Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1918 — COTTON ENDS [ARTICLE]

COTTON ENDS

A machine gun in operation will use up a bale in three months. A 12-inch gun disposes of half a bale of cotton with every shot fired. —r It takes over 20,000 bales a year to provide absorbent cotton to stanch and bind the wounds of the injured. One change of apparel for all the troops now engaged in the war represents more than a billion bales of cotton. In a naval battle, like the one off Jutland, from five to six thousand pounds a minute are consumed by each active warship.