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in the far east. Take Egypt for in- the new ‘bale may have, will very soon
stance. The high quality of Egyptian he corrected by practice,
cotton la testified to both in England we showed our good opinion of th"
and the United States, by the price it new round bale by giving your repre
commands. The production of Egyp- tentative a
and city crops of cotton.
FARMER.
Augusta Evening Herald, October, ’SI.
acre as estimated by correspondents,
but also to the separate quantitative
comparisons made by correspondents
with last year’s crop, and to other cri
teria. An addition of about 130.000 acres
has been made by the department to Its
preliminary estimate of the cotton acre
age in Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
tory.
id on good authority that neat sum Is saved in insurance. Inman
and stealing.*.’ crop made & Co. and various large cotton Arms in
npies and other more di- the South offer 45 points, or $2.25 per
amounted to more than bale of 500 pound, more
in the L„.... —
las gone on long enough, and next season.
y bale will put a stop to ed by quite a hu
1 inent -■
I loud in their praise
rEST EMPIRE—Th” '.ar-
In the world la that of
In. comprising 8 557.b38
-more 'than one-ninth nart
and embracing under-its
ninth part of the popula-
trial order for 100 bales
SEASONABLE ADVICE.—This is the' tian cotton has up to the present been middling or good middling, in your
season to turn over land, and the ad- limited, but the opening up of the Nile option. November delivery:
vice cannot too often be repeated to. Valley.and the Soudan by-the Anglo-, Yours truly,
plant less cotton and more corn and -Egyptian forces, and the consequent! (Signed)
other provisions. establishment of civilization through-. MASCHINENFABRIK GERMANIA,
out that region, may lend to a subs: an-; vorm. J. S. Schwalbe & Sohn.
Nobody ever went to sleep indifferent ' ^
to religion and waked up In Heaven. Chronicle Oct. 24 1898 A SIMPLE REMEDY.—Fer Dysen-
Augusta Chronicle. Oct. 24. 15US. tery. a good remedy Is: A teasponnfull
I”--" . — or cotton packed about; as she will do the figuring:
' Lowry bale. This offer is for this Tell her to put down the number of
kkik.., The exhibit was visit- the month in which she was born; then
a number of the m- st prom- multiply it by two; then add four; then
farmers or the state and all are multiply by 50: then add her age:
0 f t jj e jittie bale then subtract 365; then add 115. Ask
. . h r Ia and her to tell you the number she has left.
ASSS *'<S££5>S! K n »■**m■«»
fji I & -•"» v«*. *&&& a it"'” 1 " p? "°“ h
The Lowry Pate referred te above .
M methTorbS^dSc^ cot! HOW TO GET RID OF OTT GRASS.
De& i Move a Way from the place.
ton. * ' ‘ ;
HOW TO PRESRVE EGGS.
To each bucket full of water, ad-1
two pints of fresh slacked lime, and
one pint of common salt: mix we!,.
Put the eggs In the liquor, any time af
ter Jnne, and they will keep a year if
desired.
’ A child Is loved by God because it has
no opinions and wants -to learn some-
tiling —^ -
>y permission to Ex- 596 Mulberry Street,
anaafrook-bottom prices.
A SPINNER’S VIEW ON THE IM- "GEORGIA STATE FAIR.
PORTAXCE OF BALING REFORM. '
. . .. . Our Tianters Want to Get Together
This much can be said that the iast a ^ ^
twenty years has witnessed the fuinu- And See ^’ etv and A vance eas -
mem in the manulaci.ur.ng wond of T " e Georgia Agricultural oclety
predictions qu..e as startling and j Active In the Good Work,
ehlmsricai as any that have b»en sea- ! Edi tor Bay's great success at his fair
ted. A few years t*.e when aU of ^ La resulted In talk of the
these and many more wonders shall .
have coma to pass some one will arise r » vIvaI oi the faiw 11141 dld *° mucl1
and standing on the vantage ground of for the agricultural Interests of th*
their realization, po.nt out new worlds State of Georgia. The Atlanta Consti-
to conquer, dew miracles to be wrougt.:, tucicn wants the State Fair in that
new aifiiculcies to’overcome and new city, but whether in Atlanta, Macon,
forces to be applied. In due time hu- Americus or any other pan of the Sta.e
man ingenuity will have’me. every de- by ail means lei us have a fair. It
mand and so the work of infinite devel- briilgs together the farmers and plan- price of cotton n
opment will go on. tei-s, who exchange advanced ideas on [j on D f silver in
A Hundred lbs. More for Cotton
Packed in Lowry Bale than
in Square Causes Much
Talk in Fanning
Circles.
