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SON acwcau * IS wvom # WOBU> DKMAND UKOHH I (I'biiadelptola l>dger) I ot?ii w?C,d llM,uitrie#' so**01? ?? Ww I wide?prt?(l. Of all commercial tM?0. cotton and its affiliated 1a? Erk* supply *lH> greatest amount of RJJJJ, Since 1800 no ot her brauch of K? bun witaeaaed auch an ft*. rTI it te? difficult to conceive (,??mrrei*i eutorpriwe which E. grater or more aptumt future. Ify b estimated that more than KgyQQo persons are directly engaged production. manufacture and din Cation of cotton, while reliable 9* r^< ?ccordiutf to the National City the current issue of tbe Ameri I |1HV?' piiHiNi the amount <?f ?m>i |J Invested ?u the business at fl0,000 I ?M, u is believed that cotton pro EJgtlon has grown from ?WXMXXM>0<> |u,Un<N 1" I8'""0 to l.WM^OQO^OOO pounds L 1900 aud 14.000, 000,000 in lMfc. Mob is tin- lust yoar that can be L|)ed normal. |giaoe 1014, however, little increase k (be world's cotton production has Itiktu place and one of the greatest Lilems now confronting the Industry, L?i one wbich is receiving a great, deal Lf serious attention, Is the increase in Ce area allotted to cotton cultivation Eirir*"" to keep up with increasing Eoo?uuptlve demand. f a study of world cotton statistics La conditions shows clearly that a Lrious shortage of cotton exist*. Should Ue present American crop Hall to come up to the most recent estimates, it will om?o tbe sixth short crop, an unpre cedented situation so far as American cottou is concerned. A much greater cotton production acreage Is necessary to bring the out put more in line with the growing world demaud, which is now about 21, 000.000 hales per year, but the present decade will sec an increase In world demand of at last 10,000,000 additional bale*, with a like Increase hi the suc ceeding decade. ? ? ? ? ? ? , ?' ? Wihere the cotton is? to come rrom to allow the world to double its an nual consumption is A problem. It certainly cnunot come from the goutberu American states; assuming tbat the Aiucricam crop will continue to average about 11,500,000 bales, as jt bag for tlie past five years and will probably equal this 'year. It 1* plaiib tbat vast cotton produc ing districts In other parts of fbe world must be developed without any loss of tluie If a pronounced shortage of cot ton is to be avoided. The area of Egyptlau soil on which the long staple for which that country is famous is produced ,is a very limit ed one and cannot be greatly extend ed. Northern Africa is of gradually Increasing luii>ortance as a cotton pro ducer, but it I* unlikely that the world can ever depend upon it for any con liderable supply of cotton. The Carl ben n district has miich cot too cultivation, but greater profits car ke made growing other crops. Peru and a few other South Amerl ?n countries are becoming interested In cotton, but usually along certadn particular lines* and for special pur pose?. India is increasing Its production iteadily, the crop this year being es pecially large., Imdla ihas possibilities of greatly increased production. For several years before the out break of the war. British engineers had been working on plans for a wide spread reclnimatlon of lower Mesopo tamia for the purpose of converting it Into a lorge-scale producer of cotton. That the 'plans already well matured for the development and flnamcing of Jn Important edition to the world's cotton area will succeed cah hardly be doubted. v-:? ? Germany was just as anxious' to re I'laee cotton from the Uuit&l Ht*tes *lth cotton raised under its own flag ?s is Englnnd. autd if ithe world war tad not intervened, it is probable that German cotton production in Mesopo tamia would already be a fact, ^ lar8? amount of capital Xha/t will ** required to bring about a large pro duction of cotton in Mesopotamia can ?ndoubtedly be raised in Lamcanshire. Wor brought jcreat prosperity to British textile interests and since * Armistice they have been, on the 'hole, operating at capacity. Queensland and 'New South Wales 0 er Rrcnt iK)ssi hi li ties for tiho produc 1100 of ?tt"n through irrigation. The necessity tlf irrigating land has in past been the commonest cause for blllty of other countries to com *Uh American cotton, but in the ostralinn states It can be fradsed as ?Perennial, and in <ome places It if that shrubs ii> suitable locations ** borne two croj?? a year for from 0ve ^ ten ftzr?. br^sTT ?X,wt i'xPr'rt* beVete that # /w future exlst? for Australian cot , mont of which would be avallabla ?