Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — Cotton Duck for Motor Tires. [ARTICLE]

Cotton Duck for Motor Tires.

One million yards of high grade duck, to be made from sea Island and Egyptian cotton, has recently been sold by a Georgia cotton mill to a manufacturer of automobile tires. The quality of this material is of the highest grade, used only in the larger tires, the lower grade of goods being available for the smaller tires. One million yards of cotton duck, one yard wide, Is a pretty big order to go from one mill to one tire manufao turer. 6 It illustrates, however, the ever broadening market for cotton and the reason why a big cotton crop has been so promptly absorbed. Every year sees new uses for the south’s cotton. Not only is It being used in the manufacture of tires, it is likewise used in. the manufacture of automobile tops, and the wider the use of automobiles the greater will be the demand for cotton.—Manufacturers’ Record. i