■Washington, Oct. 2S.-*Ths state da*
parement today ptt&lishsd a report from
United States Consul Jamsa Boyle, at
Liverpool, which has much of interest
ROUND BALE VS. SQUARE BALE, to the cotton-growers of the South.
| In part iSLr. Boyle says:
— both on this
United Stated eoasul at : -Ltv*rjmC
was struck with his real want of 12
mation. In the first place the seed
cotton does not produce like cotton •
different soils, climates and cultiv-
tion. To Illustrate, I have made e. ]M
of the Egyptian cotton here, and
a complete failure, both as to vicfigl
and quantity. Our sea Island I •‘iff
planted in the pine barrens runs V. ; ^
a few years and never makes as
as 'that produced on the sea coad-i’s
eaa Islands. The English Goveran^,-
can Import Into India the Egyptian
seed or the American seed, and It wal
be confronted with the same failure as
we have had from the Egyptian seed
here. It is strange that men who pre
tend to tmeUlgence don’t know that sola
climate and location makes the quality!
of plant production, and every SeotH
ern larrner knows that there Is a dif-1
ference of cotton raised on their own
farms when there Is a difference of soiL
No better illustration can be made than
the vineyards of the Rhlrui for on a
single hillside three qualities of wines
“Among the cotton men.
side and In the United States, there is a
warm renewal of the agitation against
country damaged cotton. Conferences
I1SBB
mm
mm
he Lowry Bale will Save Millions cf
Dollars from being Pillaged by
&o-called Sampling.
A Boon to the Farmer.
Scopes a Triumph at Columbia, and Takes
the Blue Ribbon for the Best Method of
Baling Pressing and Corrpress-
ig the Staple.
country damaged cotton,
vital to the cotton producer ,that he is ^ belug heM jt, etween representatives
compelled to took closely to every re -j of fte ^verpool cotton trade and the
iluction in making, and marketing ln3Urance companies to setUe upon a
same. Labor has been reduced flftv nerj of W bich w m throw the
cent., while the handling and market-1 den-lhe lo69 caused by country
resources of our country, and affluence ing has been reduced scarcely anything where they say. It
was in New York today and influence of its membetship. !— introduction of the Round Bale damage cot , lan ’ y American
and when reminded of this prediction We clip the following ex.raci irom an seems £Q soIve que3 nion of reduc- Properly belongs, upon
’ MM “ m Prtnarimri. n- i , ug £hf , cost q{ putUug c otoon into the producer or seller. Under the pressure
hands of the spinners.
not for the last six years made a Jis-
human intellect in the scope of Its re- play of the wonderful ao van .ages and
search?’
atr. Loverin;
about improvements in cotion handling article in Sunday's Constituti..n:
and the probability of see ng their ful- -.The times are hard, we know, and hands* of” the spinnera° of keen competition the insurance com
Aliment said that he eou.d only empha- those who sell cotton at 4 cen.s a pound The of marketing cotton In our igf£ gome year s ago included country
8ae .??W a l^^ 0 . tttte . ee r t ^ nt y' l “:^ e noc ln a hu,nor to their 3UC -' interior cities has been about one-half ^ mage _ and , lndeed pracdcally gave m-
! cent peT pound or $2.50 per bale, and ' from L e moment the cottoa
taken the price of that is regulated (less the on Ug Journey g the interior
near future what he prophesied then, cess as agriculturists.
THE BOUND BALE IN EUROPE:
’’The great issue before the South to
day," said Mr. Lovering, "Is reform
in baling and handling cotton and it is
gratifying to see that the people of the
South with broad conceptions of bow
the revolution can be worked out to the
infinite benefit of that section and es
pecially of the pian.ers a e givi .g them
selves very closely to this mat ter Of
course some vested interests are natur
ally making a strong fight against any
Some measure must be
to meet the emergencies of the
case, and, as In the muliitude of coun
sel there is wisdom, so we think that a
meeting of the farmers, with the State
Fair as a nucleus, would go far toward
suggesting some change or some course
of conduct chat would enable them to
weather the storm.
