The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-11
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A MILLION A YEAR
Southern Planters Can save by a New In
yention.
atlanta Constitution.

One of the most important inventions
of the age, which will cause a revolution
in the cotton world and which will save
from one to two and a half million dol
lars a year to the planters of Georgia,
and from seven to twenty million dollars
annually to the South, is on exhibition
at the Piedmont exposition and is daily
attracting the deepest interest of visitors.
Indeed, there is no other industrial dis.
play there which draws so much atten-
ton as this, the Rembert cotton COM
press.
By a process simple in principle and
using no more power than is required for
the plantation bale, this compress turns
out a bale of less bulk, greater density
aud more even and smooth exterior, than
the large steam congresses make. The
invention is intended to take the place of
both the plantation press of to day and
the big congresses scattered over the
country. And it is going to do that.
Substituted for the ordinary plantation
press, it will take the cotton right from
the gin and turn out a fve.hundred.
pound bale as small as, if not smaller,
than a bale that has been crushed in the
powerful hydraulic presses, such as there
are here in Atlanta, and at Macon, Au-
gusta and elsewhere. A bale from the
Rembert roller compress is ready to be
put on the cars and shipped direct to
Manchester. 1t never goes into the huge
compress and that charge and the ex.
pense of unloading and re. loading are
saved. In fact, it just does away with
one set of middle men altogether.
The machine is a Texas invention. 1t
was patented last November and last
February. 1t has been operated in Gal.
weston, and the owners of the large com.
presses there say that it solves the prob.
lem of making a compressed bale at the
country gin, and does the work of the
great congresses. There is a big saving
in the expense of getting the bale to
market.
A hundred or more planters stop every
day and make a careful study of the
compress at the exposition. 1t does its
work in the most perfect manner and is
the admiration of all who see it and can
appreciate it.
There is nc secret about the principle,
which any one can see and understand in
a moment. Without going into a minute
description of the machine, it is enough
to say that as the cotton is ginned it
passes between two rollers which press
the air out of it and make the cotton
into a soft web which falls layer upon
layer into the press. The web is smooth
and even, and the bale is a delight to the
spinners.
The rollers really do the comprising.
After the cotton goes into the press no
more power is needed on the screw than
is required to make the plantation bale.
And the bale that comes out of this
compress is a beauty!
1t is completely covered with bagging,
and though it has one more tie than the
old process, being less in bulk, saves ten
feet in ties and a yard of bagging on
every bale. There is quite a pile of bales
made by this compress in machinery hall
and every one is handsome. The bales
range in weight from 40 to sol pounds
and are the prettiest eyes were ever laid
on.
This compress is bound to introduce
itself. A ginner, who wac looking at it
work a few days ago, said that it would
save him $500 a year and he applied
for n on the spot.
To the planter, this roller process ranks
in value right alongside of the gin. In a
few years the process is bound to be the
universal compress. To the railroads it
will be a great blessing because the bales
being less than half the size of the plan.
tation bales, only half so many cars will
be needed for hauling them. Then as
they are uniform in size they can be
slowed 10 better advantage in the ships
and a larger cargo of them can be carried.
The invention is a perfect success and
is one of the most valuable of the age.
AS a labor saving and cost reducing
machine it is invaluable.
THE DIRECT BENEFITS.
Remaining some and mentioning others
anew here are the direct benefits to be
gained by the adoption of this roller pro-
cess:
1. A saving of labor at the ginhouse,
as the process is automatic throughout !;
the cotton not being touched by hand
from the time it enters the gin until it is
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