The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-08-22
The Cotton Bagging Question.
From the Macon, Ga, Telegraph.

COLUMBUS, August 16.-It would seem
from message received in this city to.
day by the Hon. T. H. Kimbrough, mas
ter of the Georgia State Grange, that the
Liverpool Cotton Exchange has finally
aud decidedly pronounced against the use
of cotton bagging, and there is a strong
probability that the French and German
exchanges will follow suit, notwithstand-
ing the fact that it has been publicly
stated that the cotton exchanges of Eog-
land, France and Germany had decided
to favor the use of cotton bagging.
Mr.. Kimbrough has been at work
earnestly for year in endeavoring to
have the tare on cotton covered with jute
bagging readjusted so as to give the cot
ton producers of the South something
like justice, and to have the tare fixed for
cotton covered with cotton bagging 80
that it would be just to the farmer and at
the same time to put cotton bagging into
the markets of the world on its merits.
He has labored necessarily to bring these
ends about and he has written great
many letters to prominent men and cot.
ton exchanges on the subject. He has
also published numerous little articles in
newspapers about these important mat
ters.
On June 8 last he wrote to Mr.. John
Roxburg, president of the Liverpool
Cotton Association, an organization cor.
responding to the Cotton Exchange Of
New York, in which he made the follow
ing points:
That the present loss of 6 per cent
is unjust, and is robbing the American
cotton producers of So, 100000 annually.
Ties, bagging or canvas, as it is called
in England, weighs only twenty pounds
to the bale, while the customary tare is
thirty pounds.
Cotton bagging or canvas and ties will
weigh only about fourteen pounds to the
bale.
Mr.. Roxburg was urged to consider the
cotton bagging on its merits, and reduce
tare to correspond with the weight Of
cotton bsggiug and tier.
A reply was received on June "a to the
effect that the Association would consider
the matter and report.
Mr.. Kimbrough waited until yesterday,
August Is, for reply and then wired the
Association as follows :i
John Roxburg, President Liverpool
Cotton Association, England: Any prob.
ability of a reduction of tare on cotton :?
answer.
~. i. KIMBRoUGH,
"Master Georgia State Grange"
The following reply was received this
morning:
s:2O q. NJ, August 16, 1887. b.
Kimbrough, Master of Georgia State
Grange, Cataula, Ga: Association con,
demns the use of cotton bagging and can.
not see its way to legislate on the sub.
ject.
JOHN RoxBURG,
President.
There can be no question but that the
stand the Liverpool men have taken on
the cotton bagging question will cause a
sensation throughout the South under
present circumstances. Mr.. Kimbrough
was in the city this afternoon, and be and
several prominent gentlemen so expressed
themselves to your correspondent.
Several days ago cargo of Dundee
bagging, two pounds to the yard, was or.
dered from Scotland by the Georgia State
Grange. The baggiug will be delivered
in Columbus at 10 cents per yard, OF
which q cents yard is tariff tax.
This shows that this bagging could be
delivered and purchased in. this city for
eevan cents ner ward but for the tariff,