“This is why we think a State Fair in
the near future, constituting a display
tire) by Liverpool. cotBon bsiu^ -• -- __ srod
the few articles that no pay was or is p«mi in the South until it was depo
received for the covering. 1 in the warehouse at Liverpool or Man-
The square bale costs the farmer cflt . sler greaX however, have been
$1.80 in tare, for which he never re- lusses throush country damage that
ceives a cent, and if it is compressed , very an-
40 cents more, also the 60 cents he pav. g^nsk.
As we have said in previous issues. ROUND BALE IN ENGLAND,
the Lowry round bale, while the com- What an English Paper Says of It.
pany has not put any presses in the
market, is becoming known and sample
bales sent to Europe have attracted
favorable attention and comment there.
As evidence of this we quote as follows
The Oldham Chronicle of September
17, lSyjf, says:
"An interesting trial of a new cylin
drical bale has during the past week
been maae at tne Ash and Kuy.on Spin-
. . ning Companies in the presence of a
from a continental letter recently re- num j 3er 01 gentlemen from Liverpool
oeived in this country. The writer, we ana our representative, las new oa.e
understand. Is a prominent broker on ret erred to diners in an important ae-
the continent. He writes: gree from the cylindrical baie which
"The Round bales were today exhib- was introduced last season, and we can
ned in my office. V.e have not touched not better describe this ai..eran£e to
tnem ueyona taking u.e.r co.ere on. to ^ose who are interested in the
than by saying tnat vvhl.e the oa.e in
show how easily :t is dune. I he ar- troduced la3t
season was constructed
rangement of me layers gave universal on the principles of a lap suen as we
satistaction, and the way it is put up place in the back of a carding engine.
radical improvement. A3 confirmatory 0 f our agricultural resources, would go
°i i J r - Covering s position the lact issue far in many directions toward shedding
of the Cotton P.an.eis’ Journal rf Mem- jjg-ht on the present situation and illu-
phis in discussing this subject from mlnating the dark places. It would
lanters P° lnt cf view says: present a favorable opportunity for con-
Baling raform Is agiiat ng he public aultation. comparison, suggestion: it
cotton mind to a degree hitherto un- would afford occasion for the exchange
Knowm and Is being more fully snore- of opinion with regard to the small
. . . ^ rhn XIOUS to relieve lowu«n*»o yiautcu u*
for baggring and this ha i , claimed that under the circum- river ewaunps ’becomes flint, corn,
bagging and ties never weigh on a hale “ ^ a le git.maie .ten. of flint corn planted on the upland
,if cotton over twenty-four pounds, and stands u is 11^1 a . .... ....
of cotton over twenty-four pounds, a...- " u '" an ce American underwri.ers have cornea good seed. So this disposes of
often when it reaches ts foreign d-a ^ the claims aris.ng from: Mr. Boyle’s statement*,
tmation there is scarce y a =- coun[ry damage to cotton delivered at: The country damaged ootitoa Is ah-
OD it. besides many o - Liverpool last season footed up $500,000. *olutely without foundation, for the OOl-
*The nluckage of a bale of cotton when Author.Ues here say that this is a very ton that leaves the oountry gin Hoaas*
The pluckage of a bus « cotton n«n ^^^5- e3tl . niate . Attempts have i. m good older until It reaohea tto
per S baIe PP therefo« we have a cost for been made several times recently to in-j knife of the cODton buyer, merchant W
Handling couon goinT abroad of $8.3« duce the spinner, of this district g «- city faotor; a.aoon a. 11inches «tOwr-
elated daily as comprising 'by a very economies and "the"demll'of 'indlvTdu“ai per"bale'; and if handled at home $2.40 cept the cotton a? received here, and to of them then the *la*hlng of the knife
large majority the questic-n confrontin.
