Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-12

self deems the. success of all the con-
ditions extremely hypothetical. For in
| stance:
81 think tits to be the baggngo of the future.
| Secretary Rusk considered It very favor
Secretary Rusk wrote to our minister TO En-
! gland requesting him to use his influence with
| for what it actually is.
! IF this were properly remedied, cotton
In anothes years ets., but even as it
| Is, believe there would be a saving OF 81 Gale
| by fsing cotton baggjngt five succeed IN the
! Now an serfousheas,. how can our.
Alliance brethren ever expect to gain the
! road to prosperity while mau Of DR.. Ma
cune's mental caliber is permitted TO as
/ sumo leadership in such important Issues
| as that under discussion? While Texas
| Farmer alleges nothing criminal against
| him in this transaction, it does assert
that this last freak, to say nothing of
! previous performances, should brand
| him as the leading visionist of the coun-
! try, and man fundamentally unsafe as
| a leader. It seems past credence that
| the Birmingham convention could have
followed blindlY into a scheme involving
| millions to farmers, when it only hung
its success upon DR.. Macane's Hifs, -
Itmay be asked why Texas Farmer has
not sounded the warning sooner? The
Farmer could only make the sign of eau
ton until it had information upon which
to base positive assertiOn-especially in
view of the rosy promises made by those
at the head of the cotton bagEing sub
ject. But in view of the foregoing facts,
confirmed by every posted man with
whom the reporter has conversed IN Gal
weston, Dallas and at other points,
Texas Farmer does not hesitate to
advise against the attempted use Of cot
ton bagging this year. Some among its
reasons are:
+ l. There cannot be secured q sufdciency
of cotton bagging to supply the demand.
1t is doubtful if the Lane mills could
supply it ii adopted, even granting they
began operations July 10, which they did
not.
2. As they viii not begin until orders
are placed for 2 900 900 yards, the time
OF beginning is ndehnite-their CON-
ditions of % per cent. down, and nom
revocation of order not being an en-
couragement TO place orders in advance
of the arrival of machinery.
3. You cannot hope TO successfully kill
one monopoly with another, and Texas
Farmer can distinguish no difference in
the principles underlying the Lane cotton
mills and other folks jute mills.
4 Ali cotton exchanges that have de-
livered Themselves upon the subject con-
Flemn the cotton bagging as not meeting
conditions recedent-notablY Mobile
and New York. GaIvestonand some other
exchanges will be governed by buyers
and all buyers with whom the reporter
talked condemn the cotton bagging.
should approve the cotton baggiHg il
would manifestly be for advertisement
and. having a monopoly, could discount
in price sufficient to gain even profit on
ostensible patriotism.
6 All cotton wrapped in cotton
.bagging will, at least this year, have
30 be taken out of the regular trade
channels and sold under special con-
tracts
I. 1t has been proven that cotton bag
ging, thirty-six inches vide; three
fourths of pound to the yard, will not
stand COMPRISING. But it is proposed to
increase width to forty-fouF inches with
out increasing weight-which viii add an
additional 25 per cent. to its frailty.
s. Grant TIE cotton bagglng runs the
gauntlet of all other conditions except as
to tare, and the less per bale will be so
cents to SIS The tare condition, ac-
eording to DR.. Macune, depends upon
the influence of Mr.. Lincoln
with the English government, and
we doubt if that government has any
"'say' on the question. But granting
it has, as a failure herein would size up
profit of over half billion dollars on this
years. crop to European buyers, is it
likely Mr.. 'FLmcHm So Influence would
overcome the juIciness of such plum?
8. There are but two methods that
can be successfully pursued IN all such
cases. One to force strenuous legislation
against combines and trusts; the other
is to establish cooperative bagging fac
tories. TO change from a jute combine
to a cotton-bagging joint stock company
is only jumping from one coach to an
other, both travelling the same road and
in the same direction.
10. We close by advising all farmers
to
STEER CLEAR OF COTTON BAGGING
until the conditions necessary TO make it |
profitable for them are known to have |
been complied with If you continue to
sneeze every time certain self constituted |
leaders among you take snuff, you Will I
some day find your neck broken by over
exercise.
%NoTE-Here. for instance. is one calculation;
Jute cloth is forty-fve inches wide, and aver I
ages two pounds per yard.
Cotton cloth is thirty-seven inches wide, and /
averages three quarters of one pound per yard. !
JUte cloth sells at 10 cents per yard
Cotton cloth sells at l2l2 cents per yard.
Six yards Jhte at 10 cents SO cents cost, and !
weighing twelve pounds, viii sell, as cotton at /
10 cents, for 81. 20. or profit of so cents.
Seven ana onc-haH yards cotton cloth will be |
required to cover the same surface as SIX yards !
Of jute: ~ at l2ly--94 cents cost and weighing |
five and ive-eigths pounds, viii sell,.as cotton |
at 10 cents, for 90 cents, or loss OF SsfcenJS.
BY using jute the consumer makes 50 cents: q |
bale. /
BY using cotton the consumer loses 50 cents a 7
bale, and makes net loss OF IS cents u bale.