*port. as domesite demand And the WftoM ratlTel'V "developed ' condition mak<" '* itniPr*ctdoa1lle to manu It at home. pother of rbe changing phase* of growing that today makes pos ftibte ooterp rises that would have Called otrtj IT decade ago la (hut advance mad* iu the application of power to<he laaid. The aucceeattaful use of tractors, trucks and other vehicle* has rendered man independent. to a large degree, from the physical inability of his draft aulmals to irtand exce?t*lve heat. ?1n the tropical i?arts of the world thefe is uo tack of human labor. w<h4ch l* required large amount* for the pro* ? iluetloo of cotton, ami with the intelli gent uae of mechanical substitute* for horses and mules great area* of tertftt soil In tlie tropical soue become avail able for cotton raising. An odd development is the largely In creased importation Into the Cuited states of Egyptian cotton. In the fis cal year 191,8-19 importation* of cotton from Egypt of this country were leas than 80,tXK> bales, hut SperUng's Jour* ( nal estimates that BOO.OOU bales will.be iiut>orted thtu year. Most of this eot-( ton will be used jfor making American automobile flees. '-The tire business, it Is worthy of note k* isisstag. is lkrgely( responsible for the now long ' staple cotton industry that is making ?uch rapid strides in New Mexico, California and Arizona. Increased production and lowered prices for raw cotton will be of the very greatest importance to the manu facturing section* of the United State* and to Its Industrial population aind export trade. The world Is clamoring for manufactured cotton and it is re. liably certain that 90 per cent of the world's population are clothed In cot ton doth. Why Is it that a man Is Just as in terested In a SELLERS as a woman? Watch next weeks issue. Camden Furniture Co. ? adv. Mary and Elisabeth Borieall daugh ters of the famous Artie explorer, Amos Bonsall, are well known artists. Far-Seeing Woman Reformer. In noting the fact that Susan B. Anthony was born a hundred years ago, It Is Interesting also to remem ber that every considerable reform of Which she was an advocate has come to pass, says the New Tork Sun. She fought for the abolition of slavery, for total abstinence and for equal suffrage. Slavery disappeared when she was still in her most active years. When she died, in 1006, many of the states had agreed with her views on prohibition and ' rotes for women. A Last Resort. His Wife ? Mercy me, Hank I You shavln'? I thought you was goln' to wear them whiskers for always. Mr. I/ingbrusli? i was goln' to, but we've lost two good table knives an' I've looked every place else for 'em. Officers Copy d'Annunxl* Gabrlele d'Annunzlo's bald head bat set the fashion for the officers of his little army in Flume, many of whom have shaved their craniums and are endeavoring to grow miniature Van dyke beards as copies of the poet's chin adornment The Flume aviators have adopted the craze with greater zeal than other branches and call themselves "Iron Heads." Youthful officers in their teens and early twenties have shaved their heads and are wearing little poljife^ boards in an effort to look as mudtf Tike the poet as they can. Mixed uniforms of French horizon blue and Italian gray green are worn by d'Annunzlo's men with, great pride. Increase In Japan's Coal Output. Shipping and Engineering notes with interest that the output of coal In Japan during the first 11 months of 1910 was put at 25,826,000 tons, show ing an Increase of 2,740,000 tons, 'or about 10 per cent, as compared with the corresponding period of the previ ous year, In spite of the pessimistic re ports made from time to time of the gradual exhaustion of the mines. This was attributed to the revival of old mines and the Increase in the number of new mines, owing to the profitable prices obtaining, although the output In Kyushp, which constitutes 00 per 'cent of the total output, did not ma terially change. Making a Hit. - X had an engagement one evefrtag with a young" woman friend, with Whom I was endeavoring to make a big hit, writes a correspondent. We went to the theater; I walked up to the box office and asked for two tick ets. Thinking I had them, my com panion walked In ahead. I put my hand into my pocket, and, holy smoke, I had forgotten to take, any nmoey with me I I turned red and white, but that was nothing compared to how I felt when the usher gently broke tha news and escorted my girl to a door marked "exit." Did I make a kit* I've got the chills yet. Identifying the Nloksl. Jsmes evidently hnrt a buffalo nlcket of the first vintage, for he was having trouble with central. - In reply to hit "I did drop a nlrkel." central demand ed, -well, what kind of a nickel a?a jrou frying -to use?" "I dunao what kind It la," he replied, "but If s get a little ^all on It" Appearances. Bafferty," jsaid Hr. Dolan, ft hear overalls are to hetome fashfonable." "I hope not. They'll put cuffs on the foWume, make 'em narrow waist ed. with belts la the back, and eo? pieteiy roln their appearance.'