the cotton public. It is a peculiar con
cern to the producer, in as much as he is
being compelled to realize In view of
present conditions that therein is con
tained his ruination, orsalvaii n. 'When
prices are uniformly high, thus toler
ating haphazard and reckless methods
of cultivation, the form or condition of
his package was not a matter ot con
cern to the grower. Profits were large
experiments; and the result could not and this dues not include commission- have an
fail to be profitable to each individual. or freight. damage. The spinners, o
“The Constitution, therefoie. suggests The round bale does away with I pel
that the authorities of the State Agrl- cent of the tare, which saves the far-
cultural Society take steps to hold a mer $1.40 per bale, also the 60 cents
State Fair at Piedmont Park next year, for -bagging and hies, aiso the 49 cen,'
They will have ample time for all prep- for- compressing, and the 50 cents,
arations that are necessary. They will pluckage.
find Atlanta behind them ln the mat- The cost for packing the round bale - — - - - . . h Ih .
ter. The agricultural exhibits to be Is $1.00 and the covering about 60 cents consideration by the
made should be such as look toward a and to offset this cost, the round bal
allowance made for the country commences, and the profit of plucking
post- grown until It reaches the compress,
lively refuse to accept any cotton unfit
for spinning. When the cotton arrives
here the country damage portions must
he picked out and the bale must be pul
into a condition fit for the spinner 10
when the rugged dressing Js-given to
make it look like lit was dressed ln the
rags of pauperism.
The stevedores put on the finishing
touch, and when the bale reaches a Eu
ropean port It looks like It has gone
There are two propositions under through a whirlwind of pillage; and the
1 n - - - -> '— ■'— farmer !« to be .made to suffer for'what
in tiuch a small compass anu so clean
and nandy, could but be adi.ined, and
our old commission meroneiits have
gone away snaking tneir neads and ieai-
ing very mucii as u another c-avite nail
been ail at once ex{..oaea upon them!
Tne question of the tare is giving all
our Inauua here some seuous u.ougnt,
who are rather inclined to take tne
Spanish s. ,a of this round ba.e. They
were comj.. .ulely turned around wi.en
they saw that the layers x.ere cross
wise and permitted of che oalc b-.ng ex
amined so eas.ly. The round bale ,s me
bale for honest people; it Is tne only
'bale with wnich there will be no swin
dling in the packing and weighing. On
this account it will probably be oppos
ed, and we may not be able to se.i all
we could wish tne first season, bat 1
shall be very much surpiLed ii thn
and monopolies are caretuffy avoiaed,
little bale does not figni it3 way lignt
through; and If ail attempts 01 trusts
we shall see this bale take Lhe tla.e of
the old Noah's Ark.”—’ihe (Jouon
Dinners’ Journal, Waco, Texas, Sep.ern-
ber, 1898.
'lhe bale now introduced io iu.n up
by the ooil,ng of the web of
cotton as It preceeds from the "ginning”
machine into an iron cyiinuer, 01 me
size of the bale required, trom which
when completed, the ba.e is ejectej at
the opposite end, and then buuiiJ with
four wire bands, wnich pass tnioogh
the center of me bale and up .he out
side again. The bale is then inserted
ln a bag of white coaon duck, and
resembles more than anything else, a
sack of flour, providing me latter weie
perfectly round and soud. Iheie are no
bands outside, and to sample the bale
It is simply necessary to untie the
mouth of the bag and take out the
to Farmers and Ginners.
The following letter is published for information by the Georgia ft Carolina Planters Company:
Augusta, Georgia, November 17th, 1898.
Planters Ccmpress Company, Stephen M. Weld, Esq., President,
Boston, Massachusetts.
We, the undersigned, Inman & Company, cotton buyers, doing business at Augusta,
interning ffiTsa^pte? the^oreaS'of Georgia, hereby agree with you, that we will from this date to the first day of September, 1900,
one of the wires n. kes it i.erieciiy easy Lid and pay forty-five cents per 100 pounds more for cotton within the three States (North Caro-
stabilily of the oa.e. The cylin- lina, South Carolina and Georgia) packed or compressed in the form known as the Lowry Bale,
and produced by the patented machine of your Company, than at the same time and place for
was to place similar cotton packed in the form known as the square, uncompressed bale: it being understood
ind it as you , , T r, « . , ,o .... f, ...... A. .... i f rt. . 1. _ .. j
and does not Interfere wLh the symme
try or
drical bale of last season had to be
unwound from the Circumference of the
bale and the easiest way
the bale on end and unit
consideration tne u«*u«r ai,u . _
insurance companies. The first is to ad- he has not done. The cotton crop of
vance the rates, and the second is to Orleans Is a proof of the above
exclude country damage altogether as statement, a* she makes about 37.000
an item of insurance. leaving the trade J 4le . s of the ««*** {2 alwut |S*
on this side* to collect the amount of the _ *
damage, from -the seller on the other.) nnifonn bale of American cotton
There is much discussion In regard to *» *W « * not a remedy but It, U
the person upon whom the loss for tha ' ba, e f hat the knife of the -lasher
country damage falls. The general o-pin- £' anta ; for Jt t * oes not EboHsh th* pil-
lon here is that In the end It tails upon ®se. ‘town and city crops, or th* for-
the grower. It Is said here, however. pillage.
