The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-16
COTT0l TIES AND BAGGi M
A MOVE FOR GOOD MATERIAL,
The Merchant Exchange Recommends
That Planters Shun the Defective
and Light Weight Varieties
For Economy's Sake.
Defective ale. aud Lightweight Bag

Defective Tles aud lightweight 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
consideration, the following facts:
First-The Standard cotton-tie is made
of good material, not less than ii feet
long, 1916 of an inch wide, 1-l6 of ~
inch thick, each bun.ils OF 80 ties weigh
ing not less than 56 pounds. Standard
bagging is made OF good material,
firmly woven, Weighing not less than
one and three .fourChs TO two pounds per
yard.
Second--A false idea of economy aud
eager competition for low-priced arti-
Gle has led to the production of light,
sleazy bagging weighing IL TO ~
pounds per yard, and Of ties OF inferior
material, weighing 40 to 60 pounds per
bundle Of 30 tics, defective in length,
strength and durability and so inferior
as to snap in ordinary handling OF the
otton bales.
Third-rhe present cost of tics is
about cents per pound, and of stand
ard 2 cents, land jute bagging IL cents
per yard Using 6 full-weighC ties and
I yards of standard bagging per bale re-
quires II pounds of ties at cents and
Yards of bagging at IL cents, an eXpend-
iture of 81. 10 per bale, which, when sold
around, cotton averages cents per
pound, realizing $225, a net profit of
Sl,l5 per bale.
Fourtn--The light weight begging
ana ties in common use weigh about
IL POUNDS per bale, costing Sl.lO per
pattern which being sold with the cot
ton at 8 cents per pound realizes Sl.55
per bale; net profit of Al cents per bale
against net profit OF $l.15 per bale tor
standard; or loss of 70 cents per hale
for using inferior instead OF standard
material.
Fifth-Whilst the compresses in the
interior, as rulo, are tirst-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 50 cents per bale for recon-
pressing. Should this embargo be
placed upon cur cotton 1t ~ clear that,
as the cotton has TO bear all the expense
of preparing Tor the market, our farmers
will have to lose 10 cents difference of
receipts from inferior and standard ma
terial, and 60 cents for additional com
pressing, aggregating loss Of $l35 on
every bale OF cotton they raise by using
inferior material.
Sixth-The National Cotton Exchange
at its next meeting will most likely
recommend 10 local exchanges and in
terror buyers that they discriminate in
price against cotton bsled in inferior
bagging and ties in consequence of the
lesses 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,ta this method of calling
their attention TO this evil, sincerely
trusting that those interested will SEQ TO
IL, that ginners use standard bagging
and ties In balipg cotton and thereby
avoid the losses that are falling SO heav-
lily upon our farming friends by the use
of inferior material. The committee APP
pointed and which made the report con.
sist OF VIM. White, Il. G. Caller and
John II. Jones.