Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-08-25
United States Patent, April, 1865.
THE WEIGHT IS ABOUT 10 POUNDS
TO THE BALE OF COTTON.

sometimes required for large bales The buckles ar
fastened tho hoops the buttons Will be put up II
mall boxes.
THE WEIGHT Is ABOUT 10 POUNDS
TO THE BALE OF COTTON.
NJ, Button Tie was the first offered for sale to an.
extent in the South and has been used by thousand:
of planters with universal approval l have made
valuable improvement in the shape OF Inc buttoi
sin co II was first introduced and have also procurct
n patent for a BUCK LIE TIE which for simplicity
facility and expedition Of adjustment to bales Of an!
or of unequal sizes, and for security in holding, is,
think, superior to any offered to tho public.
The advantage of iron over rope for baling cotton
are now universally acknowledged 1t holds the bait
in much smaller compass is applied and fastened
with az much facility, both In the country pressing
and the re pressing at the .ports lessons immense
Nv the risk from fire; ia stronger, and Its strength Is
not IMPAIRED by time and exposure as il that OF rope
This list advantage hiss been. strikingly manifested
during the war Thousands oil baies OF COTTON nave
been lost by the rottng and breaking ofrope, which
could have been preserved " Iron hoops had been
used In addition to this it can be furnished cheap
err than Rope. The arrangement OF labor In the hemp
growing States has reduced the supply of hemp to
such an extent TO prices to rule unprccedent
ly high indeed, suficicncy for baling moderate
cotton crop cannot be relied on at any price ~
7 have r~rnnrcd for the importation OF a large
quantity of the very best English Iron, and have
made arrangements with Messrs. Chambers / Lat
ting, for the sale and delivery of my Ties.
ship Rcfugc, N. Orleans, July II, 80.
II. FASsMAN. Orleans Cotton Press:
SIR In January Inst received from your Press
qOS9 bales of cotton Of which about lO0 bales were
compressed and bound with your new "lron Tie, =
I can safely affirm that the cotton so hound was re-
coived in better order than It generally comes from
the Presses, that it slowed BETTER and enabled the
shin to carry more than on any previous VOYAGE:
Tho cotton when discharged trcm the ship IN Liver
pool was in better order than the Iopebound cotton
Ii is highly preferable for ground tier as the damp
arising from the ballast hes no effect upon It, for
well known by practical men that dampncss Will rot
the Rope bound. can confidently recommend your
uIrpp Tie" ss took this lot for an experiment and
carefully watched ii both IN loadingand dschargg
-sr am, Sir, yours Respectfully. - u. "a
l. 81 1917 - JOHN HOWARD, Master
The undersigned masters of vessels having cotton
comnressed Mt the "0rlcans Cotton Press" with
Fassman's new Iron hoop fastening, hereby recon.
mend the same, the bales being well compressed, and
The buttons or hoops neyer breaking when thrown
down in the hole OF thu shin, or whom stowed:.A
j. James Thomas, Mate ship Henry Ware-A. Tai
hot Master ship Hanaseeket-John Deary, ship Jane
Titcomb--Jamos c. Wilmer, ship Malhonse, OF New
Orleans-Herman Kopperhold, Master ship Ella A.
Clark-L. l.. Coadry, ship Moses Dayenpoft-liram
Rolinson, shin Madras.