The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-02
From the NJ =. Courier f Enquirer
Prevention Of Sandy Cotton.

| The plan submitted to the Chamber of Com
merce by Mr.. Matthew Maury, at their las
meeting, April 9Th, for attaching the naml
of the planter to each bale of cotton, is worthy
of more attention than the press of business
before that body enabled them to give it.
| Itconbines four essential elements, sisnpli
city, utility, practsbility and cheapness.
The inventor proposes first, to place nea
the middle of the bale lead tablet, attached
to guaranteed, twisted light wire, which shsI
pass, if not through, at least beyond the cen
tire ofthe bale, so that no force applied outside
can withdraw it. This is to be done at the
gin house, when the bale is packed, and thu
tablet to be stamped with the name of the
planter and residence, in raised letters, legible
| easily read, and always visible.
| No handling will erase, obliterste, or dis.
place it, for the flexibility Of the wire will 81.
low the tablet to be pressed down close to the
bale, and it will thus at the same time be Out
of the way and out of danger, yet readily
found if required to identify the cotton.
In COMPRISING cotton it will not be distur-
bed. because it has no connection with the
ropes, The attaching of the tablet to the bale
rope is simply to enable buyers and shippers
especially by Railroads to attach the name oil
the owner or buyer to the cotton and enabling
him to identify 1T at its place Of delivery, and
thus avoid the error so often committed Of de-
liyering to one man, Cotton belonging to an
other.
The apparatus for stamping the tablet is
simple and the cost Of the whole but SMALL
Col. Tate, President of the Memphis and
Charleston Road, has expressed his approba-
ton of this mode of identf flying cotton, and
the value of it to the planter as well as to all
who are interested in handling it, in saving
not only great deal of time, but expense in
tracing and delivering cotton.
1t is already being applied in various other
ways, to railroad cars, in the sealing o. pack
ages in some of the Custom Houses, and is in
use by Express companies for many purposes.
If planters who make good cotton once have
the opportunity of sending their cotton from
the plantation clear to the factory, with their
name so attached to the baleas to get full ben
eft of extra labor and pains bestowed upon
their crop, they will then have some pecuniary
inducement to so handle their cotton a. to
make their name on a bale of cotton equal to
a clear profit in its sale. Such is not the case
now when it goes into the grand sum total,
and only helps up the courage Of some more
indolent or careless planter who aim much
more at quantity than quality. The term
false packing as applied to q great deal of cot
ton is erroneous, because it signifies frauds
There is more or less Of this every year, but
not to the extent many seem to think. Il is
the mizing ofgrades that is the greatest evil,
and this is the result of carelessness and not
of intent to deceive. So also with regard TO
sand and dust. They are put in on purpose
now and then but generally it is slovealy toork
in picking and ginning Let each bale be 80
marked as to identity its maker and we shall
have an end to all these complaints.
O. rig