Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-14
COTTON PLANTERS
COMPRESS

WILL COMPRESS THE COTTON ATTHE
w GIN TO SHIPPING tIZE, at one time,
one trouble and one expense, thus saving
81 IS per bale, besides an indefinite amount
OF extra handling, grabbing and stealing, or
near FIVE MILLION 70 the pant
ers Of the South every year and DO this with
one mule about as conveniently as the old
half presses. and st no more q tbelr aver
age cost When put up by my own hands or
agents GUARANTEE II and charge SA0, total
cost; though a good mechanic, with MY
printed directions and models, can make 70
Tor Sl00, and L charge SO IOr the right; less
than II makes you in one year, with average
gin Of seventy bales. 1 viii be able 70 MI 1000
orders in ninety days from date, / hope, and
they are solicited now, as / will probably be
crowded in the summer and 1al.
Ts a company OF MEN l offer this
invention for $4,000, only a dollar a gin, or
less than a cent and a half per bale for one
crop Of the United states, reserv1ug only the
state Of Texas; or / viii sell half IOr $4,000.
In o1der % obtain the means OF securing and
Introducing 1t in all foreign cotton cOun-
tries; or i would receive propositions 10 form
a company for this purpose. There can be
no question OF its being worth a million dol
lars, (50,00l gins IN the South; SO for right to
each VIII give S3,I5U,OOJ), the only question
is, viii 10 do as represented, II 10 Goes not,
/ ask nothing, OF course. The neld is world
vide. and ali my own. Ifear no future COM
petitOrs-past and present, there are none.
Competition viii Zee before 10 as from the
first Napoleon, or the glance Of oestlny."
After close eXperiential and experimental
study on various devices, j am satisfied this
Is the cheapest and simplest application OF
the only principle by which a mule and wood
can be made 10 compress cotton, requiring q
pressure of about zoo tons. 1t is no easy task
to make horse flesh IN wood do what has
heretofore required iron and steam. The
mule has to be multiplied near goo times,
and any other plan than this VIII prove q
slow process.
Now, here is a property yieldinRsI 200, offer
for 81, or same-S5,O0lOC0 for $4,000.
would also sell State and county rights for
One-tenth their value. (Hhis, Shelby county,
Tenn, has leo gins; at S75 each, $780, one
tenth viii give S750) Every steamboat land
ing and railroad depot will have one, until
the planters all get them when they VIII
then suDslde together with all The city steam
presses; when last interest, with its meF-
camille rings, 1 viii have TO night from the
start. but we planters Will triumph; very
poverty will prove the necessity 70 insure
this success.
great U0lue. With a huIer and mill attached
TO the gin (geartng) we can express the oil for
sale, have the cake for stock and the huIl for
fertilizing without other cost.
Another word to my brother planters:
Your gins generally run too hard" KIN
your mules. Cau,e-" gsared up" 100 high.
Reduce It by taking on one, two or more feet
from the band wheel" and You have relief
for you mules az Once, and run the gin as
fsst as before, because they can then walk
faster, as well as easier. Again, make one
side OF the track a little higher than the
other; less fatiguing than a dead level, as it
gives variety OF action TO the animal mus
Giles.
ton, for which this cotton Is waiting on the
in my neighb0rhOOd twelve miles
northeast OF Memphis.
Correspondence ant investigation Invited.
~ SkinfuI and reliable agents wanted to
build them all over the south.
3. s. REMBEkT, Inventor,
Jars los Front treet,
NH d&w Memphis, Tenn.