The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-22
WILL NOT AFFECT THE POOL.
Secretary Fairchild's Decision on Sec
ond-Hand BaRRinR

| ond- Hand Bagging.
The decision of Secretary Fairchild, pub
lisked in the MORNING NEWS yesterday,
that secondhand basging to be used for
covering cotton in the bale will not be ex-
empt from duty it is not thought will oper-
ate against the syndicate of cotton factors
| organized mere this year, at any rate as the
stock purchased by the syndicate is for on
board ship at New York. duty free, at %
cents per yard. But duty of l a cents per
| pound would make great difference as the
! bagging will run from one and half to two
pounds to the yard, making the bagging
cost from ) to 51s cents per yard and freight
I from New York
| being employed to find a substitute for the
| jute bagging, and the prospects seem ia
vorable for happy solution that will cir
cumvent the bagging trust, but relief is
not expected in tat direction this year.
Exporters, millers, factors and planters
are interested in il, and the New York cot
ton exchange has been canvassing the sit
uation. Vice President Ide, in discussing
| the matter, says: 'All that the mills and
exporters want, however. is to secure the
cotton in good condition, and their acquies-
ce2ce in any substitution of packing mate
| rial will be readily secured just as soon as
it becomes apparent that said subStit ltion
| implies no damage or risk to the cotton be-
You'd that which a. present prevails. Con-
sequently the key to the situation lies in the
selection or manufacture of some cotton
fabric which will resist the hook as tena-
ciously as does jute bagging. When this is
accomplished the battle against 'bagging
combine extortionate prices will have been
won, as ultimately, believe, will be the
case"
The MORNING NEWS has heretofore de-
scribed the sample of the osnaburg cotton
bagging sent it by the Lane mills, New Or
leans.
Another candidate fer favor is bagging
made from pine straw by the Acme Com
pany, of Wilmington, N. c., a sample of
which IS now on exhibition at the cotton
exchange. The Wilmington papers give
the following account of the product, and a
fire test to which it was submitted:
at really has decided advantages over
jute bagging, for the reason that it is fire.
proof, while in every other respect it is
equal If not superior to jute bagging The
weight of the bagging which the factory
has turned out in this experiment is about
two and quarter pounds to the yard,
while jute bagging rams from one and
half to two pounds per yard. The pine fiber
hagging can. however, be manufactured in
any weight desired. The mills are row en-
ployiDg only one loom in its manufacture,
day. 1t is the intention of the company to
send roll into every community where in
curry has been made about it and leave it
on exhibition, so the planters can see for
themselves what it is.
IAN interesting experiment was made at
the exchange TO test its infiammability as
compared with jute bagging. A piece of
each was ignited at the same time with
match, and left to burn. While the jute
fiber burned freely and was entirely con
sumed, the pine fiber burned slowly, and
finally the fire died out before scarcely any
of it had been consumed"
A strong effort is being made to have the
tariff wholly taken eff Of jute, the agricul-
tural societies. cotton exchanges, and legis-
latureS of some of the states having petit
toned congress for the needed relief.
The Lane mills, in an address to cotton
planters, issued last Monday, claim greater
strength for their osnaburg bagging than
jute, greater ability to Shed water, and bet
ter protection against fire. They say that
while there is an apparent loss to the planter
OF eight pounds in comparison to jute 1--WE
have already partially succeeded in overcom-
ing this one drawback, as we have the as
surances of great many cotton buyers that
they will gladly allow from eight to ten
pounds additional weight on every bale of
cotton covered with our bagging, and
we have not the least doubt that in
few days we shall be able to publish
official accounts of cotton exchanges and
cotton manufacturers throughout the coun-
try that this weight allowance is in effect"
They say that "the use Of this tagging will
create a new industry in the south for
manufacturing this new bagging, giving
lucrative employment to at least 10000
people; creating a new market for 100000
bales of low grades of cotton, which here
tofore have been a drag on the market, and
which will surely enhance its price from
one-haf to cent per pound"