Show SEEK NEW USE I IFOR FOR US U S 8 COTTONI COTTON I Would Substitute It for Other Fibres In Industry By ny RDE n HARDEN COLFAX S Special O 1111 Correspondent of The EXAmIner Copyright 1927 1 27 Consolidated Proe PreM Association W WASHINGTON Feb Im 26 2 Im Important steps step towards rehabilitation rehabilitation tion of ot the th cotton Industry with possibilities of ot widespread effects not only upon those thos who produce the raw products and those tho who manufacture It but upon the con con- con consumers sumers were taken this week This movement has hae ha nothing to todo todo todo do with the question of ot style Nor Noris NorIs is It an effort to jack up prices and make mak the ultimate consumer pay for the medicine to be bo con con- concocted con concocted to cure the th Ills which be- be belIet beset b set lIet the th cotton Industry The ladles ladies appear committed for an In- In Indefinite in indefinite definite period to the th comfort and ease easo of ot short skirts and dame fashion has little In- In Intention In Intention of ot placing her approval upon the effort to bring brine the tho th fall fair sex back to universal use of ot cot cot- cotton cotton cot cotton ton hose hos rather than the th silk IlIk or rayon non which are so 10 popular Neither elther Is there ther any thought thou ht of attempting to lengthen mens men's shirts I NEW OUTLETS What attracts the th cotton Indus Indus- Industry industry Industry try from the In southern louthern farmer who harvests ests the tho crop to the th manu manu- manufacturer manufacturer who spins and weaves wea or knits It Into serviceable ler form formIs Is not so much Inducing each consumer to use more moro of ot the th cot cot- cotton cot cotton ton products In the shape to which he be has been accustomed as an effort to find new uses for cot cot- cotton cot cotton ton There Is Involved then the th probe problem lem lent of ot new outlets outlet for tor cotton products In distinction to enlargIng Ing these thes present present arate ays By Bythe Bythe Bythe the same came token the movement cannot be Ite as one on direct direct- directed directed ed toward an stimulation ot of prices for cotton products for there enters Into consideration the question of ot substituting cotton colton for other fibres now used for tor certain purposes and any plan of substitution substitution substitution must bear In mind all bays the matter ot of price relationship It would ouId not be b an easy mat mat- matter matter ter to substitute cotton cloth for lap lap but for Instance unless there were a a price advantage In the th use uso ot of cotton or some som element ot of su- su superiority superiority su superiority which would make mak the consumer willing to pay more O E WORLD NEEDS l Over O production ot of cotton In Inthe inthe the south this season has hu cre- cre cre created not only an emergency but has hos broucht th entire Industry to toa toa toa a tardy realization that poten poten- potential potential potential production every year Is be- be beyond be beyond yond the normal requirements ot of the tho world tor for American cotton I IOne One way to meet this situation Is to reduce production to normal demand and jog jut along until the annual growth crowth Jn In population brIngs a II natural Increase In do- do domand de demand mand and another way WilY Is to en cn endeavor dea deavor vor to find new uses for tor cot cot- cotton cotton cot cotton ton V Both the th department of agriculture agriculture agriculture ture and the th of ot com corn commerce merce recently have been charged by conGress with the th duty of ot seek seck lag Ing new uses for tor the th treat great money crop of ot the tho south louth Various trade associations have havo been Interest Interest Ing themselves In the same fame ques question lion tion A meeting was held here this weck week among amone representatives ot of the government departments and of ot tho the textile cotton institute composed ot of o manufacturers to lay down a definite program of ot study study- study studying lag ing and experimentation A plan plait ot of approaching the subject with without out Involving duplication ot of effort was ns agreed upon At the thc th same sam time lime there have been Introduced In congress a a series serle of ot bills designed to eliminate eliminate nate waste In cotton marketing and to encourage the tho use usa ot of cot cot- cotton cot cotton ton These Thes have havo been sponsored I by Senator J E Ransdell of Louis Louis- Louisiana lana iana and their Introduction at this I time was for the tho purpose of ot start start- starting Ing discussion BURLAP l SUBSTITUTE S One direction In which the th cot cotton ton Industry i Is looking Is the possibility of ot substituting cotton cloth made mad from low grade staple for many ot of the tho uses to which burlap and other jute juts products are put It Is a somewhat peculiar situatIon when the cotton Industry Itself uses use Imported Juto jute In wrap wrap- wrap wrap- I plug cotton bales In 1926 1026 the United States paid nearly for raw jute Jut and Jute butts bulls and It paid for bur bur- burIal's burlaps bur burlaps laps Ial's Imported from abroad This country In the th last calendar year paid for tor Imported bag bag- bagging bagging elf ging for cotton bales as compared to In 1925 1 25 It has been estimated that It If cotton cloth were used tor for covering the raw sta staple pIe It would require bales Of o cotton to snake make mak this cloth each year HOUSEHOLD USE It Is In the th Industrial uses of cotton that the greatest hope of ot those Interested In studying In- In increased In Increased creased ed consumption Is placed It ItIs ItIs Is 15 realized that the tho called so-called so home uses of cotton are practically practically static As a matter of household use of cotton on a aper aper aper per capita basis has been ben decreasIng tag Ing It Is only because of the enlarged Industrial uses of ot the Ita staple pie that per capita consumption as a a whole ha has not declined Experts will begin Immediately to give five attention to an Intensive study of ot ev every ry Industry trade art and profession In an effort to dl discover er co new fields for the th use UBe ot of cotton calling no only upon trade statistics statistic but Iut upon labora labora- laboratories laboratories laboratories tories The cotton Industry very apparently is 1 I entering upon an era ot of self analysis and aggressive of et- et tort fort to help Itself which promises e eto to become felt In every section ot of the country and directly or Indi- Indi Indirectly In the th life lit of ot every individual Individual ual |