The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-06-18
From Tuesdays Daily-June 10.
Defective Ties and Lightweight Bag
ging.

Defective Ties and Light Weight Bag
ging.
In consequence of the losses being
sustained by the prevalent use of de-
fective ties and lightweight bagging,
the Merchants Exchange OF Dallas,
Tex as, present to the planters, ginners,
merchants and others interested in the
cotton trade of North Texas, for their
confederation, the following facts:
First-The Standard cotton.tie Is made
of good material, not less than ii feet
long, 1916 oi an inch wide, l-l6 OF an
inch thick, each bundle Of 80 ties weigh
ing not less than So pounds. Standard
bagging is made of good material,
firmly woven, weighing not less than
one and three .fourths to two pounds per
yard.
Second-A false idea of economy and
eager competition for low priced arti-
Gle has led to the production Of light,
sleazy bagging weighing IN TO IN
pounds per yard, and of ties of inferior
material, weighing 40 to 80 pounds per
bundle of so ties, defective in length,
strength and durability and so inferior
as to snap in ordinary handling OF the
otton bales.
Third-The present cost of ties is
about cents per pound, and of stand
ard Q cents, and jute bagging IL cents
per yard. Using 6 full-weight ties and
Yards of standard bagging per bale re-
uuires II pounds of ties at cents and
yards of bagging at II cents, an expend.
iture of $1.10 per bale, which, when 81 old
around, cotton averages cents per
pound, realizing 1925, net profit of
$1.15 per bale.
Fourth-The light weight bagging
ana ties in common use weigh about
II pounds per bale, costing $l.lO per
pattern which being sold with the cot
ton at 9 cents per pound realizes $1.55
per bale; net profit of 45 cents per bale
against net profit OF $1.15 per bale tor
standard; or loss of 20 cents per bale
for using inferior instead of standard
material.
Fifth-Whilst the congresses in the
interior, as rule, are first-class and
fully equal to those at the ports, ships
are Seriously threatening to refuse to
receive our cotton until repressed at
the ports as SO many OF
the ties are broken off and the cotton
in such bad condition. Thus, by the
use of an inferior material, we are
seriously threatened with having the
cotton subjected to an additional ex-
pense of IS cents per bale for recon-
pressing. Should this embargo be
placed upon our cotton 1t is clear that,
as the cotton has to bear all the expense
of preparing for the market, our farmers
will have to lose 70 cents difference of
receipts from inferior and standard ma
toriaf, and 65 cents for additional COM
pressing, aggregating loss Of $1.35 on
every bale Of cotton they raise by using
interior material.
Sixth-The National Cotton Exchange
at it's next meeting will most likely
recommend to local exchanges and in
terror buyers that they discriminate in
price against cotton baled in inferior
bagging and ties in consequence of the
losses sustained.
As the directors of the Mobile Cotton
Exchange have taken the initiative In
this matter and asks the cooperation of
other EXCHANGES, the Merchants Ex-
change Of Dallas, Texas, representing
the true interest of the farmers and
others interested in the cotton trade OF
North Texas, take this method of calling
their attention to this evil, sincerely
trusting that those interested will see to
it, that ginners use standard bagRing
and ties in baling cotton and thereby
avoid the losses that are falling SO heav-
lily upon our farming friends by the use
of inferior material. The committee ap-
pointed and which made the report con-
sist of VIM. White, F. O. Caller and
TOhu Fl JOuaa