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THE PAPRB FOR THE PEOPIR
THE ABILENE TIMES
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Vol. 17
"The Paper for the People"
Abilene, Texas, Friday, May 11, 1928
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Want Ad Headquarter*—Phon'/
COTTON BUREAU "RED- 0F DEMOCRATS !N
aw*' upXRic'HK HARMONY MEET
RAISE STORM
Number 13
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DISTRia MEET
HERE SATURDAY
ubunty Delegates Elected At
Meetings Held I.ast
Saturday
NAME DIRECTOR
uunty Members to Hold He;
tilar Monthly Meetings
In Abilene
I akiirj.; tile il 1'ot ate p ill the H'li v ■
lion <>f, a. <(ir« i-t<>i- to iep|i>cnt this,
tiio Tout-let nth District the Tex*
Farm >:<ii. an A.VMKViiUun, dur-
ing the next 'fiscal yi or,. tho bureau
hienibert, uf-Taylor County .mii :ut
the count,, iourt n 'ttw Satuid.iy
afternoon and nominated J. M.
Spurgeoii of .Niio.il 1.- for it--clec 140(1
to. the phtyle.,'. .Willie tilO.Tile'lor
Count,v\ meeting, wus in progress.
Mt.ular. meetings were going on in
all ol tilt couhtica oi' the liUluUiit
uti.cr districts 01 tiro £>lati.
All nonilfutioiuj for direciotiCwill
. .be; ,'corvtirjiied at the., district ineu'.-
ings whii.'|t to bo- lleld next Sat
, ujiiay- and ua iuuiils iotw'aided to
•Uie stat'-. u t.tice at " Dallas. iLe
Abilene- Di 11 :. t nteetiiig will, be
iu'Jd at. 'tho Taylor Coujiry. court;
lurkse Saturday at 2 o'vuei. Joik. .
Callahan alid Shackelford Counties
win tie i ••.pi • ent.'d at the iLoiriet
-iiiectung. j.uiKs County uljM- lionu-
■ jiatc.d Mi. Sturgeon lor direttUr
again tiii- y-i;ii; Spuigioii i» a:
c.iii'-tl.. oi JsUlcs Coalily, but. ,10-.
sides.ru at tlhv Taylor'County line
...ii'i i.- \Skii kuuAu ui bo ill. Cm wti;
1,1.4. ' '
i-hc A.b.il'Hi". meeting was well at
tended and tilt- Taylor County,
member s -coniluc-U'd'thoir irs* u Meet -
lug In ii .vvry; bUi-iiiess, like way
with MiitK'h ilithuslasih. J. W
-Clark, vice president ol thy county
organization was-made chairman ol'
tne meeting.
In addition i'» electing dulegaWi
and discussing general matter in
an <r.t'o;1nal 'v j,.:, th ■ . cvurg Sat
Mi'diiy wi in on record strongly ft.
ofiiig the Mc.^iary ilaugeli larm re
i'Ci bill with' Uie equalization, fi o
uuluded.
Cnowier.important actiun taken
wad the uccisi >a to have a rt gulur
monthly iiu'ieting" of tin) bureau in
Abilene the becuiid Saturday of
' vach'month. The purpose of iheat'
hiwtings Will be to ko»p thv. liion!-
bOiiihiji b< tti r inf^iiuod and in oloa-
Vr-'to\ifir with organuation.
tienoral agricultural pu>gruins and
. i>roject i, wbt'ther .farm bureau .at;-.
tivHie . or nut will ulbo b« Xostetfl
thro'igh the m; - tnij;.;
The Tuylor ("oun'y delejjat's to
the-district im -'ting next Saturday
are I> I Sholton, Meikel; J H
Homihgtoh, Hradshaw; and 1). K.
\ arindl, AbiU ne. The'JoHCM Couj.i-
ty ri'preacntutivt'!. are(i. S. liloun:,
Hawley, I . A Foatur, Anhon au»l
J, D. 1'anids of Stith.
