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Show ,-, DOWN in Arizona, in the vicinity of Mesa and under the great Roosevelt reclamation project, is a district of country which is destined to grow immensely wealthy by the growing of the old and prosaic commodity cotton. Hut this is a new variety of cotton, and is known M "the long stap-Ue." stap-Ue." It is used almost exclusively in the manufacture manufac-ture of automobile tires, and is replacing and retiring re-tiring the See Island product. The long staple commands a prici of around 70 cents per pound, and as a bale can be gTOWfl on one acre of land, it means an income of around $."."o per acre. When this is compared with the old Southern States product pro-duct selling before the war at around 7c per lb. there Is indeed a wide difference, The long staple COttOIl is iim'iI exclusively In the manufacture of lord tires, which are required to be exceedingly strong, And thus the evolution of the automobile has created another thriving industry. |