Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), January 23, 1914

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VOL XXV III COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY JANUAIRY 23 1914 NO 5 TO SATE COTTON GROWERS MILLIONS THIS IS OBJECT OF BILL INTRO DUCED IN HOUSE BY CON GRESSMAN LEVER WOULD DETERMINE GRADES Appropriation Asked to Provide for Investigation and Spreading of Information Among Farmers Westrn Newspaper IIton News Scrvice WashingtonThe saving of mil lions of dollars now lost annually by cotton farmers and small manufactur ers is the object of a bill which Rep resentative Lever of South Carolina chairman of the house committee on agriculture has introduced The measure would appropriate 50000 to be used by the secretary of agricul ture in determining relative spinning values of the different grades of cot ton as already standardized by law and for demonstrating the results of this word to producers and consumers of cotton The department of agriculture al ready has standardized the nine grades of cotton and is concluding its first investigation for testing the waste tensile strength and bleaching qualf ties of these grades The house committee on agriculture has been advised that Texas alone is losing 40000000 because neither buy ers nor sellers have any appreciation of the value of this years offcolor cotton in that state Buyers

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