The mooting at Aiuipn wu» out of
(ho largest and itioai enthuastit; of
the year, according to W I. Khtcti
i of H.intli-n, fjieoidolit of th1."
("tie'. County Ihlii til. . ' •
The tiohlina!loii of M> ^pu'gtfoii
I.; dirrctoi frorii this district will
bo . continued at the inoiitlng next
Saturday and h^ name.^erit to tli<>
I htlltn office to h. placed oir a bal
lot card «hnh will be mailed to
• ieh uiembet in thu dlstril't for
their, vote. Inr,'( t..r . ffum,each of
the twenty di.4rict.s will be jhstall
id at the aiulual »Utc uioeting at
l 'allus on Juno
Knougit potash to . supply . the
I L nrted Surtes for 2i>0' years has
I boon uncovered (n the famous' "red
beds" land of West Texas, accord- |
ing'to Harry E. Moore in an im- '
tvoitattt. article on '.'TeAaa' and the
1'otash Trust* 'id the May number
of Hunker's ^Monthly, published at
Tort Worth.
'• "breaking the eCcinomic bondage 1
in which Ucriuan ui>d French pot- 1
i> St It producer hold the A^neri.can'|
farmer," he vsHyV,1 "Events ul.'out to
be ac'iMjiriplish.ed.''
Not pnlv nas the jiiitiif'h b<;err lo-.l
Treasure Hunt Planned for Buried Outlaw Loot in Arizona ABILENE IS MGREWNG
CONTROL STOP CONTEST Will
FOR AIR RACE END SATURDAY
ca'ed, lutt he adds that cool, calcu-
I liitiitur -i'.ii n'rsts ,.t the Ihuvi-rsity
of' '1 «;xa* make, .the statement that'
j worK V.ii niehodv of t'efijiihg •the ;
.TOxtfs tfiiiit. i alo "has priigi't'hsed t'ai |
.enough', to. say that im gieat obsta-
eles ut'e likely ty pieteiil tlfiil-
selvca..
I ' . "Tlii' , .til '•!'<" "Jitinustic. v.:ao,. have
been pertnitli 'l to- stu iy * tile !•
ports," wfffOs Mu. e, .''ii'-elai"e i.i
is o111 y a i(ui\.-.ion ot month. ..ttn-
! til Texas will be supplying a ec.ir
stdel'abl,. portion of tho potitsh used
in this country and 'only a ntai.ter
of a f' w .years, until, this couiiti'y
Will be .t'l'.ee' Ijf* tho necessity ad i'tU - '
p'ortiii^ potash from Luro'pe. Tai-
,gone f'aul Schoch, professor of
, cneir.tstry. hnd Tlias. Hxi\yai d Sel-. ■'
lard... ptofosM'r.of .geology;, both of
the State l.'niw t ,-ity, are the scien-
tist,^ -\\ 11■b.iye 'made the amiouncr- •
• riumt. lloth niea are very o nser-
vi'tfivo in making prcUictionls;' of atiy
ooit, 'and tlioir" pota-sh •..an.'fm;- .1
. '.iuont was ".made': only after a very-
' carc'l'ul, checkil'B o[ oi'e findings'Hi
Wi »t IVxa-"
Mo.ore's ai t a le • is- a wtnpr>;.h<Mi-...
I rave account; tif .the reports', and
gives ati accurate sterv of the t;e-
. ult,-. that have followed the'search
| for potash in i'«xaa.
moot PRICES
FAVORABLE TO
SHEEP RAISERS
VV.eH,, it hau last: g it to w heio. j
Taylor County rk not depending all •
togotlier oh cotton, .Storus of how
certain fai'mers are. raising poultry,
keeping itulk cow t, atr raising jugs
'for-;'ipijidinj, money and to kejjp the
table. ■ iipfrlie I are growitrg numor-
o'l-i, but the.e as'another iiuly.-.try
til i' . | 11 •• i g tl* pit', the tact
that it .. iiol in the Itiue light. It
-he. i .1, '
/1 'e i < in'i.i iit;'-ti;td uv sheen raising 1
tie hill : u' ol the ;mitt), |
,'Uth and soii'hv. ' fT Amiene. n • |
not t that ' 'in to 1. aii' 'avoiahh
just now for a goif'.l.woel crop and
that .shearing will start within the j
next week O' ten day-.
