The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-26
GRANGE DEPARTMENT..
Under tho Supervision of the Executiv
Committee Of Pomona Grange.
Bagging.

Our Grange Commercial Agent, Mr..
John B. Watson, ever watchfu, of the
interest of Patrons, has placed in our
hands q circular letter containing useful
information in regard to protests by
Cotton Exchanges and Manufacturers
against the use of poor .far bagging as a
covering for cotton bales, which we deem
of sufficient interest to our farmers and
cotton planters to deserve notice in this
column. And since nothing is saved to
the cotton producer by persistence in the
use of poor, cheap bagging, we advise
them to avoid its use, and profit by the
action and timely warning of these cotton
merchants. We are told that some cot
ton producers have already experienced
trouble with this bagging in the way of
reclamations for damaged cotton and
consequent loss of weights. But we fail
to appreciate the wisdom of rectifying
an error committed innocently by pun
ishing the perpetrator for an act which,
when committed, was no offence, and
which he makes no effort to conceal.
For it certainly is the business of the
buyer to observe the condition of his
purchases, and if Objectionable have the
correction made on the spot, thus saving
the expense and time of tracing bale of
cotton through the hands of several buy
ers back to the producer. If the cotton
was sold by sample, to be delivered at
some future time in marketable order,
we can very well understand how the
seller is liable on bales covered with the
Objectionable material.
We proceed to quote the substance of
proceedings of several Cotton Exchanges
and Manufacturing Companies. The
New York Cotton Exchange, Hanover
Square, says: "The use of inferior flax
tow bagging, as covering for cotton has
become SO Objectionable to buyers and
manufacturers of cotton, the board of
managers adopted the following resolu-
ton: On and after the End September,
1878, cotton covered with fax-tow bag
ging containing shives, Tor small pieces of
straw, or made from unrotted or imper-
fectly rotted fax shall be deemed unmer-
chantable, and shall not be good delivery
in this market"
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange
says: "Plauters are warned against the
use of fax bagging filled with shives, as
the cotton is more or less damaged by it.
Because, first, the shives remain in the
cotton and are not always knocked out
in the picker, but are carried to the cards
and cause trouble. Second, the cotton is
badly stained where this bagging, when
wet, touches it. Third, it is worth but
one and half cents per pound as waste,
while other bagging brings four cents,
and the purchaser pays the same price
for the bagging as for the cotton it covers.
Buyers and consumers claim the right to
reject all cotton bales covered with such
bagging, and the expense of picking and
recovering them with merchantable bag
ging will fall on the producer"
The Mobile Cotton Exchange suggests
to planters, factors and merchants to
avoid bagging manufactured wholly or
in part of fax as q means of saving an
immense amount of trouble and loss.
The complaints and reclamations for
Country damage" from some of the
largest American and European spiuners
proves that fax bagging is not suitable
for covering cotton. The producer saves
money and loss Of weight by covering
his cotton with good, heavy cloth.
The circular also contains protest
signed by twenty-three cotton manufac-
turing companies, setting forth similar
reasons for rejecting fax bagging filled
with shives, or sticks and straw, and
advising farmers to discountenance its
use as covering for cotton bales.
We have noticed the facts contained
in this circular simply as matter of in
formation, as we take it for granted that
this kind of bagging never finds its way
into our market.