The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-27

Messrs. John Phelps d Co., made careful
examinations, and pronounced the fabric
a good substitute for jute in all respects
from the plantation to the mills.
"How Is this going to stand water ~
some one asked.
The bales we're laid fat and number
of buckets thrown on them. The water
rolled off. A bale
COVERED WITH HEAVY JUTE
was put through similar ordeal and the
water remained on the bale.
Mr.. Odenheimer here remarked that
cotton was an oily substance aud 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 bale, trying to tear it. They did the
same with a jute-covered bale, and in
every Instance the cotton cloth proved to
be superior, and they were satiied with
the test.
Mr.. Odenheimer informed Mr.. Levy
that the goods was from thirty eight to
forty inches in width, weighed IL ounces
or 4 of pound to the yard, and it takes
eight yards to cover bale of cotton
thoroughly The cost is 1215 cents per
ward, and Mr.. Odenheimer said that if he
had the proper machinery he could make
it for 10 cents, and that 10 cents could be
obtained for it secondhand after use.
Secondhand jute bagging ia worth 3
cents per yard.
Two bales were marked "0denheimer
Success, Lane Mills" and the weights, 5S7
and 1876, and they were sent to the Cotton
exchange.
The committee left the press and re-
turned to the Cotton exchange. General
Hazard pronounced the experiments
satisfactory. Mr.. Dobbins was of the
same opinion, as was also Mr.. Levy, and
that they reflected credit on Mr.. Oden-
heimer. This was all that they would say,
not desiring to go into details until they
report to the exchange on the subject.
Mr. Henry Samues, cotton shipper
from Fort Adams, witnessed the expert
ment. He was given enough cotton 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 Leathers Tuesday even
ing, SO as to give them thorough test.
Capt. E. Richards, chief inspector of
the Maritime association, pronounced the
new fabric a success and was pleased with
the tests.
The new bagging, judging from the ex-
pressions of those who witnessed its tests
yesterday, will meet with success. A num-
Der of points were made in its favor,
among them that it would keep the cotton
cleaner than jute bagging, and it will be
much safer in case of fire.
When the two bales which had been used
in the experiment reached the Cotton ex-
change, they were surrounded by as many
persons as could crowd about them. Fac
tors as we'll as others examined them, and
THE UNIVERSAL OPINION
expressed was that an article had been
discovered which would burst the Begging
trust. One factor, who was instrumental
in breaking up the Cotton Press associa
ton, said that the cotton cloth would
break up the trust, and that in the near
future jute bsgging will be a thing of the
st-"dead-killed by the trust"
On the steamship Knickerbocker, yes
terday, Messrs. M. Levy & Sons, cotton
factors, received few tons OF imported
Holland bagging, which left Amsterdam
on August 10. A member of the firm
stated that, while this baggirg will play nc
impol tant part in this years fight against
the bagging combine, 1T will, if satisfsc-
tory, be imported in large quantities fol
next season. This bagging will be dis
played at the Cotton exchange next
week. The price for which it can be de-
liyered will be given and other particulars
so that planters can have an idea what
they can obtain next year.