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MILLS URGE INCREASED PRODUCTION 
LONG STAPLE COTTON 
The following replies were received in response to a letter which we 
wrote to a group of leading fine yarn spinners asking for their opinion as 
to the future demand and probable premiums which would prevail on long 
staple cotton of the type produced by our Coker-Wilds variety. 
“. .. We use about 25% of our production in the 1%” 
staple and had a very hard time getting this during the past 
season. This is used for thread purposes and a 334% premium 
over inch cotton is not objectionable. We hope the farmers 
will raise more of this staple cotton so that we will not be 
forced off of the quality of product we manufacture from 
GROVES THREAD COMPANY, INC. 
EK. E. Groves, Treas. 
Gastonia, N. C. 
July 26, 1948 

“. . .. With the present high price for Egyptian cotton, 
plus the exhausted supply of domestic long staple cotton, it 
would seem that the cotton farmer had a pretty sure bet in 
planting extra staple cotton for at least the next five or 
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BERKSHIRE FINE SPINNING ASSOCIATES, INC. 
H. S. Newcombe 
Providence, Rhode Island 
July 28, 1948 
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.... Weare very much interested in a program of being 
able to buy more of our long staple cotton in this country, 
instead of having to import it from Egypt... .” 
LILY MILLS COMPANY 
J. W. Schenck, President 
Shelby, N. C. 
July 19, 1948 
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... . With the price of Egyptian cotton where it is today 
we have every reason to believe that the demand for this 
staple will be much greater next year than it was this year. 
We certainly hope that the farmers will produce ample 
cotton of this type to take care of the requirements of the 
SOMA, 5 a 6” 
CHINA GROVE COTTON MILLS CO. 
C. J. Beaver, Sec. & Treas. 
China Grove, N. C. 
July 19, 1948 
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