The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-16

deep sampling, com missions for selling,
brokerage for buying, deep boring, sec
ond weighing, repairs, drayage to com
press, COMPRISING, dtayage to steamer
Or depot, freight and insurance to BOs-
ton. To these add waste, drayage, and
stealage, all the expenses, specnlations
and populations Of the guerrillas Of the
South and the great cotton rings of the
North; add also the expenses In our
seaport towns (where it is reo0mpressed
% be shipped TO EuropeG the expenses
and profits Of the shipment, and the ex-
penses after their arrival there until it
Is sold to the manufacturer, who buys
only the net cotton not the bagging or
'ies-at his owa price. For Liverpool,
Manchester, Leeds, DC take the surplus
crop of the world, hx and control the
price, not only there, but IN every cotton
mart.
Europe, China, and India pay gold
for cotton and cotton-fabrics shipped
from Fail River, in Massachusetts,, and
ether places. The planter gets receipts
from his merchant for a year supply
of provisions, farm tools, etc and Is for
tuuate if the receipts are In full to date,
the negro, for his share, over and above
his scant food end clothes, gets jews
harps and ginger-cake. Vino gets tie
difference Ia exchange between the
nations, the margin of IA per cent. be
ween geld and national bank notes
1t is probably one Of the Prerequisites Of
middle men,, except IN such instances
as Fall River Manufacturing Comp any.
Now, if to all these you add the ex-
penses, profits, &3., of the manufactured
goods returned south, you will have
seine idea Of what Iniddlemen receive
aud what the new process will save to
our impoverished but still beloved South
land For instance. take eight of the
above twenty five enumerated items Of
expense on cotton In transitu from the
field to New England, Wis, ginning, 81;
bagging and ties, ., 80; freight to Aem-
pins 81; com missions, EI.25; brokerage;
Is cents; storage, 50 cen; COMPRISING,
IS cents; freight to Boston, 50 70; total,
SIS per bale, which, on on 4, 200 900
bales, amounts TO So 100000 Tne
item Of seed is worth 30 per bale as
fertilizer, equal to 81 100000, and de
cortIcaIing more than double lis value.
There can be no competition away
from the cotton fields; tor seed cotton
will net bear transportation, and none
other can be used.
The crop Of 1875 is estimated at
i, 400, 00O Dales, of which the South
consumed about 200 900; the balance
was shipped north and to Europe. The
The average price was probably about
ten cents per yOund, or at tae rate OF
$50 per bHle. The enhanced value of
crude cotton, when convert q into yarns
Is estimated 1t from 100 to I25 per cent
into shirting and sheerng, 200 per cent;
into prints, still more; and into fac
muslins, 800 to 400 per cent. These
are gross profits; but, ii the South made |
her own machinery, furnished her oper
atiVCs, and fed them, they would be net
to her.
The machine has run for five months !
steadily, giving entire satisfaction, max !
ing trsJ quanty Of yarns, which sell
READILY IN market here for 20 cents per
pounu, paying for seed cotton from J TO
81 cents per pound. The only objection !
yet seen 60 It IS that on the lst OF 0anu
AIRY 1t Is necessary 10 hold eight months |
supply of seed cotton. Tins requires |
capIta!, but pays a large interest on IL |
for the seed cotton lying IN bulk six or /
twelve months greatly improves by the |
absor b iUu of oil from the seed BY the !
ilaments, rendering them more aJteuu-
aung Or workable, giving them rich,
cream color, saving waste from flying /
IN working and enhancing the value OF |
the staple FULLY / } cents per pound, while !
baIed cotton do5erIOrages nearly Us much !
Ia the same tins. These are facts |
which some have long known and profsed |
by as planters:
The south has many and important !
natural adya ntagss over the Northeast
and England III maaufact Gring cotton, |
such as short, mid winters mure relIa !
bic waJerpo~er; cheaper lands, building !
materials, iueI, food and labor; exemp- |
ton IRON strikes; and direct reclamation. !
Ii would FURNISH pleasant, remuneratIYe !
employ ment 60 her INDECENT Women and (
to enter the hel III |
mpetiJiOn with the negrO-aud, as |
seInbnng them ia villages around tacto |
RES, would afford much greater facilities /
Tor physical, mental ana moral training |
ot children, creating a market for edIbles, |
and an incentive 10 farmers TO diversity |
their products.
One attachment, with the necessary |
machinery to convert seed cotton into /!
yarns put up IN bales, viii require 10 or
II horsepower to drive aNd from six to !
eIgut operatives (mostly boys and girls) !
to attend It, and will work up from I To !
/ pound OF seed cotton per mInuts, or
2OU to 90 pounds OF yarns per day, !
aud viii cost, with royalty, $4,000; two
will cost $1,000; and three about SlO,-
Goo This Is exclusive Of shatting, pull
IeYs, hangers, cans, and belts.