Wool prices are high a.nd mdica
lions are that the sheep interest
i ; tt) : reaj) good profits from this |
oltp. '
•'Their are a number of ranchmen
i n t h.; break., sect tons of t he. county
• ngag«'d in -Heap raising.
KKKOKKltThe -f20,-
000. t'o operative Creamery'of the
17a stockholders 111 this territory,
has begun operation.
ALBANY- 1'be liluif Creek
Ranch of 1::.0<mi acre , h t•>
Sold for ♦1200,Ot'W and will be
stocked with fine cattle,
arty Pledge Causes I)eb;t; ;
Ovei Two of Pixipased
Delegates
MOODY WINS
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(iovernei's Dry Plank Is
Adopdi'd In The j
Resolutions j
("liiinty" in.r;it jiii;..| up a ':
storm -in th,- Oonye.itli.n at Abiten,..
Tue day afternoon,, lint it'. wax* eif
short duration. Th. whnlwind was. '•
rarst-d ovt t the naniin'g. ot tw > ,lo>-
gales to the state eeuVenti'm. at
(H'aumont who .lt wa .'reuni ted, had
not taken the o.u ty . [.I■ .t.^e ..The>o
ite.legHtes were, 1'restd.ent ,1 |>. '
Saniieter .of Stinnjou- i rnvor ..ii,y
and 1 >r .1 W Hun.t, ]>i< • eteiit .i: •
\le Mifi ry
l he convention indoiscil'th. har--
nj'Wny groups H"«.it»tjiOT and wan.,;
on iHi»,,rd tor-.'the dry plank am.
I .oi .• tcor vii'oiiy ' l.'ait.'i . nip ,
tore 'ttiti.;' hot ijoiiat.eV .sjai te t.
1 *eiv I. I.'ox, il nu.utile! 'f ttl.
I'ls.olu^ion -c'ojijt t>.i ft tee. e the' con ;[
vetiiioti t ' i-toer ." ..c>»'k wit..'
atiout. ',gath>;r.;M' .in tne aijstri, i 1
court room, .luug. Ja-. t'. Ktinsoi. '
i
tto .county chairman, w a.- >l> taine
in ,li asKVii' on o.'.u.i ut. bu rne.ss; I »ai
las J-'Carboriiugti was-iv,;.,,e tenipo'i
itt-y cftai i tnar., M.t s \V K. Hi.y to.
-elected: secretary. ain( Ki aiik .SiJ'ii'i.
sergeant; at arm-, l he touip'orai.,
organtzution was made permaiteiii
l fie i5.Vtl*ifiiIttoe oh delegate;: -.was
composed of W. J. .Cii.tinitigha.tti>
•VV. M. I.'anders 'of. Tuscola, ;l. I,'
Harrison, »t (iuioti, Charles Vwittnt,
An'il.ene, J I) W right, Abilene, aritl
Rev K l>. liundreth of Abilene.'
Following the: report of the com-
mitte,. on delegates Judge H. A ;
Tillett. was recygnized and said that |
he understood from hearsay, that at I
least two of the i!L delegates have.,
said they would not abide by the
pledge I'l n |{ '"oopvr decla/eu
in tav>r of requiring all county ,
delegates to stgiY the pledge anil
made a motion to check tne pre-
cinct list to see if a'|f delegates
«: i
nad i a Ken the pledge. Judge Toy
uro. •• on a point ot -order and. de-
C'lared, that, hi; could vouch for Tlr,
Hunt anil F>r. Sandefer, the two
that.were; being tjuestrOnod. He de- -
clared that if ttiey could not take
th,. pledge they would pot go as
detegaten Mrs Scarborougn de-
clared that no person who had not1
taken .the pledge should be named
as a delegate and ho one could
vouch for mother.
