LETTER OF SUBMITTAL 



Department of Commerce and Labor, 



Bureau of Manufactures, 



Washirvgton, June 2i, 1912. 

 Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith a report by Commercial 

 Agent John M. Carson on the packing and marketing of cotton. For 

 years criticism has been made of the condition in which American 

 cotton reaches foreign markets, and numerous efforts have been made 

 to effect the much-needed changes in methods of handling iit. Mr.'^ 

 Carson, in his report, sets forth the various factors involved and sug- 

 gests a solution of the problem, which is of vital concern to everyone 

 connected with the cotton industry. The Bureau issues this bulletin 

 mainly as suggestive of the great need for improved methods, and 

 the new system proposed by Mr. Carson is intended chiefly as a 

 tentative basis only for further discussion by those interests most 

 concerned. 



EespectfuUy, A. H. Baidwin, 



Chief of Bva-eau. 

 To Hon. Charles Nagel, 



Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 