* ? V "I/T . ? * r RUINOUS ?0I>*NTS Rata I)wlny Food and Property Worth I Ah carrier* of the dread bubonic plague rata are a meoace, but *tbat la ?>niy one fonu of ftrhelr costly aud dan geroua depredatlous, say* a bulletin from the Washington lieadQuartepi of the National itoographlo Society. "Kats are practically ouuilToroua audi their depredations cover a wide range,"] writes Kdward W. Nelaou tu a com munication to The Society. "They I feed indifferently upon all klnda of| vegetate anil animal matter. "They dig up newly phu>usi grata, destroy It while growing and alaol when In tbo shock, alack, crib, grau my, mill, elevator, warehouse, warf, aud ship's hold, as well aa in- the bin aud feed trough. They e^t fruits, vegetables, aud ipeata In the market, destroying at the same tine by pollu-| tluu far more than la consumed. "They destroy enormous numbers of eggs and vpoultry, as well a a Che eggs and young of eong and game birds. In addition they Invade stores and ware* bouaea and deatroy groceries of erery deaarlptiou, ?? well aa fup* l?<v?, silk*. carpets, ami leather good*. "They cauae many disastrous fired by gnawing match**, Uy #o?wiug through lead pll>e uear gaa metera, or by cutting the Insulation from electric wire* in order to seeure material for ue?t a and by gathering oil -soaked raga and other iuflammable material in rhelr neata: flood hou*ea by gnaw* lug through lead water pipe* : ruin artificial pomla and embankment* by burrowing, and da mag* foimdatlon*, floor*. door*, and fum 1*1)1 ug3 of dwell ing#. "Ah dleaeaw carrier* they ala^cAuac enormous coiumorlcal lonaes, eapeclully through the introduction of bubonic plague and the reMiltlug au*peo*lon of commerce. Wkh the intreductliHr of ptgglte they become directly reapoaal ble for bualneaa disaster an well as for a>n appalling mortality. ''Much the greater part of loaiavs from thene |>eatH la In fpodatuffa, which, aa already ln<4lo&te<t are destroyed at every etage from the time* the ?eed la planted until they are ready for * ? > ' vt" j*"l. " . human consumption. "Iuvo*tlgetlon8 80010 years ago to dice ted that the direct annual toeeea sunUintcd . Ut the United States were ?bout WOO.^OO.OOO, with a greet addi tional sum in Indirect loo***, including the effect on the i|?ul>lU* health and commerce from the diseases carried by^ nats. end Mi nieces^ ry cxiH^tdliurtti iu combating itheni. Assuming) roughly hi tea icing, that ?n estimated the rat population in the I Jutted States is 60.* 000,000 for the citto* and &0.000.000 for the rural districts, It will require the dent ruction of iwroperty bj each rats of only ? little uiow* than one* rourtlv a cent a day to luni^o the ag* gregpte great sum estimated a* de stroyed by these pests yearly In this country. "A more defiutte idea of the losses from r#ts may Ik* gained by consider lug what it means 4n human effort. "Ttiklug tlie Average yearly returns l^ji mini's labor in agriculture, as r!? 4, i.w.- ?'! -"'-iJ /' -V mii-I. .iuil - ?1*1* 1 .."? ???'-?< V 1 shown by the oensus of 1910, Jt T+> quire* the continuous work of about 150,000 uion, with farm*, agricultural implements, and other equlpuuiiit to supply the Mori stuffs destr oyed ahnu-. ally by rats In the United 8t*te?. In tddifftit ra?t* destroy other property, mainly of agricultural origin, the pro duction of which requires the work <$f about 50,000 men. "This gives a total of 'J00.000 men. ? with tlvolr equipment, In this country whoso eeonomle output is devoted solely to feeding and otherwise pro viding for rats. It a small fraction of tl?l* army and the money involved could bo concentrated in a continuous national campaign against these peats 1 1' vast saving could he achieved." SKLl.lOHS? saves lahor. Watch next weeks Issue, Camden Furniture Co. ? adv. The Women*! Olvrlstalu Temperance Union movement In Japan has more than 4,000 members. "Splendid!" THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY OF US MEYER DAVIS' ORCHESTRA "Famous For Its Wonderful Dance Music" Heard It yet? You can have the chance at your next dance MEYER DAVIS' MUSIC ; ? t j-mriri i"F " imJiUfii wnufd Hotel Jefferson, Colum Ju?? **(*. FARMERS ATTENTION! ? . - , yv * .. . ?? ? ? ? ' f OUR GIN HAS BEEN PUT IN FIRST CLASS I SHAPE AND WE ARE NOW REAt>Y TO TAKE ! CARE OF YOUR GINNING THIS SEASON. PLENTY OF BAGGING AND TIES ON HAJJD. WE WILL APPRECIATE YOUR GINNING AND SEED BUSINESS. ! J. H. OSBORNE, Supt. Wm. KING, Mgr. Great for Summer Outings ! For that day in the open ? 'For that automobile picnic? You're planning to have? Prepare today __ Order a case of Bludwine ? And be sure to take some along? ' There's nothing ? ~ Quite so good ? As this famous food drink? You can drink all you want ? Without harm? 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