The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-31
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COTTON BAGGING'S JUMP.
A MANUFACTURER TEsTIFIES BE-
FORE A COMMITTEE.

He Claims That the Mills Have Lost
Money for the Past Two Years-A
Denial That the Present Agreement
Constitutes q Trust.
WASHINGTON, Aug 30. Tho House will
make its first thrust at the trusts OH Mon
day, when Speaker Carlisle will recognize
Mr.. Hooker of Mississippi to move a sus-
pension Of the rules and the adoption Of his
resolution, giving the President power to-
suspend the duties protecting the cotton
bagging trust
OF course the republican senator's who
have just assured the representatives of the
cotton bagging trust that the duties pro-
tecting them shall not be disturbed will not
agree to the resolution.
EXAMINING A MANUFACTURER
The Senate commit go on finance acting
under the resolution offered by Senator
Jones of Arkansas, has beeu examining
Appleton Sturges of New York presidents
of the Eagle gunny cloth mill, for the last
three days. in respect to the cotton bagging
trust. The witness, in reply to Senator
Harris, said the arrangement was not
trust or combination. 1t did not
Include all the manufacturers. He
called il "a sympathetic movement
on the part of manufacturers interested,
and few other parties who have joined
Themselves with manufacturers. He said
that the manufacturers Of gunny cloth had
been losing money for the last two years.
1t came to such point last September and
October that all tho smaller mills had to
stop, and the larger mills only run into
November and December, instead of rum
ming right along. They we're hoping that
the new year would give them little better
price and better prospect.
SCARED BY THE MILLS BILL.
While waiting the Mills bill was intro
duced, and bagging was put on the free list
Several gentlemen interested came on and
saw the ways and means committee and
represented that to put bagging on the free,
list would wipe them out" They spent
several weeks, aud, finally. finding that I've,
could not get any justice from that CONF
mittee or any show at all for living,
another year we determined that
If we could not do any better we
would at least make what money we could
this year. The larger mills then entered
into an arrangement and the smaller ones
were leased. The price went up from and
81 to IL cents per pound. The witness sub
united copies of contracts under which the
firms acted together and gave list Of tho
firms.
INSURANCE MEN NOT IN THE TRUST.
ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. 30,--The reports
that insurance men would not take risks on
cotton unless baled in jute bagging seems
to be without foundation, so far as the COM
panes Interested are concerned. The agents
OF the insurance co npanies at Wilmington,
N. c., seem TO be the only ones taking that
stand, and they are only local agents with
no power in the Southeastern Tariff Asso-
citation, which regulates such matters.
Prominent officers in that association said
to-day that there was no reason why cotton
cloth or any other substitutes for bagging
should not be used; that juts bagging was
ono of the most infiammable stuffs chat could
be used, and that 50 far as the insurance
companies were concerned any substitute
would be allowed.
wILMIHGTON'S ATTITUDE.
Wilmington merchants say they will not
take cotton except in jute bagging. On
the other hand, Charleston factors, in
kilograms TO the cotton planters of Wilkes
county, in this state, urge them co send
their cotton, and say they will receive it in
cotton cloth or any other suitable substi-
uute. In North Carolina pine straw cloth,
such as mating is made of. is being used.
In North Georgia some factories are buying
cotton done up in pine boards. In other
places non-combustible cotton cloth is
being used The farmers seem bound to
break the back of the trust, and they are
receiving the moral support of the people.