that the cotton grower expresses him-! The remedy for all the evilo corr.plaln-
self as quite diffident In regard to this ed of by the farmer or spinner is the
matter, claiming that it makes no finan-j Lowry bale, which is packed on the
olal difference to him whether the cot-1 spiral system, malting it easy for the
ton gets to Liverpool in perfect condi-, spinner to feed to their batting raa-
tlon or Is country damaged, that he| chines. It nl*->ii«hes pillage, country
cannot afford to take precautions; damage (as claimed) and the tare of
against this class of Injury. j ll,irt y pounds to the baie. The actual
“There are some shippers in America tare as tested by the miffs hole i3 23 3-4
who claim that the Liverpool trade Is Pounds. Why should the farmers be
altogether too particular. It snould be made to pay 6 3-4 pounds tare, when
remembered, however, that this is the there is no such amount at bagging
best foreign market for American cot-. an: d ties weight on the bale? It is worse
ton in the world, and nobody familiar plundering than the country damage
THEY WANT THE ROUND BALE.
In the United States Consu.ar reports
of cotton brought to^Ghent. Belgium,
there Is great complaint of the ragged
condition of the co.ton v.ampor.ed trom
the United States, which enab.es them
in transportation to 3tvap the ba.es.
It Is a source ot great complaint in tuis
market, as there are TOO.u.u s,..ndl s in
operation there; principa.ly Egyptian
a.id India cotton is used on account ot
the bad condition in whic.i Lie Ameri
can cotton is packed. They are anxious
for the round bale, accoiding to consu
lar reports, as It will redjee the tare
from 6 to 1 .per cent. Tii.s report is
conspicuous In the Sep.earner reports
of the United States Consulates.
The same complaint Is male by other
European spinners; and ail who have
seen and tried the Lowry bale, have
declared their prefei en.e for It. and
have placed orders for ts shipment.
The orders, now on hand are greater
than can possibly be filled th s season
from the number of presses in opera
tion.
would unwind an ordina:y ,ap: and in that the Lowry Bale is to be 18 inches in diameter, not over 36 inches in length, to be tied and
of* the b a atoa°!or c n oi' u co t\, ammsfa! covered as prescribed by you, and to weigh not less than 250 pounds. You are authorized to
announce this offer at your discretion.
INMAN & COMPANY.
! with the condition In which our cotton
arrives at Liverpool can dispute the
claim that there is urgent need for re
form. There is no other valuable pro
duct that conies into Liverpool from
anywhere In the world so badly protect-
hard as iron was met w
pratt.a.ly unwurmabii. i ,ie cy.ik... ,.
bale we are now dealing with is laid on
its side; and when tne bands are cut
and drawn out. which is a inoSi .-.im-
ple and easy matttr, the ta.e expands
ndwise and tails apar. in circular la’y-
:s atom is or 2D in-hes ,n diame.er.
which adapt themselves 10 u.e tee.lmg
n the happiest manner. A >reat fea
ture about i..e tale seen.s to us to lie
the .inpuss. . i.y of talse packing, as
the insertion of any infe. ior cotton
would at on.e show itself in Che sides
of the bale, jusi as the un.erent layers
of rock show themselves in the side
..-I a quarry. The people who are advu-
(Signed)
The Lowry Press, producing the Lowry Bale, is a new process of preparing cotton for market. The press can be
attached to any ginnery without change in existing plant. It easily compresses the lint from four 70-saw gins, taking
it directly from the condenser, to a density of 47 to 50 pounds to the cubic foot. It is then ready to go directly to any
market in the world, without any further expense for compressing or screwing into ships.
