The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-20

isS~i saving ouJ tnuo sI tno tyPo
setting mschine has been a failure.
Such discovery is by no means i'm
possible; for, since the While newspa-
PEI sheet passes through the prets and
comes out printed, cut, folded
and pasted, 1t is probable that
machine will be invented
for setting type. The fact that
II costs SO much 10 pick the cotton
after it has been grown has greatly
restricted the quantity and increased
the cost Of production. To obviate
these difficulties the mechanical
genius OF the country has been labor
ing to invent q cotton picker which
would be in the cotton. field what Nc
Corma0k's reaper is In the wheat held.
Many have been the inventions Of
cstton picking machines, but all have
been failures. At last q cotton picker
has been made which seems 10 be
success. 1t is called "The Mason Har-
vester," and, driven by one man, can
gather as much cotton IS ten or
twelve expert pickers can gather
in the same time. 1t YVES tested at
Sumter, s. O., on Wednesday lsst, and
all pronounced it success. In speak
ing OF the experiment, the Charleston
Ne,Us and Courier says:
1t performs its work, moreover, with the
same accuracy at nisht as in the day time,
so that each machine can be operated In the
picking reason to represent tho work OF
twenty or more first. class pickers, What
ever may be the capacity Of the harvester ..
II stands, therefore, II 10 evident that "
promises to remove all heretofore existing
restrictions upon the acreage that could be
devoted TO the cultivation Of cotton, leaving
besides n considerable reserve capacity 10
meet any future demands. What these de-
m.ndS may DO CannSt now be ant tba,
the harvester 10 capable Of more
work than can be required Of
il Tor years to come, and that It's tendency
will DO to stimulate tho production, Of cotton
| The value OF the machine TO the farmers Of
the South will not only be felt In the way Of
enabling them to double thoir most import.
aat profitable crop. II will enable them at
| tn0 EhIu0 tlmC W ulNH
more economically. II Is eatimated that the
cost Of harvesting a crop Of 10000 bales
amounts to at least SiO,Q00,0OO, Win the
general use Of tho Mason harvester this cost
saving to the Southern states on this single
account about CSC, 100000 ovefy year.
II this machine proves the success
claimed by its friends and those who
have Witnessed its marvellous opera
tions in the cotton field, It will pro-
duce a com plete revolution in the
growth Of cotton. The invention OF
the reaper was blessing to the wheat
growers and the cotton picker will be
still greater blessing to the cotton
planters. More acres. Ct cotton can
be cultivated thsn can be harvested
with tho force employed in its culii-
walton. But with the Mason har-
vester every bale can be picked with
one-third the force rtqu!red to grow
the cotton crop. All the cotton which
is now beat out by the rains and
whitens the ground, because there is
not force enough 10 pick IT, will be
gathered, and the fiber viii be cleaner
and Whittier, This harvester will pro-
duce revolution equal in importance
to that which followed the invention
Of Eli Whitney's cotton gin. History
tells us that in 1884 eight bales OF cot
ton which had been shipped to Eng
land from Charleston were se'zsd by
the officers OF the English Govern
mont upon the ground that 80 much
cotton could not be produced in the
United States. Butithe cotton gin has
ircreated the annual crop in this
country to nearly 5000 900 bales, and
Nelson's harvester will stu greatly In
crease the production. This talk Of
increase always alarms tao planter
because no regards increase as synony-
nous with low prices. Bat the
world 10 rapidly increasing in pop
ulation, and rs a consequence
there will be constant increase OF the
consumption, and as the area for prof
table cotton raising is confined to q
few States, cotton will always com.
maud q good price. There is only one
small patch OF earth thai produces the
tobacco out OF which Havana cigar
are made, and this tobacco will always
command high prices. The coffee
| pTOWeIg fear no CCmpetitiOn, and "a
the climate and soil for producing cot
ton is confined to a email area OF ter
ritory the planter has nothing TO fear
from over production. The world will
10 increase in population and in the
consumption OF cotton that the cotton
belt aud Mason's harvester will not BE-
able to supply the demand for cotton