit In lirla and it duet nol produce more lhan one luunh at much lolnc I acm al our American cotton litlJt I I ullv ball of the In Ilin crop U I ute I by the Indian collon rollli which are neadily Increailnt In number ml Inln1 1 11 h ai mil to buy Ibe bulk of her cotton from 111 Chin will eventual y uie all uf her own > lIon in Urn new lactonea I ho u I u Mat I an I Japan to our consul hcncril at okohanu once told me low utei about I fl4ooou orlh ol Amtrica rawcotioi which It I hipped that country nol ilirictlront tleUniiel biatei but la I Lwcriojl The co ton raited In Japn It ul Uie p lortit varie y II 1 li wuiie than that ol China whlih li woriellnn Indian cotton It 1 cm only be uied for very con mon cloln n1 I our cuilon will ul 1 a t bID demand In AiU lo mix with lime poorer varieties COTTON till AS IDOL There li a contlderal le detnan I for foreign c Itout in me United Sutei lo be mixed with wool and Ihut toKI oln goodi W c bur for IhU pup quit a lot ol eiuvlan 1 collon hch II l a mote woo ly character I Iha oUlIon The Icrllan I cotton Joe Inlo 111111 roduI ani lInoy corrtll Itll Rnd llIlh hlcb II up 1101110 I be all wool are practically made of tlcte cotlont Almott 75ouoooj poundi of cotton are uied et cry year hy our woolen I nilllt du our xoolen n hat lclul allnuall loke aboul 4JO bi Il1au COTTON l > KINO The Un lei fatMei 11I11 It I bellved al ai control cotton trade < f Hie woilu We could make now morellun lle worlll uply and cnuld I am told tailyrun other countrieioul ol II e markets had Ihe touih a ilillerti I y ttm 11 farming The limit I Inv tratclcd through are nowhere ball larmid The cotton patchei are gen lIy IInd bor jnC much I IImoJ don on Ih 11 f n p 10 the nEro who rul In Ihlrty 101 arr ncl lao ulo < lln Y Ihlr deb oul o thlr lare Ih r 111 Molo Ih bIII IIrtllllel he ul < 1 Iolhlnlt bill COllon ncl ould rly urOIl Ih nllny Ihoy ItOI lrom thl In Y lor Ihr u r alld It cd lor 11tlr Ilok The onld ulo Itood com nd 01 Ihe r I r dhF I2 J 1 upu I b1 01 Iho nOrlhn Ind 1 I Irady chnRln nd 11 Ih nol t dliiant luture Ihe nouih mil ralte alt ol Hi oun iucp let and will uie Hi collon at A mo ley crop pure and ilmole wt 1lch will make the aouth eru larmeri richer lhan Ihe tameclait anrohere elieIn IIe woild Villithe other cotton producing counltiei tnmg 10 in reatc Ihelr leld It would mm tube t tu-be a mltlake to limit the cruotti ot rot trn title II rdir tu raite Ihe I pi Ire hbJ j Uith tilvr ined farming Iheinuhcan rahe lieltir andChe > percotton thin an 1 011 er country and we on lil to run Ihe other counlrlei tut o 1 Ihe builnru I IhJ It cot It nald otcr 8 c ill a pcund lo produce I optlin collon at Hie land are lainl 1 > 3 per acre and upward anj lie collon fieldt ol China and Japan nd India leld camparallely 1111111 Ih cr d Ih1 onl 01 Ih ery uoieal variety IN COTTON FIStM Hut how It rmtun la tclf Colonel K 1 R Murdock an Atlanta inker and collon dealer who hat undled cotton for more lhan a generation genera-tion Mil me that It reqilrei but Illlle Intell gcncr and that the average negro an roduce almott at good n crop ai Ihe mott nclenlltlc J while mm The jrround It I ploughed and hario edln March and the turrowi thrown up to ai lo make ruoi ol bill about three or four feet apart In April the cotlon teid Inile Mack letilt about Ihe till 1 di of a lemon dare drilled In Ale dayt liter the preen iprcuti come hUUlh Ih 11 rho rou r bllle1 up II the planli grow and the wee It are kept duo Ine otton planti are Inned out Irom time to lime ado bout the lait ol July Ihe work of oil tivallon I li done fly Ihe m ddle of i tune UK p > nu becln lo b I citom and del r at I wk like great II gardeniol Martbal I Neil rotei At the blottomt drop oil in bolltol coiton appear Tliey trow ibout the lite ol a I lick walnut h n II ey crack open and Ihe I beautilut 1 while cotlon ihoaiout The crip It I luch Hat It will keep a long time II doM nol ripen all at oner and the p ckeri co uver Ihe fit li I a lull a del tn 1 ilmn during the teiuiiclgatletlng 