Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-15
COTTON BAGGING.
A Number of Reasons Given Why 1t
Should Not be Adopted by Farmers.
Dr. Macune Reviewed, Held Up as the Lead
ing Vlsionist and Denounced as
Monumentally Unsafe.
Texas Farmer.

! published in Texas Farmer, and as re-
published from the News in the foregoing
extract, was all he had to say. He re-
marked that his record as a servant of
| his brethren would have to answer the
unkind fling made at him IS attempting
to shirk work and as aiding monopoly
He felt that any fight intelligently made
against the monstTous jute combine was
! right, and that no stone should be left
unturned to kill not only this, but
ali other forms of monopoly
but that this fight has not been
intelligently made. On the contrary it
was a leap in the dark-as those who in
augurated it knew absolutely nothing as
to what the cotton buyers, cotton ex-
changes, cotton congresses and cotton
manufacturers could Go in the premises
aud yet they put the matter before the
people in false light leading the peo-
pie to believe that all the necessary con-
ditions were de fnitely settled matters.
The Farmer representative then waited
upon Mr.. Adoue, and received from him
the following statements:
GALVESTON, TEX, Aug. g. 1889.
l have little more TO say on the subject OF cot
ton bagging, which we sell to any farmer VINO
desires TO use it. We advertise in several Texas
papers one and three quarter pound jute bagging
at 9H cents; cotton bagging 81 l2ia cents Tor
twelYe-ounce. Farmers have their choice.
About the letter Of the Lane mills you now
show me, what can say? for it certainly admits
all my statements: that bought all the bagging
hand; that they expected the machinery to
arrive about the 10th of July to commence manu-
featuring. Oh, yes, the letter said 1 mis-
taken about bales covered with cotton bagging
being recovered with jute. Well, mere are the
statements of two parties who handled nearly
all that class OF cotton last season. what do
they say?
Here Mr.. Adoue showed the reporter q
letter from Sergeant s. Co., the leading
transportation firm of Galveston, and
from Mr.. William Crooks, superintend-
ent of the combined cotton presses in
Galveston, fully establishing the truth Of
MIR Adoue' s assertions on this head. Mr..
Adoue continued:
''Oh. yes, the letter of the Lane mills makes
another point-about the conditions upon which
they viii accept orders PIT the , Lane ,s mills on
Mr. Adoue then showed the reporter
their advertisement in the Times-Dem-
ocrat, and pointed out the following Ian
guage:
'EOrders once placed are irrevocable, and no
cancellation win be accepted under any ctrcum-
stances. deposit of 70 per cent. must accom-
pany al orders, unless same comes thTough re,
sponsible business houses or banks: We shall
begin manufacturing as soon as we have booked
1000 ,0GO yards.
Mr. Adoue continued:
''You want to know why l refused to discuss
the matter with brethren OF the Layaca County
Alliance; or, as they put IT, turned deaf ear
to thGir messengers. Well, my friend, there is
not enc word OF truth in that statement Is it
likely would refuse TO discuss matter where
initWas as much to my interest as to theirs?
BESIDES vro TO to Mr.. Mitzen, July IS and when
gss his reply may have something more to
say.
Thereupon Mr.. Adoue read to the re-
porter from his letter book, wherein he
in substance asks Mr.. Mitzen to be kind
enough to give him the names of the
messengers alluded to, inasmuch as the
statement published did HIM great in
justice. 81
Since this article wasi type the fol-
lowing has been $ecesFed from Mr..
Adoue, as Mr.. Mitzen' s.reply. 1t needs
no comment - Ed. Farmer.
HAIETTsvrLLs, aug. $. 1889.
B. Adoue, ESQ, President Galveston Begging
Your favor of july 26, in regard to a c6hamuni-
cation appearing in Mercury of July %, to hand
communication referred to was formulated by a
committee appointed for that purpose by the
County alliance of Layaea county. only signed
the same as secretary OF that body. Truly
yours, 4. o. MITzEN, Sec. l.. Q. a.
Mr.. Adoue continued:
NV position on this subject OF iute and cotton
bagging is well known to both M. J. S. Rogers.
agent of the Changers, and to Dr.: c. W. Macune
OF the alliance, VINO seel9 10 be the leading spirit
in this cotton pagging agitation. Before the
Galveston bagging factory was completed in
terviewed both gentlemen, advocating the adj
vantages to be derived by the farmers of Texas if
they owned the factory to manufacture their
own bagging, assuring them that the owners of
the factory would be willing TO turn It over when
complete at actual cost. 1 for one {and I know
it is the feeling of all stoCkholGers) would feel
fully repaid for my trouble in attending to the
construction OF the factory by the tact or having
1t located IN our city. FROM my conversation
with DR.. Macune am inclined TO think he did
not give the matter serious attention. At least
he created that impression upon me, but /
knew that Mr.. Rogers looked iayorably upon
such plan, if it could in any way be carried
into effect. There are %, 001 members in the
Grange and about two hundred thousand in the
Alliance. Mr.. Adoue doubtless quotes
Macune's statistics as to Alliance.-Ed, Far
mer BY subscribing 81 each the farmers OF
Texas would become the owners OF the finest
bagging factory ia the United states, with suf-
ficient working capital to operate it on an in
dependent basis. The factory was then not
result would be: but now it is in
operation. Thousands of people, many of them
can now be seen IN nearly every city and village
in the state Over two million yards of bagging
viii be manufactured in time to cover the present
crop, and for next year could De made to manu-
facture 10 coo 900 yards, enough to cover the en-
tire Texas crop, besides enough twire to supply
all the farmers of the state. Our Irvine ma
operation in about four months
"But, - said Mr.. Adoue, 81 guess 1
have about covered your inquiries, - and
the reporter took leave of him to talk
jute bagging and cotton bagging to other
posted parties. Before giving the con-
illusions arrived at, however, he deems
it opportune to here extract from an
interview had by Dallas newspaper
man with DR.. Macune. He said:
''There is firm stand being taken by the
Alliance people throughout the country for
cotton baggiIlg, and [ think it is pretty well
settled thar that is to be the bagging of The
future. 1 presented the matter to Secretary
Rusk of the agricultural department and he
considered it very favorably. He wrote TO
Mr.. Lincoln, our minister to England, request
ing him TO use his influence with the British
government to have the tare taken for what it
actually is rather than arbitrarily, as now. at
present sixteen pounds is taken off bale of cot
ton and the tare on cotton bagging is estimated
just the same as on jute, though it weighs Only
about five and q quarter pounds. If this were
properly remedied cotton begging would be
cheaper than jute In another year manufac-
tories win be prepared with improved machinery
adapted to the manufacture of cotton bagging to
supply the demand at lower prices, but even as
il is believe there would be saving Of 81 bale
by using cotton bagging if we succeed in the
matter OF tare. -
Inasmuch as DR.. Nacune was the prom
inent headlightlu the call for and subse-
uueDE Dr0CeeC 5rJprS of the anti-iDfe CON