The Georgia & Carolina Planters Company, under a license from the Planters Compress Company, of Boston,
Mas: acliussetts, are introducing these Presses in the States of North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia. The Com
pany has, just outside of Augusta, Georgia, a ginnery plant. Parties interested in. the process are invited to inspect
for themselves the entire process of ginning and compressing the cotton into Lowry Bales.
Any in formation desired concerning the Lowry Press can be obtained by applying in
amig the new bale claim mat the sav- person, cr by letter at the office of the Company, 801 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia.
mg in freight, in the cost of handling,
loss in weight by theft, and in scores of
other ways, will enable tne cotton to be
CITY CROP.
sold here from l-18d. to 1-Sd. cheaper, and credit was easy, which were the reduction of expenditures In household will bring 4-10 of one per cent, more
against which, cf course, there will have omy considerations whicu solic.ieu his and on the farm, especially on the farm, per pound, which is $2.00 per bale,
to be set the loss to the sp nner of the attention. intensive cultivation and where the greatest drain is to be found. There will be a large reduction in
bands and bagging, which cover the prices have checked h.s mad career, The cultivation of our native grasses ocean rates of freight in favor of the
square bales at present in use, and ,n how- ver, and forced him to realize that should he promoted by devoting a round bale on account of its bek.g
other minor ways, antther objection he was facing a revolution which de- large space in the display to home- easily loaded and unloaded from tu®
we foresee from the spinner’s point of manded a practice of economic prin- made hay.
view is the size of the bale, which is cipies. Conditions where anybody could “ueorgia can be easily made the
about a uniform 250 pounds, against make a living profit out of cotton have greatest hay-producing state in the
400 to 500 as at present. As one man can been supplanted by those in which im- country. Hay Is a money crop,
ship hold, also the larger quantity that
can 'be packed in a ship, and the aboil
tion of the stevedores. To sum up tht
advantage of the round bale over the
always
rnarket old square bale in money, there will be
WHAT THE LOWRY BALE WILL
DO IN SAVING TO THE FARMER.
truck a bale of cot.on 500 pounds in proved skill and intelligence are essen- too. There is
weight from one point to another witn- uat factors. Though as indicated, the for It, and this market will a saving to the producer by the round
out difficulty, he will have the same movement for improved method in bat- widen and extend, for the cultivation of 'bale of $3.70 to $4.00 per bale, besides
ground to travel over twite wh.n deal- ing is aa yet In its swaddling clothes grasses leads inevitably to the raising creating some consumption for cotton.
:ng with 250 pound ba es. and this will that degree of public education to Us of beef cattle for market, and In Geor- ! as round bale is covered with cot-
.ncrease the cost of labor to some ex- need3, has been attained to cause the gia we have the widest field for thati ton ■duck.
— " ' uie Lowry round bale -will
concerned, and it will p.oi.ably oe dealt folly in having s.nce time Immemorial "These are merely hasty suggestions, save in the expense of handling
with. We should scrongly advise our robbed himself in cold-biood and in the The main thing is the Stale Fair, which and marketing the cotton crop
local spinners to purchase a few bales, most stupid and bungling manner of an null enable our farmers to come to- $4.00 per bale. It will put into the
as they will be surprised with the re- immense profit. It is not an extrava- gether. and compare notes and reason
suits.” . gant assertion nor one hard to anpre- together.”
. ciate at present to declare that the
A Boon for the Farmer—Scored a Great grtHvers > thoughtlessness has <Lspo sees- AVERAGE YIELD OF COTTON.
ed him of millions annually that might
The Lowry round bale attracted pos- just as reasonably been dumped in the 219 Pounds of Lint to the Acre.
Hester In his statistical reports on re
receipts at New Orleans Iasi season says _
“Of tht* 1 300.000 bales received last year tent. This has been p‘ ,r *'rd out to those producer to scornfully smile at his own easiness
at that point, 37,000 bales were taken out
In ’'samples, a loss to the farmer of
($8.SU0,000) eight million, eight hun
dred thousand dollars. This is an im
portant fact in favor of the Lowry
bale.”
A well-advised statistician says be
yond question, that the differ nee in
hptween the Lowry bae and the „
present badly packed square bale will sibly more attention than any exhibit sea. Even at the presentjtage of the
amount, according to an hones, ealeu- at the atate fair. U> machinery hall y*»- queefaqn thl6^1^cee|Bg become*
la tion. to a difference of over $12,000,
claimed.