Dr. Coop,>j withdrew In motion j
and Jti'lg. fiileft ottered ah amend 1
meiit to trie coi'imitie, on delegates
report adding tne wonn "piovuied
each ot' such delegates shall have i
signed- the party pledge to support
the nominees of the partv betoie
serving" l he vote was taken and
wit' h ine chaiinvau declared that it
was carried Judge Long made a"
motion for adjournment which > as
declared earned following a cl'ioi u y
of "av'es."
1H'leg a ten
delegates selected were Hen I
Cox, a nu mber of the state t xecu
tive conimiitee; VV. K. Fly, state
highw ay . comuiissionei'; Mtlbtlin S.
Long, judge ot the 't^ni judicial
district; Dallas Scarborough; Mrs
W K. ChSpman, women's di. uact
(Continued on page 1)
v J -aomti^ion
. /vthssPffPFQ-'SP/rsfPH'S" omcjr
^ s rjztrjrr - ♦
11 i I INK Art,
» TT>isur« ' A I n-ii^un*-
11« h
Ho, far burlod
Hunt for the
robberies of Curly
tvill's «>vitlaw .I'arul t», Mexlrn and th*
Southvw t {i;ilt a rvuti-iry is. it Is
rtifl. > v. » r'v or«'«*tij;/cd.!i'<prcv;«
A KM t.iinc, ot >.{ "lui ludjii^.
v - C,i;>»V , Im.t t v.:!, 1 J-' :v H i.11rjo.H'l $Lt'.('Ki
vt, NkM' .hi '« t'" li" uUU bui» Ol i
bullion taken from smuggler tialiuj.
It 1M »ald, waitp loc thfi peruou that
rtnets it. iuterfit In the treasure hunt
haa been aroused by publication ol
Walter Noble Burns' book "Tomb-
H-toue," the «U)ry of this Irontler town
■in', the ruaPlUK '80 s when the Earp
'brotlirrs, ix*<- HoHidJay. apd the Clar-
ion.»-.-3}u\lc^licd tUeir f'-'XJters for
vupteniat. y.
A dying mitlaw according to the
account In Mr. Burns' book, who helffc
ed bur7 the treasure, wrote out In
detail the directions for finding It.
Davis Mountain la the key to the
set ret of the hidden riches.
The grave of an outlaw at Silver
Spring in a canyon a mile west of
Davis Mountain, the directions say.
la the ftrut landmark. Not far from
the grave Is a stone three feet high,
carved with two crosses. Twenty
paces east of this stone Is supposed
to be the wreckage of a burned wagon
which, says Mr. Burns, marks the spot
where the treasure is buried.
But the dying outlaw's direction*
do not disclose the whereabouts of
Davis Mountain. The peak is not on
any map and none of the old-timers
recall a mountain of that name. But
this does Hot dlscouragc the treasure
hunter's Out across the desert lies
the peak of purple mystery If they
locate It, a fortune <vf $3,000,000 13
theiie. $
N
Abilene has been selected aa a
control stop (or all contestants in
the Transcontinental Air Race to be
staged in September by the Calif-
ornia Air Race Association and also
as a night stop for ships entered
in classes B and C of the tourney.
This city has been selected as a
stop for the racers on account of
Its airmindness and the airport fa-
cilities available at Kinsolving
Field, local flying field, so Dudley
M, Steele, chairman of the contest
ommlttee has advised the Aviation
committee of the local Chamber of
Commerce.
Sanction of the National Aero-
lautic Association has been given
shipment of Fine Hogs to Be
started On Way to
Market
NAME "WINNERS
Registered Pigs to be Award-
ed At Noon Luncheon
For Club
b
S-
"All aboard"— Around slx'y fine
fat hogs will be driven Into a
freight car at the stock yard here
Saturday to obey this command and
start the journey to market. It
promises to be one of the best, tf
not the be?t shipment of hogs ever
he race and there will be three sent out from Taylor County. THe
llvlsions in the contest. Ali planes shipment will be made up of the
vi th motor displacement of 610
cubic inches will compete in Class
V; those with motor displacements
<f from 510 to 800 cubic inches will |
be in Class B and ships with a;
rating of over 800 cubic inches dis-1
placement will be grouped in Class
pig club members pigs which have
grown Into hoghood.
