The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-24

and baggiDg Of 5 cotton clqth. The
small farmers into whose hands tho
production Of cotton has largely fallen,
and into whose hands it ia falling
more and moro day by day, know
nothing and can know nothing of
these things. 1t is entirely hey yond!
them to ask if their cotton Is we'll
ginned, well-dusted and well-moted.
Indeed, they often object to tho latter
processes, saying it makes their bales
too light. They ouly demand that
their cotton be ginnod promptly. to
meet their grocery bills, and that the
heaviest bagging and ties be used, and
that their cotton be not stolen ut the
gin house.
But, as have said; this Glendale
gin docs NOT do oil or one-half Of what
it should do. It should be located on
a railroad. A box car should be stand
ing on side track under shelter, to
receive the seed without handling or
exposure to .weather (yolr :4stiow, per-
haps, that "a very slight exposure will
set up a fermentation which totally
destroys. lis value for-oiD. -Tllis- Cal,
as rapidly as loaded, to convey tho
seed to the oil mill. The producer
SHOULD rnturn home with load of
cotton seed meal in the place Of the
easily pcrishable cotton seed them
selves, and with check in his pocket
as an advance on his bale Of cotton
left ut tho clubhouse to be shipped,
thus, saving the labor and expense of
hauling it round to his home and of
again to market.
In this way, and in this way alone,
80 far as can see, can oil mills hero
pc made a success. Sufficient seed to
run them profitably can never be OBJ
tanned under existing circumstances.
Not that the producer is all aversc to
exchanging his seed for meal, but be-
cause he cannot afford TO haul them to
the mill or to send them by rail IN
small lots, which would ncccssitatc tho
expense Of sacking them. There is a
good cottonseed oil mill now III Au-
gusta, Georgia, III sight from my win
dow, that cannot get seed enough to
run it two months out Of the twelve.
a certain number Of cotton gins, such
as l have described, located on rail-
roads convenient to this town, would
insure the success of this mill beyond Il
question:. The cost would be much
lcss than that Of the smallest cotton
factory, and the profits would be far
greater, besides the benefits conferred
on all parties interested. A number
of such gins in connection with the oil
mill would serve as centres Of force
melting to various economies and ill.,
dustlies. There would bc vast say
ing in the preliminary handling of the
crop. 1t would be much better pre-
pared for market-a benefit alike to
producer and consumer. It would be
more intelligcntlX aud cheaplM shipped
to where it was to be manufactured.
The oil product Of our lands would be
saved that now suffers total. loss hum
dreds Of thousands Of tons of food for
animals would be, as it were, created.
The water power could be proftably
used, when the grinding season was
over, in grinding corn n eal for t, Q
customers of the gin; in cleaning crops
OF upland ricc-a most profitable busi-
ness just developing;- in saving ''lum-
Der where timber was plenty, or
where it was not, in running saw
tables, planning machines, or turning
lathes, for which there Is abundant
and varied material here, equalled
only by the home demand for such
products. If store were opened in
connection with the gin house, as
would be done in all probability, the
whole business Of advances in bagging:'
fertilizers and groceries would natur-
aid ooh4ssimet9 5Sss mHtkgg tie fse cott6H rS
ducer. In my opinion the monopoly
OF all the profits of these operations is
III the grasp of those who would 'occu-
pv these water powers on the railways
and organize and improve them as
above suggested, while comforting
great benefits on the vicinage. Why
is'it not done2 you may ask. do not
know. Why did not the gentlemen
at dinner with Columbus set their
eggs up on the table? :.
Please excuse me for writing YOU 80
long letter, and if you think my sug-
gcstione wont take water, as you very
wclfinay, at least let it assure you that
while differ very seriously and wide
!! from much that you said in your
very "free speech" in:..Atlunta, and
which you perhaps intended to be
rather severe and aggressive, neither
1t nor any other open and free express
sion Of opinion can make me unmind-
ful of the very intelligent, not to say
not unkindly interest, you take in
affairs here.
l think the views have expressed
will be supported by many facts in tho
Report on Cotton Culture in South
Carolina am preparing for the Cen
sus Office. AS a small cotton planter
and the owner Of gin house, | hope
to learn a great deal from your Atlanta
Exposition, which trust will prove q
great success. Very respectfully,
HARRY HAMMOND.
The superintendent of education
has engaged Prof. II. p. Montgomery,