HANDLING AXD MARKETING OF ARIZONA-EGYPTIAN COTTON. 



9 



STAPLES. 



The three staple lengths of the Arizona-Egyptian cotton were 

 grouped as follows : The longest and best staple was named Sacaton, 

 the next was named River, and the third Valley. The following is a 

 comparison between the lengths of staple of the Arizona-Egyptian 

 cotton and the varieties of Egyptian cotton: 



The Sacaton staple is equivalent in length to that of the best Sakel- 

 laridis imported into this country. 



The River staple is equivalent in length to that of the best Jano- 

 vitch. 



The Valley staple is equivalent to the best Mit Ann. 



This comparison was later confirmed by spinners of New Bedford, 

 Mass., brokers throughout New England, by merchants in England, 

 France, and Germany, and by the chairman of the arbitration com- 

 mittee of the Liverpool Cotton Association. 



The New Bedford, Mass., fine-goods mills called the Sacaton staple 

 lyV to 1J inches, River staple If to l^, Valley staple 1| to 1 -^ 

 inches in length; other mill points using such cotton will call the 

 staple about one-eighth of an inch longer. These differences in the 

 estimation of lengths are well known to the trade and prices for 

 identical lengths and qualities are very similar. 



The buyers for fine-goods mills of New England call the staple 

 shorter than do the English, French, or German spinners. Prominent 

 cotton merchants of Liverpool and Manchester, England, Havre, 

 France, and Bremen, Germany, called the Sacaton staple 42 milli- 

 meters in length, which is equivalent to a fraction over If inches, 

 while the chairman of the arbitration committee of the Liverpool 

 Cotton Association declared it to be equal to the Egyptian variety of 

 Sakellaridis. 



The following tables are given to show the number of bales of each 

 grade and staple ginned in each of the localities in which cotton was 

 grown in the Salt River Valley during the season of 1913: 



TABLES OF CLASSIFICATION OF ARIZONA-EGYPTIAN COTTON IN 1913. 



[This cotton was classed in even-running lots of 25 and 50 bales each.] 

 Table J. — Class of Arizona-Egyptian cotton ginned at Chandler, Ariz. 



Grade , 



Sacaton 



staple. 



ftiver 

 staple. 



Valley 



staple. 



Total. 







Bales. 



1 



39 



20 



9 



1 



Bales. 

 2 

 64 

 36 

 62 

 10 



Bales. 



Bales. 







93 





15 

 47 

 L6 



70 





1 Is 



i i 



33 









70 



169 



7.H 



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