The shipping of the hogs and en-
tertainment scheduled for the club
members Saturday will mark the
close of the pig feeding project in-
iated by the Abilene Lions Club
C. All multi-motored ships will be ceveral months ago and promoted
in Class C and since the B and C j 1
ships are to be in Abilene for
by County Agent J. R. Maste>son.
a j The animals are to be assemb / i
night stop, under the announced I at the Texas and "aci#c flock
schedule, aviation enthusiasts In j yaraa for loading, b-t uuiftt L>«
this area will likely be given an , weighed at the Ca^uu»-giL wo.n-
opportunlty to see some of the pany bcioie thty aii/oa.Jij?*i, ai-
largest ships, now in the air.
Steele advises that he will be in
Abilene during May to complete
cording to the arra. j,: nuriaMPhutib
by the county agent, /ui member*
who expect to nu.e .et '' »r hogti
*EST TEXAN8
TO VISIT IN
FAMOUS fAVE
y.c.i'0• Of the niost ,jHr.UirewiJU'J^
'spot- in the Soiiinwtoi. will U vis-
ited by. tile Second Annual Motor-
cade to l-c 1 • jio.'Uuiwd by the VNest
11a.is Chamber of. Couimerce. I >.tt«-
for thi> 't'.';ii,'u,re event has been set
one inoutli lawr than tUat vl last
year, dti. to litencas oi the aimual
convention' and of the' subs,equeiit
annual executive boardimeeting.
Aasemblnig at Snyder, I cxaj,
early In August, a party restricted
to 150 will set out lor Caj"lsbad,'
New Me.xieoj en.l ol live first olTi-
cial lap oi the tuy, where the Pecos
Valley inter Mountain District cull
veutioll oi tile West TexaA Cluuubci
of t'onimeTee w ill be held.
ilatiug will be done much oi the
way from an old chuck wagon, the
delicatessen provision ot West Tex-
as ranchers, and camping ah-1 out
of-doois lite, will have charge of
this feature of the motorcade
One of the most interesting meals
to be partaken by the party will
be that served in King's lUiiing
Room of the fanw'd Cat'Ubad Cu*
erna^.tn which the district ennven
tion is to hi. ged Several ,ue"w
chambi is of the big cavo will be
! Grape Vines Are
Attacked By Bugs
Small green bugs are threaten
' .rig the grape crop in this section,
.ccording to cunyplainis made to
County Agent J. K. Masterson and
he has given the Timei. the formu-
la for killing the pests.
The.bugs can be easily eliminated
i
IS DELAYING
EARLY CROPS
arrangements locally for the races ,Uo: UJH u u> ddtwr them early
Saturday morning. 1 rovijions bave
been maue to start weighing them
at 6 o'clock in Older that they may
aii bt loaucd duiinif the C'jof pan
of the morning. Representative*
from the fort Worth stock y utU
will help direct the loading.
Entertainment for the club ineni -
bers will consist of a luncheon at
which the boys and giils will bp
guests of the Lions Club and a fre*
Thomas L. Blanton, of Abilene, pass to the picture shows la t'lf
candidate for the United States aiTernoon.
BLANTON ON
INITIAL TRIP
OF CAMPAIGN
V ^
the applies'ion of poison made
ited St
ipenlng
Farmers havu been handicapped Sanate, who fired the opening gun
i this season by delayed field wo\;k 0f his campaign ta his ' oine town
up by the. following formula: «nd retarded growth of early croi>e two weeks a^k oti # mU Ol
One heaping tjfble spoon of arse- i due to excessive rains and cold West Texas of his ambitions of pro
hate- of lead, anu an equal amount • waves over muc^ of the poultry, motion from congress where be has
Of lime to one gallon of water. | aays tbe Bureau of Agricultural served for utany years.
