The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-25

An Eastern commercial paper, referring
to the use of jute bags for shipping Hour,
remarks that If there Is nothing new under
the sun there are certainly notifications oil
ancient customs; and II instances the fact
that within the past few years there has
been a complete revolution ia the manner
of shipping flour to,Europe. II has not
been long since all shipments were made
in barrels or cotton sacks; but some one
conceived the idea of substituting jute
sacks. Experimental shipments proving
satisfactory this method was quickly
adopted by other exporters, and such de-
msnd sprang up for jute bags that the FAC
tories In this city and Milwaukee were
taxed TO their utmost capacity to turn ou'
the goods as rapidly as required. The
journal referred to states that In the ex
portation of -four the barrel and cotton
sack are no longer employed, the jute bag
proving preferable in many ways-nota y
IN the saving in cost, which, 1t Is claimed
IS something like one-half as compared
with cotton cloth. The greatly Increased
demand for the article led some Eastern
parties to attempt the manufacture OF d
substitute, and factory was established al
Utica, N. Y, tor that purpose. Flax was
the substitute, and large quantities OF the
product of that mill we're sent to the Yves,
to be used IN baling hops, but 1t did MOI
possess the requisite strength. More re-
Gently attempts to raise jute in the South
ern states have been made, and IN the case
of Louisiana and Florida with success
Jute ia a naIive OF India, from whence are
exportet annually from 100000 to 1, $50,
900 bales"
The cultivation Of jute in the extreme
Southern states has been tried with crafty
ing success. If the experiments that have
been made, prove, as they seem to have
done--the adaptation of those states to jute
culture, 1t promises to become great in
dustry. The demand for jute and jute
butts is rapidly increasing. A British OF
fetal at Calcutta forwarded memoran-
dunn regarding 1t which was published not
long since in the Dundee AdoGrtiSer, Scot
land, the first paragraph of which shows
how rapidly this demand is increasing. 1t
IS AZ follows:
"The trade in jute Is one of the most ex'
pansive IN the world. During the last
quarter of a century 1t has progressed
steadily and rapidly until, In the year 1866,
the exports of jute together with jnte rejec
lions aud cuttings, reached ,9OS bales !;
while in 1871 It amounted to l,644,311
bales. Last crop exceeds that in quantity,
and 1t will all be required At the present
time jute goods canno, be produced fast
enough to meet the demand mills and fac.
torres are being increased In Great Britain
and India, and are also being erected IN
Australia, America, and the Continent of
Europe. At the end of the coming de
cade, the wants of the whole trade will
likely reach four to five millions of bales
annually"
The subject is attracting the attention OF
the British Government, as well it may, for
the already vast and rapidly increasing
importance OF the trade cannot he over.
looked. But what are we dong In this be
haIfs Dor CONSUMPTION of jute aud jute
pulis Is by 40 means an inconsiderable
factor Of the British trade N these articles
nearly all OF which we obtained through
British channels of trade. If we can grow
this plant successfully IN Florida, Louis
lana and Texas, We should do 80 by all
means Prairie Farmer.