The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-09-15

strong scale hands put the bales through
the weighing process, and the cotton
covered bale stood the test of the hand
and scale hooks superior 10 jute bag.
giug.
| Mr.. Bayhi, who has been cotton
weigher for the last twenty-five years,
stated .Aat he had subjected the three
bales to as severe Q test as possible, aud
that the cotton bagging did not give ~
much as jnte. 1t Is something unusual
to strip" bale of cottou--changlng Ito
position, handling II with hooks-and
it stood that test better than jute.
| Mr.. Ambrose Maginnis and superin-
tendent Elder, of the Maginnis Mills,
were present. Mr.. Nlsginnis being ask
ed his opinion, said:
"The test is a severe one and the re-
suit better than I expected. think
this is the thing for the cotton planter
of the South. All they have to do Is to
help us to use II, aud we will help them
TO get rid OF their cotton. This Is bound
| to come into general use, and machine.
ry will be constructed and adopted to
! make it cheaper than can be done by
the machinery now In use, which has
been built for the manufacture of flne
l
bagging, and can be resold at its origi-
nal cost"
MIR. Charles J. Allen, weigher for
| Messrs. John Phelps 4 Co., made care
tut examinations. and pronounced the
fabric good substitute for jute In all
respects, from the plantation to the
| mills.
elbow is this going to stand wates:"
! some one asked.
The bales We're lain flat and n num-
bee of buckets thrown on them. The
water rolled of. A bale
COVERED WITH HEAVY JSTE
was put through a similar ordeal and
the water remained on the bale.
Mr.. Odenheimer here remarked that
cotton was an oily substance and did
! not take water as easily as jute, and
this was proven TO the satisfaction Of
the witnesses.
The committee again went to work
on the bales, trying to tear 1t. They
did tho same with a jute covered bale,
and in every instance the cotton cloth
proved to be superior, and they were
satisfied with the test.
Mr., Odenheiner informed Mr.. Levy
that the goods was from IS 10 40 inches
pound to the yard, and II takes s yards
to cover II bale of cotton thoroughly.
The cost Is ~! cents per yard, and Mr..
enheimer said that II he had tho
proper machinery he could make It for
10 cents, and that 10 cents could be Oh
tained for II secondhand after use.
Second. hand jute bagging Is worth 3
cents per yard.
Two bales were marked "Ohenhei-
mer, Success, Lane Mitts," and tho
weights 5S7 and dS6, and they weie sent
to the Cotton Exchange.
The committee left the press and re-
turned to the Cotton Exchange. 0en.
Hazard pronounced the experiments
satisfactory. Mr.. Dobbins was Oi the
snme opinion, rs was also Mr.. Levy,
and that they RI tlected credit on MIR.
Odenheimer. This was all that they
would say, not desiring TO get into de-
tails until they report to the Exchange
on tho subject.
Mr.. Henry Samuels, u cotton shipper
from Fort Adams, Witnessed tho ex-
pertinent. He was given enough cot
ton cloth to cover two bales OF cotton
and left for his home last evening. He
will Put up two bales In the new fabric
and ship them on the steamboat Leath-
ers Tuesday evening, so as TO give them
a thorough test.
Capt. j.. Richards, chief inspector Of
the Maritime Association, pronounced
the now fabric a success aud was pleas
ed with the tests.
The new bagging, judging from the
expressions OF those who witnessed Its
tests yesterday, will meet with success.
A number of points were made In Its
favor, among them II would keep tho
cotton cleaner than jute baggipg, and II
will be much safer In case Of fire.
When the two bales which had been
used in the experiment reached the
Cotton Exchange they were surrounded
by as many persons III could crowd
about them. Factors as well as others
examined them, and
THE UNIVERSAL l. OPINION
EXPIRE ssed was that an article had been
discovered which would burst the Bag
ping Trust. One factor, who was in-
s,rumental in breaking up the Cotton
Press Association, said that the cotton
cloth would break up the trust, and
that in the near future ju,e bagging
will be "A thing Of the past-"dead-
:, killed by the trust"
on the steamship Knickerbocker,
yesterday, Messrs. NJ. Levy & Sons,
coton factors, received few tons of i'm
ported Holland baggipg, which left
amsterdam on the lIth OF August. A
member oi the firm states that, while
=, this bagging will play no important
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