The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-22

ing any more and must have Il done whom and
how they eau get It Tho immense value Of the
cotton harvester may be Judged when II is .
wellknown fact that to simply pick out the
last crop cost at least $10O.0O0. 900. and the
ginning and packing expense is extra Of this
large amount The machine is drawn BY two
Horses. 10 light and durable. and will gather
ton that 10 made on the plant"
The Harvester Company was incorporated
two years ago with capital stock Of 1880.
600. The stockholders believe now that their
invention will yield them a fortune They are
going to operate their machines as the Bell
Telephone Company operates the telephones.
They will not sell a machine. They will work
ON shares with the cotton farmer. About
seven-tenths Of the farmers now are pipched
for money at just about the time when their
crop ripens. They must pay cash to have it
picked. They borrow ahead on their crops
and have to pay large rates Of interest There
are several firms OF brokers in this city whose
chief business Is to lend money on cotton
crops. and their profits are enormous. It all
comes out Of the farmers pockets. The man.
ayers Of the new company say that they will
take either cotton or money in payment for
the harvesting. They think that from 10 to
Is per cent is q fair price. The farmers pay
the laborers now from SO cents to SLIPS hum
bred pounds for gathering the crop Of seed
cotton. The price depends on the abundance
or scarcity Of labor Seventy five cents q hum
dred is about 33k per cent Of the seed cotton.
The machine picking will therefore be at least
80 per cent cheaper and perhaps more One
machine. too. can do the work Of from forty to
fifty men. and when the farmer sees storm
coming he can send for a machine and have
his crop gathered before it breaks. There
will be great saving in cotton in that way.
and there will be moro cotton to sell With
machines to gather. 1t will be possible for the
farmers to plant more cotton. with the essur-
snce that they will be able to get it in. Tho
cotton crop Of the South last year was 12.0OO.-
100000 pounds seed. or about 1000. OOO.OO
lint or pure cotton. Ten per cent Of this would
be 100000 bales, which at the market price
would be worth S32.OOO.OO0. Some idea Of tho
profits that the company expects to make
may be gathered from this. At the same time.
the farmer will save a considerably larger
amount With their percentage Of the cotton.
II the farmers pay for the gathering in cotton. .
the Harvester Company would be a big factor
In the market. and would practically control
the cotton and the cottonseed oil market. In
race course language. the owners look on It as,
q "copper-lined leaa-pipe cinch." They be-
lieve that the cottonseed alone will pay all the
operating expenses Of the company. and all
the cotton they get as their share will be
clean profit.
It is estimated that It will take from $4,000
to 10000 machines to cover ell the South. and
that they will cost from $16O to $500 apiece.
The labor Of running each will cost about ST. so
a day. It is proposed to do away with horse
power as soon as the machines are introduced
and to use steam or some other power that Mr..
House Is now experimenting with. He says
he will have his power perfected in little
while. but, IL he does not. steam cau be used
successfully and cheapy. With the addition
Of motive power other than horses. the moving
OF the wheels will not be necessary to run the
whips. and II the cotton is particularly hard to
pick and does not fall out readily. the machine
can be stopped while the whipping is con.
tinued.
The machine building will be begun In
Bridgeport Conn. at once. More will be /.