Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-04
Miiburn Eclipse W. Eagle Eclipse
Gin.


Gin.
orrroE cARvER drs AND MAcHtEE Co.,
January :, 1857.
To the Public;
Being absent from home for
several days, | find on my re-
turn two articles in the EVEN
ING LEDGER of the 18th and 10Th ult.,
one from the Eagle Cotton Gin Com
pany and the other from w. A. Smith,
their agent, containing differences SO
grossly unjust that l have deemed it
my duty TO the public TO make a state
ment Of facts regarding the same. Mr..
Smith says, Now, as we sec no other
object for publishing these premature
statements than to take advantage of
the Eagle Eclipse Gin, VIC think it
nothing but fair to show the public
what steps have been taken to practice
fraud upon us" Answering that, l
will say that no officer or employee Of
this company sent any dispatch to any
paper, or to any individual CON
corning the gin contests at Atlanta.
/, however, do say that the dis
patch stated a fact which can be
proven. In the contest to which the
kilograms in the Appeal and Ava
lanche alluded the Eagle Eclipse Gin
run at a speed Of lag revolutions per
minute, ginned 268 5ss. seed cotton,
and produced 80l lbs. lint, while Mil
burns Eclipse Gin ran at 800 revolu
tions per minute, ginned ZIG lbs. seed
cotton, and produced 90 lbs. lint,
making a gain in turnout for the Mil
! bum Gin over the Eagle offs lbs. Of
lint cotton in the amount ginnod. If
Mr.. Smith will read the kilograms he
alludes to from Atlanta, he will find
that no mention is made in either oil
them about the premium, simply stat
ing the fact that the Milburn Gin ex-
celled the Eagle in time and turnout,
being the result Of the first contest.
La the second contest Of cotton gins
the official records show the Van
Wrinkle gin as making the best sample.
Milburn's as second best, and Halls
as third best, and no mention of the
Eagle, or balance of gins contrasting.
The Official record in this contest also
shows that we gave in turnout Ia
pounds more Of lint cotton to 1900
pounds Of seed cotton than the Eagle
gin.
In the third contest We have been
unable to procure any official records,
but were advised they were not pre-.
served in Atlanta. In this contest
MilbuTn's Eclipse gin had a very
hully, trashy lot Of cotton with damp
hulls. The Eagle ginhad a very much
better lot, having not near as many
hulls, and otherwise cleaner, a better
class of cotton aud in better
ginning condition. The Eagle
Gin Company claimed when it
came to this contest they could not
find any cotton like we ginned. For
the correctness Of these statements we
refer to the judges Of trials of cotton
gins. During the same day, but after
the third contest, in company with a
friend, / visited tho place where the
seed cotton was stored, aud found
plenty ofthe same class of cotton from
which our cotton was taken. This cot
ton was bought by the Cotton Ginners'
Association, from Captain j. H.
Chambers, on the Chattahoochie river,
and could have easily been procured,
it being 10 the Exposition building.
In the last two ginning contests
(which were made with feoders) tile
Eagle Cotton Gin broke their roll
three times in each contest, and neces-
STATED the stopping Of the feeder sew.
eral times; SO much so in one of the
contests that one Of the judges remon.
strated with the ginner about his
stirring the roll so often by hand o
loosen it. During these same two
contests the Milburn Eclipse Hulling
Gin Combination never broke the roll
at all, and required no manipulations.
Inasmueh as We beat the Eagle gin
in time and turnout in the first con
test, and in sample and turnout in the
second contest, according to the off.
: cial records, and in the absence Of any
official record Of the third contest.
and the fact Of the Eagle gin breaking
its roll SO badly during those two con
tests, we are at a loss to know on wha,
grounds those awards we're based.
Hence we addressed a communication
to the Director General and Board OF
Directors Of the Atlanta Exposition
concerning the above matters, and re-
ceiyed his reply, in the course Of which
he says. you will observe that no
such award Of premiums or certificates
as your letter would indicate was con
templated, Fin the course Of tue
examination by the judges your pro.
duct showed any superior excellence
it was not sufficient to enlitle it in
their Judgment to the awards offered. ,
AS we understand it, the product O.
a cotton gin consists of the lint cotton
and the seed. Now, if we give .
larger amount Of lint cotton
and a better quality from the seed
cotton, and deliver the seed in a better
condition for planting or for CONNER
oial purposes in the average time that
cotton gins consume, is not this whal
the planter wishes from a cotton gini
But it would seem from the Director
Generals letter that this is not what
was contemplated 10 making oul
: awards at Atlanta.
! Further, the Eagle Cotton Gin
Company ran their gin, sixty saw, Will
a driving pulley forty three inches in
circumference, and at a speed of Az
revolutions per minute.
1t is a well known fact among cot
ton ginners well versed in hulling gin.
that the Eclipse Gin bulls better ana
gins more rapidly in proportion at Q
high rate Of speed than with a loY
rate, and that there is much less LA
bility to slip Of belts with a large pull.
ley than with a small one. This higl
rate of ginning, however, is done a
the expense Of the sample in ginninJ
s clean cotton. The above rate o
5 speed is much greater than the Eagl,
| or any other gin manufacturer recon
mends the purchaser to run his gin, a.
it would be detrimental to its dura.
bility.
The Milburn Eclipse Gin.sixty saw
{ was run 10 the contest with a pulley
BOZ inches in circumforence-thC
usual size-and at a speed of from BIZ
to 1920, being from forty to sixty. five