Blanton, who has all ways been
The elements should be thoroughly . Economics, United Sutes Uepart-
mi v ,'d before used. The poison ment of Agriculture, in its May 1
should be applied with a small i report on the agricultural situation,
spraying machine. •'*' ] Considerable replanting of cotton
1'he bugs are reported to bv eat ; and corn has been made uetessary
tug the tender leaves and buds of in the South, with complaints of a
th,. grape vines. scarcity of good cotton seed Ut
t i , . many sections.
VOICK WOT 1.1) HKQt IKK "The hard frosts of last months,"
b 1K»1 KS TO LONDON sa)» 'he report, "apparently did
: ! not find trult buds far enough along
if th, human voice possessed suf- |,>u be heavily damaged, except ui
flclent volume to carry it from 'sections of the Southwest. There
Denver to London. ' England, it was some damage to peach.*, j*ars
would ri'quire eight hours for It to i afl|l plums In the C entral State*,
make the journey, according to lian ^ut the apple prospect and the gen-
croft Chera.h, vice president Am- «*«» southern peach prospect are
erican Telephone and Telegraph ^*'11 K0l>d. the same can pro-
known as a strenuous campaigner
has undertaken the job of deliver-
ing twenty-four speeches in ten
days. After the West Texas trip
Blanton plans similar sweeps Into
other parts of the state in which
he plans to touch every county.
The first speech of the initial
trip was uiade at Big Spring Wed-
nesday afternoon at 1:30 and the
complete schedule for the tour fol-
lows;
Big Spring Wednesday, May 9,
1:30 p.m.; Stanton, Wednesday
evening; Lamesa, Thursday, Hay
10, 11 a.m.; Tahoka, Thursday, 2:30
p.m.; Lubbock Thursday evening;
Company. Mr. Gheradi made this bably be said of strawberries and Post, Friday, 11 a.m.; Snyder, Fri-
Statement during an address ho *itru» fruit*. Last year was a poor
delivered before a recent gathering fruit year, ho far tills season
of Uenver telephone men. j looks different
The American Telephone & Tele- "Among the important cash crops
graph Company is now outdoing now into the ground, appar-
h human voice of the calibre just *»">' potatoes are stated tor one
described By means of its newly |of the greatest increases In acreage
open to in -pec tion oi the motorcade | radio and telephone ser-'i Crbwers have reported their Inten-
vice between America and Eng- ,ti,m to plant nearly Vi per cent
land, it i-. currying the otdinary ",ore that last seasons acreage,
human voice across the ocean in a • This lncr»-ase may not actually oc-
fi aetion ,,t a. second. !cur-1,111 if it dot's occur, and if i»2»
visitoi s..'
From this spectacular spot, the
c.trav in will move io Mi l.it \
i'anyoji, a gorge east,ol the lao.
liuadalupe i'eau. I Ue tour will -ih
elude' a dri'v'e around the- |>. >'».
which is y,o00 fei t high, and cro.s a
iC^iltinUed (.rtl page - S I
day evemng; Colorado, Saturday,
I i a.m.; Sweetwater, Saturday, 3
p.m.; Merkel, Saturday evening.
Next week: Monday, May 14, 10
a. m.; Kobert Lee; Sterling City,
Monday, 3 p.m.; San Angeio Mon-
day ovening; Sherwood, Tuesday,
II a m ; Kankin, Tuesday, 3 p. m.;
Ft. Stockton, Tuesday night; Alpine
Wednesday, 11 a.m., Marfa, Wed-
nesday, 3 p. m.; Van Horn Wednes-
day night; El i'aso, Thursday night
is an average growing season, there Pecos Friday night; Monahans, Sat-
WHl I F l>KKU The White Deer ; is a real chance of a potato crop urday, 11 a.m.; Odessa, Saturday,
Chamber ol Commerce is now meet-, big enough to break the market 3 p.m., Midland, Saturday evemng
| liig twice a month. (Continued on page 8) i May ltf.
