Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1877-09-22
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS AND
-..-. COTTON sHIPPERs.s ~.

COTTON SHIPPERS.
For the beueA: Of our friends
engaged in the cotton interest We
produce the following circular let>
Ter addressed to them by the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange: $50.
New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
September. 1877.
PACKING COTTON ON PLANTATIONS.
The New Orleans Cotton Elk
change beg to call the attention OF
all parties concerned to the follow
ing resolutions adopted by the Ma
tional Cotton Exchange, and res
pectfully urge compliance with
them. Wis
Resolved, That the National Cot
ton Exchange strongly recommend
the adoption Of a press box of uni
form size, and without asking that
BOXES now in use shall be changed
before new ones are required. the
proper officers of the National Ex-
change are instructed to urge the
standard size by printed communi-
cations directly through the con-
stituent exchanges energetica'ly
and persiste:tiy on all parties con-
nected with the cotton trade ];
planters. factors, shippers, com
pressors and manufactures OF cot
ton presses.
The standard size of the press
box to be Of the following dimen-
sions
| Length 4 feet 6 inches. Width
| 2 feet. Six ties to the bale 70
weigh $50 pounds or over. .....
| Resolvcd, That the National Cot,
ton Exchange recommends that
bagging weighing two pounds per
yard be adopted as the standard
bagging; and that not more than
six yards Of bagging to be used on
each bale of cotton.
Various reasons have caused the
adoption of these resolutions, among
others the following Uniforms
i1y of the size of bales will enable
steamboats,, vessel., etc., to stow
1 more cotton in the same space than
heretofore, and consequently to
carry it at lower rate Of freight.
| Warehouses ard Cotton Presses
| will also be able thereby
| to economist space in storing
cotton, handle it more easily
expeditiously and take better care
of it for tie same compensation.
Uniformity Of size and weight OF
bale and Of the weight Of bagging
| used to cover them, will enable
buyers more accurately to compute
the probable loss in weight Of cot
ton shipped to Foreign Markets,
and consequently, they cin with
| more confidence bid the fall
extont Of the limits allowed
| them in their orders; thus,
| if an order be sent to baycr in
America to buy and ship to Liver
pool, cotton to cost landed there,
say Cd Ter h., he includes i'm his
estimate of cost, in addition to tie
price to be paid in America,
freight to liverpool, port Charge
here, insurance and an estimated
loss in weight, cotton being sod
in Liverpool at its net weight as
ccrtained by deducting weight OF
bagging and ties. AS bales are
now packed, the percentage of loss
in weight to be estimated is very
uncertain, and cautious buyer
necessarily leans towards too large
an estimate of it and consequent
~ is not as willing to pay as high
a price as he would if almost GER
tain of what the loss in weight
would be. If the bales are nea ly
alike ia weight and have about the
same weight Of bagging and ties on
each, there will be no trouble in
arriving at the probable per cents
age of loss in weight. All the
freight and other charges on cotton,
as we'll as the loss in we ght, either
directly or indirectly come out OF
the price paid to producers of it in
this county and it is desirable that
these charges, etc.. should be re-
dnced nc mnch and be made as uni