State journal & flag., 1846-08-21
TO Planters. BuilOck's Progressive power Press.

ErcSS,
 For Packing and CompreSSing Cotton on
 he Plantation, efecting C Saueng of 75
 cents per bale.
 l VHNHE attention of Planters is invited to this A powerful and economical Machine. Its qualities having been fairly and conclusively tested in the city of Mohue, and elsew here, du- ring the last two years, it is now confidently submitted as a lucrative acquisition to every Cotton Planter in the country whatever may 1 be the scale of his operations and at price comparatively trfing to the purchaser. Be- tween it's cost and it's value, it would be difficult 10 institute comparison. In all cases, without single exception, it has given unbounded sat- isfactlon It not only possesses every function heretofore so long sought as necessary 10 con- plete Cotton Press for plantations, but others not hitherto conjectured as available. Among ls ascertained and unquestionable advantages, may be enumerated the folIowing:-
 lst. It's machinery is perfectly simple and substantial; requiring oDly negroes to attend To It, and not liable to get out of order It obvi- ates the yearly bill for repairs usually entailed by the screw press, and the Planter has the sat. lstacton of knowing that It IS always ready for use. Its flrst cost IS it's only cost.
 2d. It occupies space of but by 10 feet ; can pc put up Tn one corner or along side of the Gln House, and always kept under cover. Re qulrlng but one horse power, 1t can be worked by the same power that drives the gin, and, if desirable, at the same time.
 3d. It can thus be worked in rainy weather when the hands could not otherwise be employ. ed, nor employed Tn packing without the loss and inconvenience attendant upon the carriage of lhe cotton from the Gin House through the rain and up the ladders to th press, by which much is off ;,.., ,,I.o ,,J and great labor and loss of tune are incurred.
 4th. It enables the same number of hands, ordinarily engaged at the screw press, to do double the amount of work in given time, and m very superior manner, with apparently no more exerllon from twenty five 10 thirty bales can be packed with this press, in the same time, and with the same manual labor, that twelve or fifteen bales can be packed with the screw.
 5th It's superiority in packing consists not merely in the neat and square form which it gives to the bales, but also in lessening the lia- bility of the baggng beng torn in handllng;- thus greatly obvlatlng both the damage of the cotton from exposure at the landings and place of export, and those heavy "wantage" bills which are insererable from the present loose style of pack ng.
 9th. IL packs and keeps in permanent com presson bale of 500 lbs. to the density of 20 lbs. to the cubic foot being the density to which It IS brought by the presses at Mobile.
 7th. It thus saves the expense of compression at Mobile, which, though directly paid by the ship-owners, indirectly comes from the pocket of the Planter, and thls, added to the saving of one yard, or half breadth of bagging, and n.ore than one rope upon each bale. is sav.ng to :he Planter of at least seventy five cents per bale, independently of the vantage and damage before mentioned To this may be added probable saving of one-third upon the storage, since bale thus compressed, occupies but two. thirds of the room 1t otherwise requires. Nor Is It unreasonable to calculate upon an eventual reduction of freight from the same cause.
 6,h. The power and other facilities afforded by this press, would enable the Planter to adopt round iron straps instead of the ropes now used, with demonsrable advantage in several impor- tant particulars. Annealed iron wire ot about 3. l6ths of an inch m diameter, and of strength mure than adequate to bear the rough usage to which the bales might be exposed, could be pro. cured at four and a half cents per sirap or twenty seven cents per bale, even at the high price of iron, under the present enormous tariff; and Ii Is evident from these facts that neither he weight nor the price of wire Of this size, will exceed, in any appreclabe amount, that of .the rope now ordinarily used. It is confidently
 
 would reach the foreign market Tn a condition that would readily command fifty cents per bale more than at present, whilst the intermediate saving of vantage, waste, and re. .compressing, would be unquestlonable.
 9th. But, paramount to all the advantages above enume ated, is he certainty that the gen. era adoption of the PRoGREssIvE POWER pREss on the plantations, would enable the Planter. for moderate and final expense, to render himself permanently independent of all 10 extoipate an evil which has long been deeply felt by tbe whole planting community.
 To the intelligence and prevalent dscern- ment ot that community. the proprletor of the patent right submits the PRoGREssIvE POWER PRESS, not as new and uncertain invention, but as machine already thoroughly established bv the constant use of several years, during winch it's capacity, durability, and economy, have been severely tried, and cordially ack now. ledged. IL is only necessary to add that it has been admired and adopted wherever it has been seen, and has more than realized, in every in. stance, the highest expectations of the purcha. sers.
 A Press of this description has been in use at Thompson's Plckery during the past two years, where 1t can be seen at any time packing $50 or 700 lbs. into the same space bale of 800 lbs. would be if made by screw
 TERMS For Press of4 1-2 foot segment, to pack 300 lbs. 1875; for a 5 l.2 foot do. to press 400 lbs., $l25 for an foot do to press 500 lbs. $50.
 GRIGGs. BARNEY & Co.,,
 Sole Agents.
 Mobllehlay 8, 1S46. ly.25.