The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-13
ger. and remanded to the Parish Prison In de-
fault Of bonds The chief will leave with MS
prisoner Monday evening.
ANSWER TO OLD pAE,sMAN.

Editor Demoosat-fn communication adj
dressed To the New Orleans Pcay,tne, under
date OF the 10th inst. and headed Progressing
Ba.ckWards,' the writer, who signs himself
Olq FRESHMAN, confesses himself at O loss
to know how cotton can be hauled from one
press to another, and the tariff allowed by the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange for ship mark
ing can be made profitable. Not wishing to
the Champion, Factors, International, EN-
pire and COoper's presses, which are extern
sivey engaged in this business, as "Old Press
man must have found out at his cost, that is,
provided he Is not too old to learn at any cost
The writer must be certainly aware that O
tifty-four inch cylinder Tyler press has bern
COMPRISING cotton all the season up to the
last twenty days, and has tied by hand and
shipped thousands Of bales Of cotton and not
| a word of com plant; the reason for which Is
| plain-it is in the press combination.
He parades the amount OF money spent for
| new and powerful congresses, and expatiates
| upon his valuable contribution In retaining
| the trade of New Orleans; but purposely
| evades to state the real reason, which was
| to avoid the use of band tightener.
"Old FRESHMAN" has grown old trying to
| find out how to put two bushels Of potatoes in
| q b,ishel bag, and when he had built a bip
compress he cried Eureka. But It appears ), alss
| he has awakened from his delilsive dream.
| and now that the energy of his youth is spent
he whines piteously and appeals to the Cotton
Exchange and the public to take pity ON his
The flimsiest part Of this communication is
| that "Old FRESHMAN" understands how large
compress, requiring fuel for three boilers can
pay for ship marking and draying cotton
| from small compress and make it proflta4
| bic, and yet fails to understand how smaller.
| compress, requiring fuel for only one boiler.
| must do losing business by paying for ship
| marking and hauling from large compress
Truly, tho "pons asinorum" has wrecked
| many q one besides "OId FRESHMAN"
| How far the writer has facilitated the New
| Orleans Cotton Exchange in carrying out sll-
pervision, do not know; but the chances are
that he was numbered amongst it's deadliest
foes for it was this measure that caused the
| great Inconvenience he complains Of In build
| ing his powerful compress
| will inform cold Freshman" that had oc4
casion to accommodate one of his craft by
putting two bands ON q bale which had broken
| and came from q powerful compress, and that
they were the only tight bands that were on
| the bale, 50 much so that the cOlored drayrnan
was ashamed of his bale and begged me to.
hand tie them, which was refused.
| do not know that am acquainted with
"Old FRESHMAN" but If he will call and see me-.
will show him well compressed and machine
tied cotton that will compare favorabIy with
any hand tied cotton from the powerful COM
presses.
/ now leave the public to form their own
opinion of progress when q discarded press.
by the use Of band tighteners, Is willing to.
stand or fall on it's own merits.
r. Texas presa