The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-04


will serve the purpose just az well. 1t is
strong enough and is far less inilammabe than
bagging. Why, then, should insurance COM
panies object to it? Why, sea island cotton
Is put up in common bags, and 1 notice that it
finds ready market. The farmers Of Georgia
will not allow themselves to be robbed by a
trust. They should hold their cotton, if neces-
sary, until IL rots rather than submit to such
an outrage"
Hon. Timothy Furlow, who was sitting near,
stated that fifty years ago cotton was done up
In cotton cloths and sacks, and the world was
glad enough to get IT in almost any shape.
| The world needs even more Of it now than
thcn and If the farmers stand together it will
be Just as glad to get it, The middle men and
factors are compelled 10 have the cotton, and
if the farmers should decide to hold it back,
the effect upon the men who handle cotton
would be disastrous. He agreed with Comp
| troller-G eneral Wright, and expressed the
opinion that cotton baled in cotton cloth with
ron hoops was good enough way to bring 1t
TO market.
Views of Atlanta Warehousemen,
The Atlanta cotton season has opened, but
turn among the warehouses yesterday developed
the fact that only a few bales have been re-
Colonel r. II. Maddox, of the firm of Mad
dox ~ Rucker, was found at his Office on Ala
bama street.
"The cotton crop in this Section" said ne.
| dis the best for years, and there has been
slight increase in acreage and the yield will DO
| about the same as last year"
"What about the outlook for the crop in the
| southern states?"
From the present outlook should say that
tho crop will be the largest for years. i think
| it will reach 100000 bales. This is good
year for gathering so far, too"
"Wbat do you think Of the bagging trust
! agitation?"
"a think that It Is too late in the season for
the farmers to make change in balng their
cotton this year.
"Thc best thing in my judgment, for them
tn IL -, 81. into
year and bring their cotton to market.
| at is true that il viii cost them few cents
! more per bale this year, owing to the rise in
| tho price of bagging, but 1t is not practicable
! for them to mako change in baliDg this sea-
! son. They have not the time to do so.
1T is possible that next year, by concert OF
| action among The producers Of cotton and
| those who handle it, some change in baling
| may be effected"
Understand me-" continued Mr. Maddox,
II am as much opposed to this bagging trust
as anybody. ] have not the slightest interest
in any trust.
''There is the coffee trust, for instance.
"Why don't the farmers raise a howl against
the big rise in coffee? How can they afford
to drink it at twenty-five cents a pound any
moro than they can afford to pay increased
! rates for baggiDg?
II merely mention this in passing. You see
| the cotton season is now upon us, and all this
! agitation about bagging has been made right
! at a time when the farmers are getting ready
! 10 NAFAet lNcif COItOll. IN " lew weeks now
cotton will be pouring into Atlanta at the rate
| Of five hundred bales day.
"You can readily see that it is too late for
| preconcerted action--for trying the expert
! nlent Of q change in baling."
! There is another point which l wish you
would impress upon the public mind. The
| moro think about it the deeper the impress
! sion it makes upon rue.
at is this: There is danger that, if the
! doubt about using tho lutte haggng is not
| cleared the farmers (,epruin
| cannot got It when they want il. / don't be-
| licve that the supply OF tagging now in this
state would last thirty days
Judge kosser, of the firm of Kelly, Rosser 81
Co.. was interviewed. ayes" said he, 1--WE
would sake cotton Oh consignment baled in
cotton cloth--but don't see why the farmers
want to change their method Of baling A
farmer can buy iute baggng at 10 cents
q pound aud then make profit
of six cents q bale when he sells his cotton.
lie Is paid for the weight of the bale, you
know, bagging and all. 1t is true that a
/ farmer cannot mako as much profit per bale
on his baggiug as he could realize before the
rise In the price of iute--but it is also true
! that he cannot lose anything on account of the
| present price OF bagging
''My opinion is that the farmers had better
| stick to inte baggng this year, mt least /
! think, also, that the farmers should proceed at
! once TO notify the merchants If they decide to
use the usual baggng because if the merchants
| are left in doubt much longer on the subject.
!
| be very short OF the demand
al do not believe" continued Mr.. Rosser
| "tlat all the factories in the south could man
ufacture md furnish enough cloth to bale the
| crop this year even il they devoted their time
exclusively to that work"
! Mr.. Samuel Meyer, with Kelly, Rosser &
| Co, said-"Jutc baggng for baling purposes
! is cheaper than cotton CLOTH for the reason
that { would take just twice as much cloth as
baggug 10 the bale on account of the thnuess
and weakness of the former. Six yards of bag
ging is required to the BALE andtit would re-
Quire at least twelve yards of cotton cloth
two layers to the bale and even then the hooks
would tear It, and the loss Of cotton from each
Oale would ho considerable 1t will DO found
that iuto bagging is tho cheapest and tho best
for bailing cotton. That indeed is the rea-
sen why IL came into almost universal use in
J the southern states years ago "
4 member of the Southwestern Tariff assoc
! citation. and one OF the most prominent fire
! insurance men in the south, remarked yes
| terdav:
Tile sayso of the Raleigh insurance men,
ms reported in TIE CONSTITUTION does not
amount to anything, They are simply local
| agents, and have not the power 20 refuse 70
I insure cotton balcd in cotton cloth. The truth
1 is we had rather insure cotton cloth than iute
/ hammable."
| Colonel uardcmnn Talks.
Colonel Robert Hardeman was taking
! things coolly in his office yesterday afternoon
! about juto hagging and the southern farmers,
The speaker intimated rather strongly that
/ iute baXging WAS about the best thing that the
1 farmers OF the south could use.
The mischief you say remarked the
colonel rs he warmed mp in q minutep that's
| all tomfoolcry There is something lust as
. good, or better. too. than iute bagging, which
/ our farmers can use II is Dundee cloth Ii
is strong enough Tor the purpose and makes a
I better appearance than jute bagging any day
! III the week. The haudsomest bales of cotton
| ever laid my eyes ON were done mp in Dundee
cloth. Why, man, thu south is the only Sec
tion of the globe that l know of where the
farmers bale their cotton with iuto bag
ging. Every bale OF cotton that
is made in India is bound up
in Dundee cloth, ana experience over there
has demonstrated the fact that something
else besides your iuto bagging will do to tie up
cotton IN. Now there may be Dundee trust
for all know, hut If thore is not one see no
reason why this stun cannot be used by the
south rs well rs India. II is certainly cheaper
that jute at the present figure and just as
stout.
"One thing IS certain. As things now stand
this Internal bagging trust will have TO back
down III thR fafftpre eYnul fbair ,rr.,,,,,l THE