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gustas Greatest Department Store - - The J. B. White Co.
Indardizing Cotton Grades
Bnent Aiding Movement For Securing Greater
Eity— U. S. Department of Agriculture Has Just
■Bulletin Showing the Importance of the Uniform
Ed For Grading “The Fleecy.”
—ln 'a recent bullet in 1s-
GH United States department
H-e, the attention of cot
_JG merchants and spinners
**Hhe importance of the unf-
for grading cotton, and
Hict that although the same
«H-. are used in nearly all
■y do not always have the
Hng. This inevitably re-
Hfusion wliich. however, it
Hi be done away with be-
Hn important step in this
■ the preservation by the
Hos agriculture of 50 sets
Hatnples of each grade in
Hu tubes. In these tubes
■light to bleach, no air to
■ no moisture to permit
samples, therefore, re-
unchanged and pro
■Bioritative standard front
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Upartment h>s one of the largest and finest selections of China, Cut Glass and Crockery than can he
• Rve State:-:; ibis department makes a specialty of broken sets which enable its 'many friends and
Bo replace single pieces when broken, therefore enabling them to keep the entire set intact. It is
■ Njftt to -visitors and many customers to visit this department to see the magnificent assortment of the
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B standards may be pre
issued by the department
commercial lots.
Official Grades.
Bird is the outcome of an
J jky the sixtieth congress
establishment of
j, to be named as follows:
■" Br, strict good middling,
ts Bg, strict middling, mid
i middling, low mid-
ordinary, and good
In this system of grading
is itaken as a basis. The
nes containing the word
ura known in the trade as
& the others as full grades,
ade of cotton is dependent
' ampiint of foreign matter or
, such as leaf, dirt and sand,
contains and also the quan
tfppfijgs, motes, neps, gin-cut
Bd, and unripe fiber, an if
certain extent color. In de
, thq amount of foreign mat*
i cot|on the weather is a very
factor, either wind or rain'
en responsible for an unusu
-3.V quantity of dirt or saml.
this foreign matter can be
jHHj the use of cleaning at
(. ; atlthe gin and if tlie cot
*l sta}< tly by grade, therefore,
f of this process (due to loss
t), tjpri be recovered in the
1 The various impurities and
'defei Its already mentioned
ste -In manufacture and for
j n the fewer of them the cot
in* the higher price it should
Classed by Color.
.lion fto the grade, cotton is
IW t, its color. The most
Nis'A bright cream. This, how-
DSt if the cotton is left in the
. long, or, it may be altered by
his'of rain. The soil also has
~t effe. t upon the color of cot
) United States official stand
iires«that all cotton grading
od Middling or better Bhould
bright cream or white color
fropi discoloration. In the
fixed color is not so
sisted upon. The variations
now ever, have given rise to
tradfj names which it would
rfot®l persons interested in
a faakliarize themselves with.
i'hereßire standard or white:
color,” "spotted,"
■ and “stained." By adding
j the grade names different
of th|) same grade are formed,
nslderlng prices of cotton, it
oe remembered that the vari
les do riot indicate in any way
Tth of staple. It is usual to
on tAt averages 11-8 inches
in ljpgth. long staple cotton,
t lewHthan 1 1-8 inches, short
otton. Length-types are be
ed by the department of agrl
in cooperation with the ceti
•au. Little difference is made
.Tice for the various lengths oi
•iple cotton but there is a tend
-1 present to make closer dis
i in this respect. Hitherto it
ix found almost impossible to
' the staple exactly. It may
•d. b/Wover. .ilint the addition
'of an Inch in the length of the
staple adds approximately as much to
the value of cotton as a full grade
does.
Varies.
Just what this amounts to varies of
course from year to year. Some sta
tistics contained in the new bulletin
which is published as Farmers’ Bulle
tin 591, The Classification and Grad
ing of Cotton, show that at New Or
leans in May, 1914, middling standard
cotton sold at 13 1-4 cents. At the
same time good ordinary brought only
11 3-16 cents, and middling fair 14 9-10.
From an Sth to 1 5-8 cents was de
ducted from the prices, depending
upon the amount of variation in color.
At the present time the differences
in price for the various grades are
fixed three times each year on the
New York cotton exchange. This rule,
however, has recently been revised and
That Roomy Hammock!
What hour.? of rest it means.
Suspended between two trees or on the breezy
piazza, the. coolness penetrates the mesh and makes
you forget that elsewhere it is hot.
In hammock making the I. E. Palmer Company
are pioneers and pacesetters. Their’s are the
long, roomy, airy, comfortable ones.
Couch hammocks, with spring and mattress,
are also of Palmer manufacture.
The hammocks are priced from 50c upwards.
Couch hammocks from $6.50 up. ‘
Mosquito nets, strong, well made and service
able, $1.25 up.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
beginning on September 9, 1914, the
price differences will be adjusted
monthly. On September 1, 1914, the
Liverpool market will adopt the new
standards which it has agreed upon.
These are much like the United States
standard except that the word fully
is used for our word strict. The lower
grades in the Liverpool scale also have
wider color variation than the United
States standards permit.
Although the grower may find that
for practical purposes it is sufficient
that he can distinguish between the
three important grades of low mid
dling, middling, and good middling, the
types of which are being prepared and
sold by the department for $7.50, oth ■
ers in the cotton trades are compelled
to be more exact. For their pur
poses a full set of official cotton
grades, each set showing nine grades,
can be obtained from the. U. S. depart
ment. of agriculture at S2O a set. The
cotton to be graded is of course com
pared with these official grades. The
work of grading can be best done in
a room with a north light or skylight
Great care should be taken to see that
none of.,the trash of the comemrcial
cotton falls over the standard grades,
and thes.e grades should also be care
fully kept from light and dust when
not in use. Few people realize the
importance of the latter precaution.
The working standards that are in
daily use deteriorate rapidly and it is
necessary, therefore, to compare them
frequently with official standards. It
is on this account that these perma
nent standards preserved in vacuum
tubes have been found so valuable.
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The sealed cartons protect it from odors,
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every purpose.”
Granulated, Dainty Lumps, Pulverized.
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And it is easy to determine the value of an article.
Sort of “a shoe is known by the company it keeps”
idea, but never the less a profound truth.
That the Walker & Whitman Shoe is on the feet
Whitman °f America's greatest men
o_./7 In ever y profession is indie- "formen who case*
High Grade Jhoe A*) * r 1 . . ~. ,
ative of their excellence, but additional
These three words spell Walker & Whitman
Shoes. Men know it, and buy them.
GAVE IT VERBATIM.
Counsel—"l insist on an answer to
my question. You have not told me
all that conversation. I want to know
all that passed between you and Mr.
Jones on the occasion to which you
refer."
and most convincing proof of their high
favor lies in the ever increasing demand
for them.
Behind every fact there’s a reason.
The reason for this increasing demand is
simply this: Excellence, Service and Mod-
eration in Prices.
Reluctant Witness —“I’ve told you
everything of any consequence.”
“You have told me you said to him,
‘Jones, this case will get into court
some day.’ Now I want to know what
he said in reply.”
“Well, he said, ‘Brown, there isn’t
“AUGUSTA IN 1914*
anything in this business, that I’m
ashamed of, and if any snooping, little
yeo-hawing, four-by-six gimlet-eyed
lawyer with half an ounce of brains
and 16 pounds of jaw wants to know
what I’ve been talking aJjout, just tell
him.” —London Tit-Bits.
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