HANDLING AND 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 Anil. 
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 
ly^e to 1^ 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 I. — Class of Arizona-Egyptian cotton ginned at Chandler, Ariz. 
Grades. 
Sacaton 
staple. 
River 
staple. 
Valley 
staple. 
Total. 
Fancy 
Bales. 
1 
39 
20 
9 
1 
Bales. 
2 
54 
35 
62 
16 
Bales. 
Bales. 
3 
Extra 
93 
15 
47 
16 
70 
118 
Medium 
33 
Total 
70 
169 
78 
317 
