The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-09-13
yIcToRYFoR TIE FARMERS.
THE BAGGISG TRUST KNOCKED
OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND

yesterday morning IA public test wa.
given of the cotton cloth made by the
Lane Cotton Mills to take the price
Of jute bagging, which through the
manipulations Of ihe Bagging Trust
has been raised to al e~xOrbitaEt place
Last Tuesday evening a series Of ex.
peri ments were made with three
grades Of the e tagging cloth, aud
the coafsest Of the sample proved ecu.
rIusively that cotton cloth could be
used for covering cotton.
Mr.. Odenheiner, Ofthe Lane Mills.
after the private test concluded that
the cloth would have to be made 0; n
heavier grade and woven lOoser, 81
he at Onoe set to work to make a
heavier sample which was given a
public lest yesterday and proved
satisfactory in every respect.
At 1890 O'Clock q large cOneOur-e
Of persons Interested in cotton assem-
BLEED at the Commercial Press to wit
ness the trial.
Mr.. Ferdinand GOldsmith, one Of
the proprietors Of the Commercial
Press placedeVery facility at the dis
osal Ct the eXperimrnters. Among
the large number Of persons present
We're Gen. }, u. Hazard, ]. =. Dob
bins and Chas. 4. Levy composing a
committee from the Cotton Exchange
appointed to investigate thoroughly
the question ofcottOn covering: also
to formulate a uniform system of
boxing, COMPRISING and handling
cotton and to meet the various ALI.
ance Of the State Of Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana at Meridian in
Joint convention on the l2t h. of Oc
ober,
The large C0ncoutse OF persons were
invited over to the Crescent Cotton
Pickery Of Messrs. Kahn & Gutmann,
where three bales ofcotton b"elongin.
to the Lane Mills had been sent.
The employees OF the pickery went to
work and
STRIPPED THE BALLS
aud put the loose cotton up in bales.
as Is the custom on plantations, Gov
rring each bale with the new fabric
after which the hands got to work ol.
them with hooks and moved them
over to the scales.
Some One suggested that the brs
test With Il cotton hook was to han
led the cotton unrouprr-sel, because
| the bale is loose and more apt t0 give.
The men hauied the cotton with their
hooks and the covering did not tear
Each of the three bales were weirh-
I'd flat ard sideways, and the bate
we're lifted AMI lowered with 4 fer.
rible Jerk, which had no effect on tn,
covering, not a tear n rip being yi~i-
BILE.
Cotton weigheys and scales hands
J declared that jute covering could not
stand this test.
Mr.. Pat McGrath, weigher for
MesSrs, Richardson & May, who
witnessed the test in The pirkerv.
pronounced the fabric asspryicpaUlr
bagging. He said it made a nice
package and easy to marx. In it,
present state 1t was very good. And
further. he did not think that it
would absorb water as quick a. lutte:
however, he desired to see it put t,
the water test. An important re-.
quirement will be to get the cotton
roller to take stock in this. When
4 man ia on the top If q pile If cot
ton he climbs down with The aid Of
his hook, and he will require thu
covering to be strong Enough to hang
on, as he does his with jute bagging
These Suggestions were carefully
noted by Mr.. Udenhemer and others.
and each vas tiirOughly carried
through 10 The satisfaction Of al! pr
sent. as will be seen hereafter, TIL,
three bales of cotton
REACHED IIiF rREssRnoN.
Of M tomhneir'ai Press. The pres
VAS conlpfes$ihg a list 81 cotton fol
,hipn'ent on the Flel"Il steamship
pupnyde Lone The three bale
were JHrked from the "ray by two
powerful col"rrd men. veteran
knights Of the cotton hook. The
bales We're ofthe o~If'narY size, on'
Of them weighing -" pnunIs ana