The dinner will be eerveu ;u the
Mobltv Cafe at 11:30 and
t» the aOamoiMi show will le giv-
en each club member wto attoruis.
The six winners In tho feeding eon-
test will also be announced at the
I 'vcliefin nrid the - registered jaigf
that are to be given as prue* \vi'.l
iContinued on p ige.{>'•
FARM PRICES
ARE BOOSTED
DURING APRIL
Special Plans Are
Being Made For
Farmers Course
, Special preparations are jilread.v
tintliTway for -ihr eiiteriaiiiment of
the largest number of. farmers evet-
to attend ,a short course at Ti'xas
A & M College, according to re-
ports front College Station. This
year's sefsivii-is to 1,,. held from
July ;'I0 to August I
A number of speakers of nation
,.il reputation Will (ectUte-.during the
short coul te antl inatty attractive
features are be|n^ planned.
I'lie fuilfdatis have reduced the
rate from all Texas points to one-
third the regular passenger fair,
Cotton Manufacturing Infant Industry In Texas
HKOWNWOOb The Heart of
Texas Commercial Executives A
ociitlonwjil.send tlelegatious to the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
atttiuar cottvenlion in a body.
MA TADOK — Matador will have
natural gas by September 1, ltfjj#.
Dr. t'liarle's jiiidolph Uio^iuann
"The t'ot to 11 id antl f tu rttig in-,
dustry, in 1'exa < lo oi relatively re*
cent tlate In its dcvelopinuiit, it
bliould not bv coiibidcied aa a ineic
branch of that of; the .Svuthvat-tera
si.iti'#. it bcai^, ut cuuisc, ceiUiin
i v. euiblanti * to the latter, but it
io primarily a pari of the general
indtu-ii",.l; ','ti.oo of the . tsouthwwbt.
lliis i« nujioitant lo bear in nuud
becaUMi it is at the root of most
advantage* ot tit* state over tho
So.ijlh Atlantic n giolt.
"The d«-vciupmetit oi Texas cot-
ton manufacturing can be divided
into three pbatca. FToiu 16'Jb to
1!H)7, the number of spiudlee in
civaaed from praclically iiollung to
about 110,000 lite thirteen origi-
nal uulls in Helton, Bonhani, Bren-
ham, Corsicana, Cucro, Dallaa, Den
ioon, Cun^akb, iiiilkliorv, ita«ca,
Sheiman, Waxahachie and Weat'
were built iu this period. These
were local undertakings and had to
overcome the'usuid Initial obatacles.'
From I'.'07 to lltL'O, the uidustry
continued to grow but at a slower
rate; the number of spindles in
place in 1920 amounted to 143,000
The growth m this period Is all the
more remarkable when it is realized
thai it iH'cuvim'd during the time
of aii enormous westward extension
ot agriculture, onto new land and
more particularly of the greatest
expansion ut the oil Industry.
"By 1M20. the economic fouuda-
hifion; .bur fio'w a popular denian
toi mills baa replaced that ati.ii V>!■
The cotton textile industry. bene1''
ted li tgen 1 rout this T'rame -'< ■ i'
mind, the number'of spindles piae-
tically doubling from ly'iO'to It^T'.
Other iniiiistrits have shared |n this-
growth o that ovet-specialisation'
lots been avoided. Among these
may l>e mentioned oil and sulphur
refining, the. manufacture of Ceitient
and clay jn tKiucts and many ati tl.