I consider the Lowry hale a Oed-send
to the Southern planter, for If It does
no mure than to tnvake.i htia to the
system of pluckage it w 1.1 nave accom
plished good results, hut the Lowry
ed. and on which there is such a loss bale will put American cotton into the
because of careless packing and handl- European market in tho same condi-
ing. as American cotton. Some months tion as the Egyptian cotton is received,
ago an expert connected with the Liv- and wipe out tare, pluckage and the
erpool Marine Salvage Association went (claimed) country damage, and assign
to the United States, on suggestion of those who have been living on samples
repr*'sentatives of the tra ie there, to to some ether occupation. The saiva-
investigate the subject of country dam- tion of the cotton producer must com*
aged cotton. This gentleman. Mr. Jas. from the reduction in the cost of handl-
McCabe. Is very emphatic as to the m S the cotton bale, for the «»ages of
great carelessness of the cotton growers labor cannot he reduced a:.*y tnore
and of the transportation companies In without causing great sufferlrg.
the matter of protecting cotton from JAi.MES BARRETT,
’country damage.’ He asserts also that Charleston News and Courier. Nov. 5,
the inspection at New York is not thor-
ough enough, and he gives tne a number
of Instance?. He states that there is
among the cotton growers a widespread
opinion that rain and mud do not in
jur* rolt-in.”
"Mr. .M'-Calie asserts that American
buyers anj spinners would not accept a
lare» proportion of the cotton that
C-Mi'cs ’■> Liverpool. If wet cotton be
p-.it mto fie hul l of a ship the damage
!• tii tlt'i.l'-d by t’-e time It reaches it3
destination. ’Country li-raged’ bnk-3
•.list arrive tn Liv.-ipool h»--e to be
etr'pn-J. so th it all th- ionac-J cotton
Oa.i be pict-'-.l o'f. anl il-.» v,.io must
th-n recajed wi’h nc v canvas before
ft can sold no the spinner. Tnt Amer-
i-i-VDOFJSEMENTS UNSOLICITED.
BIG TALK - OF THE T.Ott’RY BALE
FROM BREMEN.
AFTER A TRIAL A STRING EN
DORSEMENT OF THE LOWRY
BALE.
Chemnitz. Sept. K
Georgia and Carolina Planters C».
After having given the new runs*
bale, which you sew: us for expertmes;
a thorough trial we cannot forbear u
express our -satisfaction for the no
system.
The sampling can easily be d-ne
from both skies, without injuring the
producer, therefore, not only sus- bale In any way. NO MARK BALES
The United States Department of Ag-
1 terday It was the scene of l.vely interest a galling monument to his stupidity riculture In its Crop Circular for_ No-
. , and amazement. The bale does not look which Is realized by none more com- vember, 1889, gives the average yield
000 on the at presen es *• ’ as though it were cotton, but looks like pletely than himself. of lint cotton per acre at 219 pounds.
The two items above alone meani a a neaL roIJ of dry goods. It is 36 inches *‘A this point it is not inappropriate r rhe p rincipa ^ state average is as fol-
difference of $20,000,000 annually to tne ion ^ ^ inches in circumference. 250 to make note of the effort now being lows:
farmer.
pounds in weight and has a density of made to prejudice the public against
THE
THE
LOV. RY BALE STOPS.
CITY CROP. !
There are a great many farmers and
47 pounds to the cubic toot. It ts cov
ered with cotton duel , an.l looks less
than one-fifth the size of a square. The
covering is tied at bjth ends with a
'mere are a *«?«. ««-•*.-, puckering string and tan easily be sam-
glnners who do not appreciate the h s- . p | ed an d every pari of the h.;le exam.n-
tory of a bale of cotton, and know very without cutting the ci.-vering.
little about it after it leaves the gin. The ba [ e is so packed as t prevent
They may have heard of the city crop .| ts being despoiled and robbei as is to be a permanent institution, but is to
but they probably do not realize that t jy e case with the square hale. On ac- be henceforth a vital factor in improv-
In a single year, not long ago. this "city count 0 f the neatness of the package ed baling.’’—The Cotton Growers’ Jour-
crop” made up of "pickings and steal- and having no bagyirg or ties 5 per cent nal, Waco, Tex., September, 1S98.
