Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-08-24
Packing the Coming Crop.

The country has been watching
With some anxiety for the result Of
the cotton planters fight with the
jute bagging trust. The action Of
the bagging combination so bold a
defiance of the law of supply and
demand that the whole cotton plant
ing community were taken SO aback
that they could express nothing
but their indignation. AS soon,
however, as they could recover from
their surprise it was thought that the
brains covered by the planters hats
would be put to work to devise
some methods of delivery from the
tyranny of the trust.
There was doubtless much of
thinking done, probably too much
More Of action was necessary which
amid the diversity of views enter
tanned was unfortunately neglected
neglected and the season has nearly
come when a covering of some kind
for cotton will be a necessity, vet
there is in sight no means of wrapp-
ing more than bout one third OF the
cotton crop of 1S89-90. A whole
year has elapsed and the planters
will be dependent upon the bagging
trust for two-thirds of the bagging
they will have to use
The interest of the planters in the
fight with the trust has not, how
ever, abated and in the end there is
a good prospect that they will sue
coed. In the event that the Lane
mills find the manufacture of their
bagging from cotton profitable, there
is little doubt that the production of
bagging from cotton will be taken
up by other mills and enough will be
produced another season to put up
the entire crop. In order to cover
a seven million bale crop, forty-nine
million yards of cloth will be re-
quired. The Lane mills in New
Orleans, have only a capacity ,of
$4,000 yards day and it would
therefore take this mill over four
years OF steady work to weave bagg-
ing enough to put up crop like that
Of last year. Bat if the production
is profitable, as it certainly is at
present prices, other mills will soon
put in machinery for its manufacture
and there will be no difficulty for the
planter to procure the cotton bagg-
ing in abundance. It seems known
that the Liverpool Cotton Exchange
as is usual is ayerse to all change
and hesitates 10 encourage the use
Of the cotton covering by not arrang-
ing the tare on the bales according
to the weight Of the covering A
bale covered with jute will have
about nine pounds weight Of bagging
more than the bale covered with the
three-quarter pound cotton covering.
Nine pounds difference in the weight
Of each bale is $4,000, 900 pounds OF
cotton or 1880 bales which the
planters would lose if the cotton
covered bales have the same tare
deducted from them that is now
taken from the bales covered with
jute bagging. These losses when
aggregated, show to the planter how
seriously the cotton producing
country may be robbed by what
appears but slight injustice in
individual cases.
But perseverance on the part Of
the cotton planters will, as in the
case Of iron hoops, teach these
English buyers that they, the
planters, are best capable of judging
what best suits them in the manage
ment of their own business. Let
them select for themselves, the
methods of preparing their crops fol-
market and if the consumer does moi
choose to take it in this form, he car
let it alone. 1t is of course neces.
sary that cotton should be packed il
such manner that 1t will reach 9
market in a good and merchantablt
condition. If it does this, the buyer
has no ioht to ask for more or t.
demand that the goods shall bt
packed in manner that he pre-
scribes .-Natchez Banner.
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