The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-09-19
In Cotton Covers.

Since the farmers began to send Lheir
cotton to market in cotton covers various
copjectures have been made as to what
proportion Of the receipts has been in
these new coverings. There is no way of
. getting OF the exact figures the factors
keep no account of them, al / the various
compresses in the. city pack the cotton
just as it comes without noting what it is
clad in. :..'i-.-.s,.z. -
The proportion is very large, however,
and the superintendent of the .Commer..
cial Cotton Press, Mr.. Samuel W. Gail.
lard, expresses the opinion that one.third
of the cotton which has passed through
his hands this year has been in the ALI.
ance uniform. a factor, who handles a,
great amount of the crop that comes to
Charleston, says that one. fourth of his
receipts this year have been in cotton
bags. ..
Such estimates as these made by men
30 we'll informed show that the Alliance
hagging is being used very extensively
by the farmers all over the State. Any.
one who will take the trouble to notice
the cotton piled on the drsys as they pass
and repass on the streets daily will be
surprised to see how many of them are
covered withthe cotton bagging. Scarce.
" a dray can be seen that has not one or
more cotton covered bales on it. They.
seem to go through the compress all right
and inquiry shows very few of them that
has to be recovered.
The fears that some Of the farmers had
that their cotton WAS being recovered here
with jute before being shipped has been
proved to be groundless, although the Sa-.
7annah Neass of yesterday states that the
cotton exporters of that city are seriously
thinking of recovering with jute bagging
cotton coming there in cotton bagging
principally because they can make q
handsome profit by bringing the weight
of the rated tare allowances up to four
pounds in every one hundred and twelve,
thus making net profit of about s. cents
to go cents on every bale recovered.
Norfolk merchants are said to be doing
this, and are making good thing of it.
The Neaos has interviewed an exporter
of Savannah, who says that as no tare
allowance has been fixed at Liverpool the
only tare allowed will be the actual
weight of the cotton bagging, Which is
about 4.5 pounds and which originally
costs the planter about 81 cents, and with
the tare allowance, on the basis of 10
cents per pound for cotton, it still maksg
his bagging an expense to him, when he
can cover the cotton withjute, which will
not cost him on an average over IS cents,
and on bale of cotton weighing 4S0
pounds, the average per bale last season,
his tare allowance would be about S1.79,
leaving him a net profit by using jute
bagging of something like 81 on every
bale covered with jute.
Another exporter of the same city who
was interviewed said he Was of the opin.
ion that the cotton, if re.covered at all,
could be covered at a greater profit at
Liverpool, where tbs jute bagging may be
had at less cost, and where labor is
cheaper. The best facilities are to be had
at liverpool for recovering the cotton,
but be was not sufficiently we'll acquaint.
ed with continental ports to say whether
the jute bagging covers could be substitu.
ted for the cotton bagging, but he pre-.
sumed it could be done. -
It is said that q large number of farm.
ers in The western part of this State are
sending their cotton to Savannah in pref.
erence to Charleston, where the cotton is
shipped in the covering that they put on
it thsmselves.-Ncaos and Courier.