I--gs” from the bale, made by the dif- tare is saved on Europe_n shipments.
ferent -ilddle men and handlers. A t least $1.25 a bale :s saved on slip-
amounted In the total to moon bales: merit to Europe in freight and quite a
the cylindrical form of bale by selfish
nterests. shouting, corporations, trusts,!
combinations and monopoly. The plan- ,
ter wants to get hold of the best form ’
of bale regardless of dragons, cormo
rants and hydra-headed monstrosities,
and trial has already vindicated the
fact that the round bale is not only
HOW TO TELL ANYONE’S AGE.
Indian Territory .. .. .
Arkansas
290
Louisiana
.. .. 272
Oklahoma
. .. .. 249
South Carolina
. .... 245
Mississippi
North Carolina
.. .... 227
Texas
.. .. 212
Georgia ..
Tennessee
181
Florida
.. .. 117
In the determination of these prelim
inary figures reference has been had not
pockets of the farmers of tue South
fully forty millions of dollars per an
num. and all classes will be benefited
by the Increase of the euvalatiou ol
that money, for it now largely goes in-
tc the pockets of foreign = ra;
If the farmer will see his own inter
est and study it
io»
tains a loss upon the dan .red portion will disappear in future, fraudulent
of the cotton, but he must <vis.i pay for packing eaa -be casilv discovered in
■the labor of packing and reeasing, rn our opinion, after taking off the vtrs,
buying the cotton the exporter must per, and the handling of the bale fr»”»«
■take into consideration the amount of the warehouse at the mill into the ml.*,
premium payable to cover the risk of ing room is much easier on account ot
‘country damaged,’ and is therefore not the light weight of the new bales: wu
aoie to pay the producer as much for even 'believe that a reduction of the
the cotton as he otherwise would. force in the mixing room can be gained
“Cotton men here say that one reason with the round bale, which is of some
why American cotton is so poorly pack- value, especially in old mills,
ed is because the producers do not fear -Besides it Is very agreeable,
competition. Undoubtedly in this mar- to a spinner especially, to see
ket American cotton is king. Mr. a t last a properly -packed bale
„„ l ,„ iI luu ... Thomas Ellison, of Liverpool. 13 rec- - of American cotton in his mill,
carefully, he will ognizei both In the United^^States and q*he numerous disadvantages, caused
.1 mostly by the -bad condition, of the
know that the reduction of tie cost of £ ( this as ° ne
making and marketing cotton must " P „°" £
wrapper from, which the spinner had to
suffer heretofore—we will not mention
certain manipulations of the middle
come out of the cost of handling same.
as the price of labor has been r“>iucea erpool.Dally Post he says that Amer
to the point of starvation, and he can. cotton is rapidly supplanting na-- man reffar(3 jng the heavy patching of
can’t cro any further in that direction. *Ive and. Indian ana Chinese cotton In; tJ , e b a i es# etc.,—will *be done away with
Transportation, commission, covering, J a P*M>- The United States figures have, at 0nce , after introducing the new’sys
compressing and plucking are the only heId - rd P ace . s,nce 1S ® 0 ’ but thl *i tom of packing. Of course it is to be
means left for reduction, and, I believe, y, ear , they win , tak , e sec °° d P' 3 ^’ , and expected that certain dealers at the
the round bale has, or will solve tht lt P rices remain low. the American j continental ports, who are used to make
question, unless the greed of a monop- fiber will eventually take the first place.: an extra profit by patching the square
oly destroy the desirable results, which ’There Is generally both on this side: ba i eg with heavy wrapper will figli'
If legitimately carried out will enrich and'in the United States a very cotnpla- t j, e new r0 und bale, but this'ought no-
cent and even confident view taken as discourage and detain you from in
to the future of American cotton. Most troducing your new system in the in-
people redicule the surges: ion of com- terest of ail cotton mills.
, Petition, yet It Is worth while to con-j our judgment is that this new .round
Whenever'’the"round^bale comes Into sider the possible effects of the changed bale will be easily and rapidly lntro-
use, then farewell to the village, town conditions growlng_out of.recent events Juced; some minor deficiencies, which
the South and her people, irrespective
of the masses or classes.
The writer of this article has no in
terest in the round bale
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