ler 1b"nl industries, s'leh as cloth
tug, Which can.ie as a result of the
rapid growth of the larger citii ■
"At th" pivsent Umo ther.- T»r.>
n
lion for industrial development was in Texas -twenty ft>Ur active, cot
established Agriculture was de- 'mills with an aggregate of 24'>,'I'M
velojHid to a }»oiut where il seeniwl
uccessaiy to call on othct sources
of income if the pace of progress
was to Ih' niailitainud. lit the early
years of the industry, the pioneer
In manufacturing had found oppo-
splndles representing a capital "I
closn to $I7,000,(HX> With two
or three exception.., they are all
backed by '1'exas capital, which Is
represented entirely by cpitnnon
|4o,"0,per jiitidle Naturally, some
of the older, mills are capltallzed at
a lower figure than the newer ones,
while tlii- product is another cause
of diffetence. in value of the equip-
ment. T ie size, of*the individual
mills may sceni small to an outside
observer, but it must be remem-
'i« »"d tlii'.t, si'-e'e ii.oif oi the mills
spin roarsi- yarn, their outjiut jn
pounds j ei spindle is large. In
spit. • the small jiUp, therefore,
t verb, ail c in be distributed over a
relatively large production Ft>r
historical and economic reasons, the
establishments have largely located
in the fertile black land belt. Ital-
ian is the only^city in which two
mills are located Those In KI I'aso
and San Antonio employ Mexican i hood that finer goods, mills can suc-
labe-r. ceed.
"Tyjies of cotton fabrics produced "The major part of the output
in Texas mills are as follows:Ducks goes unbleached to the market. Its
tal number of spindles; sheetmgs, the typical uses of Texas-made
11.2; tire fabrics 10 3, drills, 10.1; t cloth follow: Osnaburgs—bagging,
colored goods, tie; denims,. 6.1; cretonne, artificial leather
yarns, 4.K; ginghams, blankets, "Duck awnings, bags, bakellte,
brake lining, curtains, wall paper-
ing ^Tobacco cloth'), shoes, tents,
2A
"Of couruse, such proportions
vary front year lo year according ] tires
to the popularity of the various | "Drills^—automobile covering, in
types.' It appears, however, that rubberizing trade.
ducks and csuaburgs are already) "Denims— Manufacture of over-
well represent-d in the state and alls and other work garments.
that new mills could more proflta- "A small percentage of the pro-
bly produce other fabrics. A ma- duct, possibly about 10 per cent, is
joHty of the mills do not spin yarn branded. For such goods, direct
exceeding number 16. This is ex-
plained by the necessity of starting
the industry on the simpler, coarse
goods. This stage, however, has
been passed and there is all likeli-
btock. The median capitalization i? and osnaburgs, 44.1 per cent of tu- use Is largely industrial. Some of I
selling is prevalent. For staple fa-
brics, It may be said that about 60
per cent goes through commission
houses, whi le about 30 per cent is
sold through hruhero and personal
representatives.
"The geographical distribution of
the goods is somewhat difficult to
gauge bocause in selling through
(Continued on page 8)
Higher prices of all In-
ducts except dairy and poaltry pro-
ducts during the period March l£
to April It raised the ind«K Of the
general level of farm price* from
137 per cent to 140 per oent of the
prewar level, reports the Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics, United
States Department of Agriculture,
At 140 the index is lo paints above
the index of a year ago.
Farm prices of hogs in the Cora
Belt advanced about 6 per sent dur-
ing the month, while prices in other
areas showed little cnange. The
rise in the tarn price oi hogs is
reported to be, due primarily to
lighter marke', receipts. The com
tiug ratio conunueu to uecime due
to the tact that the tarta pnee •»
corn auvanced more than the pi ice
ol hogs.
Ihe farm price ef corn advanc-
ed about 7 per cent during the one-
month period, the increase being
uniform throughout tue country,
i'he higher price is attriouWu urge
ty to the increased leedtng demand
in the bast and to umavoraUt wea-
ther for planting botu corn and
oats. . . ■;■■■■'■ M,..
Sheep and lamh prices ad>anced
from March 15 to April la, iignt-
er receipts at principal markets due
to the unfavorable weather wtuch
has held bach the early lamb crop
being an important factor influenc-
ing the rise. The farm price of
wheat on April 16 was about • per
cent above that on the same date
the preceding month, tM uafavor-
! able winter which resulted in a
very low wheat crop condition Ajuil
1 probably being an influencing
(actor in the advance.
The farm price ot po(«tpe« ad>
raneed daring the month, leisurely
light receipts of early nstf yelsiiw
apparently having stimtiated tha
movement of the old crop gad tea*
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