1 the cotlon lichtxtlnt In the far loulh and frill IY In July and which lain tinill late In Ibe lall In jiorgla M Ncr h anil 1 bouth Larol na tome coiton 11111 I being call cred at U rlttmai UIIAT COTTON riCMNO CO1K The ticking i > l the tollou lianet I ptntlve Item The gathering of the cup ot 1S9I I com li li etllmiied about J6o ooo ecu I bo Ickeii are uiually nejroct wl o are aU u much for eacn hundred pourJt of cotton ai It u taken Hum the lodi or bull Here It I orgla plckeri gel about thirty iUa hundred tut In oiler pain cl lb loulh ai I > lili I aiTifly ccnuanduji rda hundied In renal a crop of 3 500 balei aver agedacottlor plcnlig 019 a bile I Am told there are fa > ter ickeri now Ibn In ilavetiMci Thin luo xiundi A day uai con luiled rtmarkab e work Not Ion 1 J ttncooklcltyl the Hit tlolppf peillerllaiy i > k eJ 18000 f hrft l 11 r poundi In five anu a half tla an average ol jjj poundt ilally per man Aluthe truliiarv labor It It bird to get a nejru to pick more lhan loo poundi a day and when he hat done that he anil to Hop Nw and then IhepicLeri ilrile tut it It more o tenon ten-on account ol bad weather I than a dlf leren boUI rlcei The women and ch Idrcn ui well ai Ibo men go out In 101h leldi luick and for the time the land It alive with back kann moving mov-ing through the while field who Ala ulllnj uut the collon and putting It Into dCUI rrul JI iti urippcd on tlulr ihuulderi lien 8 bag It lull Ihe cotlon li I emptied lalu a lirte baiketlrom whlchlt It thrown Into the I waeoni which are lo cairy II lu the gin Sot a pound of Inn I-nn can be auld belore it 1 It I ginned Thlt prcccu U neceiiary to get the vied ml ol the coiton Thellnl I Ij Iturifped I ifound the lecd < o tlhlly Ihat Ilwvllld Ike d lu lela by hnd what machinery will dolnalew momenu borne large planteri bate glni of Ihelr ovin Oilier imt are worked on ibarei y1 locality hai gnu near It and with ljllhi few mitci el IIt the I collon I i elJ I havo vluicJ a number ol Iheie cotlon glni Thellnl It lawed from Ihe teed by circular uwi to grided Ibal Ihe teed will 1I1 full pail through them 1r ocl II I urlher on in Ine machine there are biuihei which pull the lint from the i and whUh will roll It out In a hnuillullley heel of what 1 looki Ike I rollon balling to that It dro i on the lIoor > In n mountain ol while II U now ndy to be utuetied by mad Inery Into Ihe great bale lor the market Iach bale at II comet from Ihe gin U I of about Ihe tin ota big dry goodibo < II It about four leel iquire and 1 about fiv leet In length It It I wripped with ouirti cloth much like coltce lacking null bound with band liI loop Iron Such a bile weight Irom 40 to joo oundi and It I now worth fro u Jjo la I 4o 19 It itindi on Ihe icalei ul Ihe upper onI CMt w Vbnx Ib Hon rUw li Ofr A Michigan b < wknr wrltluit to Tlio Ainnlcin Ika Journal tillt hnvt lirn thu lieavler mt it Ihe 101117 flow li over bo l xln to crow tin Le i driwii by rcmotlnu all tho llnlihitl tlou from cnch uf llui luo itiprri IIOW un tho hlvri And uttlnif nil tho innliheil oura futo ono lujirr with u Tlcnvi III KeltltiR tbcili llnUbrd olltl 1 avoid rarrjlLK ovir lr 111111 uuflnlihotl MI lion He prefer not lo lilvu unynl bonlni each prlnuvltli row knMloui and ucw loiinlallout Ho flu It tlml Ihe Ur will draw now fouulitlou rlpru tho lioney nu1 1 cap It w < tur than thoy will tlio nlol 1 cnmbi uu I tbiu I mjor iiulKvniril n ivuriinco uro much iopfrl < r to Hint ilomllu Ilio ilrawu owL IIwritm Thli crondluK tho I ilowu Mw hit a tcurimyto causo them to tom abundaiiro In Ilia I roul department llnihhifcr tltlr raiuumptlou durli s Ho rouili K winter and irlm uiontlii or until lu uiy couirii In uiialn riivro aro u fow Iwkoiprriiwliri rxtnvt all tile houiy thin f ul ulfar urup for wlnti Hor t but I jiniiot ludono Hilt I Inn If I llnlui Kurlna niyinln nlri for wlnt t which I do rarely they nnjihortuf I > Uirlli thoyamfi lixlrtct uJ In r ol houiyiir inOii full f rumen of bou ry thut liavo Locu lut iuld I a lot Ihli I or PCKO |