The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

iiarly woven and stronger than iute Some OF
.he nore when unraveled, measured eight
mches and its average length was three inches.
me weight OF the bagging is two and half
pounds to the yard.
II think it will do, said Mr.. Walker Tn
nan. III 1t does not stain the cotton. We are
having that tested now'
=, Up stairs the porter had wad of cotton
aoout the size OF cocoanut, covered with pine
straw pagging. The cotton had been satnra-
put on wet. N' A"N 'So--
Alter leaving the package over night it was
o op ana the cotton showed only very
"rhe way to test that thoroughly as the
beating rains will test it, will be to immerse it
IN water and let it stay several hours.n said
Mr.. S. NJ. Inman
Inc pine straw bagging was put to severe
est IN charleston last week and after the
buyers had seen the two bales with the new
begging subjected to tho compress test and
roughly handled with cotton hooks, they
promptly said that they would receive cotton
would insure it.
They also said that they found no stains
from the bagging, and that if there were the
mills could bleach the fibre and avoid trouble
of that kind.
"Jute bagging costs about seventy cents a
Daie, said Mr.. lnman, land the crop is about
I'0Oo,Oo0 bales; you can figure it for yourself"
ern states for bagging
Pine straw bagging, it would seem, ought to
De made so much cheaper than bagging from
imported iute that it will drive it out Of the
market II it answers the purpose as well. The
| Charlestonians seem bent on turning the pine
| forests of Carolina to account. Here ia the
| account of the test.
On arriving ut the press two bales of cotton were
| picked out hap-hazzard from a lot going through
the press and intended for the New York Steamship.
Ihe weights OF the bales were respeci lively 636 and
| 5Io pounds They were covered with ordinary lutte
bagslig and without side pieces These bales were
run into the press one at time A strip of three
yards OF the pine fibre was placed on TOP the lutte
bagging being first removed, the bale was turned
| over, and the same process repeated. This gave
twelve yards of pine fibre cloth to the bale. The
bale was then returned to the press Mr.. ]. j. Con-
| nor, The engineer, gave the signal, the foreman
moved lever and in another second the two plates
OF the huge compress came together with pressure
of 200 tons, which mashed the bale as tat as
pancake. Seven iron ties, (the usual nunber) were
hooped around it, the ends stitched up, and in an
other minute the huge jaws of the press released
| their grip and there emerged from the press as
pretty package of cotton as ever appeared on the
| commercial Dlarts of the country. The other bale
having gone through similar process, the two were
rolled out OF the way into the shed adjoining the
| press room and were soon surrounded by an eager
and anxious crowd of bulls and bears
J. Pluneau the colored marker for Knoop,
Frerichs & Co. was next called and attached tie
requisite brand to the new bale. replacing the
marks that had been on the OLD bales Another vic
tory for the pine fibre. The marks were plain and
| indelible
Mr.. v. I, Bettison then put in an appealslce
with bucket of water, which he proceeded to
pine fibre shed the water as readily as did the ute
baggng.
Drawn! cotton handlers. next called into SER
vice. They + not expert longshoremen but this
fact rendered the test more perfect. They took the
BALE headed" il, rolled it distince of fifty feet
and back, "cut" it. "daddyyackei" it. grabbed it,
stabbed it. tumbed it around mauled it, and in
fact submitted it to the toughest kind of treatment
Then the
gathered around TO look at the results They
exceedingly satisfactory 1t was the general YER
dict that as far as the cotton hook concerned
the Zine fibre would stand the test.
After this Mr. Bettison took vicious looking knife
and slashed across the bale where the water had
been applied-this is the sampling process. There
wos not sign of a stain.
There app cagel to be no further indignitles to
which the bale could be subjected and thetest there
fore had come to end The general opinion OF the
crowd present was that the pine fibre had thor
oichly stood the test and that the end of tile lutte
baggng reign had come. One enterprsing and f II
seeing capitalist immediately began to calculate
how many tons OF pine leaf could be obtained from
an acre OF pine tof(s ANA TO inquire how far from
Charleston was the nearest pine forest. Another
remarked that the pine straw would in the future
show which way the wind blew, anc sui another
said that the next thing to be done would be 10 Pc
tition congress not to remove tie duty Ola Hte aud
jute bagsing. Several prominent buyers lEre asked
whether they juid be willing 10 receive the two
"iIow about the underwriters?' asked the repre-
! sentative of the News and Courier.
1.-THE underwriters" was the reply, ''have al
ready announced that they would accept any sub
stute for ute bagging that the southern exchanges
would approve, and there can be no doubt'that the
| southern exchanges win approve this bagging."
So it viii be that satisfactory substitute has
at last been found for jute ba9ging; and while it
will hardly be available i'll large quantities for this
crop the jute bagging trust will have formidable
| rival next year. Betty n the New Orleans osna-
burgs and the Carolina pnestraw bagging the jGte
| trust viii need friends next season.
| The committee who conducted the experiment
I,1v a % Ia nxn n ar nj
| early day, when such steps viii be taken win
secure the 'nerchantability" of cotton packed in
The two ees packed yesterday will be sent to
New York together with the rest of the cargo, and
will be placed on exhibition there. The cotton eX-
| change will in the meantime pack another bale
| and Keep it on the wharf.
The pine baggng was shown to several At
| lanta cotton men who were asked to give their
| opinions of it.
Captain r. G. King, with Adar Brothers,
said: II saw it in Savannah, and l regard it
| as the coming bagging, provided it can be
| bleached so that it may be distinctly marked"
| Mr. Nixon, with Maddox, Rucker * CO.,
said: II have examined that bagging before
and ain prepared to give you a favorable opin-
| Ion of it, It is good enough and heavy enough.
L see no objection TO it if it don't stain, and 1
| don't believe it will"
Mr. Myer, with Rosser, Armstrong 81 Co..
said IF it can be made cheaper than jute
| think il viii make good substitute"
Mr.. e. S. Ehing said: iii it won't stain it
| is a first-class substitute for jute."
Mr.. s. NJ. Inman said: cit will do il it
won't stain"
The Atlanta cotton men have received cir
| cular Offering pine straw bagging at 12A cents a
| yard, but it is thought that it will DO made
| much cheaper than that. One gentleman who
| has been to Savannah, said he heard it stated
| on the exchange there that fine straw bagging
! could be made for less than half the price Of
! jute baggiDg.
ALLIANCE NOTES.
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