Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1833-1844, 1841-06-05
From tie Mississippi daily Free Trade.


cotton GALES, has elected much iu crest ia our
planting cntnrnunity, and having laie1y had
many inquiries Is 70 the propet size Of tle ison
The mode oi putting Il on. Neil as ask
The use Of your columns, as medium Of CONS
lmnnication. in order that the information may
be more generally diflused.
After several experiments made with iron
of different sizes aud qualify, have ordered
for my future supply. the sollest that can be
procured, rs Of an inch iii width. and the
thickness to correspond with No. IA OF I 8
To- ihe wire. gauge, the length nustbe adapted
Ito the size Of the bale, and can conveniently
be had of such length, (say from is 10 l6t as
will make Two bands. The size ofmy cotton
press, on which ! have Experimental, is q
or % inches wide. and the bale reduced TO
% inches in the depth, for which ! used iron
| Is feet long making two bands Of each piece,
having lapaof about I / or q inches for tue
lriyet, use but one iivat for each band,
| which ought to be Of the softest iron, and To-
It'll The hole snuely; both the rlyets and the
lholes onght to be of a uniform size, and about
Il of an inch in diameter; the holes at boiis
| ends should be punched from the same side
lsof The band and at about Inch from me end,
and in order 10 prevent them from being rag
| ged the first impression Of the punch ought
| 10 be made on wooden block, and then div
| Ell through rivet tool; the bands may be cut
land punched by one of the hands EN- !,
Ipioyed at the press, while the others are fix
ling the box, but the rivets must be previous
| ly prepared. Within about "a inches off rom
/ the hole forthe ripet there must be one al
leach end, punched from the opposite side Of
the band, to receive the points of an instrus
1ment used for the purpose of drawing
the ends ofthe band together white one ofihe
lpress hands on the opposite side OF the press
lis beating ii with mallet or hammer in or
der to benditclosely TO the form of the bale.
/ This is,siruments of simple construction and
(which shall denomnase pair ofsPiyers-
Tits made of strong wood, and similar to a
lpalr of backsmthtongs, the jaws Is inches,
and the handles about feet in legth, with a
natural crook inwards at the ends--ihe points
j must be of steel and tempered. to give them
/ sufficient strength, and securely screw
ed or Iivited TO the wood; they ought to in
cline little obliquely, and the instrument ap>
Iplyed in the same way, SOFAS TO allow more
/ room for riyetine.
When he bale is pressed to its proper size.
and the Banging sewed or stitched, bar og
iron or 4 inches in width, is placed CLOSELY
to the side of il, and the band SO drawn as to
bring the rivet holes to meet on the bar, when
the rivet is to be inserted from the inner side
of the band with the head against the bar,
and Immediately secured by few strokes vi
a hammer; when the bands are all thus seer
ed the bar of iron is Withdrawn aud ihessL st.
released from the press. La ussfew dazs *
/ of the Instruments thus d>--csi - -
positet1ai the Office aa,ssnssss 81 sf5n. b..
i ner. u CO., in Natchez, for the Inspection Of
ali Whd may choose to examine il.
take this occasion to offer a few remarks
on the advantages accruing TO The country
from this mode of binding cotton bales, and
the policy of applying more of our attention
TO the production of the necessary supplies
for our own consumption.
Il is an axiom in the laws of trade, that all
4 expenses on the transportation TO its ultimate
/ destination Of any commodity produced for
market IS Incurred by the producer. conse-
Iquentlysevery expense that can be obviated,
is profit accruing to the producer.
When one country buys the produce or
manufactures of another to any great extent,
and does not sell TO that country ITS own pro-
ductions inreturn, there is no reciprociiy ii
trade, and the effects must be runous to the
buyer. And when purchaser goes into
market to buy, that market is best, which af-
fords the greatest competition. and will receive
in payment. from The purchasers the greatest
amount of his produce.
Suitable iron for binding cotton bales can
be obtained here, at about cents per pound.
The cost or bale rope for series of years
past, has ranged from Toto Is cents per ID;
the quantity ofIron or rope necessary to bind
a bale of cotton is about equal. say 8 pounds;
this produces saving 10 the first instant OF
about 40 cents per bale, besides saving Of
about one fourth tho quantity of bagging.--
Bale rope is supplied to us, principally from
kentucky. Iron is supplied from almost ev>
cry part ofthe civilized world, and will ais
ways be furnished at as low price as can
possibly be afforded, and most of the coun-
tries from which it is brought, are buyers of
1 our cotton. The expense in New Orleans
s Tor COMPRISING or depressing is rs cts. which
4 with drayage. and other incidental expenses,
will amountt 10 at least one dollar per bale, s.
freight one dollar. The.usnal commission in
/ N. Orleans for shipping cotton from thence,
rs from so cts. to 81 per bale, TO which must
be added 20 cts. fer storage, 5 els. for la
! Dor, and sometimes 10 els. per bale for weigh
ling-allow for these charges one dollar, and
theswhole expense will be over three dollars
per bale.
Besides the direct expenses, the loss from
1other causes, is almost incalculable. In con-
sequence ofthe carelessness Of owners and
shippers. and The wonton use Of the cotton
hook, a large portion of our cotton arrives in
1 New Orleans in damaged State, and almost
without covering, when il becomes subject
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