The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-20
THE BUSINESS WORLD,
DEFECTIVE TIES AND LIGHT.
WEIGHT BAGGING.

The followiD gimportant document iSsued
nv the Dallas Merchants Exchange snea ~
for itself, IL is deserving of close psrnsal
as il is of vast importance TO both ginner
and farmer, and the latter should see To II
that the evil Is corrected, as 1t may damaee
them in a monetary way and deprecia7e
the value OF their product.
Office of Merchants EXCHANGE, of Dalles
Texas, June 20, 1886:
In consequence of the losses being sus-
tanned by the prevalent use OF defective
hes and lightweight baggtng, fine NarN
chants Exchange, of Dallas, Texas. pres.
entto the platers. ginners, merchants and
others interested in the cotton trade ~
North Texas, for their consideration. the
following facts: ''-0
First-The Standard Cotton tie is mazda
of good material, not less than II feet Ionu
1916 OF an Inch wide, Lilo OF and inch
thick, each bundle of 50 ties weighing not
less than 81 pounds, Standard Bagei5s is
made of good material, firmly woven
Weighing not less than lM to pounds per
yard. fo'
eager competition for a low-priced article
has led TO the production of q light sleazv
bagging weighing IA TO ~ pounds per
yard, and of ties of Inferior material
weighing4 40 to 80 pounds per bundle of IA
ties, detective In length, strength and dur
ability, and so inferior as to snap in ordi.
nary handling OF the cotton bales
Third-The present cost OF ties ia abont
Scents per pound, and of standard info
bagging II cents per yard Using six fulI
weight ties and seven yards Of standard
bagging per bale requires II pounds of Ties
at 3 cents and seven yards of bagging nj
IL cents, an expenditure of s., 10 peT hale
which, when sold around cotton averages
profit of per bale.
Fourth-The light weight bagging and
ties in common use weigh about II mounds
per bale, costing Sl.l0 per pattern, which.
being sold with the cotton at cents ner
pound, realizes 81 80 per bale, a net profit
OF 40 cents per bale, against net profit of
sl.l5 per bale for standard, or q loss OF IA
cents per bale for using inferior instead of
andard material
Fifth whist the congresses In the in
terror, as rule, are first-class and fully
equal TO those at the ports, ships are de-
Ginning, In many Instances, to receive orr
cotton until depressed at the ports, as SO
many OF the ties are broken OIL and the
cotton in such bad condition. Thus by the
use of an inferior material, we are seri.
ously threatened with having ali
interior cotton subjected to an
additional expense Of IS cents per bale for
recompressing. Should this embargo be
placed upon our cotton II Is clear that ms
the cotton has to bear all the expense of
preparing for the market our farmers will
lose 70 cents per bale on account of using
inferior instead of standard material and
IS cents for additional COMPRISING, aggre-
eating loss of Sl.35 on every bale ofcgtfon,
SiXth-The National Cotton Exchange
at its next meeting will most likely recon-
mend to local exchanges and interior buy.
ers that they discriminate in price aeains,
cotton baled in inferior bagginE and dies i'm
consequence of the losses sustained.
AS the directors OF the Mobile Cotton Ex-
change have taken the initiative in this
matter and ask the co operation of othel
exchanges throughout the country, the
Merchants Exchange Of Dallas, Texas
take this method OF calling attention &c
this evil, sincerely trusting that those in.
terested will see to 1t, that ginnert use
standard bagging and ties in baiing cot.
ton, and thereby avoid the losses that arc
falling so heavily upon our farming friends
by the use of inferior material,
VIM. WHITE, Pres't.
f. @, CALLER,
JOHN II. JONES,
Committee.